We are once again celebrating another Christmas with all the preparations it brings and with everything we have lived and accumulated along another year of life. All this makes this Christmas different from previous ones while the main purpose of the celebration remains the same. In the center is the birth of the little baby Jesus: The Lord who, wanted to take the form of a man so that we […]
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Sena Akkademika 2024 (Jannar – Ġunju 2024) L-Istqarrijiet ta’ S. Wistin u Il-Ħajja ta’ Wistin ta’ S. Possidju Il-Ġimgħa 5 ta’ Jannar 2024 (6.00 – 7.30pm) Ftuħ tas-Sena Akkademika 2024 Ċelebrazzjoni tal-Ewkaristija – Presjeduta mill-WR P. Leslie Gatt OSA Daħla fil-qosor għas-Sena Akkademika 2024 – Prof. Salvinu Caruana OSA (Viċi-Pres./Direttur Ist.Agost.) Il-Ġimgħa 12 ta’ Jannar 2024 (6.00 – 7.00pm) Tnedija ta’ ktieb Wistin ta’ Ippona: Mixja ta’ ħajja
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On Wednesday December 13, the Augustinian friars met at The Santa Rita Priory in St. Julian’s for a moment of prayer during Advent. Fr Martin Micallef ofm Cap led a reflection on the star that we find in the pages of the Gospel according to Saint Matthew. After a short break, the brothers gathered for adoration in silence before the Sacrament.
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The traditional feast of Saint Martin was celebrated in November in Baħrija. Various liturgical celebrations have been organized in the Church reaching various sectors of this pastoral zone. The celebrations reached their climax on Saturday 11 November through a solemn mass followed by a Procession with the statue of San Martin in the streets of Baħrija. The small statue of Saint Martin was made by Giuseppe Caruana in 1945 and
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On Thursday 9 November a meeting was held for Augustinian laity at the Primary Campus of our College in Marsa. The meeting consisted of a welcome by Fr David Cortis, Rector of Saint Augustine College on the occasion of the 175th anniversary of the beginning of the College, and afterwards Fr Mario Abela led a short time of Adoration and prayer for vocations, especially Augustinians. Afterwards we had a social
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On November 6, the Augustinian Family celebrates the remembrance of the departed Augustinian friars. On Monday 6th November in the morning the Prior Provincial, together with several friars, celebrated a mass in Saint Nicholas of Tolentino Church, Tarxien commemorating the deceased friars. In his reflection he spoke on: the beautiful memories that all these brothers have left us; the sense of gratitude that we should all express as we celebrate
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On Monday 23rd October, the Educational Community of St. Augustine College together with the Maltese Augustinian Province commemorated the 175th anniversary of the opening of the first scholastic year of St Augustine School at that time in the Augustinian Priory in Valletta. That was the beginning of the first Church School for Maltese children. This anniversary was commemorated this morning through a joyful celebration presided over by the Vicar General,
Between the 16th and 20th October a group of Augustinian friars gathered together for a few days of retreat at Dar Stella Maris in Żebbuġ Gozo. During these days they had the opportunity to stop for a while from their daily routine and live moments of more silence, prayer and reflection accompanied by Fr Martin Cilia MSSP who animated these days. Fr Martin’s reflections presented a clear invitation to reflect
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One of biggest projects as a Province in which probably almost all of as has served in one way or another is the College, and It is my desire to celebrate, through Circular letter, all those friars who over the years and today were or are still part of this experience. It was practically still in the early years of our Province when the than Prior Provincial Fr. Gaetano Pace
On Saturday, October 7, the Augustinian Community of Valletta took part in the Notte Bianca which has now become part of the Capital’s annual Calendar through various interesting initiatives. Among these it is worth mentioning the Exhibition that was held at the Priory on the occasion of the 175th anniversary of the foundation of Saint Augustine College in the same corridors that years ago hosted the school. At that time
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