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Dr Martijn Boven Date: Wednesday 27th November 2019 19.00hrs Dr Martijn Boven from the University of Groningen, The Netherlands, is the invited Guest Lecturer to address the 22nd edition of the Annual Saint Augustine Lecture 2019 at the University of Malta. The Lecture is held in collaboration with the Faculty of Theology of the University of Malta, the Augustinian Institute, and the Malta Archdiocesan Foundation for Theological Studies. Dr Boven […]

Our brother Cardinal Prospero Grech is well known in academic circles. Apart from celebrating his 75th year in the Augustinian Order, he has worked for most of his life in Rome where he taught in various universities. He was also the co-founder of the Patristic Institute ‘Augustinianum’ and lent his expertise to various Church Commissions and Dicasteries. Few, however, know that the Cardinal is also a keen photographer and has

On Wednesday 23rd October, the Augustinian friars had a formation meeting led by Dr Nadia Delicata (the Archbishop’s Delegate for Evangelisation). During this meeting, the friars shared with Dr Nadia Delicata some of their ideas, dreams and difficulties which they regularly come across in the different pastoral realities they work in For more information about the work of the Augustinians in Malta visit https://www.agostinjani.org/en/who-we-are/osa-a-snapshot.html

On Thursday 17th October, Dr Anthony Abela Medici gave an interesting talk on his personal and professional experiences during the exhumation of the body of the first Maltese saint, Dun Gorg Preca, canonised by the Church. Several people attended this talk.

In an evening held on the 18th October, on the occasion of ‘Jum Ħal Qormi’, music by the Augustinian Maestro from Qormi, Fr Ġużepp Spiteri Fremaud, was played for the first time. The symphony which was played for the first time was loaned from the Musical Archive of the Augustinian Province housed at the Valletta Priory. The musical archive of the Province holds a priceless collection which includes works by