It has been shown that there were thousands of women who lived in the desert and played leadership roles among the Christians. Some of the most important who have come down to us are Amma Sarah, Amma Syncletica and Amma Theodora. The term “Amma”, in much the same way as “Abba”, designates the spiritual mother […]Read More
Bio means life and ethics is concerned with values, what is right and wrong. Bioethics asks what is technologically possible, is it ethically permissible? Catholic Bioethics topics include the value and significance of human life, the transmission of human life through new reproductive technologies, prenatal diagnosis and the right to life, sterilisation, abortion, the preservation […]Read More
There has been a small but continuous vegetarian movement in the Catholic Church from the very beginning. Technically, fasting is a practice where one deprives oneself of some food. Abstinence is normally from meat. But what about Catholic vegetarians? Vegetarians can obviously fast, but can they practice abstinence as the Church intends? It seems that vegetarians […]Read More
Few weeks after Christmas, and we are already in Lent. From lights to decorations, candles and colours we find ourselves in a sort of barren land covered with ashes. In this Catholic Lenten reflection we ask and reflect… Is Lent a “negative” season following the “positive” Christmas one? Following the Christmas season fundraising marathons, we […]Read More
A short reflection about love as lived by famous Christmas characters from the Bible during the birth of Christ… Jesus – Love is the small baby Jesus. Love humbles itself. Mary – Love is that young girl Mary, who believed in the words of the angel and said “yes” to the call. Love believes and […]Read More
Christmas is a special time in Malta. The same goes for the Society Of Christian Doctrine where Christmas is celebrated with fervour through traditions held from the very days of when their founder Saint George Preca was still alive. One of them is the Street Demostration With Baby Jesus also known as The Children’s Procession which […]Read More
This article explains the role of rest and leisure in our life, why they are of paramount importance from both a physical and a spiritual perspective. The origins of the word “leisure” It is interesting to note that the term ‘workaholic’ was only coined in 1948. A year later, Josef Pieper penned his Leisure, the Basis […]Read More
