Żjara tal-ministru Ġeneral P. Michael A. Perry O.F.M. fi gżiritna fit-23 u l-24 t April 2014

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1 INURI - M A L T A ORDNI TAL-PATRIJIET ATRIJIET MINURI PROVINĊJA FRANĠISKANA TA SANS PAWL APPOSTLU TE DEUM LAUDAMUS NRU APR 14 Tifkira tal-100 sena mit-twaqqif tal- Provinċja tagħna Il-Ministru Ġeneral P. Pacifico Monza O.F.M. flimkien mal-ewwel Provinċjal u d-definituri Provinċjali Żjara tal-ministru Ġeneral P. Michael A. Perry O.F.M. fi gżiritna fit-23 u l-24 t April 2014 ara paġna 11 OFM LINK APRIL

2 DECRETUM Nova evulgata Constitutionum Generalium editio, Melitensis Custodiae Alumni, tam Superiores quam Subditi, uno ore Nobis supplices obtulerunt preces, flagitantes, ut editis legibus minime obstantibus, aut eis antiquum Custodiae titulum servaremus, aut Custiodiam ipsam, iam ab anno 1838 fundatam, ad Provinciae dignitatem et honorem evehere dignaremur. Cui sane postulationi, aequis admodum suffultae rationibus, propenso animo accurrere iam cupientes, canonicam horum Fratrum Visitationem, suspecimus; atque deinde, collatis per litteras cum Definitorio Nostro Generali consiliis, Apostolicam Sedem adeundam censuimus, ut Ipsa, peculari omnino habita adiunctorum ratione, Nobis facultatem tribuere dignaretur, affagitantium preces benign favore prosequendi. A qua, per Rescriptum diei 4 huius mensis gratiae response accepto, Nos, de Reverendissmi Definitori Generalis consilio et assensu, deque Apostolica facultate Sancti Joannis Baptistae ex Custodiam, quatuor formatis domibus constantem, ac proportionato Religiosorum numero, tum heic, tum in Missionibus strenue adlaboratium provisam, in provinciam erigimus atque erectam harum vigore declaramus, sub titulo quidem Sancti Pauli Apostoli Insulae huius Protectoris ac Domini; pro certo habentes fore ut novae Provinciae alumni, speciali hac aucti gratia, in dies magis illius prospicere incremento ac decori pro viribus nitantur. Quoniam vero Consitutionibus Generalibus ita disponentibus, nostrum est pro hac vice una cum Definitorio nostro Superiores neo erectae Provinciae; nos iam canonice, in Congressu diei 6 huius mensis a Reverendissimo Definitorio habitas elections ratas habentes et confirmates, qui sequuntur Patres Moderatores Provinciae nominamus et esse volumes, nempe: Ministrum Provincialem: Admodum Reverendum Patrem Antonium M. Cesal Custodem Provinciae: R.P. Ioannem Evangelistam Spiteri Defenitores Provinciae: R. P. Aloysium Attard, R.P. Emanuelem Formosa, R.P. Vincentium Xuereb, R.P. Franciscum M. Galea. Omnibus itaque Provinciae S. Pauli Apostoli, in virtute Sanctae Obedientiae mandamus, ut praedictum P. Antonium M. Cesal tamquam verum ac legitimum Ministrum recipant et recognoscant, eique quisquis eorum pareat in omnibus quae non sunt contraria animae suae et Regulae nostrae; atque ut reliquos supra recensitos Patres debita reverential prosequantur. Datum Vallettae ax hoc Conventu nostro S. Mariae a Iesu, in Sollemnitate Paschali, die 12 Aprilis., OFM LINK APRIL

