Coming up

• The Friends of the Sick and Elderly are holding a charity fair at the Victoria football ground next to the main car park today from 7am to 1pm. • The 38th edition of the Gozo Half Marathon by the Gozo Amateur Athletic Association will be held today.

• The Friends of the Sick and Elderly are holding a charity fair at the Victoria football ground next to the main car park today from 7am to 1pm.

• The 38th edition of the Gozo Half Marathon by the Gozo Amateur Athletic Association will be held today. The half marathon starts at 9.15am from Xagħra. The eight-mile race starts at 9.15am, also from Xagħra, while a 13.1-mile bike race will also start at 9.15am. A two-kilometre and a four- kilometre race will be held in the limits of Xagħra. Both races start at 9.15am.

• Parental Guidance will be screened at the Don Bosco Oratory, Victoria, today at 6pm.

• Xagħra council will be holding guided tours around historical places in Xagħra today from 2pm to 4pm – on the 325th anniversary of the Xagħra parish and the 25th anniversary of the consecration of the church of St Anthony the Abbot, also in Xagħra.

• The brothers and sisters of the Neocatechumenal Way are holding a series of evangelisation meetings. Today’s meeting is being held at Ta’ Pinu Sanctuary parvis at 5.45pm. These meetings are part of a great pastoral effort by the Neocatechumenal Way, entitled Evangelisation in Squares, taking place around the world simultaneously.

• The Puttinu Cares Gozo Committee will be organising an event for all the family today at the Gozo Sports Complex in Victoria, starting at 5pm. Special guests for the evening will be Freddie Portelli and Vince Fabri.

• On the 325th anniversary of the Nadur parish Bishop Mario Grech will today lead a solemn Mass at 8.15am, followed by the opening of an exhibition.

• The St Mary parish of Qala is celebrating its 325th anniversary and the 25th anniversary of the coronation of the titular painting. Auxiliary Bishop Charles Scicluna will lead a concelebrated Mass at 5pm, followed by a pilgrimage with the titular painting from the parish church to the sanctuary.

• The OASI Foundation will be organising the second edition of the Junior Football Festival at the Gozo Football Stadium on Saturday at 2pm. A Mother’s Day lunch will be held at the Downtown Hotel in Victoria on May 12 at 12.30pm. For more information, call 2156 3333.

• The Xagħra Scout Group will be organising a family outing to Malta on Wednesday. The group will leave Gozo at 8.15am and return at 5.15pm. For more information, call 9943 3442 or 7994 6768.

cspiteri@timesofmalta.com

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