Archbishop's engagements - October 27-November 2

12.55 p.m. The Archbishop arrives from the Bishops' Synod in Rome.

Tuesday

9.30 a.m. The Archbishop receives Fr Anton Briffa, OFM Cap, chairman of the organising committee of the Parochial Choirs Festival, to be held next month.

12.30 p.m. The Archbishop meets Cardinal Jean Louis Tauran, president of the Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue, at the Apostolic Nunciature,Tal-Virtù. Cardinal Tauran will be in Malta to address the International Movement of Apostolate in Independent Social Milieus (MIAMSI) General Assembly.

3.30 p.m. The Archbishop takes part in a live programme on RTK Radio.

6.30 p.m. The Archbishop presides over Mass at St John's Co-Cathedral, marking the conclusion of the MIAMSI General Assembly.

Wednesday

9.30 a.m. The Archbishop meets Joseph F.X. Zahra and a delegation from the Centesimus Annus Foundation for the promotion of the social teaching of the Church.

10.15 a.m. The Archbishop presides over a press conference on the Bishops' Synod and the Pauline Year celebrations.

11.30 a.m. The Archbishop attends a parish priests' meeting.

6 p.m. The Archbishop meets catechists from all over the diocese, in a meeting organised by the Secretariat for Catechesis at the MUSEUM Centre, Blata l-Bajda.

Thursday

6.30 p.m. The Archbishop visits the children, residents and religious at Fra Diegu Home, in Hamrun.

Friday

9.30 a.m. The Archbishop receives Education Minister Dolores Cristina at the Curia.

11 a.m. The Archbishop receives Labour leader Joseph Muscat at the Curia.

6.30 p.m. The Archbishop presides over the ordination of eight deacons, at Zabbar parish church. The new deacons are Bro. David Borg, OFM Conv, Nicholas J. Doublet (Birkirkara), Bro. Victor Paul Farrugia, O.Carm, Bro. Daniel Galea, O.Carm, Keith Scicluna (Zabbar), Luke Seguna (Tarxien), Andrea Zaffarese (Attard) and Ronnie Zammit (Attard).

Saturday

8.30 a.m. The Archbishop celebrates a Pontifical Mass at St John's Co-Cathedral on the occasion of the feast of All Saints.

11.30 a.m. The Archbishop distributes the contributions received during RTK's Christmas and New Year campaign Familji fil-Bżonn, in aid of children's homes.

Sunday

7.50 a.m. The Archbishop travels to London to preside over the blessing ceremony at the apartments acquired by the Puttinu Cares Foundation.