Il-Qdusija Tiegħu l-Papa jilqa` t-talba tal-Kunsill Lokali Mellieħa

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Ittra mibgħuta lill-Papa Benedittu XVI His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI Vatican City State Your Holiness, I am the Mayor of Mellieħa, a town in the north of Malta, and I am writing on my own behalf and my fellow Councillors who represent the whole Mellieħa community. Here in Mellieħa we have the ancient International Sanctuary dedicated to the Nativity of Our Lady. It is the oldest Sanctuary in these Islands and very strong tradition holds that the figure of Our Lady with Baby Jesus was painted by Saint Luke when he was shipwrecked in the vicinity of Mellieħa together with Saint Paul in the year 60 A.D. In 1960 His Holiness Pope John XXIII invited the Bishops of all Marian Sanctuaries, amongst them Mons. Michael Gonzi, to concelebrate with Him during the 2nd Vatican Council. The Pope had acclaimed the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Mellieħa as one of ‘le piu’ celebri di tutti le nazioni’and donated an artistic candle to each bishop. Mons. Gonzi later presented this candle to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Mellieħa, where it is still exhibited today. His Holiness Pope Paul VI sent another candle specifically to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Mellieħa to be put at the feet of the Blessed Virgin in Her Marian Sanctuary. The Maltese Bishop Mons. M. Gonzi had concelebrated Mass with His Holiness the Pope during the 3rd Session of the Vatican Council in November 1964 during which Mass he was presented with this candle. As a sign of appreciation and thanksgiving, a telegram was sent to His Holiness on behalf of the Bishop, the Clergy and the Mellieħa Community. Then in 1990 His Holiness Pope John Paul II personally visited this Marian Sanctuary in May. He knelt and prayed in front of the Holy Icon of Our Lady of Mellieħa for about twenty minutes and later addressed the parents of Maltese missionaries scattered all over the world. His Holiness then presented Rosary Beads of gold and mother of pearl to Our Lady, in memory of His visit. Again in 1992 the Mellieħa Parish Priest attended the First World Congress on Sanctuaries and Pilgrimages organized at the Vatican where he represented the Marian Sanctuary of Our Lady of Mellieħa. Recently, in 2003, when the European Marian Network was formed in Lourdes, with the encouragement of the Vatican itself, and the best known Sanctuaries in twenty European countries where chosen, the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Mellieħa was selected to represent the Maltese Islands. Considering all this, your Excellency, and with Your Holiness visit to Malta between the 17 and the 18 of April this year, we humbly beg to ask that a commemorative memento be presented by Yourself to this Sanctuary of Our Lady of Mellieħa during Your short stay here. This present to Our Lady will be reverently kept with the other presents in the Pope’s museum, already established in the same Sanctuary. This will surely increase the great devotion this Sanctuary enjoys as it is annually visited by thousands of pilgrims from all over the world. We remain, Your Obedient Servant in God, Robert Cutajar Mayor 6 Mill-Qieg˙a | Mejju 2010 | Óar©a Nru. 42 6 April 2010 F'Ġunju jinfetaħ iċ-Ċentru ta' Matul il-Jum għall-Anzjani fil- Mellieħa L-Anzjani tagħna jkomplu jingħataw l-attenzjoni li jixraqilhom mill-Gvern Ċentrali u l-Kunsill Lokali Mellieħa. Il-Gvern Ċentrali flimkien mal- Kunsill Lokali Mellieħa fl-4 ta` Ġunju ser ikunu qed jiftħu ċ-Ċentru ta` Matul il-Jum għall- Anzjani fil-Mellieħa. Dan isservizz ser ikun qed jingħata mill-kumpless ta` Dar il-Madonna tal-Mellieħa. Il-Kunsill Lokali ser ikun qed jorganizza Open Weekend fid-29 u 30 ta` Mejju sabiex dawk interessati li jagħmlu użu minn dan is-servizz, ikollhom iċ-ċans imorru jaraw il-post u jiltaqgħu mal-istaff li ser ikun qed imexxi dan iċ-Ċentru. Matul dan l-Open Weekend ser jittellgħu wirjiet ta' pittura artiġġjanat, diskussjonijiet fuq suġġetti varji kif ukoll varjeta' mużikali. Il-poplu Mellieħi huwa mistieden sabiex jattendi u japrezza dan is-servizz ġdid li ser ikun qed jingħata lill komunita' Melleħija. Kull min jixtieq aktar informazzjoni huwa mitlub li jċempel il-Kunsill Lokali fuq 21523230.
