Unity In Diversity
Tuesday, 18 December 2012
Sunday, 16 December 2012
Thursday, 11 October 2012
Retreat - STEDINA GHALIK….GOING BACK TO BASICS
MOVIMENT ERA GDIDA
Thossok ghajjien jew mitluf wara s-Sajf?
STEDINA GHALIK….GOING BACK TO BASICS
X’inhu: Irtir, tinqata’ minn kollox biex issib lilek innifsek, lil shabek u lill-Mulej
(Il-Mulej isibek qabel Huwa, jekk tkun liberu bizejjed biex thalliH)
Meta: Il-Gimgha, 19 t’Ottubru, 2012 (mill-4.00 pm ‘l quddiem)
Is-Sibt, 20 t’Ottubru 2012 (il-gurnata kollha)
Il-Hadd, 21 t’Ottubru 2012 (sa l-4.00 pm)
Fejn: Portiuncula Retreat House, Bahar ic-Caghaq, (quddiem li Splash & Fun)
Price : 2 nights → Euros 56
1 night → Euros 28
1 Day Lunch and Dinner → Euros 24
1 day lunch only → Euros 17
Free drinks
1 night → Euros 28
1 Day Lunch and Dinner → Euros 24
1 day lunch only → Euros 17
Free drinks
All the above prices includes the Retreat talks and notes.
Contact: Lora Sammut on 27234630 or 99827399
Ghal Min: Ghal kull min irid isib lilu nnifsu anki fis-silenzju, ghax Alla jitkellem fis- silenzju u fic-cirkostanzi tal-Hajja. Biex insahhu l-Fraternitajiet taz-Zghazagh, mizzewgin zghazagh u Mizzewgin, romol, separati, divorzjati, singles. Ghal min jixtieq dan l-Irtir ser ikun bidu gdid biex inkomplu, f’dawn il-Gruppi, din il-Mixja ta’ Fidi li l-Papa qed isejhilna ghaliha.
U min jista’ jigi biss xi gurnata? L-idejal huwa li naghmlu l-weekend break flimkien. Imma jekk dak hu l-hin li tista’ bizejjed li ccemplilna biex nifthemu dawk il-granet u hinijiet. Ejja int u stieden lil shabek jigu maghna. Barra t-talb u silenzju ser ikollna hafna hin biex inkabbru l-hbiberija vera ta’ bejnietna.
Kuntatt:
○ Lora Sammut (2157 0840 – 9982 7399)
○ Anna Muscat (2744 3469 – 99891851)
○ Antoinette Ellul (21659498 – 79050644)
○ Michael u Maria Borg (79708671 – 79900885 – 27449558)
○ Fr Colin Apap (2704 2703 – 7999 14 59)
○ Jew idhol fil-facebook colinapap u applika minn fuq l-internet
○ https://www.facebook.com/colinapap
Ibghat sms jew cempel kemm jista’ jkun malajr ghax ‘first come, first served’ u biex nistghu naghmlu l-arrangamenti mehtiega dwar ikel, akkomodazzjoni etc
Wara d-distrazzjonijiet tas-Sajf tajjeb li nieqfu ftit u ningabru flimkien biex flimkien nisimghu lil Alla jkellimna.
- Bhal Abraham li telaq mill-“comfort zone” tieghu biex ifittex l-Art Imwieghda.
- Bhal Samuel li jghid “Tkellem Mulej, il-qaddej tieghek qed jisimghek!”
- Bhal Marija Maddalena li marret biex issib Katavru u sabet minflok Ragel Mimli Hajja.
Dan l-Irtir qed jigi mtella’ mill-Moviment Era Gdida. Il-kelliemi ewlieni huwa Fr Colin.
Mill-website tad-Dar ta’ l-Irtiri Frangiskani
While you are here:
- Search for “The Kingdom of God and his righteousness” to obtain all the rest (mt6,35). Prepare yourself to listen to God who made you come out of the “daily routine” to lead you in the desert and speak tenderly to your heart and make you His spouse (Hos 2,14).
- The room is the place of your interiority during the moments given to you. Do not abandon it otherwise you will fail an appointment with God (Mt 6,6). If you feel that solitude is overwhelming remember that it is “a favourable moment” for encountering God because “it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord” (Lam 3,26).
- Purify your heart to “see God”: do a revision of your life and go to confession.
- If you really want to obey God and render yourself available as Mary, try to speak to a priest: open wide your heart so that he can know you better, to understand the sense of what God is doing in you and to be confirmed in faith. It must be you who ask for this encounter.
- Finally be full of hope and joy in waiting. You had the courage to come out of your land like Abraham (Gen 12), Francis and Clare of Assisi. Repeat with Samuel “Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening” (1Sam 3,9). Feel the Lord coming bringing with Him the reward (Rev 22,12). You will receive a beautiful surprise: you thought that you were looking for something… and you realise… that Someone was looking for you. Exactly like Mary Magdalen at the Sepulcher: she went searching for a dead body and found a man full of life!
http://www.ofm.org.mt/?page_id=1264
Wednesday, 3 October 2012
Sunday, 30 September 2012
Friday, 28 September 2012
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Wednesday, 19 September 2012
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Thursday, 13 September 2012
Tuesday, 11 September 2012
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Friday, 31 August 2012
Wednesday, 29 August 2012
Sunday, 26 August 2012
Elephants, Mosquitoes, and Going the Extra Mile
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© 2009-2012, Andy Andrews. Used by Permission. Originally posted on AndyAndrews.com.
