Ex-swimmer with the Malta Swimming National Team, Ian Diacono talks to Universe of Faith about his personal experiences in the field of evangelisation in the modern world as a full-time Christian youth leader. Love Comes Before Evangelisation I come from a background of radical evangelisation. My idea of fun when I was a much younger […]Read More
Mariella Catania – a mother, shares how intergenerational catechesis has helped her grow in faith and experience sharing faith with other families. One of the ‘signature statements’ that tend to feature in a discussion between new parents or parents of young children is: ‘Since becoming parents, our lives have been changed completely’. Changes happen on different levels, […]Read More
The strengths and weaknesses of the Malta village festa This is an interview with Fr Jonathan Farrugia a festa lover, who has experienced the organisation of a number of festas in various parishes around Malta and Jesuit Fr Paul Chetcuti. The Jesuits in Malta do not have any parishes and therefore are quite outsiders when […]Read More
Anna Micallef, a separated woman shares her experience of coping with marriage breakdown and her journeying from deep loneliness to peace. I only had 24 years when my ex-husband told me “I’ve had enough of marriage! I had long been hearing these words but on that day, which I remember clearly, he told our two […]Read More
Reflective questions to grow in one’s inner life, reflecting on what St Paul calls “the fruits of the spirit” and search for ways of how one can grow in them… Fruit of the Spirit 1 – LOVE: – How can I love the persons around me, even when I feel that s/he does not deserve […]Read More
A supportive sister shares her experience of accompanying her very own brother through his cancerexperience. She relates how despite her initial suffering with the news, eventually she felt that this cancer experience became “a gift” in her life. We had always been very close, and his heart-breaking illness and passing away afforded me great anguish. […]Read More
If you are interested in the relationship between faith and farming Fr Mark Ciantar is the one to talk to. Born and bred in the densely populated town of Ħamrun, Fr Mark Ciantar realised his dream when in 2007 he moved to the fields of Marsascala in the southern part of Malta, where he joined […]Read More
In this short happening during a Sunday mass, Sarah Zammit Munro reflects on the love of God the Father. It was the Sunday mass. I admit that I wasn’t paying much attention but looking around at the people there. Even when we get distracted God has a way of reeling us back in. As I […]Read More
This is the life-changing story of the owner of one of Malta’s leading gyms, a poor boy who became a successful entrepreneur and a happy husband, a man who journeyed from anger to empathy, from happiness to success. I feel that my life is a success. I’m not a millionaire. The success is how […]Read More