Il-Patrijarka ta` Damascus fil-Mellieħa Iżur is-Santwarju tal-Madonna tal-Mellieħa u l-Gżejjer ta` San Pawl Waqt iż-żjara f`pajjiżna tal-Qdusija Tiegħu l-Papa Benedittu XVI ftit taljiem ilu kien hawn ukoll f`pajjiżna il- Patrijarka ta` Damascus, Gregorius Laham III. Fil-fatt dan il-Patrijarka kien wieħed mill-mistiedna speċjali waqt din l-istess żjara tant li flimkien mal-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona u l-Isqof Mario Grech ikkonċelebra `l quddiesa fuq il-Fosos tal- Furjana mal-Papa Benedittu. Wara stedina li saritlu mis-Sindku tal- Mellieħa Robert Cutajar f`Novembru li għadda waqt laqgħa f`Ruma, dan il- Patrijarka aċċetta li jżur il-lokalita’ tal- Mellieħa fejn min-naħa tiegħu wera x-xewqa li jżur is-Santwarju tal-Madonna tal-Mellieħa kif ukoll il-Gżejjer ta` San Pawl, Gżejjer li jaqgħu taħt il-konfini tal- Mellieħa. Għal xi wħud dawn l-istess Gżejjer huma magħrufa bħala Ta` Selmunett. Il-Patrijarka intlaqa` mis-Sindku u l-Kappillan tal-Mellieħa Dun Karm Mercieca fil-preżenza ta` numru ta` kunsilliera fejn l-ewwel waqfa tiegħu kienet fis-Santwarju tal-Madonna tal- Mellieħa. Huwa ngħata dettalji dwar dan is-Santwarju minn Jimmy Muscat, studjuż dwar l-istorja ta` dan is-Santwarju. Dan is-Santwarju li huwa wkoll dikjarat bħala Santwarju Marjan f`Lourdes fi Franza huwa l-eqdem Santwarju li hawn f`pajjiżna fejn l-istorja tgħallimna li x-xbieha tal- Madonna fuq il-blat ġiet impenġija mill- Appostlu San Luqa meta 1950 sena ilu kien mal-Appostlu San Pawl f`Malta. Il- Patrijarka għamel ħin jitlob quddiem ixxbieha tal-Madonna fil-post fejn 20 sena ilu kien talab ukoll il-Papa Ġwanni Pawlu II. Wara saru wkoll bdil ta` rigali kemm mill-Kappillan tal-Parroċċa kif ukoll mis-Sindku lill-istess Patrijarka li kien akkumpanjat mill-Isqof ta` Damascus u r-rappreżentant tiegħu fl-istat tal- Vatikan. Waqt il-ħin li huwa qatta` f`dan is-Santwarju filwaqt li baqa` impressjonat bl-istorja ta` dan is-Santwarju, wieħed seta jinnota d-devozzjoni kbira li dan il- Patrijarka għandu lejn il-Madonna. Mis-Santwarju tal-Madonna tal-Mellieħa, l-Patrijarka ittieħed b`lanċa fuq il-Gżejjer ta` San Pawl fejn flimkien mas-Sindku u membri tal-Kunsill Lokali Mellieħa imxew sal-istatwa ta` San Pawl li tinsab fuq l-istess gżejjer fejn hemmhekk inkixfet plakka kommemorattiva biex tfakkar dik il-ġurnata. Fil-fatt Gregorius III wera x-xewqa li jżur dawn il-Gżejjer peress li kien qed jagħmel l-istess vjaġġ li għamel l-appostlu San Pawl fejn wara li telaq minn Damscus , huwa kien spiċċa Malta. Fi tmiem din il-viżta, l-Patrijarka f`kummenti li huwa għamel filwaqt li rringrazzja li l-Kunsill Lokali tal-Mellieħa li tah iċ-ċans li jkun daqshekk viċin l-istorja li seħħet f`Malta 1950 sena ilu, qal li kien impressjonat biż-żewġ postijiet li huwa kien għadu kemm żar. Huwa temm iddiskors tiegħu billi qal li kien onorat li fil-fatt kien preżenti f`pajjiżna f`dawn iljiem biex jaqsam magħna, l-poplu Malti mumenti ta` ferħ bil-preżenza tal-Qdusija Il-Patrijarka ta’ Damascus, Gregorius Laham III flimkien mal-Kappillan Dun Karm Mercieca, is-Sindku tal-Mellieħa Robert Cutajar u l-Kunsilliera fis-Santwarju tal-Madonna tal-Mellieħa. Festa ta' San Ġwann tal-Ħġejjeġ Is-Sibt, 19 ta' Ġunju 2010 mis-7 ta' filgħaxija 'l quddiem Fi Triq il-Kbira, Triq Ġorġ Borg Olivier u Misraħ iż-Żjara tal-Papa. Tiegħu l-Papa Benedittu XVI. Min-naħa tiegħu s-Sindku tal-Mellieħa irringrazzja lid-delegazzjoni minn Damascus u qal li kien ta` pjaċir għall-komunita’ kollha Melleħija b`din iż-żjara sinifikanti b`rabta ukoll mal-istorja tal-fidi tagħna li nibbet fina l-Appostlu San Pawl 1950 sena ilu. Għal din iż-żjara kienu preżenti wkoll il- Viċi Sindku Emvin Bartolo u l-kunsilliera John Buttigieg u Clayton Bartolo. Ir-rabta bejn il-Mellieħa u l-Belt ta` Damascus mistennija tkompli tikber fixxhur li ġejjin peress li dawn iż-żewġt ibliet jinsabu sieħba fi programm tal-Unjoni Ewropea bl-isem ta` OASIS. Mill-Qieg˙a | Mejju 2010 | Óar©a Nru. 42 7
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