The Provincial Assembly 2024 of the Maltese Augustinian friars opened this morning with the Celebration of the mass of the Holy Spirit and the singing of the Veni Creator at Saint Rita’s Chapel in Saint Julians. This Assembly is being Presided by the Assistant to the Prior General P. Javier Perez Barba O.S.A. who also presided over this morning's Eucharist. Later in the morning the friars gathered in the Assembly Hall where the necessary formalities took place.

Fr Frankie Cini M.S.S.P. was then invited and shared with the friars various reflections related to the challenges of the Church and Society today and the need for a journey of discernment leading to the necessary choices. The same Fr Frankie also animated the discussions in the afternoon session. The first day of the Assembly closed with the Evening Prayers in the Chapel.

The Maltese Augustinian Province together with the secretariat for the Augustinian Missions will celebrate a thanksgiving Eucharist on the 30th anniversary of the foundation of the secretariat in 1994. This mass will be held on Saturday 6 April at the Church of Saint Nicholas of Tolentine, Lampuka Street, Tarxien at 6.30pm.

For the last 30 years AMIGOS has offered several young people a missionary experience, in Brazil, Mozambique and Kenya. This year a group of 7 young people together with Fr Mario Abela osa (director of the secretariat) are preparing themselves to do some missionary work in Mozambique. We continue to pray for them and help them in this work that they will do this summer thanks to our donations.

From Monday 22, to Wednesday 24 April, the Augustinian Friars of the Maltese Province will gather for the Intermediate Provincial Assembly at The Santa Rita Priory in Saint Julians. The Assembly is a moment in which the friars evaluate their life and mission, particularly in the past two years, and discuss today's challenges and the way forward.

The three days of the Assembly close with a mass on Wednesday 24 April, Feast of the Conversion of Saint Augustine at the Parish Church of Saint Augustine in Valletta at 7.15pm. The mass is open to all those who wish to join at this moment and give thanks to the Lord for everything he does with the Augustinian friars and through them in the realities they serve. After the mass refreshments will be served in the Priory.

On Tuesday 19th March, the Augustinian friars met at The Santa Rita Priory in St. Julian's for a moment of prayer during Lent as a preparation for the Resurrection of Jesus. Fr Ivan Scicluna ofm Cap led a reflection on the different inner voices found in us. After a short break, the brothers gathered for adoration in silence before the Sacrament.

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