{"id":31339,"date":"2018-10-23T06:45:36","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T06:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=31339"},"modified":"2018-10-23T06:45:36","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T06:45:36","slug":"the-strength-of-little-hearts-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2018\/10\/23\/the-strength-of-little-hearts-2\/","title":{"rendered":"THE STRENGTH OF LITTLE HEARTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>THE STRENGTH OF LITTLE HEARTS<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cMay the children sing, may they raise their voices, may they make the world listen, may they unite their voices and reach the sun, the truth is in them. May the children who live in peace sing and may those who are suffering pain sing for those who do not sing because their voices have been extinguished\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This song by Jos\u00e9 Luis Perales was lived out last Thursday, October 18, 2018, by over one million children from all over the world including 17,000 of them from Malta and Gozo who gathered in their schools and homes to pray the Rosary for unity and peace in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This is an unprecedented outing since the inception of this initiative in Malta, 4 years ago as against 14,000 who participated last year.\u00a0 Each year the campaign gains more strength not just in Malta but all over the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">With the collaboration of\u00a0the Secretariat for Catholic Education, Fr. Reuben Gauci Coordinator, Spiritual Development in Schools, approximately children from over 54 Schools including secondary, primary, and kindergartens in Malta and Gozo lifted up their voices and hearts to God in a united prayer for peace on Thursday at 9:00 am.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In many other places such as orphanages and pre-schools,\u00a0 the children weren\u2019t the only ones who participated, but the parents, grandparents, teachers, youth leaders and catechists as well.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This very simple but powerful initiative began at a wayside shrine of Our Lady of Schoenstatt, in Caracas, Venezuela in 2005.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Aid to the Church in Need (Malta) would like to thank God, our Lady, the children and all those who helped for the success of this campaign.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>ACN Malta<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE STRENGTH OF LITTLE HEARTS \u201cMay the children sing, may they raise their voices, may they make the world listen, may they unite their voices and reach the sun, the truth is in them. 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