Archive for month: June 2017

 OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL PARISH – BALLUTA

PARISH NOTICES – SUNDAY 25th JUNE 2017

ON MONDAY Bro. Kurt Mizzi, a Carmelite  will be ordained Deacon.  The ordination will start at 6.30pm at St. John’s Co-Cathedral in Valletta.  We  wish Br. Kurt all the best.

ON WEDNESDAY there will be a visit to the elderly residing at The Hilltop, in Naxxar.  Those who have relatives living there and would like to visit them can contact the parish priest.

THURSDAY is the feast of St. Peter and St. Paul.  It will be a good thing if one can attend mass on this day.  As it is not a holy day of obligation, mass times will be as those on weekdays.

ON SUNDAY during the 6.30pm Mass, we will thank God for all activities held throught this month in our parish during the visit The Holy Shroud.  This week will be the last chance when one can appreciate this relic, witness to the Greatest Love, and pray infront of it.

OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL PARISH – BALLUTA

PARISH NOTICES – SUNDAY 18th JUNE 2017

ON TUESDAY at 7.15pm at the Parish Centre there will be a GRUFAN meeting.

WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY are days of preparation for the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.  On these three days at 6.00pm there will be the recital of the rosary in front of the Blessed Sacrament and at 6.30pm there will be Mass with a short meditaion on the Holy Eucharist.

ON WEDNESDAY after the 6.30pm Mass there will be adoration led by the Comunità Abramo with the participation of all those who wish to join.

ON THURSDAY we will be joining with the parishes of St. Gregory and the parishes of Sliema for adoration led by the Youth Fellowship at 8.00pm in Independence Gardens.

ON FRIDAY, after the 6.30pm Mass there will be adoration with the participation of the Extraordinary Ministers of the Holy Eucharist, the Lectors and all pastoral operators.

On Saturday at 8.00pm at the Marsascala Parish Church, there will be prayers for the new Deacon of the Maltese Carmelite Order, Bro. Kurt Mizzi.  We encourage all those who can join us for prayers.  Bro.Kurt Mizzi will be ordained deacon on Monday 26th June at St. John’s Co-Cathedral.

Next Saturday and Sunday all collections will go for the Pope to help people in need and people hit by natural disasters.

ON SUNDAY we will celebrate the feast of the Sacred heart of Jesus.  At 6.30pm there will be Mass with the participation of children and families followed by the Sacred Heart of Jesus procession with the partecipation of children who have received their First Holy Communion.

ON SATURDAY  1st July, the Interdiocesan Environment Commission will be organising a boat trip around Malta in order to appreciate more the maritime environment of the island. More information can be found on the notice boards.

OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL PARISH – BALLUTA

PARISH NOTICES – SUNDAY 11th JUNE 2017

THIS MORNING at 10.00am at the Parish Centre there will be a meeting for members of the Carmelite Third Order.

ON MONDAY at 10.00am at the Parish Centre there will be a meeting for members of the Carmelite Third Order. ALSO ON MONDAY, at 7.00pm, there will be a meeting for parents whose children will be receiving the First Holy Communion.  Children will also be meeting at the same time at the Parish Centre.  Last procedure instructions for the First Holy Communion will be given.

ON TUESDAY at 4.30pm at the Parish Centre there will be a meeting for Catechists, and at 7.15pm Parish Priests of Sliema and Balluta Parishes will be meeting together with representatives of their Pastoral Council.

ON WEDNESDAY the Family Commission will be meeting at 7.15pm at the Parish Centre.

ON THURSDAY there will be a Pilgrimage to the Ta’ Pinu Sanctuary in Gozo. Tickets from Maria Bianco or from the Parish Office.

ON FRIDAY, children who will be receiving the First Holy Communion will be meeting in church at 7.00pm for a rehearsal.

ON SATURDAY at 9.15am  there will be a seminar for members of the Diaconia  Commissions of Sliema and Balluta Parishes.

ALSO ON SATURDAY the 6.30pm Mass with be with the participation of children and families.  During this Mass the Family Commission and the Catechetical Commission will be celebrating  Father’s Day.

ON SUNDAY during the 9.00am Mass children from our parish will be receiving the First Holy Communion.  We pray for them so they will appreciate the Sacrament of the Eucharist and cherish it as a gift of love in their life.

 NEXT SUNDAY IS FATHER’S DAY, intentions of the evening Mass on  Saturday and all Masses on Sunday will be for the needs of fathers, both those alive and those departed.  By the church doors there are forms which can be filled with the departed father’s name.  These forms can be handed to any of the priests or the sacristan.

ON SUNDAY EVENING during the 6.30pm Mass there will be the presentation of the new appointed Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion  and the present Ministers will renew their commitment to this ministry.

OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL PARISH – BALLUTA

PARISH NOTICES – SUNDAY 4th JUNE 2017

On TUESDAY at 6.00pm at the Titus Brandsma Parish Centre there will be a meeting for Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion.   

During the month of June, the copy of the Holy Shroud will be on display at the Balluta Parish Church. On Wednesday 7th June, during the 6.30pm Mass, a video will be shown about the copy of the Holy Shroud and its visit to Malta. This will be followed by adoration up till 10.00pm.  We encourage everybody to visit the copy of the Holy Shroud and and pray infront of it.  On the church pews one can find copies of the programm for this visit in our parish.

 ON FRIDAY at 10.00am at the Titus Brandsma Parish Centre there will be Mass for the 60+ Group.  Mass animation will be by the Comunità  During mass there will be a video about the copy of the Holy Shroud. All elderly persons are encouraged to attend.

At 7.00pm at the Parish Church, there will be a meeting for parents, godparents and adolescents who will be receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation.  Between 6.00 and 7.00pm there will be time for Confessions.

ON SATURDAY, during the 6.30pm Mass, sixteen adolescents will be receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation. Let us pray to the Good Lord to send the Holy Spirit upon them and endow them with His gifts.

ON SUNDAY after every Mass from 8.00am onwards, and during the 6.30pm Mass, there will be a short video of 10 minutes about the Holy Shroud.

On 15th June there will be a Pilgrimage to the Ta’ Pinu Sanctuary in Gozo. Tickets from Maria Bianco or from the Parish Office.

We remind you that Family Blessings has ended. Those who were not at home and wish to have their family blessed, can contact the Parish Priest.

ON THE OCCASION OF FATHER’S DAY, intentions of the evening Mass on Saturday 17th and all Masses on Sunday 18th will be for the needs of fathers, both those alive and those departed.  By the church doors there are forms which can be filled with the departed father’s name.  These forms can be handed to any of the priests or the scaristan.