3 Ministru Ġeneral P. Pacificio Monza O.F.M. ( ) P. Pacificio Monza twieled ġewwa Vicenza fis-26 ta Jannar Daħal mal-patrijiet Minuri fl-1864 u għamel l-istudji tiegħu fil-kunvent ta Vicenza. Ġie ordnat saċerdot fl Huwa fetah kulleġġ talmissjunarji fil-kunvent ta S. Pancrazio ġewwa Barbano (Vicenza). Kien predikatur famuz. Fil-provinċja tiegħu huwa wettaq dawn il-ħidmiet : Mastru tan-novizzi, Definitur Provinċjali (1883), u fl provinċjal. Fl-1895 sar prokuratur tal-ordni. Il-Papa Ljun XIII, fid-9 ta Mejju 1899, ħatru Amministratur Apostoliku ta Skopje fl-albanija, imma minħabba saħħtu kellu jirrizenja u reġa lura lejn il- Veneto. Fit-23 t Ottubru 1911 il-papa S. Piju X ħatru Ministru General u dam sal Fl-1913 ħaseb biex jwettaq tibdil fil-kost.gen. ma kienux Kostituzzjonijiet ġodda, imma edizzjoni aġġornata ta dawk Leonianae. Issa bdew jissejħu CC. Pianae. Imma bosta m għoġbuhomx u xtaqu jerggħu lura għal Leonianae. Imma minħabba ċerti cirkustanzi, il-ġeneral ma hassx li għandu jagħmel pass ieħor fuq dan. Fl-1915 sejjaħ Kapitlu ġenerali f Ruma. Il-programm tiegħu kien li jħeġġeġ lil kulħadd għall-osservanza tal- Kostituzzjonijiet Ġenerali, għaxjien veru tal-faqar franġiskan, u saħaq fuq id-doveri tas-superjuri, studenti u letturi. Ħabrek bis-sħiħ għall-missjonijiet u dar bosta provinċji. Fost il-kitbiet tiegħu nsibu : Breve commento sopra la Regola dei Frati Minori ad uso dei novizzi e nuovi professi, Vicenza, Dan il-ktieb kellu żewġ edizzjonijiet. Għamel riforma fl-istudji u t-tqassim tal-fakultajiet tal-collegio Antoniano ta Ruma. Ta s-sehem tiegħu fil-kodiċi tad-dritt Kanoniku tal-knisja fit-tqassima li titkellem fuq l- indulgenzi. Fl-20 t Awissu 1915 Papa Benedittu XV ħatru isqof titulari ta Troas/Troade u ġie kkonsagrat isqof nhar it-8 ta Settembru 1915 mill-kardinal-isqof ta Velletri Diomede Angelo Raffaele Gennaro Falconio O.F.M., bħala konsagrant prinċipali. Iż-żewġ isqfijiet l-oħra kienu : l-arċisqof Tommaso Pio Boggiani O.P. u Gabriele Natale Moriondo O.P., l-isqof ta Cuneo. Għamel xi żmien fil-kunvent tas-santwarju ta La Verna, imma mbgħad mar fiċ-ċentru tal-istudji f Quaracchi, viċin Firenze. Imma miet f San Remo fit-18 ta Diċembru 1917 b fama ta qaddis. Huwa jinsab midfun fil-kappella tal-qalb ta Gesu, li qegħda filknisja ta S. Francesco al Deserto fuq gzira viċin Venezja, ħdejn il-qabar tal-ven. Bernardino dal Vago minn Portogruaro. Fis-17 ta Jannar 1918 saret Quddiesa għar-ruħu fil-knisja ta S. Antnin ta via Merulana f Ruma. L-omelija saret minn P. Mariangelo Marrucci, li mbgħad ippublikha fi ktieb. Fl-1965 Bernardino Barban ħareġ ktieb dwar ħajtu. F Chiampo (VI) insibu triq imsemmija għalih Logo uffiċjali tal-kapitlu Provinċjali 2014 OFM LINK APRIL

4 P. Anton Cesal O.F.M. - Missier il-provinċja tagħna 15 t Awissu Emmanuele Cesal twieled il-belt Valletta u ġie mgħammed l- għada fil-knisja parrokkjali ta S. Duminku minn P. Vincenz-Dumink Speranza O.P. Missieru kien Francesco u ommu Ignazja Camilleri Mar l-italja u daħal mal-patrijiet franġiskani tal-provinċja rumana. 8 ta Diċembru Beda n-novizzjat fil-kunvent ta Civitella u ġie mogħti l- isem ta fra Antonio Maria. Għamel il-voti solenni nhar 9 ta Diċembru Għamel il-voti solenni. 19 ta Marzu Ġie ordnat saċerdot Missjunarju ġewwa Tarija fil-bolivja Ħadem f Bulacco, l-eġittu, fuq ordni tal-ġeneral, biex ikun kappillan tal-maltin Ħadem f Port Said qalb il-maltin Wasal Malta u nħatar gwardjan tal-kunvent tar-rabat. Għamel xi żmien jaħdem fl-art Imqaddsa. 30 ta Lulju Kustodju Provinċjali. Huwa ġie maħtur direttament minn Ruma. Huwa beda jibgħat l-istudenti biex jistudjaw fi provinċja taljana. 13 ta Novembru Ha f idejh il-knisja tagħna ta Tas-Sliema. 29 ta Settembru Inħatar gwardjan ta Tas-Sliema. 13 ta Frar Ħalla l-provinċja rumana, fuq parir tal-ġeneral. L-għaqda mal-kustodja tagħna seħħet nhar it-22 ta Lulju t Awissu Reġa ġie maħtur Kustodju. Huwa jirnexxielu, permezz tas-sur Joseph Sultana, biex jagħti bidu għall-bini tal-kunvent ta Għajnsielem, bi ħsieb li jilqa fih in-novizzjat Irrifjuta li jibni kunvent f S. Pawl il-baħar, minħabba f ċerti ċirkustanzi Kien Definitur tal-kustodja. 