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Navigate Photo album Photoalbum II Downloads Upcoming Events Profiles Past Topics Up to U! Voluntary work Past Meetings Wanted! We are looking for freelance reporters! If you have any relevant material please send it here: (click above)	News in Brief The Diocesan Commission for Occult and Satanism cautions against Halloween parties The Diocesan Commission for Occult and Satanism issued a statement advising whoever takes their Catholic faith seriously not to celebrate Halloween, because although this feast is often celebrated neutrally, it actually has strong ties with superstition and other traditions related to spiritism and occult in the wider sense, and may be a sign of “welcome” to a culture of neo-paganism which is already very common in nowadays. On the 1^st November, Catholics are encouraged to celebrate the feast of All the Saints, while on the 2^nd November, through Christ we pray for all deceased, through whom we receive many graces. These two occasions help us celebrate our faith based on the lives of saints, in relation with Jesus Christ. Lecture on the ethics of the Human Embryo On the occasion on the 10^th anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s encyclical, Evangelium Vitae, the Diocesan Commission for the Family will be organising a lecture on, The biological status of the human embryo. The lecture will be given by Prof Lopez Barahona, who is dean of Biosciences at Fransisco de Vitoria, Madrid, Spain. It will be held on Monday, 24^th October, 2005, at The Convent of Sacred Heart, St Julian’s’ at 7pm. Click here for earlier news briefs		Related Links http://www.vatican.va http://www.rc.net/wcc/readings/ http://www.sinodumalta.org http://www.maltachurch.org.mt http://www.discern-malta.org http://www.sacredspace.ie DSNS DSNS of October 2005 – Thanks to Thomas Lofaro and St Theresa’s Church Click here for information on the DSNS and how to use it NEW! This section will include what updates have been made since the last update · DSNS October 2005 in downloadable Image file format