Published on October 6, 2009
in 2009.
Il-bierah filgħaxija (il-Ħadd 4 ta’ Ottubru 2009) l-Isqof Mario Grech kien il-mistieden tal-Provinċja tal-Patrijiet Franġiskani Minuri li ċċelebrat it-800 sena minn meta San Franġisk kiseb l-approvazzjoni tar-Regola mill-Papa. L-Isqof Grech mexxa konċelebrazzjoni fil-Knisja tal-Patrijiet ta’ Ġieżu l-Belt u wassal dan il-messaġġ:
Il-vojt etiku li jinħass fl-Ewropa huwa wieħed mir-raġunijiet għaliex fl-Ewropa hawn sistemi inġusti u korrotti. Aktar ma l-bniedem ikun sajjem dwar kriterji etiċi u morali, aktar tkompli tikber id-distanza bejn min huwa mejjet fis-sakra u min huwa mejjet għal qatra! Għalhekk illum fl-Ewropa u fil-Knisja neħtieġu bnedmin karizmatiċi bħal San Franġisk t’Assisi li 800 sena ilu ta’ bidu għal moviment qawwi li għen lis-soċjetà ta’ żmienu tikxef il-wiċċ moħbi ta’ Alla fi Kristu biex hekk setgħet tikxef il-wiċċ uman tal-bniedem.
Kif il-moviment li inawgura San Franġisk bil-predikazzjoni tal-Evanġelju kien okkażjoni f’waqtha biex ħafna reġgħu sabu l-qafas etiku u morali li kien meħtieġ biex iċ-ċittadini jqiegħdu d-dar tagħhom f’postha, l-istess predikazzjoni tal-Bxara t-Tajba llum tista’ tgħin lil ħafna biex tiġi evitata r-rovina ta’ “darna”. Din id-“dar” għandha diversi dimensjonijiet: hija l-ħajja personali tagħna, hija l-familja, in-nazzjon u l-istess dar Ewropea!
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Niżżel il-paġna ta’ The Maltese Herald ta’ din il-gimgħa minn hawn
The Maltese Herald - 6 ta’ Ottubru 2009
On the 6th and the 7th of October, 2009, a dozen of global family scholars and practitioners from Europe, the United States and the Middle East are meeting in the Presidential Palace in Valletta for a colloquium highlighting the importance of strengthening marriage and the family. They will be presenting on topical issues related to marriage and the family putting a strong emphasis on family policy and how family well being is beneficial for society in general.
The Cana Movement , Malta in collaboration with the Centre for Family Studies at the University of Malta have been working over the past year to organize this world class colloquium The funding body for this event is the Doha Institute for Family Studies based in the Middle East (Doha, Qatar). The vision of this Institute is to establish a global study centre that will provide the region and the world with academic research, interdisciplinary studies and policy initiatives to support the efforts of governments, international organisations, UN agencies and civil societies to develop and implement family development plans, policies and programs. This colloquium is very much in line with the vision of the Doha Institute.
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