Sunday, 19 August 2012
Saturday, 18 August 2012
Friday, 17 August 2012
Thursday, 16 August 2012
Wednesday, 15 August 2012
Feast of the Assumption 15th August
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http://brotherlapin.wordpress.com
Tuesday, 14 August 2012
Monday, 13 August 2012
You can celebrate Mass with iPad?
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www.cyberteologia.it/
Sunday, 12 August 2012
Saturday, 11 August 2012
Wednesday, 8 August 2012
Saturday, 4 August 2012
Friday, 3 August 2012
Work after eight months of pregnancy is as harmful as smoking
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guardian.co.uk
Thursday, 2 August 2012
Wednesday, 1 August 2012
Tuesday, 31 July 2012
Monday, 30 July 2012
Sunday, 29 July 2012
Saturday, 28 July 2012
MEGlink – Is-Sibt 14 ta’ Lulju, 2012
MEGlink – Is-Sibt 14 ta’ Lulju, 2012
Fl-ewwel laqgha li kellna wara t-tikfkira tal-25 sena mit-twaqqif tal-Moviment saret evalwazzjoni ta’ kif maret ic-celebrazzjoni.
Fost il-punti pozittivi ta’ l-okkazjoni kien hemm il-fatt li hafna ltaqghu ma’ whud min-nies li maghhom fi zmien ta’ meta kienu jigu inbniet certu hbiberija w imhabba flimkien mat-tifkiriet ta’ x’kien isir li twahhdu fl-atmosfera ta’ ferh u kuntentizza u serenita’ fuq wicc min attenda ghal din it-tifkira. Punti pozittivi ohra kienu jinkludu l-kor Voca li kanta waqt il-quddiesa u zejjen l-bqija tas-serata b’siltiet muzikali, l-omelija eccelenti ta’ l-isqof, l-prezentatur u l-lehen sod tieghu, b’xi waqtiet izellaq xi cajta li libbset l-ucuh bi tbissima, u r-reception ta’ wara fejn fiha apparti l-gost morali tar-rakkonti ta’ l-imghoddi tpaxxiet z-zaqq ukoll.
Is-sound system li ma hadimx kif suppost u halla hafna jimmaginaw x’jista’ qed jinghad.
Il-laqghat tal-Moviment isiru kull nhar ta’ Tlieta u nhar ta’ Gimgha fi Project House, Floriana. Nhar ta’ Tlieta ssir Quddiesa, li tkun organizzata minn wahda mill-fraternitajiet.
Il-grupp inqasam f’subgroups hekk maghrufa bhala fraternitajiet u kull f’kull fraternita’ fih persuna ta’ referenza jew responsabbli ghall-fraternita’.
Bhalissa hemm erba’ fraternitajiet wahda tal-mizzewwgin u l-tlieta l-ohra tan-Nisa.
Peress li rgiel ma tantx hemm fil-komunita’ shiha, ma tezisti l-ebda fraternita’ ta’ l-irgiel li hafna drabi dawn jinghaqdu ma’ dik tal-mizzewwgin.
Wara l-quddiesa ghal xi nofs siegha il-fraternitajiet imorru ghalihom u jirriflettu fuq il-Kelma t’Alla moqrija fil-Vangelu ta’ waqt il-quddiesa. Ir-riflessjoni ssir strettament permezz ta’ esperjenzi u ta’ x’Alla qed jghid internament lil-persuna fejn kull membru tal-Komunita’ jghid x’laqtu personali mill-qari ta’ dakinnhar.
Fil-laqghat tal-Gimgha issir s-Centering Prayer fejn kull individwu prezenti jipprova, imma minghajr l-ebda sforz, jidhol fis-centru tieghu hemm fejn jinsab Alla li originah u filwaqt li jsib pozizzjoni fizika komda ma jahseb f’xejn, infisser u nenfasizza, la jitlob, la jahseb, lanqas jirrifletti, imma jintelaq bhal tarbija fi hdan ommha, filwaqt li jkun hieles minn kull rabta ta’ hsieb jew ugiegh.
Is-Centering Prayer hi maghmula minn erba’ partijiet:
1) Lectio jew qari mill-Bibbja,
2) Meditatio fejn wiehed jirrifletti fuq il-qari u jara x’ jista’ ikun applikat ghall-hajja tieghu,
3) Oratio fejn isir talba bazi tar-riflessjoni li tkun saret, u
4) Contemplatio fejn ghal ghoxrin minuta l-individwu isib pozizzjoni komda, ma jahseb assolutament f’xejn, u minghajr ebda sforz ihalli ‘l Alla ikellmu mill-fond ta’ qalbu. Mill-esperjenza taghna dat-tip ta’ talb halla ‘l-hafna nies fil-paci wara li jkunu ghamluh.
Dan ukoll hu tip ta’ talb ipprattikat minn diversi religjonijiet u ghalhekk hu xhieda ta’ qbil bejniethom jigifieri dik ta’ tfittxija ta’ l-origini taghhom hemm f’dak il-waqt meta ghalkemm mhux konxju kull individwu mahluq iltaqa’ wicc imb’wicc mal-Hallieq tieghu.
Ghal dawk in-nisa li ma jkunux jistghu jattendu fil-ghaxija. il-Moviment jorganizza laqgha kull nhar ta’ Tlieta fid-9.30 a.m,. fil--General Workers Union, Triq Nofsinhar, Valletta fejn selfuna kamra apposta bl-aircondition.
