Coming up

• Pawlu ta' Tarsu, produced and filmed in Malta, will be screened at the Don Bosco Oratory, Victoria, today at 2 p.m. followed by Nim's Island at 5.30 p.m.

• A coffee morning will be held at the Arka Respite Centre in Għajnsielem on Wednesday at 9 a.m. in aid of the Respite Centre. Tickets at €2 each can be obtained from the centre tel: 2156 5773, 2155 0596, 7955 8219 or 2155 2819.

• The Mnarja Youths in collaboration with the Mnarja Philharmonic Society will stage Marcellino Pane e Vino in three acts at the MBC Theatre in Nadur on Sunday at 7.30 p.m. Tickets are available from the Mnarja Band Club.

• The Diocesan Youth Commission invites Gozitan youths (16+) for a prayer experience and catechism on Saturdays at the hall of the Gozo seminary at 8.30 p.m. during Advent. Gozo Bishop Mario Grech will attend.

• Nadur council's annual Christmas Market will take place today and tomorrow under a large tent. Entertainment will be provided. Opening hours are Sunday from 2 p.m. to 11 p.m.; tomorrow from 11 a.m. till 5 p.m.

• An ecumenical, socio-cultural event will be held at St Joseph parish church, Qala, on Sunday between 6.30 p.m. and 8 p.m. Entrance is free.

• A Christmas carol celebration will be held at the cathedral, Victoria, on December 17 at 7 p.m. The evening, organised by the N on-Maltese Residents' Committee of the Legion of Mary, will include Bible readings and carols. Messages will be delivered by Mgr Grech and the chaplain of the Anglican Chaplaincy (Malta and Gozo).

• Qala and Victoria will celebrate the feast of the Immaculate Conception tomorrow. Mgr Grech will lead a concelebrated Pontifical Mass at the Immaculate Conception sanctuary in Qala at 9.30 a.m. The traditional motor vehicles pilgrimage from Ta' Pinu Sanctuary to the Immaculate Conception Sanctuary starts at 1.30 p.m. The procession with the statue of the Immaculate Conception starts at 5 p.m. In Victoria, Archbishop Emeritus Joseph Mercieca will lead a concelebrated Mass at the Franciscan Conventual Fathers' church at 9.30 a.m. At 5 p.m. Bishop Adeodato Micallef will lead solemn vespers, followed by a procession with the statue of the Immaculate Conception at 5.45 p.m.

• The liturgical feast of Sta Luċija will be celebrated at Sta Luċija church, Sta Luċija, on Saturday. At 5.15 p.m., there will be the translation of the relic followed by Mass celebrated by Mgr Giovanni B. Gauci. The Sta Luċija bonfire will be held at 6.45 p.m. On Sunday, Mgr Grech will celebrate Mass at 9 a.m. The procession with the statue of Sta Lucija starts at 4.45 p.m.

• A plants exhibition by the Agriculture Section of the Gozo Ministry is open to the public at the exhibition hall, St Francis Square, Victoria. Opening hours are from 8 a.m. till noon and from 4 p.m. till 8 p.m. The exhibition closes tomorrow.

• The Austrian Embassy in collaboration with St George's Basilica is giving a concert by the string quartet QuarTête á Tête at St George's Basilica, Victoria, on Thursday at 7.30 p.m.

cspiteri@timesofmalta.com