FR MARIO ATTARD OFM Cap was born in San Gwann on August 26 1972. After being educated in governmental primary and secondary schools as well as at the Naxxar Trade School he felt the call to enter the Franciscan Capuchin Order. After obtaining the university requirements he entered the Capuchin friary at Kalkara on October 12 1993. A year after he was ordained a priest, precisely on 4 September 2004, his superiors sent him to work with patients as a chaplain first at St. Luke's Hospital and later at Mater Dei. In 2007 Fr Mario obtained a Master's Degree in Hospital Chaplaincy from Sydney College of Divinity, University of Sydney, Australia. Currently, he is one of the six chaplains working at Mater Dei Hospital. Furthermore, he is a regular contributor in the MUMN magazine IL-MUSBIEฤฆ and hosts radio programmes about the spiritual care of the sick.
How many times have we uttered it because we were upset? In how many instances have we heard it said by others? I donโt care! Care! This buzzword. Or, rather, this catchy word. Yes! It is a catchy word not simply because it is popular or divulged...
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Throughout this year we have been celebrating the first centenary from the birth of a great devotee of Mary, Pope St. John Paul II. It would be fruitful to see how this great Marian Pope showed his immense love for Mary, particularly by the way he...
I have always been fascinated by the fact that todayโs postmodern culture, with its insistence on value-neutral values, is, in fact, greatly craving for God. The more the craze for the material, the more the spiritual is pining to come into our...
The North American singer and songwriter, Bart Millard, said: โAs long as there’s breath in our lungs our story is still being written.โ Breath keeps our lungs alive and help them to function as they ought. Thus, as long as there is breath...
On Saturday 10 October 2020 Blessed Carlo Acutis was beatified in the Italian and hometown of St Francis, Assisi. Cardinal Agostino Vallini presided over the ceremony of his beatification. During his homily for this special occasion of the...
