Monthly Archives: April 2023

What a contrast!

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In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit

The Lord is my shepherd: there is nothing I shall want.

1. Let us open our hearts to receive God’s Word

“Very truly, I tell you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate but climbs in by another way is a thief and a bandit…

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Prayer Spaces Network Meeting

On Wednesday, 10th May 2023, educators who created or animated prayer spaces or wish to know more about prayer spaces met online to strengthen the network of the people setting up prayer spaces in schools. It was a wonderful opportunity to celebrate what God is doing with the young and adults through the prayer spaces in our schools and other places.

After Fr Reuben introduced the meeting, Ms Silvana Cardona interviewed Ms Bernadette Sammut Briffa, chaplain at Sacred Heart College, and Ms Maria Barbara, an educator at St Paul Missionary College, who shared their experience with prayer spaces…

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Lenten Spiritual Activities in State Schools during 2023

Enthusiastic and varied programme activities were organized in all State schools during the Lenten season across the primary, middle and secondary years. During this blog, we would like to share information from the schools who either sent their information to us or we found them on a social media platform.

Students at St Clare Middle and Secondary School Pembroke participated in an assembly in which they reflected on the life of Nick Nujicic, an Australian-American speaker author, coach, and entrepreneur with no limbs…

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Life is not a vicious circle!

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In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit

Lord, you will show us the path of life.

1. Let us open our hearts to receive God’s Word

Now on that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and talking with each other about all these things that had happened…

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A Labyrinth Experience for Educators

On Wednesday, 5th April 2023, the SDS team animated the labyrinth spiritual experience at the Pastoral Centre in Qrendi. The educators were invited to choose a slot every hour to walk through this personal experience.

Educators play a critical role in shaping the minds and futures of their students…

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Fostering Spiritual Development in Schools

Our aim as the Spiritual Development in Schools team is to support particularly students and educators in fostering pastoral care and spiritual development in schools. Although our planning and work are done in our office, our mission which we do our best to perform with determination and enthusiasm, is done in schools, in the footsteps and words of Jesus Christ: “The Son of Man does not have where to lay his head” (Matthew 8:20)…

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Meeting the Wounded Healer!

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In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit

Give thanks to the LORD for he is good, his love is everlasting.

1. Let us open our hearts to receive God’s Word

When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side…

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Amazing!

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In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit

This is the day that the Lord has made,
Let us rejoice and be glad in it. Hallelujah.

1. Let us open our hearts to receive God’s Word

Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb…

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Humble?

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In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?

1. Let us open our hearts to receive God’s Word

When they had come near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to me…

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