For your diary

• A Moviment Madonna tal-Konsagrazzjoni committee prayer meeting will be held at Girgenti, Siggiewi, today at 6.30 p.m. For further details view www.ourladyofconsecration.org.

• As part of activities marking the Year for Priests, Archbishop Paul Cremona, together with clergy and lay people, will take part in a prayer meeting at Floriana parish church on Tuesday from 8 to 9 p.m., the feast day of the Curé d'Ars, St John Mary Vianney, who will be proclaimed patron saint of priests by Pope Benedict XVI later this year.

• St Martin's College, Swatar, is holding an alumni reunion on Tuesday at 8.30 p.m. This is an occasion for all students who graduated between 1997 and 2007 to reunite and catch up with old friends, classmates, teachers and college staff. To attend and for more information, e-mail ericalittlejohn@chs.edu.mt or register on the Facebook group 'St Martin's College Official Reunion Years 1997-2007'.

• A card party in aid of the Little Sisters of the Poor will be held at the Preluna Hotel, Sliema on Wednesday from 10 a.m. For bookings call Blanche Martin as soon as possible on 2133 0387.

• A day's outing in aid of the Little Sisters of the Poor will be held on Wednesday from 10 a.m. at the Radisson SAS Bay Point Resort, St George's Bay. Call Blanche Martin on 2133 0387.

• A bazaar is being held at 49, Cathedral Street, Sliema, next door to Stella Maris parish centre on Wednesday and Thursday from 9 a.m. till 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. till 7.30 p.m.

• Youth Fellowship will be organising an oriental dinner at the Bastion Terrace of the Grand Hotel Excelsior, Floriana, on Thursday. Tickets at €23 are available at Tabgha Foundation, 55 San Gorg Preca Street, Hamrun or by calling 2124 1010.

• The Friends of the Little Sisters of the Poor are holding a Harvest Festival at the Meridiana Wine Estate, Ta'Qali, on Thursday at 8.30 p.m. Those interested in attending should call Liliane Avellino on 2131 3477/7933 8651 or Joan Gaffiero on 9947 8646 by Thursday.

• The Malta Geographical Society is holding its annual barbecue at the Vivaldi Hotel, St Julian's, on Friday at 7.30 p.m.

For more information visit www.maltageographical.org.

• A barbecue in aid of Kilimanjaro Challenge is being held at Le Meridien in St Julian's on Saturday at 8.30 p.m. For bookings and more information call Joanna/Ruth on 2123 4121 or e-mail kilichallenge4@gmail.com

• A prayer meeting for the sanctification of priests and for priestly and religious vocations will be held at Our Lady of Carmel parish church, Fleur-de-Lys, on Saturday, starting with Mass at 9.45 p.m. followed by adoration till midnight.

• Lejla Mgarrija will be held in Mgarr Square for the 27th consecutive year on Saturday and Sunday from 7.30 p.m.

The evenings will include competitions, fresh flower arrangements, the best local wine, a fishing and agricultural display and a variety of vintage cars, as well as folkloristic and modern dancing.

• The St Joseph School Past Pupils Association, Sliema, invites all past students, their families and friends to a harbour cruise on board the MV Fernandes on Sunday. Phone Mary Sciortino on 2133 2839/7933 2839 or Nicola Magri Overend on 2131 3993/7920 0675 for more information.