Monsinjur Mikiel Azzopardi twieled il-Belt Valletta, Malta fl-10 ta’ Frar 1910 minn Toninu Azzopardi u Amalja nee’ Galea. Huwa tg\u0127ammed tlett ijiem wara fil-Knisja Parrokkjali tal-Madonna ta’ Porto Salvo, il-Belt Valletta. Mikiel ir\u010bieva l-Ewwel Tqarbina fl-et\u00e0 ta’ sitt snin mill-Ar\u010bisqof Dom Mauro Caruana OSB fil-Kon Katidral ta’ San \u0120wann u sena wara r\u010bieva l-Gri\u017cma tal-Isqof mill-Isqof Aw\u017ciljarju Monsinjur Angelo Portelli.<\/p>\n
Huwa \u0127a l-edukazzjoni tieg\u0127u fl-iskola primarja tal-Gvern f’Sant Iiermu, il-Belt Valletta, fis-Seminarju ta’ G\u0127awdex, fil-Liceo tal-Belt u fl-Universit\u00e0 Rjali ta’ Malta fejn beda jsegwi l-kors tal-Li\u0121i.<\/p>\n
Fl-adoloxxenza tieg\u0127u, l-indefatikabbli Monsinjur Enrico Dandria kien stiednu biex jibda jattendi \u010b-\u010airkolu Giovent\u00f9 Kattolika. Il-personalit\u00e0 ta’ Monsinjur Dandria \u017cgur li \u0127alliet marka kbira fuqu.<\/p>\n
Erba’ snin wara li kien ilu jistudja l-Li\u0121i, g\u0127araf li l-Mulej kien qieg\u0127ed isejja\u0127lu biex isir sa\u010berdot, u g\u0127alhekk qatag\u0127ha li jitlaq mill-Universit\u00e0. Bil-barka tal-Ar\u010bisqof Caruana, huwa mar Ruma fejn \u0127a l-formazzjoni sa\u010berdotali tieg\u0127u fil-Kulle\u0121\u0121 Pontifi\u010bju Sko\u010b\u010bi\u017c u studja fl-Universit\u00e0 Pontifi\u010bja Gregorjana minn fejn iggradwa fit-Teolo\u0121ija.<\/p>\n
Monsinjur Azzopardi kien ordnat sa\u010berdot fit-22 ta’ Di\u010bembru 1934, fl-et\u00e0 ta’ 24 sena, mill-Ar\u010bisqof Dom Mauro Caruana OSB. Ftit wara l-ordinazzjoni tieg\u0127u l-Ar\u010bisqof \u0127atru b\u0127ala l-assistent personali tieg\u0127u.<\/p>\n
L-ewwel \u0127idma pastorali tieg\u0127u kienet dik ta’ Prefett tal-Istudji fis-Seminarju tal-Ar\u010bisqof fil-Floriana. Wara sitt snin da\u0127al ja\u0127dem mal-Gvern b\u0127ala g\u0127alliem tar-Reli\u0121jon fil-Li\u010beo u wara n\u0127atar Direttur Spiritwali Distrettwali fl-iskejjel tal-Istat. Aktar tard in\u0127atar Spettur tal-Edukazzjoni Reli\u0121u\u017ca fl-iskejjel, kariga li baqa’ j\u017comm g\u0127al \u0127afna snin. Sakemm dam f’din il-kariga, kien ukoll jg\u0127allem il-Kateketika fil-Kulle\u0121\u0121i g\u0127at-Ta\u0127ri\u0121 tal-G\u0127alliema f’Tal-Virt\u00f9 u f’Ta’ Giorni, kif ukoll, kull nhar ta’ \u0120img\u0127a kien jag\u0127mel l-ispjega tal-Van\u0121elu minn fuq ir-Rediffusion g\u0127at-tfal tal-iskejjel ta’ Malta u G\u0127awdex.<\/p>\n
Fl-1940, sar Assistent Ekkle\u017cjastiku \u0120enerali tal-Azzjoni Kattolika u beda ja\u0127dem biex jorganizza u jxerred dan il-moviment ekkle\u017cjali tal-laj\u010bi fil-parro\u010b\u010bi kollha ta’ Malta u G\u0127awdex. Wara l-Kungress li organizza f’\u0126al Qormi fl-1943, li huwa sejja\u0127 ‘il-Miraklu tal-Qawmien’, irnexxielu jag\u0127mel minn din l-g\u0127aqda, matul is-snin twal li dam ja\u0127dem fiha, forza qawwija ta’ laj\u010bi m\u0127e\u0121\u0121a bi spirtu ta’ appostolat, b’im\u0127abba kbira lejn Alla u lejn il-Knisja u bi spirtu ta’ servizz g\u0127all-proxxmu.<\/p>\n
