The feast of St Rita in Birkirkara, will be celebrated with a programme of activities.
There will be tombola at the parish hall on Saturday at 6.15 p.m.
Mass will be celebrated at the church of St Rocco on May 19 at 10 a.m., 4.45 p.m., 6 p.m. and 7 p.m.
From 7.30 to 8.15 p.m., a procession will carry the statue and relic of St Rita from St Rocco church to St Helen’s Basilica. The procession will be led by Fr Martin Schembri.
At 8.15 p.m., there will be a euch-aristic celebration at the basilica, followed by the blessing of children by archpriest Rev. Anton Cassar.
On May 22, at St Helen’s Basilica, there will be a supplication to St Rita at 11.30 a.m., followed by a Mass at noon. At 6.30 p.m., Mass will be celebrated by Rev. Michael Galea, vice-parish priest at St Mary’s Cathedral, Gozo.
At 7.30 p.m., there will be a pilgrimage to the church of St Rocco.
Children who are about to celebrate their first Holy Communion are encouraged to join the procession and the pilgrimage.