12 t April Intgħażel bħala l-ewwel Ministru Provinċjal tal-provinċja maltija. 14 ta Diċembru Miet ta malajr fil-kunvent tal-belt. Kellu 73 sena, 58 reliġjuż u 50 saċerdot. Il-bust huwa fibreglass kulur il-bronż aħdar, xogħol tal-iskultur Alfred Camilleri Cauchi u l-pedistall tal-irħam huwa xogħol ta Ronnie Pisani. Dan il-monument jinsab fil-knisja parrokkjali tal-madonna tas-sacro Cuor-Sliema Grazzi mil-qalb ta dak kollu li għamilt għall-provinċja OFM LINK APRIL

5 S. Ludovik IX, Sultan ta Franza Din is-sena l-ordni Franġiskan Sekular qed jfakkar t-800 sena mit-twelid ta dan ilqaddis, wieħed mil-patruni tiegħu. Se nġiebu xi ħjiel dwar ħajtu. 25 t April Twieled fil-kastell ta Poissy, viċin Parigi. Ta tnax-il sena miet missieru u għalhekk ommu, Bianca ta Castiglia, bdiet tmexxi lil Franza. 29 ta Novembru Ġie inkurunat sultan fil-katidral ta Rheims. 25 t April Beda jiggverna. Pittura ta Simone Martini, li tinsab fil-bażilika Inferjuri ta S. Franġisk, Assisi 27 t Mejju Iżżewweġ f Sens lil Margerita ta Provenza, li minnha kellu ħdax it-tfal Huwa xtara xi relikwi tal-passjoni (il-kuruna tax-xewk u parti mis-salib) minn Baldovinu II ta Kostantinopli għall-prezz ta 135,000 livres. Jingħad li meta dawn waslu Pariġi, ir-re, ħafi u libes ta penitent, ġarhom fuq idejh stess. Għal dan ilgħan huwa bena l-saint-chapelle fuq l-isle de la Cite, fil-qalba ta Parigi, li tagħmel parti mill-palazz irjali illum il-palazz tal-gustizzja. F din il-kappella tinsab din l- istatwa ta Ludovik Għamel trattat ta paċi mar-re tal-ingilterra, wara li saret gwerra bejniethom. Fil-ħajja privata tiegħu għex ħajja eżemplari ta mexxej nisrani. Fost l-oħrajn kien jitlob kuljum ma xi kjeriċi l-liturġija tas-siegħat, isum f bosta jiem matul is-sena u jgħen lill-foqra billi jistedinhom għall-ikel filwaqt li jservihom. Lil uliedu ta spiss kien jagħtihom tagħlim meħtieġ u twissijiet. Huwa ta għajnuna kbira lil franġiskani, li tant kien jħobb. Oħtu, il-beata Isabella ta Franza, waqqfet f Longchamp l-ewwel monasterju tal-klarissi Huwa mexxa is-seba kroċjata, imma spiċċa priġunier hu, mal-eżerċitu tiegħu, f Fariskur. Wara li tħallas rikatt ta 400,000 livres tournois għall-ħelsien tiegħu, huwa seta jmur l-art Imqaddsa. Fl reġa lura Franza, wara l-mewt t ommu. 18 ta Lulju Mar Tuneżi biex jikkonverti lill-emir. 25 t Awissu Huwa miet fl-eta ta 56 sena, f Tuneżi kawża tal-pesta, li qerdet lilu u lill-eżerċitu tiegħu. Fil-katidral ta Monreale, Sqallija, tinsab urna bil-qalb u xi partijiet ta ġismu. Wieħed minn subajh jinsab fil-katidral ta Saint Denis f Parigi għaliex l-urna ġiet imdewwba fil-french Wars of Religion ( ). 11 t Awissu Papa Bonifazju VIII iddikjarah qaddis. Huwa l-uniku re ta Franza li ġie ddikjarat qaddis. Għandna bosta xhieda li ħallew bil-miktub l-istorja ta ħajtu. Fosthom ilfranġiskan Guljelmu ta Saint-Parthus, li kien konfessur ta martu u li kiteb fl Illum insibu bosta bliet, madwar id-dinja, li jġiebu l-isem ta dan ilqaddis. Il-libsa u s-sawt li kien juża S. Ludovik. Dawn jinsabu fit-teżor tal-katidral Notre-Dame ta Parigi. OFM LINK APRIL