Monsinjur Azzopardi kien tabil\u0127aqq mexxej kari\u017cmatiku li mog\u0127ni b’kelma mimlija \u0127e\u0121\u0121a u entu\u017cjamu kien ikaxkar lil bosta mill-membri biex imiddu jdejhom g\u0127ax-xog\u0127ol u l-\u0127idma li kienet tafdalhom l-Azzjoni Kattolika. Mhux biss irnexxielu jwaqqaf \u010birkoli tal-Azzjoni Kattolika tal-ir\u0121iel, tan-nisa, tax-xebbiet, tal-\u0121uvintur u tat-tfal fil-parro\u010b\u010bi kollha, i\u017cda wkoll \u0127oloq tant inizjattivi \u0121odda favur l-emigranti, il-membri tal-istampa,g\u0127alliema, membri ta’ professjonijiet differenti, studenti, il-morda u l-persuni b’di\u017cabilit\u00e0.<\/p>\n
Fi \u0127dan l-Ar\u010bidjo\u010besi ta’ Malta huwa waqqaf ukoll, fost o\u0127rajn, il-\u0120unta Djo\u010besana g\u0127all-G\u0127aqdiet Kattoli\u010bi u l-Kunsilli Parrokkjali.<\/p>\n
Dun Mikiel \u0121ie ma\u0127tur Membru Konventwali Ad Honorem fl-Ordni Sovran Militari ta’ San \u0120wann u fil-21 ta’ Jannar 1951 kien onorat bit-titlu ta’ Cameriere Segreto di Sua Santit\u00e0 mill-Qdusija Tieg\u0127u il-Papa Piju XII. Fl-istess \u017cmien huwa \u0121ie wkoll ma\u0127tur Kanoniku Onorarju tal-Kapitlu Metropolitan. Fis-sena 1968, Monsinjur Azzopardi \u0121ie ppremjat bil-Midalja g\u0127all-Mertu mill-Konfederazzjoni tal-Kunsilli \u010aivi\u010bi ta’ Malta. Fl-1 ta’ \u0120unju 1981, Dun Mikiel in\u0127atar Prelat Onorarju mill-Papa \u0120wanni Pawlu II.<\/p>\n
Fil-\u0127idma pastorali tieg\u0127u skopra li diversi persuni b’di\u017cabilit\u00e0 f’Malta kienu qed jg\u0127ixu fi stat deplorabbli tant li kienu jin\u0127bew fil-kantini, f’ambjenti inumani g\u0127all-a\u0127\u0127ar, fejn kultant lanqas l-a\u0127wa tag\u0127hom stess ma kienu jkunu jafu bihom. Persuni o\u0127ra b’di\u017cabilit\u00e0 kienu spiss ji\u0121u rredikolati fil-pubbliku jew mibg\u0127uta f’xi sptar mhux adattat g\u0127alihom. Dun Mikiel kien i\u0127oss ukoll li diversi familji ta’ persuni b’di\u017cabilit\u00e0 kellhom b\u017conn ur\u0121enti li jsibu min joffrilhom solliev. Kien hawn li nibtet fih l-idea li jsib post li fih dawn il-persuni jsibu ambjent fejn jg\u0127ixu – ambjent li jixirqilhom u jirrispetta d-dinjit\u00e0 tag\u0127hom.<\/p>\n
G\u0127aldaqstant, fit-12 ta’ Settembru 1965, b’donazzjoni \u0121eneru\u017ca ta’ Lm100 mog\u0127tija lilu minn mara li kienet faddlithom biex tmur fuq btala. Dan kien il-\u0121enesi tad-Dar tal-Providenza, l-ewwel Dar f’Malta li bdiet toffri servizzi residenzjali lill-persuni b’di\u017cabilit\u00e0. Sa llum d-Dar tal-Providenza g\u0127ada miraklu \u0127aj tal-Providenza Divina.<\/p>\n
Mons. Mikiel Azzopardi miet fit-13 ta’ Mejju 1987 fl-et\u00e0 ta’ 77 sena u ndifen fejn dejjem xtaq, fil-bit\u0127a tad-Dar tal-Providenza stess qalb il-persuni b’dizabilt\u00e0 li tant kien i\u0127obb. Il-Quddiesa tal-funeral tieg\u0127u saret fil-Kon-Katidral ta’ San \u0120wann il-Belt Valletta fl-14 ta’ Mejju 1987 u kienet immexxijja mill-Ar\u010bisqof \u0120u\u017ceppi Mercieca fil-pre\u017cenza tal-og\u0127la awtoritajiet tal-pajji\u017c.<\/p>\n
Mons. Mikiel Azzopardi flimkien ma’ pijunieri o\u0127ra Maltin f’dan il-qasam \u0127adem \u0127afna biex jintg\u0127elbu l-ostakoli li kienu je\u017cistu fis-so\u010bjet\u00e0 Malijta u hekk jg\u0127inu lill-persuni b’di\u017cabilit\u00e0 jakkwistaw ir-rispett u d-dinjit\u00e0 mist\u0127oqqa u hekk huma jkollhom opportunitajiet indaqs fi \u0127dan il-komunit\u00e0 tag\u0127hom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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