{"id":32767,"date":"2019-01-15T11:45:18","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T11:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=32767"},"modified":"2019-01-15T11:45:18","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T11:45:18","slug":"beatified-nun-archbishop-prays-for-more-vocations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2019\/01\/15\/beatified-nun-archbishop-prays-for-more-vocations\/","title":{"rendered":"BEATIFIED NUN: ARCHBISHOP PRAYS FOR MORE VOCATIONS"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>BEATIFIED NUN: ARCHBISHOP PRAYS FOR MORE VOCATIONS<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On Sunday, 13<sup>th <\/sup>January, His Grace, the Archbishop Charles Scicluna officiated at the Church of St Bartholomew in Ghargurfor a Thanksgiving Mass to celebrate the beatification of Blessed Ang\u00e8le-Marie Littlejohn who was beatified on 8<sup>th<\/sup> December 2018 together with 18 other missionaries who were martyred in Algeria during the country\u2019s civil war between 1994 and 1996.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In his homily at the Mass, the Archbishop said amidst the celebration of the beatification, it is important to remember that the beatified martyrs have one more step before they are canonized as Saints. This step he said includes the testimony of a miracle attributed to prayers said through their intercession.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He, therefore, prayed that the Church in Malta witnesses more vocations into the religious life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In attendance at the Mass were Mgr Alfred Vella, Director of the Emigrants Commission, Mgr Philip Calleja, Emeritus Director of the Commission, Fr. 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