6 Mir-rivisti S. Franġisk t Assisi N.B. Dan l-artiklu deher fir-rivista Flimkien t Ottubru 2012 Numru 95, paġna 9 u nikteb mill-president ta Malta, is-sinjura Marie-Louise Coleiro-Preca, meta kienet għadha deputata parlamentari. Huwa fost l-aktar qaddisin li jispirawni. Jaffaxxinani kemm kien kapaċi jiċċaħad mill-affarijiet materjali, il-lussu u l-kumdita, biex jiddedika ħajtu b mod mill-aktar radikali għall-fqar u l-vulnerrabli. Għalija San Franġisk jissombolizza l-prinċipju u l-valur ħaj tal-ġustizzja soċjali. U ilu jaffaxxinani sa mit-trobbija li missieri ta lili u lil ħames ħuti l-oħra. Missieri kien jisħaq fuqna minn ċkunitna li l-karita m għandekx tagħmilha miż-żejjed li jkollok iżda b dak li għandek. San Franġisk ma tax lill-fqar miż-żejjed li kellu, iżda ta dak kollu li kellu. Missieri kien jinsisti magħna li tħobb verament mhux biss meta ddaħħal idejk fil-but iżda wkoll meta tagħti minn ħinek u minn ħajtek. Jispirani wkoll għar-rieda żonqrija li kellu li jkun ta ġid għal ħaddieħor - avolja s-soċjeta ta żmienu ppruvat tirredikolah. Jispirani s-sens ta dedikazzjoni u mħabba li kellu lejn il-proxxmu tiegħu, u r-rispett sħiħ li wera lejn id-diversita. Imma fuq kollox tispirani l-ġenerożita li wera tul ħajtu biex jaħdem malfqir u l-vulnerabbli. Fil-fehma tiegħi l-valuri li jirrappreżenta Franġisk t Assisi għadhom rivelanti ħafna għalina llum - u dan mhux biss għax fostna u madwar id-dinja, minkejja l-iżviluppi u l-progress bla qies li seħħew matul iżżminijiet, għad hawn ħafna faqar u vulnerabbli, iżda għaliex irid ikollok rieda żonqrija bħal San Franġisk biex tkun kapaċi tħobb lil ħaddieħor u taħdem għal ħaddieħor bla ma tistenna xejn lura. Madankollu, nemmen li minkejja l-ħafna distrazzjonijiet u illużjonijiet li toffri l-ħajja materjali llum, f pajjiżna hawn ħafna persuni li b valuri li jixbhu lil dawk ta San Franġisk qed jagħmlu ħafna ġid filqasam tal-volontarjat u soċjali. Dawn għalija huma San Franġisk ta llum li qed iħallu ħafna affarijiet warajhom biex jiddedikaw ruħhom għal ħaddieħor. Jalla pajjiżna jibqa mżejjen b aktar nies bħalhom, għax dawn jispirawni bħal San Franġisk. Talba ta fra Tumas minn Celano lil San Franġisk Ftakar o Missier, f uliedek kollha. Int taf tajjeb kemm huma mħabbtin minn tant perikli, huma jimxu biss mill-bogħod fuq il-passi tiegħek. Agħtihom il-qawwa biex iżommu sħiħ; saffijhom biex jiddu, imliehom bil-hena biex jagħmlu ħafna frott. Sawwab fuqhom l-ispirtu tal-grazzja u tat-talb sabiex ikollhom l-umilta vera li kellek int, iħarsu l-faqar li int dejjem imxejt warajh u jistoqqilhom jiksbu dik l- imħabba li biha int dejjem ħabbejt lil Kristu msallab li mal-missier u mal-ispirtu s-santu jgħix u jsaltan għal dejjem ta dejjem. Amen OFM LINK APRIL

7 Humility as Truth and Service in Francis of Assisi (2) All acknowledge, more or less, having committed some error or of having something to be forgiven, at least by God. Gandhi, for instance, had a very acute awareness of having on some occasions taken erroneous positions; he also had his regrets. Jesus never did. He could say addressing his adversaries: Which of you convicts me of sin? (John 8:46). Jesus proclaims he is Teacher and Lord (cf. John 13:13), to be more than Abraham, than Moses, than Jonah, than Solomon. Where, then, is Jesus humility to be able to say: learn from me who am humble? Here we discover something important. Humility does not consist principally in being little -- one can be little without being humble; nor does it consist principally in feeling that oneself is little, because one can feel oneself little and be so really and this would be objectivity, but not yet humility -- without counting that feeling oneself little and insignificant could stem from an inferiority complex and lead to withdrawal into oneself and to despair, rather than