Il-Moviment, ukoll permezz Marija Cordina kull nhar ta’ Erbgha fis-7 pm qed ilaqqgha nisa u rgiel separati, romol, u ddivorzjati bl-isem - Kompli B’Hajtek (KBH) fejn tinghata tama lil dawk li ghaddew jew ghadhom ghaddejin mit-trawma tal-firda.
Xi attivitajiet li l-Moviment Era Gdida mistenni jorganizza huma dawn:
17 ta’ Lulju, t-Tlieta, harga ghal Ghawdex.
27 ta’ Lulju, l-Gimgha, – Fl-okkazjoni ta’ l-Anniversarju ta’ l-ewwel quddiesa ta’ Fr. Colin li jahbat fl-20 ta’ Lulju l-Moviment sa jorganizza nhar Gimgha 27 ta’ Lulju sa jorganizza buffet/barbeque fis-Suncrest Hotel ghall-prezz ta’ € 18.
8 t’Awwissu, l-Erbgha, Harga ghall-Kemuna,
24t’ Awwissu, l-Gimgha, harga fil-ghaxija sal-Mellieha ghand Marianna Azzopardi fejn ingibu xi affarijiet ta’ l-ikel u nghaddu
Barra minn dawn l-attivitajiet ta’ fuq bil-hsieb li jsiru Hargiet Kulturali bit-tmexxija ta’ Marija Cordina.
Dawn huma n-nies li tista’ tibghatilhom sms, iccemplilhom jew b’email kemm jista’ jkun malajr.
- Anna Muscat: Mob: 99891851 Email: annamuscat1704@gmail.com
- Antoinette Ellul: Mob 79050644 Email: pippo2@onvol.net
- Michael u Maria Borg: Tel 2744 9558
- John Ellul: Mob: 7952 5535 Email: joela@maltanet.net
- Anna Borg (Tuesday Group): Mob: 7926 1196
- Maria Cordina (Kompli B’Hajtek – KBH group): Mob: 7927 3431
- Susanne u Edwin Zammit Mob: 9988 3694 – 7904 7334 Email: sabdilla21@gmail.com
- Colin Apap: Mob: 7999 1459 Email: nicholas6346@gmail.com
Rapport Tal-Hidma Ewlenija Matul Is-Sena 2011
RAPPORT TAL-HIDMA EWLENIJA
MATUL IS-SENA 2011
MILL-MOVIMENT ERA GDIDA
Dawn kienu l-grajjiet ewlenin li wettaqna:
Laqghat ta’ formazzjoni:
Kull nhar ta’ Tlieta: 9.30 sa nofs inhar GWU premises ghan-Nisa
Kull nhar ta’ Tlieta: 7:00 – 9:00 pm Project Hall, Floriana, ghall-Koppji, Mizzewgin u Zghazagh
Kull nhar ta’ Gimgha: 7:00 – 9:00 pm Project Hall, Floriana, ghall-Grupp ‘Kontemplazzjoni’
KOPPJI ZGHAZAGH
Bdejna l-Fraternita’ tal-Koppji Zghazagh u qed niltaqghu regolarment skont il-bzonnijiet tal-membri.
FRATERNITA’ ROMOL
Bdejna Fraternita’ gdida biex nilhqu lir-Romol.
IRTIRI
Organizzajna diversi irtiri biex inhejju ruhna tajjeb ghall-grajjiet ewlenin liturgici, festi nazzjonali u laqghat ghall-massa (Milied, l-Ghid il-Kbir, Ezercizzi B’Differenza)
F’Marzu 2011 fl-Ambassador Hotel, Xemxija, organizzajna l-Irtir specjali tas-Sena ta’ tlett ijiem.
F’Ottubru 2011 f’San Antonio Hotel, Irtir bi thejjija ghas-sena skolastika
Frate Jacoba
Organizzajna Jum il-Patt bejn il-membri u l-Hbieb f’Dar Frate Jacoba, Wied il-Ghajn, fejn hadna sehem fil-hidma ta’ din il-Komunita’, qaddisna quddiesa u kilna flimkien.
Ezercizzi B’Differenza 2011
F’April 2011 organizzajna gimgha shiha ta’ L-EZERCIZZI B’DIFFERENZA biex nilhqu l-massa ta’ nies (koppji, zghazagh, mizzewgin). Din is-sena kienet l-24 sena li ilna norganizzaw dawn l-Ezercizzi tal-massa. Ghamilnihom f’Project Hall, Floriana (7-9 pm)
Wine & Pizza M'Skala
F’Mejju 2011 organizzajna Wine and Pizza Party, Sala Sant’Anna, Wied il-Ghajn, bhala parti mill-Komunjoni tal-Gid tal-MEG
F’Novembru 2011 Komunjoni tal-Gid f’Marsaskala
BIRTHDAY PARTIES, ANNIVERSARJI etc
Ghal kull Birthday, anniversarju taz-zwieg etc organizzajna turija ta’ aprezzament mhux biss b’birthday cards, imma wkoll b’ikliet apposta, hrug flimkiien etc L-Anniversarju tas-Sacerdozju ta’ Fr Colin ikun kull sena skuza tajba biex nirringrazzjaw lil Alla tar-rigali li jaghtina bhala MEG.
LOGHBA TAL-PARRINI
Anki din is-sena l-Loghba tal-Parrini, matul ix-xahar ta’ Dicembru, 2011, lahqet l-iskop biex inkabbru t-taghrif fuq xulxin u nuru fil-prattika li jimpurtana minn xulxin.
