Dates and events for your diary

• Breast Care Support Group ED Malta will be holding its annual walk today. The walk will start from the Mall in Floriana and finishes at Sliema Ferries. Registration is at 9 a.m. For further information e-mail info@europadonnamalta.org.mt or call 9999 4666. All are welcome.

• The Women’s Section within Our Lady of Lilies Musical Society of Mqabba is hosting high tea for all the family today at Portofino Restaurant, Porto Azzurro Hotel, Xemxija. Transport will leave Mqabba Square at 1.30 p.m. For bookings, call 7953 9542. For more information, visit www.talgilju.com.

• A prayer meeting will be held at Girgenti, Siġġiewi, today at 4 p.m. by the Moviment Madonna tal-Konsagrazzjoni committee. The public is invited to attend. For details view www.ourladyofconsecration.org.

• Peach and Sorrel Beauty Salon will be holding a health and beauty open day tomorrow, as part of YWCA’s International Women’s Day activities, at its beauty salon, 270, Fleur De-Lys Road, Birkirkara. Beauty treatments will be available against a donation starting from €5. Money raised will go to YWCA Malta. Angele Farrugia will be giving a talk about ‘Skin problemsand new techniques’ at 3 p.m. To confirm appointments and reserve a place at the talk, call 2144 6683 or 2700 2702; SMS 9926 9369 or e-mail info@peachandsorrel.com.

• A week of Lenten exercises is to be held from tomorrow to Friday at 6.30 p.m. at the MUSEUM headquarters at Blata l-Bajda (entrance next to Preca Library). Couples and adults are especially invited.

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

• A bazaar is being held at 49, Cathedral Street, Sliema, next door to Stella Maris parish centre, from Wednesday to Saturday. Open all day from 9.30 a.m.

• A sale of antique and old furniture is being held at St Helen parish centre, Birkirkara (behind the Basilica) on Thursday and Friday, from 5 to 8 p.m.; Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon and from 4.30 to 8 pm; and Sunday from 9 a.m. to noon.

• A silent weekend retreat for Lent for people aged between 17 and 30 will be held from Friday till Sunday at Mount St Joseph retreat centre, Tarġa Gap, Mosta. The price is€44, but subsidies are available where necessary. For more information and to apply, e-mail inygo@jesuit.org.mt or call 7982 7742. The retreat is organised by Inygo-Malta, the network of Jesuit initiatives for young people. Visit www.inygo.jesuit.org.mt.

• A prayer meeting for the sanctification of priests and for priestly and religious vocations will be held on Saturday at St John of the Cross parish church, Ta’ Xbiex. It starts at 9 p.m. with Mass followed by adoration till 11 p.m.

• A ‘Walk and Talk against Domestic Violence’ will take place on Sunday. The event is being organised by the Siġġiewi Youth Initiative to coincide with International Women’s Day. The walk will start at 10.30 a.m. from the ‘Love’ statue at Spinola Bay in St Julian’s and end opposite the Preluna hotel in Sliema. Along the way, talks will be delivered by director of the Smart Skin Clinic Joanna Dalia; chair of the Confederation of Women’s Organisations Renee Laiviera and family therapy expert Charlie Azzopardi. Participants will receive a free T-shirt. For more information, visit the Facebook ‘Walk and Talk Against Domestic Violence’ events page or e-mail info@syimalta.com.

• All government employees and friends are invited to attend Lenten talks by Fr Martin Galea, MSSP, to be held at St Francis church, Republic Street, Valletta, at 12.35 p.m. from March 12 to 16. Each talk will last about 30 minutes. The talks are being organised by the prayer group It-Triq.

• Land (Living Ability Not Disability) Group is holding a carwash fundraiser on March 18 near Black Pearl, Ta’ Xbiex, from 10 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. There will also be stands of food, beverages and cakes for sale. People willing to volunteer on the day or donate items for sale can SMS Jeanesse Abela on 7982 8787 or Daniela Schembri on 7906 0393, or e-mail landcontact@hotmail.com.

• The Malta Dyslexia Association (MDA) is holding a talk by dyslexia specialist and MDA president Carmen Muscat on March 23 at 6.30 p.m. at the Catholic Institute, Floriana. All are welcome to attend. The talk, entitled ‘Il-Qari bil-Malti’, will present strategies and techniques for helping children to learn to read and write in Maltese.

• Equal Partners Foundation is holding a fundraising Easter bazaar from March 30 to April 1 at the foundation’s premises at 184A, Valley Road, Msida, next to the Għajn tal-Ħasselin. It is collecting goods to be sold at the fair. Call 21250400 or e-mail info@equalpartners.org.mt.