Welcome To St. Dominic`s Website

By means of these pages we would like to acquaint you with one of the finest churches in Valletta (Malta), with its history,  with its grandeur, and with its parish life.  This is our Eight year since we went online. I hope you enjoy your visit and we would be very happy to view your comments in our guestbook.

  St Dominic's is one of the three parish churches in Valletta, the others being St Paul Shipwrecked, and St Augustine's.  It was erected as the first parish in 1571 by the Dominican Pope, Pius V.

  Throughout its varied history it has contributed greatly to the advancement of the local population, thanks to the ever-present community of Dominican religious aided by various committed lay-people.

  This parish boasts of many renowned personalities who were born, baptized and lived in its confines.  Among these special mention must be made of two of the first three Maltese blessed beatified by the late Pope John Paul II on the 9^th May 2001: Bl. George Preca, founder of the Society of Christian Doctrine (commonly known as M.U.S.E.U.M), and Bl. Ignatius Falzon.  Now we are very proud that Bl. George Preca has been cannonized.

  In spite of its being one of the oldest parishes on the Island, St Dominic's does not miss the opportunities offered by modern means of communication in order to spread the Gospel.  In 1996, the parish began operating a Community Radio.  In 2004 we launched this website.  Besides communicating information about the parish, we intend to use this web-site as another means of bringing the Word of God to the people, a mission which St Dominic of Guzman made it the essence of the Order of Preachers which he founded and of which this parish forms part.

Aghfas fuq il-poster biex tidhol fil-pagna tal-Festa 2011

Tifkira tal-100 sena mill-Konsagrazzjoni tal-ISQOF LI HABBU KULHADD Patri Angelo Portelli O.P

It- Tlitiet ta S.Duminku

Kull Nhar ta Tlieta jahbat it- Tlieta f'gieh il-Patrun taghna San Duminku - Fundatur tal-Ordni tal-Predikaturi.   Nhar ta Tlieta nitolbu flimkien ma San Duminku ghal aktar vokazzjonijiet sacerdotali u religjuzi fi hdan l-Ordni tal-Predikaturi. INGHAQDU MAGHNA GHAL QUDDIESA FIS-6.00 PM GEWWA L-INSINJI BAZILIKA, PARROCCA MATRICI U PRINCIPALI TA SANTA MARIJA TA PORTO SALVO U SAN DUMINKU - VALLETTA.

Is-Siġra tal-Ħajja

Feature fuq San Duminku

Feature sabih fuq hajjet San Duminku, u il-bidu tal-ordni dumnikan fil Belt Valletta, kif ukoll rigward dak kollhu li ghaddiet minnu il-komunita' Dumnikana fil-Belt. Din hija Power point presentation maghmula tajjeb hafna mis-Sur Ivan Camilleri u meqlub flash format mis Sur Frederick Williams. Il-File huwa naqra kbir u ghalhekk trid tistenna ftit sekondi sakemm jitla. Ghalkemm huwa flash format xorta wiehed irid juza il "mouse clicks" biex jeqleb il-pagni.

Il-Hsieb Tal-Hadd

Id-Dumnikani Jaħtru Majjistru Ġdid tal-Ordni

Fr. Bruno Cador�.



Nhar il-Ħadd 5 ta' Settembru 2010, il-parteċipanti fil-Kapitlu Ġenerali tal-Ordni tal-Predikaturi (Dumnikani) li qed jiltaqa' f'Ruma għażlu lil Fra Bruno Cador�, patri Franciz, biex ikun il-Majjistru l-ġdid tal-Ordni kollu. Fra Bruno għandu 56 sena u sa issa kien qiegħed iservi bħala Provinċjal tal-Provinċja Dumnikana ta' Franza. Qabel ma dahal fl-Ordni Dumnikan, Fra Bruno kien tabib u kien qiegħed jispeċjalizza fil-Pedjatrija. Bħala patri huwa ħa Dottorat fit-Teoloġija u għallem il-Bioetika fl-Universita' Kattolika ta' Lille, Franza, fejn kien inkarigat ukoll mill-Istudenti Dumnikani li jkunu qed jippreparaw għas-saċerdozju. Qabel ma nħatar Provinċjal fl-2002 kien Direttur taċ-Ċentru ta' Etika Medika f'Lille kif ukoll membru tal-Kunsill Nazzjonali tal-AIDS. Bħala Provinċjal hu akkwista esperjenza wiesgħa tal-Ordni kollu billi l-Provinċja tiegħu għandha ħafna friegħi, imsejħin Vikarjati, f'diversi pajjiżi oħra tad-dinja bħalma huma l-Iskandinavja, l-Afrika, Haiti u l-Iraq. Hu stess kien qatta' sentejn sħaħ jaħdem f'Haiti qabel ma ġie ordnat saċerdot.

