• Masses at Our Lady of Lourdes chapel, Għajnsielem, will be celebrated today at 8.30am and 5pm.
• Masses at Ta’ Pinu sanctuary 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.
• A Way of the Cross from Ta’ Pinu sanctuary to Għammar Hill will be held today at 3.30pm.
• The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies will be screened today at 5.30pm at Don Bosco Oratory, Victoria. Taken 3 will be screened on Saturday at 8.30pm.
• Fr Anton Gouder will deliver Lenten talks for married couples from tomorrow to Friday at 7.15pm at the John Paul II Family Institute, Fortunato Mizzi Street, Victoria.
• A public lecture entitled ‘Peculiar nature episodes related to Gozo’ by Gozitan ornithologist and naturalist Joe Sultana will be held by Wirt Għawdex on Friday at 6.30pm at St Cecilia chapel, Għajnsielem. To reserve seats, e-mail membership@wirtghawdex.org.
• The Easter edition of the Gozo International Celebration will be held on Saturday at 6.30pm at St Joseph parish church, Qala. The Joy Gospel Singers and Magnificat Choir under the direction of soprano Patricia Buttigieg, and pianist John Paul Buttigieg will participate. The Horace Mercieca Award will be presented during the event.
• The diocesan Eucharistic Movement will hold a prayer evening on Saturday at 8pm, followed by Mass at St Augustine church, Victoria.
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