• Gi.Fra is holding a car wash today at the Kapuċċini Grounds in Floriana from 8 a.m. till 4 p.m. to collect funds for the Mission in Malindi, Kenya.
• The Women’s Section of the Our Lady of Lilies Musical Society of Mqabba will be holding a ‘Ftira by the Beach’ event today at Birżebbuġa Boċċi Club. There will be traditional Maltese food. Transport will leave Mqabba Square at 1 p.m. For bookings call 7953 9542.
• A prayer meeting will be held at Girgenti, Siġġiewi, today at 6 p.m. by the Moviment Madonna tal-Konsagrazzjoni committee. All are welcome. For details view www.ourladyofconsecration.org.
This week:
• A bazaar will be held every Monday and Wednesday at Centru Antida, Tarxien Road, Tarxien, from 9 a.m. till noon, in aid of St Jeanne Antide Foundation.
• Hospice Malta will be holding its annual general meeting on Tuesday at 39 Good Shepherd Avenue, Balzan, at 6 p.m. All members are invited to attend.
• A talk on ‘Spiritual Intimacy’ by Leslie and Charmaine Caruana, leaders of the couples’ support group ‘Belong’, will be delivered on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at St Paul Hall, Catholic Institute, Floriana. The public is invited to attend.
• The St Joseph School Past Pupils’ Association (Sliema) will be holding a celebration of the Eucharist together with the crowning of Our Lady at the chapel of St Joseph School, Sliema, on Friday at 6 p.m. Past pupils and guests are welcome. Refreshments will follow. For more information, call Mariella Abela on 7970 2579 or Mary Sciortino on 2133 2839/7933 2839. Bookings close on May 18.
• A reunion for people who were in fifth form of St Theresa Grammar School, Mdina, in 1962 will be held on Friday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of leaving school. For more information call 2145 4881 or 2146 7490.
• The next meeting of the San Ġorġ Preca prayer group will be held on Friday at the MUSEUM headquarters, Blata l-Bajda, at 6.30 p.m. Young couples and mature adults are especially welcome.
• Mcast Agribusiness Institute students and staff will be holding activity days from Friday till next Sunday at their institute in Luqa Road, Qormi. Visitors can participate in food tasting, visit the institute’s animal husbandry units, bring their pets for grooming and advice, buy local food products, plants and animals, and learn more about the farm-to-fork cycle. Open on Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., and on Sunday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Anthony Frendo will guide a retreat entitled ‘Sinjali taż-Żmienijiet – irtir Injazjan iffukat fuq il-ktieb tal-Profeta Ġeremija’ (Signs of the times – an Ignatian retreat focused on the Book of the Prophet Jeremiah) from Friday evening to Sunday afternoon at Manresa retreat house, Victoria. For details call Fr Anthony Cilia, SJ,on 2155 6635 or e-mail manresagozo@gmail.com.
• The Physically Handicapped Rehabilitation Centre’s sports day will take place on Saturday at the centre in Corradino from 10 a.m. The public is invited.
Next month:
• A card games party in aid of the Little Sisters of the Poor will be held on June 6 at the Preluna Hotel, Sliema. For bookings, call Blanche Martin on 2133 0397.
• A buffet lunch in aid of the Pontifical Missions Office will be held on June 7 at the Coastline Hotel, Salina Bay, at 12.15 p.m. Tickets cost €17 for adults and €8.50 for children under 10. For bookings, phone 2123 6962 until June 4. Tickets are available at the Missions Office in Merchants Street, Valletta, and at the door. Transport will be available from Valletta to the lunch venue and back.
A car wash in aid of the Living Ability Not Disability (Land) group will be held on June 10 from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. near the old pixxina in Marsascala. Volunteers are needed to donate or sell food, wine, drinks and cakes (without cream) at the event. SMS Jeanesse Abela on 7982 8787 or Daniela Schembri on 7906 0393 or e-mail landcontact@hotmail.com for more details.