Notices – 31/03/19
OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL PARISH BALLUTA
PARISH NOTICES
SUNDAY 31st MARCH 2019
During this week from Monday to Friday there will be the Lenten Spiritual Exercises during the 6:30pm mass by the Parish Priest Fr. Renald Lofreda O.Carm.
On Thursday 4 th April we will be organizing a spiritual concert on the organ by the organist John Aquilina, accompanied by reflections on the Last Seven Words of Jesus on the Cross at 7:15pm.
Friday is the First Friday of the month. There will be the Eucharistic Adoration at 5:45pm led by the Divine Mercy Group.
Saturday is the First Saturday of the month. After the 9:30am mass there will be the meditated rosary.
In the chests beside the altar we are collecting food items to be distributed to needy families and persons of our parish during the Easter festivities.
Notices – 24/03/19
OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL PARISH BALLUTA
PARISH NOTICES
SUNDAY 24 th MARCH 2019
On Thursday we will have the Eucharistic Adoration at 5:45pm.
On Friday there will be the Eucharistic Adoration at the Adoration Chapel at 7:00pm.
We remind those who are attending the Parish Lenten Retreat next Sunday, that transport will leave at 8:15am from Imrabat Street.
On Thursday 4 th April we will be organizing a spiritual concert on the organ by the organist John Aquilina, accompanied by reflections on the Last Seven Words of Jesus on the Cross at 7:15pm.
Notices – 17/03/19
OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL PARISH BALLUTA
PARISH NOTICES
SUNDAY 17th MARCH 2019
Tuesday 19 th March we celebrate the Feast of Saint. Joseph. Even though its not a day of obligation we encourage everyone who is able to participate at the Eucharist. The mass schedule will be like that of weekdays. There will be the celebration of vespers at 6:00pm and the 6:30pm will be celebrated by the Prior Provincial.
Wednesday we begin three days in honour of Jesus of Nazareth (in-Nazzarenu. At 6:00pm we will have a celebration of the Adoration of the Cross led by the Parish Priest and the 6:30pm mass celebrated by Fr. Victor Paul Farrugia O.Carm with a short homily. The Parish Folk Group will sing during this celebration.
Thursday at 6:00pm we will have the Eucharistic Adoration led by the Parish Priest and at 6:30pm the mass celebrated by Fr. Victor Paul Farrugia O.Carm with a short homily. The Divine Mercy Group will sing during this celebration.
Friday we celebrate the Devotional Feast of Jesus of Nazareth. At 6:00pm there will be the celebration of vespers and at 6:30pm the mass led by the Arcbishop Emeritus Mons. Pawl Cremona O.P.
On Sunday 31st March we are organizing a Lenten Retreat together with the parish of St. Venera at Lunzjata Retreat House from 9:00am to 1:30pm. Those who wish to participate can book in the sacristy or at the parish office.
Spiritual Exercises Lent 2019
Spiritual Exercise Lent 2019
Balluta Parish
Mit-Tnejn 11 sal-Ġimgħa 15 ta’ Marzu: Eżercizzi għal kulħadd.
Fil-quddiesa tad-9:30am. Jippriedka r-Rev. P. Alfred Scerri OFM cap.
Mit-Tnejn 11 sal-Erbgħa 13 ta’ Marzu: Eżercizzi għat-Tfal
Fil-5:00pm fiċ-Ċentru Parrokkjali mill-Kappillan P. Renald J.M. Lofreda O.Carm.
Mill-Erbgħa 20 sal-Ġimgħa 22 ta’ Marzu: TRIDU TA’ ĠESU NAZZARENU.
Fil-quddiesa tas-6:30pm. Jippriedka r-Rev. P. Victor Paul Farrugia O.Carm.
Mit-Tnejn 1 t’ April sal-Ġimgħa 5 t’ April: Eżerċizzi għal kulħadd.
Fil-quddiesa tas-6:30pm. Jippriedka r-Rev. P. Renald J.M. Lofreda O.Carm. Kappillan.
Mit-Tnejn 8 t’ April sal-Ħamis 11 t’ April: Eżerċizzi għall-Miżżewġin.
Fis-7:00pm Fiċ-Ċentru Parrokkjali. Jippriedka Mons. Frans Abdilla.
Family Blessing 2019
Family Visits and Blessing
From 4.45pm omwards
It-Tlieta 5 ta’ Marzu: Trejqet il-Bajja u Triq Angelo Pullicino.
Il-Ħamis 7 ta’ Marzu: Triq Alfred Gauci.
Il-Ħamis 14 ta’ Marzu: Telgħa ta’ San Ġiljan u Rampa ta’ San Ġiljan.
It-Tlieta 23 t’ April: Triq Ċensu Tabone u Triq it-Torri.
