• Volunteers are needed by the Third World Group to teach Maltese and English to illegal immigrants. Lessons will be held twice a week between 5.30 and 7pm in Valletta. Volunteers will be given a textbook and don’t need to have previous teach-ing experience. Those interested can contact Robert Fenech at maak.rob@gmail.com.

• A prayer meeting will be held at Girgenti, Siġġiewi, today at 3.30pm by the Moviment Madonna tal-Konsagrazzjoni committee. The public is welcome. For details view www.ourladyofconsecration.org.

• The separated Christians group within St Helen’s parish in Birkirkara are holding a Mass every third Saturday of the month to pray for separated people, people who live together and divorcees. Relatives are also invited.

• A charity bazaar in aid of children in Gaza by the Arabic Culture Information Society is open until the end of January from 10am to 10pm at the Arabic Language Centre, San Ġwann.

• YWCA (Malta) will be organising the popular tea card party on Wednesday at 4.30pm at the Plaza Hotel, Sliema. Members and guests are welcome. For bookings, call 2132 4424 or 7925 2296.

• An evening of prayer for peace and new evangelisation of the world will be held on Wednesday from 5.15 to 6.15pm in the basement chapel of Sarria church, Floriana, by the International Movement of Prayer Blessed Pope John XXIII.

• The Ladies’ Circle of St Joseph parish in Msida is holding a bazaar at the parish centre in Johnny Catania Street, Msida, from Friday to next Sunday from 8.30am to noon and from 4 to 7pm. Numerous items will be for sale at reasonable prices. Proceeds will be in aid of Msida parish church.

• Lions Club Mdina is organising a fish night on Saturday at 8pm at Splash and Fun, Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq. Price is €25 per person. Proceeds will be in aid of Breaking Limits, whose goal is to install swings in playgrounds for wheelchair-bound children and buying super-light carbon fibre racing wheelchairs to be used in five or 10-kilometre half-marathon races.

For more information, call Isabelle Coppini on 9942 4442 or 2137 4291, Rita Sultana on 9947 2770 or 2137 4169 or Annamaria Cassar on 7973 3773 or 2741 2080.

• The Malta Gloster Breeders Society is holding a Gloster Canary Show on Saturday and next Sunday at the Oratory Hall in Naxxar. Opening hours on Saturday are from 4 to 8pm and next Sunday from 8am to 2.30pm.

• The Women’s Section of Our Lady of the Lily musical society of Mqabba is organising a high tea next Sunday at the Waterfront Hotel, Sliema. Everyone can attend. Transport will leave Mqabba Square at 1.30pm. Bookings on 7953 9542. For more information, visit www.talgilju.com.

• Mass for the repose of deceased members of the RMA Association will take place at the Addolorata Cemetery chapel next Sunday at 10am. A wreath-laying ceremony will follow at the site of the RMA Association graves. Medals and RMA ties are to be worn.

• The Maltese-American Association will be celebrating Thanksgiving Day next Sunday at the Seabank Hotel, Mellieħa Bay. A buffet lunch will be served at 12.30pm. For tickets and more information, call Dar l-Emigrant, Castille Place, Valletta, on 2122 2644 or 2124 0255.

Next week

• The Association of Lyceum Past Students (ALPS) will hold a cultural tour on November 24, including visits to a bee hatchery in Safi and Limestone Heritage in Siġġiewi. The price, including light lunch, is €12 per person and €16, including transport.

Transport will be available from in front of San Ġwann parish church at 9am. Those using their own transport will meet at No. 28, St Paul Street, Safi, at 10am. For booking, call Alex Borg on 2138 6812 or 9988 8579 or e-mail alpsmalta@gmail.com.

Later this month

• The Mater Dei Hospital fund-raising committee is organising activities for the third consecutive year at Mater Dei in aid of L-Istrina.

The activities will be held from November 26 to December 2 and will include entertainment, car shows, bazaars and a 50-hour American pool marathon, among others.

There is currently an exhibition by artist Francis Galea on show in the hospital’s main foyer. Donations are welcome. For more information, call Joe Darmanin on 7925 1100.

• The Malta Association for Professionals in Learning Difficulties (APLD) is holding its annual general meeting on November 28 between 6 and 8pm at St Michael’s Foundation Junior School, Alamein Street, St Andrews, Pembroke. The main event of this AGM will be a talk for professionals by Christine Xuereb and Kevin Cardona on the Dyslexia Guidebook for Parents.

All professionals working with children and young adults are encouraged to attend. The APLD executive council is also accepting nominations for the election of members. Nominations have to be formally made and seconded in writing. These are to be submitted to the secretary up to a week prior to the AGM on apldmalta@gmail.com by Wednesday. For enquiries, call Pamela Fenech on 7909 2910.

• A bazaar will be held at Sgħajtar chapel in Naxxar from November 29 to November 30 from 4 to 7.30pm, on December 1 from 9am to noon and from 4 to 7.30pm, and on December 2 from 9am to noon.

• The Women’s Section within Our Lady of the Lily Musical Society of Mqabba is holding a Christmas bazaar during the week of the Immaculate Conception feast between November 30 and December 9 at the new premises in Mqabba.

Among a variety of objects on sale, one will find various presents, Christmas items, books and sweets at moderate prices. The bazaar will open all day. More details are available by calling 7953 9542 and at www.talgilju.com.

Next month

• McDonald’s is holding its annual McHappy day to raise funds for L-Istrina on December 1.

• The statue of Our Lady of the Lily will be placed for a fortnight of public veneration at Mqabba parish church centre on December 2 at 10.30am on the occasion of the feast of the Immaculate Conception.

• The traditional Christmas bazaar in Paola will be held at the parish hall, Church Avenue, from December 1 to 9. There will be toys, plants, decorations, books, drinks and clothes for sale. Opening hours are from 9am to noon and from 4.30 to 8pm.

• Blanche Martin welcomes all her friends and the friends of the Little Sisters of the Poor to a Christmas celebration day at the Preluna Hotel, Sliema, on December 5 from 10am. For booking and information, call 2133 0387.

• Fr Godwin Preca, SJ, will lead a weekend retreat in preparation for Christmas during which participants will reflect and pray on the Mystery of the Incarnation. The retreat will be held at Manresa Retreat House, Victoria, from December 7 to 9. To book, call 2155 6635.

• Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar is organising a Maltese Christmas dinner, the sale of seasonal fare and candlelit carol singing by the Voca Choir on December 12 at 7pm at St Mark’s church and in the cloister of the Augustinian priory, St Augustine Street, Rabat.

This fundraising event is in aid of the restoration of a unique medieval four-panel painting at the priory. To book tickets, e-mail bookings@faa.org.mt or call Terry Vella on 9982 0159. Family bookings are accepted. Payment may be made by cheque payable to FAA at Room 83, National Pool Complex, Tal-Qroqq, Gżira, by noon on December 5.

• Dar Frate Jacoba in Wied iz-Ziju, Marsascala, is organising an open weekend on December 15 and 16. Opening times on Saturday are from 5 to 9pm and on Sunday from 10am to 7pm. For more information, call 2099 5249, e-mail youthalivefoundation@gmail.com or visit www.youth-alive.net.

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