• The feast of St John Bosco is being celebrated today at Don Bosco Oratory, Victoria. Gozo bishop Mario Grech will lead High Mass at 9am at the oratory chapel, followed by the blessing of pets in St Augustine’s Square. The Mass will be transmitted live on TVM 2. La Stella Band will play band marches at 4.30pm. A procession with the statue of St John Bosco leaves the oratory at 5.30pm, accompanied by the band. The Don Bosco Grand Concert, featuring the Gozo Youth Wind Band and Orchestra under Mro Joseph Grech’s direction, will be held at oratory theatre hall at 7.30pm. Admission is free.

• The feast of St Blas is being celebrated in Nadur today. Gozo bishop Mario Grech will celebrate Mass at the boċċi pitch at 10.30am, followed by the blessing of animals and agricultural produce. Transport will be available from Nadur Square at 10am.

• Heritage Malta’s Museum of Archaeology, Folklore Museum, Gozo Nature Museum and the Old Prison at the Citadel, Victoria, and Ta’ Kola Windmill and Ġgantija Temples, Xagħra, will be open for free today to mark Public Service Week.

• Masses at Ta’ Pinu will be said today at 6.15, 8.30, 10 and 11.15am and 5pm, followed by the rosary and Eucharistic benediction.

• Masses at Our Lady of Mount Carmel church, Ta’ Ħamet, will be said today at 9.30am and at 7.30pm.

• Richmond Foundation will hold its monthly self-help group meeting on Tuesday at 5pm at the NGO Centre, l/o Xewkija. For details, call the foundation on 2148 2336.

• The Sacred Heart Minor Seminary’s Ladies’ Circle will hold its monthly coffee morning on Thursday at 9am in the Catholic Action Centre hall, Victoria. Tickets may be obtained from members and from the school.

• A lecture by Charles Cassar entitled ‘The friaries and churches of Augustinians, the Franciscan Minor Conventuals and the Capuchins in Rabat, Gozo – their artistic value’ will be held by Wirt Għawdex on Friday at 6.30pm at St Cecilia chapel, Għajnsielem. To reserve a seat e-mail info@wirtghawdex.org.

• The Gozo Branch of Friends of Australia Association will hold its annual Australia Day dinner on Friday at 7.30pm at Valle d’Or, Rabat Road, Xlendi, under the auspices of Australian High Commissioner Jane Lambert. The price is €22 per person. Seats are limited. To book, call 9940 5625, 9956 0331 or e-mail friendsofaustraliagozo@onvol.net by Thursday.

• Gozitan graduates and members of professions in Gozo, including couples, are invited for Mass on Friday at 8pm at St Augustine’s church, Victoria, organised by the Gozitan Graduates Movement. It will be celebrated in Maltese by Joseph Mercieca, and preceded by the sacrament of Reconciliation.

• Members of Il-Fergħa Ewkaristika (Għawdex) will meet at Ta’ Pinu on Saturday at 3pm to celebrate Mass and to adore the Blessed Sacrament till 4pm. All are welcome to attend.

• An annual presentation of babies to Our Lady of Ta’ Pinu, organised by the Catholic Action Movement in Gozo, will take place on Saturday at 4.30pm at Ta’ Pinu sanctuary. Gozo bishop Mario Grech will preside over the ceremony during which parents will present their baptised babies to Our Lady.

• The diocesan Eucharistic Movement will hold a prayer evening at Munxar parish church, on Saturday at 8pm, followed by Mass at midnight.

• Paddington will be screened on Saturday at 8.30pm at Don Bosco oratory, Victoria.

• Gozitan NGOs have until February 13 to apply for financial assistance under a scheme launched last month by the Gozo Ministry aimed at strengthening the island’s social fabric. For more details contact the Gozo Ministry or the NGO Centre, Xewkija.

• Families in Gozo interested in hosting Austrian students are invited to call Sir M.A. Refalo Sixth Form on 2156 4554 or e-mail smarefalo.sixthform@ilearn.edu.mt.

cspiteri@timesofmalta.com

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