Anna Musat
Responsabbli MEG
Sunday, 8 July 2012
Friday, 6 July 2012
Thursday, 5 July 2012
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Tuesday, 3 July 2012
Monday, 2 July 2012
Sunday, 1 July 2012
14,000 killed in Syrian uprising; more than half in last 4 months
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cnn.com
Friday, 29 June 2012
Saints Peter and Paul
On June 29 the Church celebrates the feast day of Sts. Peter & Paul. As early as the year 258, there is evidence of an already lengthy tradition of celebrating the solemnities of both Saint Peter and Saint Paul on the same day.
Together, the two saints are the founders of the See of Rome, through their preaching, ministry and martyrdom there.Peter, who was named Simon, was a fisherman of Galilee and was introduced to the Lord Jesus by his brother Andrew, also a fisherman. Jesus gave him the name Cephas (Petrus in Latin), which means ‘Rock,’ because he was to become the rock upon which Christ would build His Church.Peter was a bold follower of the Lord.
He was the first to recognize that Jesus was “the Messiah, the Son of the living God,” and eagerly pledged his fidelity until death. In his boldness, he also made many mistakes, however, such as losing faith when walking on water with Christ and betraying the Lord on the night of His passion.
Yet despite his human weaknesses, Peter was chosen to shepherd God's flock. The Acts of the Apostles illustrates his role as head of the Church after the Resurrection and Ascension of Christ. Peter led the Apostles as the first Pope and ensured that the disciples kept the true faith.St. Peter spent his last years in Rome, leading the Church through persecution and eventually being martyred in the year 64. He was crucified upside-down at his own request, because he claimed he was not worthy to die as his Lord.He was buried on Vatican hill, and St. Peter's Basilica is built over his tomb.St. Paul was the Apostle of the Gentiles.
His letters are included in the writings of the New Testament, and through them we learn much about his life and the faith of the early Church.Before receiving the name Paul, he was Saul, a Jewish pharisee who zealously persecuted Christians in Jerusalem. Scripture records that Saul was present at the martyrdom of St. Stephen.Saul's conversion took place as he was on his way to Damascus to persecute the Christian community there.
As he was traveling along the road, he was suddenly surrounded by a great light from heaven. He was blinded and fell off his horse. He then heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?” He answered: “Who are you, Lord?” Christ said: “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.”Saul continued to Damascus, where he was baptized and his sight was restored.
He took the name Paul and spent the remainder of his life preaching the Gospel tirelessly to the Gentiles of the Mediterranean world.Paul was imprisoned and taken to Rome, where he was beheaded in the year 67.He is buried in Rome in the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls.In a sermon in the year 395, St. Augustine of Hippo said of Sts. Peter and Paul: “Both apostles share the same feast day, for these two were one; and even though they suffered on different days, they were as one.
Peter went first, and Paul followed. And so we celebrate this day made holy for us by the apostles' blood. Let us embrace what they believed, their life, their labors, their sufferings, their preaching, and their confession of faith.”http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint.php?n=501June 29, 2012
Wednesday, 27 June 2012
Sunday, 24 June 2012
New evangelization
http://www.news.va
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Handing on the Faith" is the title of the third chapter of laboris the XIII General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the theme: "The new evangelization for the transmission of the Christian faith" (7 to 28 October 2012).
Here it is evident that the purpose of the new evangelization and the transmission of the faith, and this is not the work of one individual only, but instead is the responsibility of every Christian and the whole Church. It focuses especially on the liturgy and life of prayer, which "transform a Christian community which celebrates and transmits the Trinitarian faith", and on the Catechism of the Catholic Church, which develops the fundamental contents of faith and at the same time indicates the pedagogy of its transmission. At the heart of the new evangelization the parish must be placed, point of reference and coordination of pastoral initiatives, and family, the model-place of evangelization.
The Year of Faith represents an urgent call to conversion so that every Christian and every community, transformed by grace, may bear abundant fruits. Among the fruits of faith the first mentioned is charity, then a renewed ecumenical commitment, the search for truth, interreligious dialogue, the courage to denounce the infidelities and scandals emerging in Christian communities.The last chapter, the fourth, of the Instrumentun titled "Revivifying pastoral activity" starts by remembering the missionary mandate entrusted by Jesus to the Church, which at different times gave rise to "pastoral practices dictated by the desire to transmit faith and the need to proclaim the Gospel with the language of men, rooted in their cultures and among them. " A review of such practices, before the rapid social and cultural changes, was started some time ago and, in many respects, is still in action. In particular it emphasizes the richness of the ways of Christian evangelization at an evangelical point of view; the need to help Christian communities, starting from the parishes, "to adopt a more missionary style" of its presence, the urgency to find forms, places, initiatives to bring in the daily life of society the first proclamation.
The Church throughout its history has made great effort in the field of education. The current cultural context makes this process more difficult and the commitment of the Church therefore assumes particular importance, especially, "to highlight the root of the anthropological and metaphysical challenges concerning education." The chapter concludes by pointing out that the problem of evangelization is not an organizational and strategical question, but spiritual: "The ultimate secret of the new evangelization is the answer to the call of every Christian to holiness.
