A few days ago, the village of Xagħra celebrated the feast of Our Lady of Victories. This year, the parish commemorated the 40th anniversary of the coronation of the statute of Maria Bambina. As expected, the parishioners collaborated very well indeed with the Archpriest of the parish, Mgr Carmelo Refalo, who took the initiative to crown Our Lady with a living crown.
To everyone’s pride and amazement the people of Xagħra donated a staggering sum of €40,500 to the missions of Bishop Joseph Bonello of Honduras (also a native of Xagħra). Such a lovely gesture will hopefully be repeated not only by the parish of Xagħra, but also by many other parishes in Malta and Gozo.
I hope that people will continue to show their compassion for the poor and less fortunate through such humane acts of true love. Well done.