Fil-lista tal-Majjistri tal-Ordni, li huma s-successuri tal-istess Fundatur, San Duminku ta' Guzman, Fra Bruno Cador� jigi is-86 suċċessur.

Ktieb Tal-Festa 2010

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Min kien San Duminku?

Nippreparaw ghal Festa!

Set ritratti waqt xoghol fl-armar ta Barra u Gol-Bazilika

Hrug il-Vara min Nicca

L-Ewwel Tridu

It-Tieni Jum Ta Tridu

L-Ahhar Tridu

Jum Il-Festa

Hrug tal-Purcissjoni

Purcissjoni fit-Telgha ta Strada Rjali

Brijju fi Triq il-Merkanti

Purcissjoni fi Strada Rjali, Quddiem S.Gwann u fi Triq Il-Merkanti

Dhul tal-Vara Gewwa l-Bazilika

Silver Jubilee

P. JOE ELLUL O.P. S.Th.L. & D., S.A. & I.L. (P.I.S.A.I.)

P. Joe Ellul, mill-Imsida, twieled fl-24 ta� Lulju 1960.  Dahal fl-Ordni tal-Predikaturi fl-1978 u gie ordnat sacerdot fis-7 ta� Lulju 1985.  Mal-Ordinazzjoni tieghu hu ntbaghat ikompli l-istudji tieghu f�Ruma fejn specjalizza fl-Istudji Izlamici fl-Istitut Pontificju  ghall-Istudji  Gharab u Islamici (P.I.S.A.I.).

Meta rritorna Malta hu beda hidma ta� apostolat fost il-membri tal-Legjun ta� Marija u l-Grupp taz-Zghazagh tal-Parrocca ta� Sidtna Marija tar-Ruzarju ta� Fatima fi Gwardamangia.   Intghazel ukoll biex ikun l-ewwel  editur tar-Rivista mahruga mill-Provincja Dumnikana Maltija �Knisja 2000�.  

Minhabba l-ispecjalizzazzjoni tieghu, hu ma damx ma beda jinghata hidmiet ta� taghlim, fosthom fl-Universita� ta� Malta, u dik Dumnikana f�Ruma, l-Angelicum.   Dan minbarra taghlim, bhala visiting lecturer , fil-Pontificio Istituto di Studi Arabi u d�Islamistica  u diskorsi f� konferenzi  internazzjonali b�temi marbutin mal-Izlam, fosthom fl-Istati Uniti tal-Amerka. 

F�Malta, P. Joe huwa d-Delegat tal-Arcisqof ghad-Djalogu Interreligjuz filwaqt li, fuq livell ta� Knisja Universali,  huwa Konsultur fil-Kunsill Pontificju ghad-Djalogu Interreligjuz.

P. Joe Ellul  hu l-awtur ta� diversi kitbiet fuq l-Izlam, fosthom, dawk bil-malti: Iz-Zwieg u l-Familja fl-Islam (Pubblikazzjonijiet Dumnikani Malta 2001); u Il-Ghala tat-Tama li Ghandna: Twegibiet lil Hutna l-Musulmani (Pubblikazzjonijiet Dumnikani Malta 2009).  Fuq tema ghal kollox differenti, P. Joe ippublika wkoll ktieb fuq ir-Ruzarju Mqaddes: Ruzarju Bibliku (Pubblikazzjonijiet Dumnikani 2003).

