Month: Oct 2018

Blessed John Duns Scotus (1265/66 – 8th November 1308), besides being known as the “Subtle Doctor”, is also referred to as the “Marian Doctor”. It was he who presented a systematic theology of the Marian privilege of the Immaculate Conception, which the Catholic Church officially proclaimed as a Dogma of Faith in the Apostolic Constitution Ineffabilis Deus of Pope Pius IX (8th December 1854), of which we are this year celebrating the 150th anniversary.

Scotus and the Immaculate Conception (pdf)

Mhux darba u tnejn li staqsewna dwar it-tifsira ta’ dan it-titlu. F’Malta llum g?andna biss ?ew? knejjes u kunventi iddedikati għal dan it-titlu marjan. It-tweġiba ma tistax tkun waħda sempliċi. Tiġbor flimkien ħafna truf, li fuq kollox huma lkoll interessanti.

Santa Marija ta’ Gesu (pdf)

Il tema scelto da Giovanni Paolo II per la XI Assemblea generale ordinaria del Sinodo dei Vescovi è: Eucharistia fons et culmen vitae et missionis Ecclesiae (L’Eucaristia fonte e culmine della vita e della missione della Chiesa). Questo Sinodo viene celebrato nel contesto dell’anno dedicato all’Eucaristia. Come preparazione al Sinodo sono state pubblicate i Lineamenta dalla Segreteria Generale del Sinodo (25 febbraio 2004).

San Francesco e l’Eucaristia (pdf)

The document entitled “The Grace of our Origins”, which lays down the preparatory stages for the celebration of the 8th centenary of the foundation of the Order of Friars Minor, dedicates the year 2006 to the identity of our Franciscan calling. It invites us to meditate upon Saint Fancis’ words during his dream in Spoleto: “Lord, what do you want me to do?”

San Damiano (pdf)

This new paper by Noel Muscat ofm focuses upon the significance of the 800th anniversary of Francis’ visit to Pope Innocent III in the Lateran palace, in order to request the pope’s approval of his “Forma vitae”, or the Gospel way of life he wrote for the first brothers.

Saint Francis in front of Pope Innocent III (1209) (pdf)

Fis-sena li fiha qegħdin niċċelebraw għeluq is-750 sena mill-approvazzjoni tar-Regola ta’ Santa Klara mill-Papa Innoċenz IV (9 ta’ Awissu 1253) u mill-mewt ta’ Santa Klara (11 ta’ Awissu 1253), qed jerġa’ jkollna okkażjoni biex napprofondixxu l-istudji tagħna dwar Klara t’Assisi u l-kariżma speċifiku tagħha, f’relazzjoni ma’ San Franġisk.

Relazzjoni S. Klara ma’ S. Frangisk (pdf)NS05 Klara u Frangisku

Francis of Assisi is regarded as being the founder of one of the most important religious families in the history of the Church. He is considered as the founder of the Friars Minor (First Order), of the Poor Clares (Second Order), and of the Regular and Secular Franciscans (Third Order). Yet, it never dawned to Francis’ mind to found a religious Order.

On Ministry of the Friars (pdf)

The scholarly account of the life of Luke Wadding by Fr. Francis Harold, forms the introduction to his prestigious and voluminous Annales Minorum, of which he wrote the first 8 volumes.[i] Luke Wadding was born on 16th October 1588 at Waterford, a town on the south coast of Ireland, looking over the Celtic Sea and St. George’s Channel. His parents, Walter and Anastasia Lombard, named him Luke, in memory of the evangelist St. Luke, since he was born close to his feast day, 18th October.

Luke Wadding (pdf)

«Francesco, uomo cattolico e tutto apostolico». Sono le parole della prima antifona dei primi vespri della festa di San Francesco nell’Ufficio Ritmico composto da Giuliano da Spira. La figura di Francesco, uomo cattolico e tutto apostolico, è ben documentata nelle biografie dei secoli 13 e 14 che presentano Francesco e il suo Ordine come una forza innovatrice e rinnovatrice nella Chiesa.

La Chiesa negli scritti di S. Francesco (pdf)

Gli studi su Santa Chiara d’Assisi in questi ultimi decenni hanno presentato un’immagine nuova della plantula sancti patris («pianticella del padre santo») Francesco, guardando alla sua esperienza evangelica non semplicemente come ad una fedele copia di quella fatta da Francesco, ma come un’esperienza, in certo senso, unica e irrepetibile nei suoi contorni femminili.

La Chiesa negli scritti di S. Chiara (pdf)