• A Family Fun Day and spring festival is being held all day today at San Anton School, L-Imselliet, comprising games and entertainment for children, football tournaments at the new sports complex, and stalls selling fruit, plants, flowers, home-made jam and summer accessories throughout the day. A free park-and-ride service is available from near the Żebbiegħ church.

• The Malta Historical Society is holding a lecture by Joseph Muscat on 'The maritime vicissitudes of the Great Siege' in the 'Rediscovering the Great Siege' series at Casa Lanfeducci (behind opera house ruins) tomorrow at 6 p.m.

• The Past Pupils Association of St Joseph Blata L-Bajda and Valletta are organising their annual crowning of Our Lady in the school chapel on Wednesday at 7 p.m. This will be followed by light refreshments. For more information, call 2144 4739 or 9946 0366.

• The fundraising and social activities committee of the Physically Handicapped Rehabilitation Fund will be holding a coffee morning at Attard parish hall on Thursday at 9.30 a.m. To confirm attendance, call Helen Sciberras on 9984 5600 or Rita Bezzina on 2169 3863. Tickets will also be available at the door.

• Fr Peter Serracino Inglott will deliver a talk in Maltese organised by the Teresian Spirituality Centre on the political theology of St Paul at Madonna tal-Karmnu hall, Valley Road, Birkirkara, on Thursday at 7 p.m. For more information, call 2144 2858, 2182 2343 or 9945 0895.

• The next meeting of the St George Preca Group will be held at the MUSEUM headquarters, Blata l-Bajda (entrance next to Preca Library)on Friday at 6.30 p.m.

• Stanley Fiorini will be giving another talk on 'The survival of Christianity in the Maltese islands through the Arab period: New evidence' at St Paul's hall, Catholic Institute, Floriana, on Friday at 6.30 p.m.

• The Physically Handicapped Rehabilitation Fund's annual sports day will be held at the organisation's rehabilitation centre, Corradino Hill, Paola, on Saturday from 10 a.m. For more information, call 2169 3863 or 2169 2221.

• A re-enactment of traditional Maltese weddings of the past organised by St Catherine's Band Club, Żurrieq, will take place on Saturday in Żurrieq. It will begin at 6 p.m. at Xarolla Windmill and end at the village square with a wedding banquet. Tickets cost €15. For bookings call 9947 2288 or 7905 9028, or e-mail culturescbc@gmail.com.

• An eight-day retreat led by Fr Pierre Grech Marguerat, SJ, will be held at Mt St Joseph retreat house, Targa Gap, Mosta from July 22 to 30, organised by the Centre of Ignatian Spirituality. Upon confirmation of booking participants choose the spiritual director they wish to guide them in their prayer. To book phone 2141 6916 between 8.30 a.m. and 1 p.m. or e-mail info@mtsjoseph.org.

• A card games party in aid of the Little Sisters of the Poor will take place at the Preluna Hotel, Sliema, on June 3 at 10 a.m. Call Blance Martin on 2133 0387 to confirm attendance.

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