"In the Conclusion we note that the first evangelization began at Pentecost, and that new evangelization does not mean "new Gospel", but it means "appropriate response to the signs of times, the needs of individuals and peoples of today, new scenarios ... ". Jesus Christ, crucified and risen, present among us with his Spirit, allows us to look at the future "with eyes of faith, without tears of despair." This hope must be the foundation of our pastoral activities and our church life. "In this regard we have a password for a present and future pastoral: new evangelization, that is, new proclamation of the message of Jesus, which brings joy and frees us. This password nourishes the hope that we need: the contemplation of the Church was born to evangelize, knows the deep source of energy for the proclamation." (2) (SL) (Agenzia Fides 21/6/2012)
Friday, 22 June 2012
Wednesday, 20 June 2012
Spezzjonijiet fuq ‘single mothers’... Minn persuni mhux identifikati
Click on image for article[/caption]Spezzjonijiet fuq ‘single mothers’... Minn persuni mhux identifikati
minn victor vella
http://www.torca.com.mt/FullArticle.php?ID1='Ahbarijiet'&ID2=42210
Sunday, 17 June 2012
Dar Frate Jacoba... komunità unika!
http://www.torca.com.mt/FullArticle.php?ID1='Features'&ID2=42186
Dar Frate Jacoba... komunità unika!minn michelle lia
Nhar l-Erbgħa filgħodu kelli l-opportunità mill-isbaħ li nżur Dar Frate Jacoba. Dar speċjali magħmula minn komunità żgħira li fiċ-ċokon tagħha toffri tant għajnuna u paċi għal kull min jirfes fiha. Fjuri, pjanti, siġar, żara’, annimali u ħidma sfieqa magħmula mill-qalb... l-imħabba taraha u tmissha b’idejk.
Hekk kif wasalt ġie jilqagħni Fr Mark Ciantar, Patri Franġiskan, li dak il-ħin kien diġà beda jagħmel xi xogħol fir-raba’. Wara dawra mad-dar, jispjegali l-proġetti li għamlu, dwar ir-raba’, pjanti u annimali li jieħdu ħsieb, u l-proġetti li għad iridu jaħdmu fuqhom, poġġejna għad-dell ta’ umbrella fil-ġnien sabiħ li toffri din id-dar, bl-għasafar ipespsu madwarna, il-klieb jinbħu għal kull min jgħaddi fil-viċinanzi...
Fr Mark beda biex spjegali l-għan prinċipali ta’ din id-dar, dak li joffru lin-nies – anke dawk bi bżonnijiet soċjali taħt diversi forom – ambjent li fih jistgħu jgħixu l-ħajja fil-milja kollha tagħha. Opportunità għall-persuni bi bżonnijiet soċjali diversi. Dar b’kunċett ta’ permakultura, li skont il-fehma tiegħu u sħabu fil-fondazzjoni mwaqqfa Youth Alive, se jkun ta’ benefiċċju għaliha u għal dawk li jagħmlu esperjenza diretta magħha, kif ukoll biex tibda titnissel mentalità favur l-ambjent u l-użu sostenibbli tar-riżorsi li għandha.
“Din id-dar magħmula minn lajċi u reliġjużi, irġiel u nisa, tipprovdi l-opportunità li wieħed jgħix f’komunità miftuħa, bil-għan li jġedded il-mixja spiritwali u s-sejħa tiegħu,” qalli Fr Mark.
Din il-ħolma li saret realtà tmur lura ftit sew fis-snin. Fr Mark jirrakkonta li meta kien għadu kemm iqaddes, fil-fond ta’ moħħu kellu x-xewqa u l-ħolma li jsib mezz tajjeb u dirett kif ikun ta’ għajnuna għas-soċjetà, speċjalment dawk bi bżonnijiet soċjali, li jgħixu f’realtà iebsa u kerha.
Youth Alive
Fis-sena 1996, meta ġie lura mill-Italja, fejn diġà kien espost direttament maż-żgħażagħ, flimkien ma’ Fr Bernard, illum mejjet, kien miftiehem li jibqa’ s-Sacro Cuor, f’Tas-Sliema u jippruvaw iqajmu l-pastorali maż-żgħażagħ. Xogħol li kien jogħġob ħafna lil Fr Mark, aktar u aktar meta beda jara r-rispons taż-żgħażagħ. Twaqqaf il-grupp Youth Alive, għar-raġuni li kien hemm żgħażagħ imqajmin mhux ħażin, il-karatteristika tal-grupp.
“Kienet sfida kbira għalija, hekk kif kont għadni żgħir fl-età, bla esperjenza. Iżda mill-banda l-oħra kont ngħid li la Alla kien qed jibgħathomli kien sinjal li jrid xi ħaġa minni. U biċ-ċajt iċ-ċajt għaddew sitt snin bil-grupp dejjem jissaħħaħ. Minn hemm diġà bdejna nieħdu l-idea li naħdmu fuq żgħażagħ li jkol-lhom ċerti bżonnijiet, li għal xi raġuni ma jiffittjaw imkien fis-soċjetà,” kompla jgħid Fr Mark.
Il-ħolma tad-dar
“Jien u Fr Ray, li ilu għal dawn l-aħħar 22 sena jaħdem direttament maż-żgħażagħ, uħud bi problemi bid-droga, konna nitkellmu dwar il-ħolma li jkollna fejn niġbru ż-żgħażagħ bi bżonnijiet soċjali, li għalkemm kienu jiġu ċ-ċentru f’Tas-Sliema, iżda ma kienx biżżejjed. Xtaqna naq-tgħuhom mid-dar u nuruhom ħajja oħra, li hu possibbli li tgħix kuntent. Iżda kellna l-ikbar ostaklu... minn fejn konna se nġibu l-flus?”
B’miraklu fl-2007 ngħatat donazzjoni lill-grupp, li diġà beda jieħu x-xejra ta’ moviment u minnufih bdew ifittxu post bi spazju kbir għal potenzjal tajjeb ta’ permakultura sa ma fi żmien xahrejn sabu r-razzett li jinsabu fih. Razzett li jinsab fi Triq Wied iz-Ziju, f’Wied il-Għajn, it-tieni daħla fuq il-lemin minn kif taqbeż iċ-Chef’s Choice, int u ġej minn Ħaż-Żabbar, ħdejn l-impjant ta’ Sant’Antnin.
