• A car boot sale in aid of the Arka Foundation will take place today from 7am onwards at Marsalforn car park. Anyone wishing to sell unwanted items is welcome to participate. No booking is required. Sellers pay €10 per car space on the day.

• A blood donation session will be held at Gozo General Hospital today from 8am to 1pm.

• The feast of St Demetrius will be celebrated today at the chapel dedicated to the saint on the outskirts of Għarb. A fair will be held from 11am onwards near the chapel, including games, a bouncy castle for children, plant stalls and a lottery. Prayers will be said at 3.30pm at the chapel, followed by Masses at 4 and 6pm celebrated by Fr Franklin Vella and Għarb archpriest Joseph Sultana respectively.

• Inside Out (U) and Woman in Gold (12A) will be screened today at 5.30 and 8pm respectively at Don Bosco Oratory, Victoria.

• A public seminar on breast cancer screening, diagnosis, management and aftercare will be held tomorrow at 6pm at the Gozo Ministry, Victoria, by Gozo General Hospital’s Outpatients’ Department in conjunction with the Health Promotion Unit.

• Padre Pio Prayer Group will hold a prayer meeting at Our Lady of Divine Grace Sanctuary, Victoria, on Friday. The rosary will be recited at 5.30pm followed by Mass. Mario Caruana will animate the activity.

• A commemorative event in honour of national poet Dun Karm Psaila will be held on Friday at 7pm at the Gozo Ministry hall, Victoria, by the Gozo National and Regional Celebrations Committee.

• Gozo Youth Wind Band and orchestra, under the direction of Joseph Grech, will perform at a concert entitled Symphony of Lights, on Friday, at 8.30pm. in Santa Luċija village square.

• The diocesan Eucharistic Movement will hold a prayer evening at Good Shepherd Church, Victoria, on Saturday at 8pm, followed by Mass at midnight.

• Friends of the Sick and Elderly in Gozo will hold a charity sale next Sunday from 8am to 1pm at the football ground next to the main car park, Victoria. Sellers pay €10 per car space on the day.

• The Catholic Action Movement will open its assembly on October 31 at 5.30pm at Xagħra Basilica, followed by Mass by Gozo Bishop Mario Grech at 6.30pm.

• Dar tal-Kaptan Boutique Maison, Għasri, is offering a five-course dinner for patrons after the opera La Boheme at Astra Theatre, Victoria, on October 31. The price is €40 per person. Attendance is limited to 35 people and booking is strictly upon receipt of payment by October 27. For those who wish to stay in Gozo for the weekend, the establishment is also accepting bookings for its three suites. For enquiries and reservations call 2155 5647, 9982 9836, e-mail dartalkaptan@gmail.com or guerrilladiningmalta @gmail.com or visit Facebook.

charles.spiteri@timesofmalta.com

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