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Film Night

Venue:- WOW Centre, Millennium Chapel, Paceville (downstairs in the Multi-purpose Hall, please follow signs or ask at reception)
Date and Time:- Friday 10th February 2012 @ 7.30 pm
Activity:- Following general consensus, we are once again organizing the viewing of a film (a comedy).
After, those attending, may go for a drink/a bite to eat at one of the many entertainment outlets in the vicinity.

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P. Prosper Grech OSA

Il-Provinċja Agostinjana ta’ Malta tifraħ lil wieħed minn uliedha, P. Prospero Grech OSA għan-nomina tiegħu bħala Kardinal tal-Knisja Kattolika. P. Prespero Grech OSA twieled il-Birgu nhar l-24 ta’ Diċembru 1925 u ingħata l-isem ta’ Stanley fil-magħmudija tiegħu. Huwa ingħaqad mal-Ordni ta’ Santu Wistin fl-1943. Fl-1946 intbagħat Ruma sabiex ikompli l-istudji teoloġiċi fil-Kulleġġ Internazzjonali Santa Monika. Kien ordnat presbiteru fil-25 ta’ Marzu 1950.

P. Prospero ingħata għall-ħajja akkademika u speċjalizza fit-teoloġija fl-Università Pontifiċja Gregorjana bit-teżi dottorali The Atonement of God in Modern English Theology (1953). Huwa kompla l-istudji tiegħu fl-Iskrittura Mqaddsa bil-Istitut Pontifiċju Bibliku (Ruma) fejn iggradwa summa cum laude.

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BIO-BIBLIOGRAPHY: PROSPER GRECH, OSA

Curriculum vitae

Baptismal name: Stanley Grech.  Religious name: Prosper

Born at Birgu, 24th Dec. 1925. Parents: Vincent and Amelia Gatt.

Primary education at Mater Boni Consilii school, Paola and St.Catherine’s Sliema.

Secondary education Malta Lyceum.

Passed Univ. of London and Royal Univ of Malta matriculations 1942.

Started a course of medicine at the Univ. of Malta which I gave up during the first year.

In the meantime served in the University Home Guard, RMA as anti-aircraft gunner during World War II.

Entered the Augustinian Order in 1943. Two years of philosophical studies at the Augustinian school of theology, Rabat.

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Fr. Prosper Grech Named Cardinal

Before the Angelus Prayer offered on the Feast of the Epiphany, January 6, Pope Benedict XVI announced from the window of the papal residence in Rome, the creation of 22 new Cardinals of the Church. Among them was our own Fr. Prospero Grech, OSA, of the Maltese Province, presently and for many decades a member of the community of Collegio Santa Monica, Rome. Father Grech, very vibrant at 86 years of age, becomes the first Augustinian to be received into the College of Cardinals since the nomination of Sebastiano Cardinal Martinelli in 1901, while he was serving as Apostolic Delegate in the United States of America. Father Grech, a well-known and highly respected Scripture Scholar will become the second Maltese Cardinal.

Here the letter of our Prior General to the members of the Order:

Dear Brothers and Sisters:

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Fr. Prosper Grech Honored

Fr. Prospero Grech OSA, a member of the Collegio Santa Monica, Rome, and of the Province of Malta, received his country's highest decoration, that of the National Order of Merit in the rank of Companion of Honor, the most prestigious rank as it permits of only three members at any one time. The award was presented in virtue of Father Grech's many achievements, especially his contributions to society as theologian, by the President of Malta, George Abela, in ceremonies at the presidential palace commemorating the 37th anniversary of Malta as a republic.