to humility. Therefore humility, per se, in the most perfect degree, is not in being little, it is not in feeling that oneself is little or proclaiming oneself little. It is in making oneself little, and not out of some necessity or personal utility, but out of love, to raise others. Thus was Jesus humility; He made himself so little, in fact, to the point of annulling himself for us. Jesus humility is the humility that descends from God and that has its supreme model in God, not in man. In the position in which He finds himself, God cannot elevate himself ; nothing exists above Him. If God comes out of Himself and does something outside the Trinity, this cannot be but a lowering of himself and a making himself little; in other words, He will only be able to be humility, or as some Greek Fathers said, synkatabasis, that is, condescendence. Saint Francis makes of Sister Water the symbol of humility, describing it as useful, humble, precious and chaste. Water, in fact, never elevates itself, never ascends, but always descends, until it has reached the lowest point. Steam rises and that is why it is the traditional symbol of pride and vanity; water descends and is, therefore, the symbol of humility. Now we know what Jesus word means: Learn from me who am humble. It is an invitation to make oneself little out of love, to wash, as he did, the feet of our brothers. However, in Jesus we also see the seriousness of this choice. It is not in fact about descending and making oneself little every now and then, as a king who, in his generosity, every so often deigns to come down among the people and perhaps, also, to serve them in something. Jesus makes himself little, as he made himself flesh, that is permanently, to the end. He chooses to belong to the category of the little ones and the humble. This new face of humility is summarized in one word: service. One day we read in the Gospel the disciples discussed among themselves who was the greatest ; then Jesus, sat down (so as to give greater solemnity to the lesson he was about to impart) called the Twelve to himself and said to them: If any one would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all (Mark 9:35). He who wishes to be first must be last, that is, must descend, must lower himself. But then he explains immediately what he intends by the last: he must be the servant of all. The humility proclaimed by Jesus is, therefore, service. In Matthew s Gospel, this lesson of Jesus is corroborated with an example: even as the Son of man came not to be served but to serve (Matthew 20:28). A Humble Church Let us draw some practical considerations on the virtue of humility in all its manifestations, whether in relations with God or in relations with men. We must not be deluded thinking we have attained humility just because the word of God has led us to discover our nothingness and has shown us that it must be translated into fraternal service. The point to which we have attained humility is seen when the initiative passes from us to others, namely when it is no longer we who recognize our defects and wrongs, but who OFM LINK APRIL