“Simultanjament max-xiri konna waqqafna l-Fondaz-zjoni Youth Alive. Sal-lum għad hawn minnhom involuti sew fil-fondazzjoni u anke membri tal-bord. Nies li kibru fl-età, li raw il-grupp jitwieled, li baqgħu jsegwu l-proċess.”
Minbarra Fr Ray u Fr Mark, f’Dar Frate Jacoba (Jacopa dei Settesoli – 1190-1239 kienet mara nobbli miżżewġa, omm u armla b’qalb Franġiskana) jgħixu wkoll erba’ voluntiera oħrajn, li għażlu li jitilqu mid-dar u jmorru joffru l-enerġija u wkoll għajnuna finanzjarja. Filwaqt li filgħaxija jiżdiedu voluntiera oħrajn, żgħażagħ, meqjusa bħala parti mill-komunità, li jmorru jagħtu l-għajnuna tagħhom ta’ kuljum, wara l-ħin tax-xogħol.
Dar Frate Jacoba timxi bil-ħidma tal-persuni li jgħixu fiha. Ħidma li fil-bidu kienet iebsa mhux ħażin biex irranġaw il-post, iżda grazzi għall-voluntiera li ħassew tant kuntentizza li se jaħdmu proġett tagħhom, imxiet ħarir u b’riżultati tajbin ħafna.
“Bdejna nixtru l-makkinarju meħtieġ bil-mod il-mod. Għax fil-bidu konna naħdmu kollox b’idejna. Issa huwa sodisfazzjon li se nkomplu naħdmu fuq proġett ieħor, dak li nżidu l-kmamar għar-residenti. Proġett li se jiswiena madwar €200,000. Mhix ċajta.”
Jiftakar li hekk kif xtraw il-post kienu ttrasferew ruħhom mal-ewwel fih, bil-laqgħat li jsiru regolarment b’kollox.
Residenti
Bħalissa fid-dar jinsabu żewġ residenti, żewġ żgħażagħ żgħar fl-età, u s-sodda l-oħra se timtela ma ddumx minn żagħżugħ ieħor żgħir fl-età wkoll. Żewġ ġuvintur li ltqajt magħhom, filwaqt li kie-nu qegħdin jagħmlu xi ħidma fil-ġnien, li dalwaqt jagħlqu sentejn fid-dar.
“Bħalissa f’Malta hawn bżonn ta’ għajnuna mal-adolexxenti, speċjalment subien. Ħafna drabi l-problemi jkunu ġejjin mill-familja.”
Fr Mark irrakkontali li kemm ilu f’dan ix-xogħol fehem li din hija dinja oħra, li trid tidħol fiha biex tifhem sew. It-tfal tant ikunu ilhom jiġu sfruttati li jispiċċaw jużaw l-istess tattika mal-oħrajn. Iltaqgħu ma’ diversi forom ta’ bżonnijiet soċjali, minn persuni bi problemi ta’ droga, alkoħol, iltima, imwarrba minn familthom...
“Hija responsabbiltà speċjalment meta jkunu għadhom żgħar, għadhom qegħdin jitgħallmu x’inhi responsabbiltà. Tgħallimna li trid timxi każ b’każ, hekk kif mhux kulħadd huwa l-istess. Kontra qalbi jkolli ngħid li mhux dejjem ikollna każi ta’ suċċess, iżda qatt ma tista’ taqta’ qalbek mill-bniedem. Nemmnu ħafna f’‘tough love’ filwaqt li fl-istess ħin inħallu l-bieb imbexxaq. Nemmnu li l-bniedem almenu, anke jekk ma rranġax fuq livell oġġettiv, minn barra, però almenu meta għada pitgħada jiġi li jagħlaq għajnejh minn din id-dinja, jaf li kien hemm xi ħadd li jirrispettah. U din tagħmel id-differenza kollha,” kompla Fr Mark.
Uħud mill-każi jkunu rakkomandati minn aġenziji bħal Appoġġ, oħrajn insiru nafu bihom min-nies jew jiġu huma stess. Każ partikolari huwa ta’ persuna drogata li waslitilhom l-informazzjoni li kienet qiegħda torqod fil-karozza.
“Kellna min ġie ma’ tal-familja, min ġie direttament mill-ħabs hekk kif sar jaf bina. Persuna partikolari kienet ikkuntattjatna wara li bdiet torqod fuq il-bankijiet barra t-triq, minn bank għall-ieħor bil-Pulizija tkeċċiha wara li ħarġet mill-ħabs. Persuna li kellha wkoll problema ta’ alkoħol.
“Jeżistu dar-realtajiet Malta. Inkredibbli. Lanqas kont naf bihom,” qal Fr Mark.
Kompla jispjega li f’Dar Frate Jacoba jimxu ħafna fuq il-fiduċja. Mhuwiex ħabs. Post miftuħ, mhux imsakkar. Iżda x-xatba hija simbolika. Regoli mill-inqas. Hekk kif titgħallem tkun responsabbli tingħata l-fiduċja.
