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¤ The feast of Marija Bambina is being celebrated in Xaghra today.

Marches will be performed by the Ite Ad Joseph Band from the Victory Band Club to Victory Square.

Solemn Concelebrated Mass, led by Gozo Bishop Nikol Cauchi will be said at 9 a.m. Canon John Sultana will deliver the panegyric. Il-Kappella Bugeja and the Jesus of Nazareth Orchestra and Choir of Sliema, directed by Mro Fr Salv Galea, will also perform.

Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m., noon and 4 p.m. Marches, performed by the Beland Band of Zejtun and the St Gregory Band of Kercem, will be held at 11 a.m.

Traditional horse and donkey races will be held at 2 p.m.

A solemn celebration of the Second Vespers of the Solemnity of the Nativity of Our Lady, will be led by Archpriest Eucharist Sultana at 5.30 p.m.

Marches, performed by the Victory, Leone and the Santa Margerita bands, will be held at 6 p.m., followed by a procession at 7 p.m.

The Antiphon and a Eucharistic celebration will be held at 10 p.m.

¤ An exhibition of military vehicles and motor bikes, organised by the Military Vehicles Club Gozo and the MVCC in collaboration with Nadur council, is being held on Nadur square today from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

¤ A car wash with the participation of the Fjur Ta' Assisi Choir, to raise funds for missionaries led by the Capuchin friars in Kenya, is being held opposite the Capuchin Friars' Convent, Victoria, today from 10 a.m.

¤ A public meeting on the Qala Creek project is being held at Qala primary school on Tuesday at 5 p.m.

¤ A traditional meal to mark the feast of Our Lady of Graces is being held opposite the Capuchin Friars' Convent, Victoria, on Tuesday at 8 p.m. For more information call George Debono (tel: 2155-1460) or Joe Abela (2155-1805).

¤ Fifty Years of Splendour, an exhibition showing a collection of books on the British Royal Family and its letters of correspondence, will be opened at the exhibition hall on St Francis Square, Victoria, on Wednesday at noon.

¤ Tombola, to raise funds for missionary Fr Adeodato Schembri, of Victoria, who is currently doing voluntary work in Brazil, is being held at Villa Fiorita, Marsalforn, on Thursday at 5.30 p.m. For tickets call Frances Schembri (tel: 2155-1053).

¤ An art exhibition by Irene Conovari, A soap opera of non-white goods, will be opened at the Banca Giuratale, Independence Square, Victoria, on Saturday at 8 a.m.

¤ A Marian pilgrimage, with the miraculous titular frame of Our Lady of Graces, will be held from the Cathedral to St Francis Square and will then proceed to the Our Lady of Graces Sanctuary, on Saturday at 7.30 p.m.

¤ A practical office computer course for adult beginners starts next week.

It will focus on computer basics and skills, word-processing, spreadsheets, accounts, desktop publishing, Internet, personal Website and free e-mail using the new ADSL fast connection and LAN technology in an air-conditioned computer room. E-mail: gozocourses@yahoo.com or call: 2155-2524.

¤ A diocesan pilgrimage to Cascia, Assisi, Rome, San Giovanni Rotondo, Pietrelcina, Pompei and Naples, to mark the 50th anniversary of the ordination of Bishop Nikol Cauchi, is going to be held soon. For a programme or to book call the Curia (tel: 2155-6661 or 2155-1211) or the Lumen Christi Media Centre (2156-0496 or 2156-0497).

¤ Puccini's Turandot, organised by the Leone Philharmonic Society, to mark 25 years of lyrical operas in Gozo, is being held at the Aurora Opera Theatre on October 26. Tickets are available from next Sunday from the Aurora Theatre, Anthony D'Amato in Valletta and Sliema, John Portelli Enterprises, Valletta, and the Sub Post Office of Mellieha.