Bhalissa, P. Joe hu assenjat fil-kunvent ta� San Duminku, tal-Belt Valletta. Awguri!!!

Saċerdot Dumnikan Ġdid

Nhar it-Tlieta, 27 ta' Lulju, Fra Llewellyn Muscat O.P. ser jiġi ordnat saċerdot mill-E.T. Mons. Arċisqof Pawl Cremona O.P. L-Ordinazzjoni ser issir fil-Knisja Parrokkjali ta' San Duminku u Portu Salvu, Valletta.

Llewellyn Muscat, mill-Belt Valletta, iben il-mejjet Carmelo u Carmen n�e Preca, twieled f' tal-Piet� nhar it-22 ta' Frar 1984. Tgħammed fil-Knisja ta' San Duminku, Valletta, fejn ta' 7 snin, irċieva wkoll l-Ewwel Tqarbina. Fl-istess knisja, fi tfulitu serva bħala abbati, u mbagħad, iktar tard, issieħeb fl-Arċikonfraternit� tas-Ssmu Sagrament u mal-Grupp tal-Armar tal-Knisja.

Wara li temm l-edukazzjoni formali tiegħu fl-Iskola Primarja ta' Sant'Iermu, fil-Kulleġġ San Albert il-Kbir, Valletta, u f' Giovanni Curmi Higher Secondary fin-Naxxar, hu ngħaqad mad-Dumnikani fejn, fit-18 ta' Settembru 2001, beda l-Prenovizzjat fil-kunvent ta' Sidtna Marija tal-Għar, fir-Rabat. Hemmhekk ukoll, sena wara, beda ż-żmien tan-novizzjat. Wara l-Professjoni Sempliċi, hu ntbagħat Napli biex jibda l-istudji tal-filosofija, u wara, Bolonja, biex jistudja t-Teoloġija. Fi tmiem il-kors tal-Filosofija hu ġab il-Baċellerat, kif għamel ukoll fi tmiem tat-tliet snin tat-Teoloġija.

Tul is-snin tal-Formazzjoni hu ingħata diversi ħidmiet pastorali xi jwettaq, partikolarment ma' gruppi ta' żgħażagħ, kif ukoll, f'kollaborazzjoni mas-Sorijiet ta' Madre Tereża, mal-foqra ta' Napli.

Llewellyn irċieva l-Ministeri tal-Lettorat u l-Akkolitat nhar id-29 ta' Settembru 2005, għamel il-Professjoni Solenni nhar il-21 ta' Settembru 2007 u ġie ordnat Djaknu fil-Knisja Patrijarkali ta' San Duminku f' Bolonja, mill-E.T. Mons. Isqof Ġorġ Frendo O.P. , Isqof Awżiljarju tad-Djoċesi ta' Tirana-Durres fl-Albanija, nhar l-20 ta' Ġunju 2009.

Bħala saċerdot ġdid, P. Llewellyn ser ikun assenjat l-ewwel fil-kunvent ta' Sidtna Marija tal-Għar, fir-Rabat.

ARMAR 2010

Il-Patrijarka Missierna San Duminku u L-Insinji Bazilka u Parrocca Matrici Tieghu Fil-Belt Valletta

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Il-Mewt Ta San Duminku

Festa 2009

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New Parish Priest

Fr Tonio Mallia Milanes has been installed as the parish priest of St Dominic's Basilicha, Valletta, on Wednesday 7th November at 6.15 p.m. by Archbishop Paul Cremona.

Fr Mallia Milanes joined the Dominican Order of preachers in 1989. In 1990 he took his first vows as a Dominican and took up theological studies in Rome. He took his final vows in 1993 and was ordained at St John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta, in 1994.

He began pastoral work at Our Lady of Grotto Priory in Rabat and then at the Jesus of Nazareth Priory in Sliema. In 2005, he obtained a Licentiate of Theology from the University of Malta. He has been at St Dominic's Priory at Valletta for the past decade.