For your diary

• Lions Club Mdina, in conjunction with the other Maltese Lions Clubs, is celebrating World Sight Day, today. Mass will be celebrated by Fr Micallef from Dar tal-Providenza, at 11.30 a.m. at the Dar Qalb ta' Gesù chapel at St Venera. This will be followed by lunch. For bookings contact Lion Judith Debono on 2137 4261 or 7904 7071; or Lion Isabelle Coppini on 2137 4291 or 9942 4442.

• The Maltese Association of Psychiatric Nurses will be holding an Elderly Mental Health Conference on Monday and Tuesday at the Corinthia Palace Hotel and Spa in Attard. Various speakers will be tackling diverse topics related to mental health care in the elderly. Professionals, carers, student and anyone interested in the care of the elderly are invited to attend. For more information e-mail mapsychnurses@gmail.com or call 9982 5731.

• To celebrate the feast of St Judas Thaddeus, a Mass will be celebrated at the Capuchins church of St Barbara, Kalkara, on Wednesday at 6 p.m. by Fr Hayden Williams, OFM Cap., assisted by local Capuchin friars. Fr Emmanuel Barbara, OFM Cap., will deliver the homily. The Mother Margherita choir of the Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart will also participate.

• The YWCA are organising a musical evening at the Imperial Hotel, Sliema on Thursday. For details call 2149 3543 or 7900 2930.

• A talk on Breast awareness will be held at the Zabbar local council's hall on Thursday at 6 p.m. The main speakers will include Shirley Fenech Imbroll - Breast Care Nurse at Mater Dei Hospital, and two other speakers from the Breast Care Support Group. Breast self-examination will be explained in detail, together with an explanation of risk factors and ways of reducing them.

• The next meeting of the San Gorg Preca Group will be held on Friday at 6.30 p.m. at the MUSEUM headquarters at Blata l-Bajda (entrance next to Preca Library). Young couples and mature adults are especially invited.

• The Friends of Australia Association - Gozo Branch will be holding a farewell lunch for the outgoing Australian High Commissioner in Malta on November 1 at noon at the El Dorado restaurant, Victoria. Limited seats at €17 for adults and €12 for children under 10 can be booked by calling 2156 0331 or 9942 7633, or e-mailing friendsofaustraliagozo@onvol.net by Saturday.

• A card party in aid of The Little Sisters of the Poor will be held at the Preluna Hotel, Sliema, on November 5 from 10 a.m. For bookings, please call Blanche Martin on 2133 0387.

• The next MIR meeting will take place on November 10 from 7 to 10 p.m. at Holy Cross church, Sant' Andrija zone, Zabbar. It consists of the rosary, Mass and adoration. Priests will be available to hear confessions. Food will be collected for Fondazzjoni Suret il-Bniedem, which cares for homeless people. For further information call 9905 7498 or e-mail info@mir4malta.org.

• The Gozo CCU Monitors Foundation is holding its 'Winter Interlude' at the Grand Hotel, Mgarr, on November 14 at 6.30 p.m. There will be a warming reception followed by music and dance and a full carvery dinner. For tickets at €30 call Carmen on 2156 6496 or 7956 6494, Nickie on 2155 0029 or 9905 9653, or Sharyn on 2156 2078 or 7932 0031.