“Fiż-żmien li jgħaddu f’din id-dar nuruhom li jridu jaħdmu biex jieklu, li l-ħela mhix tollerata biex għada pitgħada joħorġu mingħandna rġiel u nisa ta’ vera. Aħna hawnhekk nimxu fuq il-kunċett li l-bniedem mhuwiex imbeċilli. Alla tah moħħ u ġisem biex jużahom. Għalhekk dak li jistgħu jagħmlu huma mhux se nagħmluhulhom aħna. Ngħallmuhom jużaw il-‘washing machine’ biex jaħslu ħwejjiġhom, jonxruhom, jgħadduhom, jaħslu l-art, isajru... Il-kelma ‘ma nafx’ mhijiex aċċettabbli, u l-bnie-dem jitgħallem. Fl-istess ħin inġemmgħulhom dak li nistgħu bħala flus u nagħtuhom ‘pocket money’ biex għada pitgħada jkollhom xi ħaġa taħt rashom.”
Aħna u nitkellmu proprju ġie jżurhom żagħżugħ li għadda madwar sentejn magħhom wara li ħareġ mill-istitut u safa’ bla saqaf fuq rasu. Każ ta’ suċċess hekk kif illum sab jaħdem, u jaqla’ paga tajba, kera post u qed jgħix ħajja tajba. Żagħżugħ li baqa’ jmur iżurhom minn tal-inqas darba fil-ġimgħa. Jgħaddi ġurnata magħhom. Żgħażagħ li jmorru jgħaddu ftit ħin jistrieħu fid-dar li laqagħthom meta kellhom tant bżonn.
“Meta tikkunsidra kif ġie hawnhekk għamel progress kbir għax ikkopera. Apparti li l-ambjent jgħin ħafna. Niftakar li meta kien wasal hawnhekk ma kien jaf jagħmel xejn.”
Qalli li huma jgħallmu dejjem kemm lir-residenti kif ukoll lil dawk li jżuru d-dar li dak li jkollhom f’qalbhom, iżommuh, jgħożżuh, jibqgħu jaħdmu għalih... “għax għad jiġi żmien li twettquh, basta ma taqtgħux qalbkom.”
Għajnuna
Mistoqsi dwar l-għajnuna li tingħata lir-residenti, Fr Mark spjega kif ir-residenti jingħataw dak kollu meħtieġ, li ġieli jkunu diġà bdew jingħataw minn qabel ma jmorru joqogħdu fid-dar. Bħal għajnuna ta’ ‘social workers’, psikologi, tobba, avukati, nutara, għalliema, ‘counsellors’, kif ukoll edukazzjoni. Apparti l-volontarjat ta’ xogħol manwali.
Infatti wieħed miż-żewġ żgħażagħ li hemm bħalissa ma jitteħidx l-iskola, iżda kellha ssir ħidma sfieqa biex jingħata ‘private tuition’ fid-dar stess, hekk kif kien se jkun ta’ ħsara għalih li jkun espost ma’ tfal oħra fl-iskola li kien se jintbagħat. Filwaqt li l-ieħor għadu kemm ingħata ċ-ċertifikat ta’ tmiem is-sena skolastika, Form 5, u għadu kemm għamel l-eżamijiet tal-‘O’ Levels.
“Għandna ħafna u ħafna nies li joffrulna l-għajnuna volontarja, li m’għandniex fomm biex nirringrazzjaw-hom. Ovvjament ma jonqosx li s-sejħa tibqa’ miftuħa. Iżda attwalment aktar milli għall-volontarjat nagħmel talba fuq livell ekonomiku, hekk kif diġà semmejt il-proġett li jmiss se jiswiena madwar €200,000.”
Programm tal-ġurnata
Il-programm tal-ġurnata f’Dar Frate Jacoba huwa mqassam f’ħajja sempliċi. Dan jikkonsisti f’li filgħodu kulħadd imur għal xogħlu, min imur ix-xogħol u min jaħdem fid-dar stess.
Wara nofsinhar jingħaqdu kollha, hekk kif jirritornaw mix-xogħol, u kulħadd jiddedika ħinu fuq il-ħidma tiegħu, min il-kċina, min ħasil, għelieqi, ‘maintenance’.
Għal xi 7.30pm jingħaqdu fil-kappella għal quddiesa u meditazzjoni għall-kwiet, jieklu u jerħulha għall-mistrieħ. Imbagħad il-Ħadd, sakemm ma jkollhomx in-nies li jkunu qegħdin iqattgħu rtir, tkun ġurnata ta’ mistrieħ, kemm jagħlfu lill-annimali.
Ġieli jilqgħu wkoll xi gruppi għal xi rtir jew seminar, jew konferenza li sservi ta’ ġbir ta’ fondi. F’każi bħal dawn jaraw li joffrulhom servizz mill-aħjar li jistgħu, dak li jkunu jixtiequ, minn ikel, kafè għal quddiesa.
“Bħala laqgħat ta’ formaz-zjoni Dar Frate Jacoba toffri laqgħa importanti ħafna, il-Lectio Divina, ‘bible sharing’, kull nhar ta’ Erbgħa fit-08.30pm. Opportunità biex kemm ir-residenti tad-dar kif ukoll in-nies minn barra d-dar, il-pubbliku in ġenerali, jistgħu jattendu għal opportunità biex jisimgħu, jifhmu u jitolbu bil-Kelma. Aħna nqisuha li hija s-sinsla tad-dar, għax tgħaqqad ħafna. Konna bdejniha lura fiż-żmien, tnax-il sena ilu. Il-Kelma t’Alla ma tħallikx kwiet u lill-grupp tatu ċerta formazzjoni. Dak li jkun jikkonfronta lilu nnifsu. Punt ta’ riferiment li jgħaqqad lil kulħadd.”
