As a Spaniard who has enjoyed the silent and quiet of Mount St Joseph Retreat House, in Mosta, which is a really unique place of healthy contemplation, I would like to protest about plans to open a shooting range in its vicinity.

I truly hope that the plans would remain just that and would not become a reality because it would be a crime to spoil that one-of-a kind environment.

Silence is still vital in our society and for each of us, even though we try to escape from it.

You have a beautiful island with an incomparable atmosphere; you should make the most of it. Not only for your own benefit but for the rest of the world.

I would like to convey my support to the Jesuit community in Malta, to their Provincial, Fr. Patrick Magro, to the Catholic Church of Malta, and also to all the Maltese people of goodwill.

Please, stop that shooting range there! Find another place (no doubt there are many others).

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