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Several feasts celebrated in the Augustinian Churches

23/09/2023 / News

The past weeks have brought with them several feasts in the Augustinian Liturgical calendar. Among them are the feasts of Saint Augustine and Our Lady of the Girdle which were celebrated solemnly particularly in the Augustinian Churches of Valletta and Rabat in Malta, and Victoria in Gozo. For these feasts a program of liturgical celebrations was prepared through which we gave thanks to Lord for all that he has done …

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Vietnamese Catholic Community in Malta celebrated their first Mass at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, Paceville.

16/09/2023 / News, Paceville & St Julians

On Sunday 10th September the Vietnamese Catholic Community in Malta celebrated their first mass at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, Paceville. This was a huge milestone for the small Vietnamese community newly established. Hopefully, in the future, this community will be a place to connect all the families and young Vietnamese Catholics living and studying in Malta to meet and support each other in living the faith and daily …

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Let our hearts and minds find true peace in the Lord

27/08/2023 / News

On the 28th of August the Church celebrates the Feast of Saint Augustine. Every feast invites us to reflect anew on this great figure who has particularly inspired us Religious in our journey after Christ, and in the same way we wish that he continues to inspire all those who in one way or another wish to share from that holy wisdom with which the Lord adorned Saint Augustine …

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50 years since the building of Our Lady of Good Council Church in Paceville

22/08/2023 / News, Paceville & St Julians

On Sunday 20th August, His Excellency Archbishop Charles Scicluna visited for the first time and celebrated mass in the church of Our Lady of Good Counsel in Paceville, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the completion of the Church building. On that same day, that is on 18 August 1973, the new Church was blessed by the Augustinian Assistant General, who at that time was Fr. Egidio Galea …

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Our fruitful trip to Kenya

19/08/2023 / Missionary, News, Youth Ministry

Our journey started 9 months before we flew to the beautiful country of Kenya. In Malta, we planned several fundraising activities to collect money for Amigos missions in Africa. We had countless meetings and a live-in throughout this time in preparation for our mission together. Soon enough it was time to fly some 2,900 miles to Kenya. Once there, it was impossible not to fall in love with Kenya. The …

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If you had to do it again, would you?

07/08/2023 / News, Youth Ministry

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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Summer Activity – Secular Augustinian Fraternity

07/08/2023 / Laity, News

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 at the Millennium Chapel

23/07/2023 / Justice and Peace, News, Paceville & St Julians

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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Ir-Ritrattazzjonijiet, a new book of Saint Augustine in Maltese

22/07/2023 / News, Publications

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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Spending some time together

15/07/2023 / News

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.