On Sunday 23rd October, the Church celebrated Missions Sunday. On this day we are all invited to reflect on how we can embrace the call to be missionaries in the environment where we live. On this day too, we can reflect more on the Church which is beyond our shores, especially in the Third World countries.
On this occasion, the Missions Group within the Seminary community organizes a week of activities. The theme for this year was “Missions start at home”, inspired by the contemporary saint, Mother Teresa. The programme included a series of activities, held between Sunday 16th and Saturday 22nd October.
On Sunday 16th, in the morning, members of the Seminary community donated blood at the Gozo General Hospital. On Thursday 20th, a Peoples’ Meal was held at the Minor Seminary for Form 4 students. Through this meal, the students could become aware of the poverty that exists around us, the extent of which we are hardly aware. In the afternoon, we hosted Fr Martin Cilia MSSP who delivered a talk on the new evangelisation in Malta. Then on Saturday 22nd, during morning Mass, Mgr Guzeppi Farrugia shared with us his reflections on the new evangelisation during the papacy of Pope John Paul II.
During the week, prayers were said for the missionaries who are away from their homeland.