Il-fondazzjoni tieħu ħsieb ittella’ inizjattivi oħrajn ukoll matul is-sena, korsijiet, fosthom fuq l-iżvilupp tal-litteriżmu ekoloġiku, irtiri, pellegrinaġġi, ‘counselling’, direzzjoni spiritwali, korsijiet ta’ spiritwalità, ‘live-ins’, l-Eżerċizzi tar-Randan, ċelebrazzjonijiet Franġiskani u ‘open weekends’.
Permakultura
“Il-futur hemm qiegħed”
Fr Mark jemmen li s-soluz-zjoni tal-kriżi li ħafna jinsabu fiha, għada pitgħada se tkun f’komunitajiet bħal Dar Frate Jacoba. Xi ħaġa li diġà qiegħda sseħħ. Lura għall-metodi kif kienu jgħixu qabel.
“Irridu nitgħallmu nerġgħu ngħixu flimkien. Ningħaqdu. Ikollok minn kollox biex tgħix, u tpartat għal dak li jonqsok. Nemmen li l-futur hemm qiegħed. ’L hemm se nerġgħu mmorru. Għax illum qegħdin nindunaw li l-ħajja li qegħdin ngħixu mhijiex taħdem. Nixtieq li jingħaqdu komunitajiet oħrajn bħal tagħna. Xogħol li jogħġobni ħafna li ma nimmaġinanix ngħix mingħajru. Naħseb li għandna bżonn spazji bħal dawn għax nara li l-ispiritwalità ġiet traskurata. Jekk se titma’ l-moħħ, il-qalb, il-ġisem... trid titma’ wkoll lill-ispirtu. Għax fil-prattika huwa l-ispirtu li jżomm kollox wieqaf.
“Ħafna qegħdin jindunaw xi żball sar... li kienet traskurata l-ispiritwalità. Irridu jkollna komunità mħallta minn kull tip ta’ nies, ta’ ‘background’, ta’ livell akkademiku, ta’ stat ta’ ħajja u ħadd ma jagħti importanza dak li tagħmel imma dak li int u tieqaf hemm. Jaqgħu l-ħitan...”
Naqbel miegħu perfettament hekk kif ħassejtni f’armonija, paċi, ġabra, spirit-walità... f’posti. Ma tkunx trid terġa’ toħroġ għall-ħajja mgħaġġla u storbjuża ta’ kul-um. Dar li żgur nerġa’ nżur!
http://www.torca.com.mt/FullArticle.php?ID1='Features'&ID2=42186
Thursday, 14 June 2012
Persecution of Christians in Nigeria
Nigeria Clergy Calls for Action Against Sectarian Violence- Click on image to read the article
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Wednesday, 13 June 2012
Saturday, 9 June 2012
MEG 25 Years Anniversary
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Friday, 8 June 2012
F’eghluq il- 25 sena tal-Moviment Era Gdida (1987-2012)
Stedina personali ghalik!
F’eghluq il- 25 sena tal-Moviment Era Gdida (1987 - 2012)
Bhalma taf din is-sena l-familja taghna tal-Moviment Era Gdida qed ticcelebra s-SILVER ANNIVERSARY ta’ minn meta bdejna din il-Mixja flimkien.
Hamsa u ghoxrin sena mhux ftit. Graw hafna affarijiet li gieghluna nidhqu flimkien, nibku flimkien, nifirhu flimkien u naqtghu qalbna flmkien u noholmu flimkien. Din hija Storja Unika tieghek u taghna fejn nemmnu li Alla li Huwa Mhabba ghaddiena mill-istess Triq biex iwassalna biex niskopru izjed lilna nfusna u nibnu dik ir-rabta li hadd u xejn ma jista’ jnehhiha.
Minkejja t-tbatijiet, anzi minhabba t-tbatijiet, din l-ghaqda bejnietna hi miktuba f’post li hadd u xejn ma jista’ jhassar. Hu propju ghalhekk li qed niktiblek.
Nixtieq nistieden lilek u l-partner tieghek biex waqt il-Quddiesa ta’ Radd il-Hajr li ser iqaddes l-Ecc. Tieghu Mons Arcisqof ta’ Malta, Pawl Cremona, O.P., inti ser tinghata ‘token’ souvenir tal-okkazjoni. Dan hu li hemm miktub fuqu dwarek:
B’tifkira
F’eghluq il- 25 sena tal-Moviment Era Gdida (1987 - 2012)
Ktibt ismek fuq ir-ramel
U l-mewġ ħassru
Ktibt ismek fuq il-blat
U ż-żmien ħassru
Ktibt ismek f’qalbi
U hemm ser jibqa’ għal dejjem
Din it-turija ta’ gratitudni lejk huwa l-mod taghna kif nghidulek GRAZZI ta’ kollox. Ebda zmien ma jista’ jhassar il-memorji li bnejna flimkien.
Ghal din l-okkazjoni specjali ser ikollna lill-Kor VOCA biex jirrokja lill-udjenza. Ser ikunu madwar 40 kantant li huma maghrufa hafna ghas-sehem taghhom f’VOICES. Ser ikunu maghna matul il-programm kollu.
Wara l-ghotja ta’ rikonoxximent lejk ser ikollna xi haga tal-ikel u xorb flimkien.
Post: Aġenzija Żgħażagħ Annex Casa Leoni St Joseph High Road St Venera SVR 1012 Malta
Hin: 7.00 pm (seated 6.45 pm)
Naprezzaw hafna li tgharrafna bl-attendenza tieghek biex tghinna nzommulek post rizervat u nizguraw certa ordni u armonija.
Anna Muscat Colin Apap
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