• Masses at Ta’ Pinu Sanctuary will be said today at 6.15, 8.30, 10 and 11.15am and 5pm.
• To mark the feast of St Anthony the Abbot, Gozo Bishop Mario Grech will lead a concelebrated Mass today at 8.30am at St Anthony church, Tal-Qaċċa, Xagħra. A procession with the saint’s statue will leave the church at 10am for St Anthony Square where horses will be blessed, followed by a defilé to the Basilica of the Nativity of Our Lady. There will be a cat and dog show at St Anthony Square at 11am, solemn vespers at the basilica at 3.30pm, followed by a procession with the statue to St Anthony Square, where pets will be blessed at 4.30pm.
• A car boot sale will take place today from 7am until midday at the Marsalforn car park, organised by the Arka Foundation of Għajnsielem.
• Percy Jackson Sea of Monsters will be screened at Don Bosco Oratory, Victoria, today at 5.30pm.
• A special prayer meeting for youths on the theme The Cure of the Heart will be held on Friday at 8pm at Don Bosco Oratory, Victoria, in preparation for the feast of St John Bosco, patron saint of youths. It will be led by Fr Raymond Portelli, a surgeon and missionary priest in Peru. Gianluca Bezzina will also take part. All youths are invited.
• The diocesan Eucharistic Movement will hold a prayer evening at Don Bosco Oratory chapel, Victoria, on Saturday at 8pm, followed by Mass at midnight.
• Bethel Charismatic Group will hold a prayer meeting at MAS headquarters, Victoria, on Saturday at 7pm.
• The Catholic Action Movement in Gozo will organise its annual ceremony at Ta’ Pinu Sanctuary on February 1 at 4.30pm. Parents are invited to bring their baptised babes to be presented to Our Lady during a Mass presided by Bishop Mario Grech. For details, call organisers Netta Camilleri on 2155 1022 or Ġuża Grech on 2755 3822.
• A nine-day tour of the Holy Land from February 28 to March 9, led by Mgr Joseph Farrugia, curator of Il-Ħaġar Museum in Victoria, is being organised by the museum. For bookings call 7905 8305.
• A carvery, accompanied by the Spectrum band, will be organised by the Gozo CCU Foundation on February 14, at 7.30pm at the Cornucopia Hotel, Xagħra, to raise funds to refurbish the Resuscitation Room of Gozo General Hospital’s Accident and Emergency Department. For bookings call Carmen on 7956 6496, 2156 6496, Jacqueline on 9956 2315, 2156 2315, Tracy on 2156 6806, 9936 1268 or William on 7956 3838, 2156 3838.
• The Gozo Ministry, in collaboration with the Employment and Training Corporation, will offer a childcare course at Malta Qualifications Framework Level 4 in Gozo. Applications close on January 31. For further information visit the ETC office at Sir Arturo Mercieca Street, Victoria.
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