8 do so; when we are not only capable of telling ourselves the truth, but also of gladly letting others do so. Prior to acknowledging himself before Friar Matteo as the vilest of men, Francis had accepted, gladly and for a long time, to be derided, held by friends, relatives and the whole country of Assisi as being ungrateful, exalted, one who would never have done anything good in life. The point we are at in the struggle against pride is seen, in other words, by the way we react, externally or internally, when we are contradicted, corrected, criticized or left aside. To pretend to kill one s pride by striking it oneself, without anyone intervening from outside, is like using one s arm to punish oneself: one will never do oneself harm. It is as if a doctor wished to remove a tumor from himself on his own. When I seek to receive glory from a man for something I say or do, it is almost certain that he who is before me seeks to receive glory from me because of the way he listens and the way he responds. And thus it is that everyone seeks his own glory and no one obtains it and if, perchance, he obtains it, it is nothing but vainglory, that is, empty glory, destined to be dissolved in smoke with death. However, the effect is equally terrible; in fact Jesus attributed the impossibility of believing to the search for one s glory. He said to the Pharisees: How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and do not seek the glory that comes from the one God? (John 5:44). When we find ourselves snared again in thoughts and aspirations of human glory, we must throw into the mixture of such thoughts, as a burning torch, the word that Jesus himself used and that he left us: I do not seek my own glory! (John 8:50). The struggle for humility lasts the whole of life and extends to every aspect of it. Pride is able to nourish itself, be it of evil or good; in fact, as opposed to what happens with every other vice, the good, not the evil, is the preferred terrain of cultivation for this terrible virus. The philosopher Pascal wrote wittily: Vanity has such deep roots in man s heart that a soldier, a servant of armies, a cook, a porter, boasts and pretends he has his admirers and the philosophers themselves desire him. And those who write against vainglory aspire to boast of having written well, and those who read them, boast of having read them; and I, who write this, nourish perhaps the same desire; and also, perhaps, those who read me. [14] So that man will not rise up in pride, God often fixes him to the ground with a sort of anchor; He puts beside him, as He did to Paul, a messenger of Satan to harass him, a thorn in the flesh (2 Corinthians 12:7). We do not know exactly what this thorn in the flesh was for the Apostle, but we know well what it is for us! Everyone who wants to follow the Lord and serve the Church has it. They are humiliating situations through which one is recalled constantly, sometimes night and day, to the harsh reality of what we are. It can be a defect, a sickness, a weakness, an impotence, which the Lord leaves us, despite all our supplications; a persistent and humiliating temptation, perhaps, in fact, a temptation of pride; a person with whom one is constrained to live and that, despite the rectitude of both parties, has the power to expose our fragility, to demolish our presumption. However, humility is not a private virtue. There is a humility that must shine in the Church as institution and people of God. If God is humility, the Church must also be humility; if Christ served, the Church must also serve, and serve out of love. For too long the Church as a whole has represented before the world the truth of Christ, but perhaps she has not represented sufficiently the humility of Christ. Yet it is with humility, better than with any apologetics, that hostilities and prejudices are placated in her confrontations and the way is smoothed for the reception of the Gospel. ikompli fil-ħarġa li jmiss OFM LINK APRIL

