If you had to do it again, would you? This was a question that several people asked me many times since I arrived. My answer will be immediately; “YES!”. I had been listening about this walk or rather this pilgrimage for a few years now. I knew many who done it from various youth groups and I was always tempted, but to be honest it seemed something relatively strange to me; […]
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On Monday 17th July 2023, the brothers and sisters of the Secular Augustinian Fraternity Saint Augustine and Saint Monica met at Dar Santa Monica, in St. Paul’s Bay. They had a moment of prayer, where they shared some reflections on spiritual experiences about the centrality of Christ in Augustinian Spirituality and in their personal lives. Afterwards they had a social moment which consisted of a BBQ which they made in
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The Love Kitchen was inaugurated on Thursday 20th July with a sumptuous dinner generously provided by The Avenue Restaurant and organised by Tony Mejlaq and Prof Victor Grech. The event was attended by 40 special benefactors of the Millennium Chapel who contributed generously for the financing of the Love Kitchen. Special guest of the evening was Prof Richard England who had designed the Millennium Chapel. Prof England donated one of
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The Maltese Augustinian Province has just published ‘Ir-Ritrattazzjonijiet’, which is a work of Saint Augustine about his writings, translated into Maltese and presented to us by Professor Fr. Salvino Caruana OSA. The book continues with the series of works of Saint Augustine that Fr. Salvino gave us over the years, and it is of great value for the study of the life, the writings, and the legacy left by the
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On Wednesday 5 July at around 7pm the Augustinian friars gathered for a moment of prayer in the Bellesini chapel in Saint Augustine College, Pietà and afterwards they continued to enjoy each other’s presence by eating together in the convent of San Thomas from Villanova in Tal-Pietà . It was a beautiful fraternal moment for all who were present.
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During the summer various activities are held with the young people such as live-ins, BBQs, moments of prayer and other experiences that continue to help the young people in their journey of life. Daniel Bajada one of the youths would like to share his experience of the live-in that was organized at the beginning of July: On Sunday 2 July, together with my friends, Fr Terence, Fr Leslie and Fr
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On Sunday 2 July, a group of young people were given the missionary cross and the camino shell as a sign of the beginning of their experiences in Kenya and to Santiago. During the Eucharistic celebration in the Church of Saint Nicholas from Tolentino, Tarxien, the Provincial Fr. Leslie Gatt invited the young people to let these experiences speak to them in their lives and assured them that from Malta
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On Friday, June 23, a reunion was organized for the former students of Saint Augustine College. A good number of former students took part in a very pleasant evening held in the grounds of the College in Tal-Pieta. After a welcome from the College Rector, all those present had the opportunity to tour the College and meet particularly their ex-classmates and even several teachers. The evening continued with a short
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Between the 19th and the 23rd of June, a group of Augustinian friars gathered for a few days of retreat at the Good Samaritan House in Santa Venera. During these days the friars had the opportunity to stop for a while from the routine of life and live moments of silence, prayer and reflection accompanied by Mons. Charles Cordina who animated these days. Fr Charles’ reflections combined the proper values
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On Wednesday 7 June the Provincial Commission for the Laity organized the Festa Familja Agostinjana which has now become a long awaited annual activity by several lay people close to the Augustinian communities. In fact, around one hundred and twenty people took part in the activity, coming from the communities of Saint Nicholas in Tarxien, Saint Mark in Rabat, Santa Rita and Our Lady of Good Counsel in Saint Julians,
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