• Friends of the Sick and Elderly are holding a charity car boot sale today from 7.30am to 2pm at Victoria football ground. Participants pay €10 per car space.

• The feast of Our Lady of Graces will be celebrated today at Our Lady of Graces sanctuary, Victoria, where Gozo diocese vicar general Tarcisio Camilleri will lead a concelebrated Mass at 9am with the participation of Fjur t’Assisi choir. Mgr Camilleri will deliver the panegyric. A motorcycle and bicycle pilgrimage will leave Ta’ Pinu sanctuary at 11.30am for the Victoria sanctuary where Fr Joe Libreri will bless participants and mementoes will be distributed. Fr Libreri will lead solemn vespers at 5.30pm, followed by Mass. A procession with the statue of Our Lady of Graces, led by Can. Joseph Cini, accompanied by Leone Band, will start at 7pm and end at 9.30pm.

• A blood donation session will be held at Gozo General Hospital on Tuesday from 1 to 5pm.

• The Finance Ministry is inviting the public to a meeting on Friday at 7.30pm at the Grand Hotel, Għajn­sielem, to voice expectations regarding the 2016 Budget. To book a seat call freephone 8007 2303 or e-mail budget.mfin@gov .mt.

• An event entitled Mosart, empowering youth through mosaic and art, will be held in Xlendi on Friday and on Saturday in Marsalforn at 8pm.

• The diocesan Eucharistic Movement will hold a prayer evening at St Francis church, Victoria, on Saturday at 8.30pm, followed by Mass at midnight.

charles.spiteri@timesofmalta.com

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