It-Tnejn 29 t’ April: Triq is-Sur Fons
It-Tlieta 30 t’ April: Triq il-Karmelitani
Il-Ħamis 2 ta’ Mejju: Triq Sant’ Injazju u Triq Scicluna.
Il-Ġimgħa 3 ta’ Mejju: Triq Dun Ġużepp Xerri.
It-Tnejn 6 ta’ Mejju: Triq il-Kulleġġ l-Antik u Telgħet il-Kulleġġ l-Antik.
It-Tlieta 7 ta’ Mejju: Triq Manwel Dimech.
Il-Ħamis 9 ta’ Mejju: Triq Patri Marjanu Vella u Triq Camenzuli.
Il-Ġimgħa 10 ta’ Mejju: Triq San Enriku u Triq Sant’ Elena.
It-Tnejn 13 ta’ Mejju: Triq Sant’ Anġlu.
It-Tlieta 14 ta’ Mejju: Triq Ġafar u Triq il-Ħnejja.
Il-Ħamis 16 ta’ Mejju: Triq Dun Anton Debono.
Il-Ġimgħa 17 ta’ Mejju: Triq Birkirkara.
Notices – 03/03/19
OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL PARISH BALLUTA
PARISH NOTICES
SUNDAY 3rd March 2019
On Monday at 10:00am there will be the meeting of the Carmelite Third Order at the Parish Centre.
On Tuesday we will continue family visits and home blessings in Trejqet il-Bajja and Triq Angelo Pullicino. On Thursday, in Triq Alfred Gauci.
Wednesday is Ash Wednesday. During all masses the rite of blessing and imposition of Ashes will be celebrated. At 6:00pm there will be the Via Crucis and at 6:30pm the mass concelebrated by the Carmelite Community. We remind you that there is the obligation of fasting and abstinence.
On Thursday there will be Eucharistic Adoration at 5:45pm and the Lectio Divina at 7:00pm at the Parish Centre.
Friday we will have the Eucharistic Adoration at 7:00pm at the Adoration Chapel.
For your satisfaction we would like to inform you that the donations collected for the parish feast during the last two weeks from the parish households reached the sum of € 3400. We would like to thankyou very much for your great generosity and help.
March 2019
MARCH
Recognition of the Right of Christian Communities
That Christian communities, especially those who are persecuted, feel that they are close to Christ and have their rights respected.
Reflection by Fr. Andrij M. Hlabse, SJ. Fr. Hlabse was recently ordained into the priesthood in the Byzantine Rite at St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in Parma, Ohio, and is completing a licentiate in patristic theology from the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome. Previously, Fr. Hlabse has worked at Fe y Alegría in Lima, Peru, taught at Saint Ignatius in Chicago, and has served as director of the choir of the International College of the Gesù in Rome.
In the Church, God gives the gift to the whole human family of the possibility of being close to Jesus Christ. The Church extends in time and space the mission of Jesus while he walked the earth for our salvation, by offering us the chance to hear his words of forgiveness, be anointed with the oil of his Spirit, and to receive his Body and Blood. By being drawn into the life of the Church, especially the Sacraments, we are enabled to feel close to Jesus, to know his loving presence and action in our lives.
Yet, many Christians with whom we share faith in Jesus live in societies in which they are not free to approach the nearness of God in the Church or in which they run great risk for doing so, even their very lives! It may be difficult to understand that martyr Churches still exist today, not only in the Church’s history, especially if we are accustomed to relative freedom in practicing our faith in our own lives. Yet, in many places in the world our brothers and sisters in the Body of Christ suffer today and give them-selves up to marginalization, loss, and even death for their faith in the risen Lord.
These communities have special need of our tender support and love. May our own efforts help these communities experience freely the nearness of the Lord in the Church; and until that moment comes through cultural change, may they feel the consoling nearness of God by knowing that we, their family in Christ, labor so that their rights, especially that of religious freedom, are respected.
Newsletter March 2019
Notices – 23/02/19
OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL PARISH BALLUTA
PARISH NOTICES
SUNDAY 23 th FEBRUARY 2019
On Tuesday we will continue family visits and home blessings in Furtu Selvatico Street and on Thursday in Zammit Clapp Street. Family visits start at 4:45pm.
On Thursday there will be Eucharistic Adoration at 5:45pm and the Lectio Divina at 7:00pm at the Parish Centre.
Friday is the First Friday of the month. We will have the Eucharistic Adoration at 5:45pm led by the Divine Mercy Group.
Saturday is the First Saturday of the month. There will be the meditated rosary after the 9:30am mass.
Those who used to receive the parish notices by email and have caesed to receive them are requested to put their name and email address on the list in the sacristy if they wish to continue receiving this service. The parish notices are also published on the parish FaceBook Madonna tal-Karmnu Balluta and the parish website.
For your satisfaction we would like to inform you that the donations collected for the parish feast during the last two weeks from the parish households reached the sum of € 3400. We would like to thankyou very much for your great generosity and help.