• A scholarship in Nail Technology, Fashion and Photographic Make-up and Beauty Therapy is being sponsored by the directors of Peach and Sorrel. Applications can be obtained from the YWCA (Malta) office at 178, Valley Road, Msida by today. E-mail ywcamalta5@gmail.com.
• On World Aids Day, the National Council of Women Health Committee will be presenting a talk by Roderick Bugeja entitled ‘STIs: Prevention is Better than Cure’at NCW Centre, Blata l-Bajda, tomorrow at 6.30 p.m. For registration, call 2124 8881 or 2124 6982 or e-mail ncwmalta@camline.net.mt. Participation is free.
• Fr Tonio Mifsud, OFM Conv, will lead a Mass and adoration tomorrow from 6 to 8.30 p.m. at St Sebastian parish church, Qormi.
• The Malta Classics Association will be holding its Christmassupper at Scirocco, Le Meridien, St Julian’s, on Tuesday. Interested parties are asked to confirm attendanceby Friday by e-mailing classicsmaltasoc@gmail.com. Tickets are €20 and payment is to be made during the event.
• The Malta Hospice Movement is celebrating World Volunteers Day with a buffet dinner at the Dolmen Resort Hotel, Buġibba, on Tuesday at 7.30 p.m. To book, e-mail bernardette.briffa@hospicemalta.org by not later than Tuesday.
• The Central Marian Cenacle will be held on Thursday immediately following 6 p.m. Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes chapel, Floriana.
• Fr Ray Pace, SJ, will lead a retreat as preparation for Christmas from Friday at 7 p.m. to next Sunday after lunch, at Manresa retreat house, Victoria. For details andbookings, call Fr Anthony Cilia on 2155 6635 or e-mail manresagozo@gmail.com.
• Puttinu Cares is organising ‘Puttinu goes clubbing’ at Mink, Bay Street, on Friday from 9 p.m. to raise funds.
• The Lay Fraternity of Charles de Foucauld (Gozo) is meeting at the Good Shepherd Centre, Taċ-Ċawla, Victoria, on Saturday, at 7.15 p.m. For more information, call 7996 8020 or 2134 2818, or e-mail faf@go.net.mt.
• A prayer meeting for the sanctification of priests and for priestly and religious vocations will be held at Żabbar parish church on Saturday, starting with Mass at 9.45 p.m. followed by adoration till midnight.
• The Centre of Ignatian Spirituality is holding a one-day seminar to meditate and contemplate on selected themes from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah, centering on the coming of our Lord. It will also incorporate the Sunday liturgy. It will be led by Fr Pierre GrechMarguerat, SJ, next Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Mt St Joseph retreat house, Tarġa Gap, Mosta. To book, call 2141 6916 between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. or e-mail info@mtsjoseph.org.
• Koperattiva Rurali Manikata is organising an open day at Ir-Razzett tal-Qasam , Manikata, next Sunday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Visitors will be able to see the restoration works being carried out on site.
• The Living Ability Not Disability (Land) group will be organising a Christmas lunch, which will also mark its eighth anniversary, at the Waterfront Hotel, Gżira, nextSunday. The group’s AGM will also be held on the day. All members and their friends are invited to help raise funds. Anybody who would be able to donate a hamper or a gift for the raffle, which will take place during the event, is asked to contact Land by SMS only on 7982 8787 or by sending an e-mail to landcontact@hotmail.com.
• A Christmas concert in aid of YWCA (Malta) will be held at the Sagrestia Vaults, Valletta Waterfront, next Sunday at 7.30 p.m. The concert will feature The Drama Troupe’s Children’s Choir with a selection of Christmas carols. Tickets are at €15. To book, call2131 4844 or 7900 2930.
• The Sliema Philharmonic Society Christmas dinner dance in aid of the Feast of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart of Jesus will be held at The Palace hotel, Sliema, next Sunday at 8 p.m. There will be a buffet menu at the price of €22. For bookings and more information, call Jesmond Vella on 9944 3460 or Simon Mallia on 9949 4585 or visit www.sliemabandandsacrocuor.org.
• The next Mir prayer meeting will be held on December 14 from 7.30 to 10 p.m. at St Anne parish church, Marsascala. During this monthly meeting there will be a recital of the rosary followed by Mass and adoration. Priests will be available for the Sacrament of reconciliation. Instead of donating money, those attending are asked to bring foodstuffs for Fondazzjoni Suret il-Bniedem, a Franciscan organisation that cares for the homeless. All are invited.
• The Association of the Members of the University of the Third Age (U3E) will be organising its Christmas lunch at the Plaza Hotel, Sliema, on December 17. Transport to and from Valletta will be provided. Booking is open at the U3E office, Catholic Institute, Floriana, from Monday to Thursday from 9 to 11 a.m. or call 2124 3202.
• Mater Admirabilis Training College students of 1959-1961 will be holding a reunion in June 2011 to mark the 50th anniversary of their graduation. For more details, call 2133 1888 or 2189 6436 or e-mail matc1959to1961@gmail.com.