For your diary

• An introductory course in glass fusion will be held at the Società Dante Alighieri in collaboration with Museo del Vetro di Piegaro, Perugia, Italy, and Andolfi Glass Ideas. Further details are available on www.dantemalta.org.

• A bazaar will be held in Pope Wojtyla Hall at Oratorju Marija Immakulata, Mosta, between tomorrow and Friday from 8.30 to 11.30 a.m. and from 4.30 to 6 p.m. Next Sunday, the bazaar will be open in the morning.

• Lions Club Mdina will be holding a strawberry and champagne morning on Thursday. Mass will be celebrated at 9.30 a.m., followed by a reception in the gardens of Castello Dei Baroni, Wardija. Price is €15 per person and proceeds will be donated to a good cause. For tickets, call 2137 4291 or 9942 4442. Visit www.lionsclubmdina.com.

• The next Mir prayer meeting will be held on Friday from 7 to 10 p.m. at Mtarfa pastoral centre. This meeting consists of the recital of the rosary followed by Mass and adoration. Priests are available for the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Those attending are invited to bring foodstuffs for Fondazzjoni Suret il-Bniedem. All are welcome to attend. For more information, contact André and Doreen Vassallo Grant by e-mailing mir@frhayden.org orcalling 7925 7072.

• The next meeting of the ADHD Family Support Group will be held at the Junior College, Msida, on Friday at 6.30 p.m. There will be a talk by Louise Tabone, a specialist in social and emotional behavioural difficulties, about how to prepare children for exams, how to support them and encourage them. There will be PSD teachers for children with ADHD aged six and over. The library will open at 6 p.m.

• Fr Raymond Pace, SJ, will lead a weekend seminar on communal discernment based on the spiritual exercises of St Ignatius, from Friday at 7 p.m. to next Sunday after lunch, at Manresa retreat house, Victoria. For bookings, call Fr Anthony Cilia, SJ, on 2155 6635 or e-mail manresagozo@gmail.com.

• The Malta Horticultural Society will be organising the Great Spring Show at the Russian Chapel at San Anton Palace, Attard, on Saturday and next Sunday. Entrance fee is €2 for adults; children under 12 enter free. For more information, call Gabriel Ebejer on 2169 2144 ore-mail the-willows@onvol.net.

• A day of prayer for vocations will be held on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. at the Millenium Chapel, Paceville, with animated Masses at 6.30 and 9.30 p.m. For details, view www.augmalta.org or e-mail vocationsosa@augmalta.org or the Facebook page Augustine.

• Mgr Carmel Zammit will celebrate Mass on Saturday at 6.30 p.m. at St Peter’s Monastery, Mdina, to mark the 10th anniversary ofthe beatification of Blessed Maria Adeodata Pisani, OSB.

• A prayer meeting for the sanctification of priests and for priestly and religious vocations will be held on Saturday at Senglea parish church. It starts at 9.45 p.m. with Mass, followed by adoration until midnight. All are welcome.

• The Vikings Sailing Club is holding an open day at its premises in Haywharf, Floriana, next Sunday from 10 a.m. till 6 p.m. For more information, call 9942 0478 or visit www.vikingssailing.com.

• Fr Victor Jaccarini, SJ, will lead a weekend retreat on L-Ewkaristija – iċ-ċentru tal-Ħajja Nisranija (The Eucharist – The centre of Christian Life) from May 20 to 22 at Manresa retreat house, Victoria. For bookings, call Fr Anthony Cilia, SJ, on 2155 6635 or e-mail manresagozo@gmail.com.

• Fr Pierre Grech Marguerat, SJ, will lead a weekend retreat on the theme ‘Why is there all this suffering? Where is God in our suffering?’, based on reflections on the Book of Job, from May 20 to 22 at Mt St Joseph retreat house, Tarġa Gap, Mosta. The fee is €60 all inclusive. For bookings, call 2276 0201 ore-mail info@mtstjoseph.org.

• The Association of Lyceum Past Students will be organising a cultural tour to Tigné Fort and Manoel Island restorations on May 21, guided by Salvator Mousù. The group will meet at 9 a.m. at the Fortina Hotel. Price including tea/coffee break at Jubilee Bar, Gżira, is €10 per person. Bookings can be made through Alex Borg by calling 2138 6817, 9988 8579 ore-mailing alpsmalta@gmail.com by not later than May 19.

• The International Al Jolson Society is holding a buffet lunch to mark the anniversary of the birth of Al Jolson. The buffet will take place in a four-star Sliema Hotel on May 22. All are welcome. For more information, call 2189 6936 or 9988 0489 or e-mail vinwilljolsonmalta@gmail.com.

• The Immaculate Conception Band Club Ħamrun, in collaboration with Ħamrun council, is organising a day of activities for all the family on May 29, from 10 a.m. to6 p.m. in the Kunċizzjoni area. Activities will include games, music, band music, food stands, cultural exhibitions and competitions. Download the rules and application form from www.bandakuncizzjoni.com or e-mail info@bandakuncizzjoni.com or bandakuncizzjoni@hotmail.com.

• Mater Admirabilis Training College students of 1959-1961 will be holding a reunion in June to mark the 50th anniversary of their graduation. For more details, call 2133 1888 or 2189 6436 or e-mail matc1959to1961@gmail.com.

• Fr Alex Refalo will lead a weekend retreat on the Lectio Divina method of reading the sacred Scriptures and praying with the Bible from July 1 to 3 at Manresa retreat house, Victoria, Gozo. For bookings, call Fr Anthony Cilia, SJ, on 2155 6635 or e-mail manresagozo@gmail.com.

• Inygo-Malta is organising a trip to Spain for youths aged 18-30 to celebrate World Youth Day during August. The trip will serve to feature the spiritual lives of the Jesuits and lay-people who follow the Ignatian path. For more information, call Fr Jimmy Bartolo on 9928 1101 or visit www.inygo.jesuit.org.mt.

• The Lay Fraterity of Charles de Foucauld is organising an activity from September 6 to 11 for people aged 20 to 35 to live together and spend time working in fields for a few hours daily, pray in silence, and reflect on the Gospel’s relevance in their life. For details contact Anna Pace at annepac@go.com.mtor Rosita Farrugia at rosita.farrugia@gmail.com, or call 7929 8509 or 9942 8389.