9 Altari tar-repożizzjoni fil-knejjes tagħna Fil-Knisja ta S. Marija ta Ġesu, Valletta Fil-Knisja ta S. Franġisk, Ħamrun Fil-Knisja ta S. Antnin ġewwa Għajnsielem < u dak li jintrama fil-knisja Parrokkjali Madonna tas-sacro Cuor, Sliema > OFM LINK APRIL

10 Dan jintrama fl-oratorju ta S. Ġużepp, li hu anness mal- Knisja ta S. Marija ta Ġesu, Rabat Fil- Knisja S. Marija tal-anġli, Baħar iċ-ċagħaq Minn dawn il-paġni, ngħidu grazzi mill-qalb lil dawk il-patrijiet, li flimkien ma ħafna voluntiera, jaħdmu biex jarmawhom. Inkomplu nitolbu għal aktar vokazzjonijiet Ibgħat Mulej ħaddiema għall-ħsad tiegħek, sabiex il-bnedmin kollha jkollhom il-ħajja fl-isem t Ibnek Ġesu OFM LINK APRIL

11 AĦBARIJIET TAL-PROVINĊJA Fl-4 ta Marzu fil-kunvent tal-ħamrun, fil-presenza tal-viżitatur Ġenerali, infetħu l-voti tat-tieni u l-aħħar votazzjoni preliminjari għas-servizz tal-ministru Provinċjal. Filgħaxija f quddiesa konċelebrata minn P. Martin Coleiro, wieħed mill-assistenti spiritwali nazzjonali tal-o.f.s., li saret fil-knisja parrokkjali tal-madonna tas-sacro Cuor, Tas-Sliema, 22 membru tal-o.f.s. għamlu l-professjoni. Fid-9 ta Marzu saret l-inawgurazzjoni ta 3 qniepen ġodda għall-knisja tagħna tar-rabat. Huma ġew imberkin mill- Provinċjal P. Sandro Overend, waqt li kienet nieżla x-xita u l- inċens ifuħ. Huma ġew imsemmija - Marija Guzeppa Franġiska, Klara u Karmela. Dawn ġew maħduma filfonderija John Taylor & Co. B hekk issa din il-knisja għandha sett ta 5 qniepen. Fl-10 ta Marzu l-viżitatur Ġenerali kompla l-vizta kanonika billi żar l-aħwa li jgħexu f Ruma u f Londra. F dan ix-xahar ħareġ id-direttorju Provinċjali ġdid. Grazzi mill-qalb lil dawk l-aħwa li ppreparawh u ħadu ħsieb l-istampar. Jekk xi ħadd mill-aħwa għadu ma rċevihx, jista jkellem lis-segretarju provinċjali Fis-17 tax-xahar il-membri tal-kummissjoni Preparatorja għall-kapitlu Provinċjal reġgħu għal darb oħra iltaqgħu mal-viżitatur Ġenerali biex ġie eżaminat il-materjal li intbgħat mill-komunitajiet u minn individwi għal mistoqsijiet li ntbgħatu lill-komunitajiet. B hekk qed jitħejja working document, biex ilkapitulari jkunu jistgħu jiddiskutuh u wara joħorġu dawk il-proposti biex jibdew jitwettqu wara ċ- ċelebrazzjoni tal-kapitlu mill-membri kollha tal-provinċja. Fid-19 tax-xahar saret il-festa solenni ta S. Ġużepp fil-knisja tagħna tar-rabat organizzata mill- Arċikonfraternita ta S. Ġużepp. It-temp sabih għen biex ħafna nies attendew għall-funzjonijiet reliġjużi u ta barra. B radd il-ħajr lil Alla tal-mitt sena bħala Provinċja Quddiesa konċelebrata nhar l-24 t April mill-ministru Ġeneral P. Michael A. Perry O.F.M. flimkien mal-aħwa tal-provinċja fil-knisja S. Marija tal-anġli, Baħar iċ-ċagħaq fis-6.30 pm OFM LINK APRIL

12 FESTI MEJJU 2014 BIRTHDAYS 03. P. Alexander Borg 07. P. Charles Diacono P. Sandro Overend 08. P. Mark Enriquez - Provincjal 27. P. Raymond Falzon 12. P. Cherubim Galea Xewqat qaddisa!!!!!!!! L-Għid ittajjeb lil kulħadd Din l-istatwa tintrama fil-knisja tagħna tar-rabat. F DIN IL-ĦARĠA Id-Digriet 2 P. Pacifico Monza O.F.M. 3 P. Anton Cesal O.F.M. 4 S. Ludovik IX 5 S. Franġisk 6 Humility as truth (2) 7-8 Altar tar-repożizzjoni 9-10 Aħbarijiet tal-provinċja 11 OFM - LINK L-Editur P. Alexander Borg O.F.M. Patrijiet Franġiskani Triq Dun Pawl Vella Tas-Sliema SLM 3200 Tel għall-aħħar aggornamenti Grazzi lil P. Joseph Magro O.F.M. OFM LINK APRIL