Gozo
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Playing field upgrade
Work on the upgrade of the Victoria playing field will start shortly. The project, undertaken by the Victoria council through EU funds and Eco Gozo, will cost around €500,000. Victoria mayor Samuel Azzopardi said the playing field will include a...
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Day of the Sick
Gozo Bishop Mario Grech last Sunday celebrated Mass at the Gozo General Hospital to mark World Day of the Sick celebrated on February 11. Mgr Grech was assisted by one of the hospital’s chaplains Canon Joe Cardona. Present for the occasion were...
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Coming up
• Step Up 4: Miami Heat will be screened at the Don Bosco Oratory, Victoria, today at 5.30pm. • The Friends of the Sick and Elderly in Gozo will be holding a charity fair at the Victoria football ground (next to the main car park) today from 8am to...
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Hospital residents entertained
The staff of St Anne Residence at the Gozo General Hospital and Nadur primary schoolchildren last Tuesday entertained residents to a Carnival show. Also taking part were singer Rebecca Bonello and dancer Isaiah Muscat.
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400-kilo prinjolata
Franco Debono of Ta’ Lajku Confectionery cuts a portion out of a 400-kilo prinjolata (Carnival sweet) in Xagħra during a Carnival activity, which also featured the traditional kumittiva dance. The five-and-a-half-foot-high traditional cake contained...
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Merry dances
Children attending Laura Vicuna School in Għasri dancing merrily in a Carnival parade in Xewkija last Sunday. Performances in Victoria and Xagħra were under the direction of Claire DeBono.
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Carnival photography competition
The Gozo Photography Association, in collaboration with the Gozo Culture and Information Office, is inviting photographers to take part in the Gozo Carnival Photography Competition 2013. Photographers are to submit the best three digital photos. The...
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God of Carnage at the Citadel
God of Carnage by French playwright Yasmina Reza (translated into English by Christopher Hampton), will be staged by the Gozo Creative Theatre Club at St Ursula Hall, The Citadel, Victoria, on Friday at 8.30pm and Sunday at 5.30pm. This play...
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Catholic Action members meet
A delegation from the Malta Catholic Action Movement, including general president Dennis Buttigieg, general ecclesiastical assistant Fr Paul Chetcuti, SJ, and general secretary Adrian Leone Ganado, recently met Gozitan members to discuss various...
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Coming up
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days will be screened at the Don Bosco Oratory, Victoria, today at 5.30pm. • A Carnival photography exhibition by Tonio Schembri in aid of Puttinu Cares is being held at the Banca Giuratale in Victoria today from 9am to...
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Heart of Gozo opens up for all
Gozo will soon boast a new museum and cultural centre which will display a rich collection of historical and artistic artefacts previously inaccessible to the public. Built by the Fondazzjoni Belt Victoria in collaboration with St George’s Basilica,...
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Carnival in Gozo
Carnival celebrations in Nadur kicked off last Sunday at St Peter and St Paul Square, with several dancing competitions for adults and children, grotesque masks and floats and the Big Friends Guggen Musik band. Carnival in Victoria will continue...
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Day of Life celebration
The Day of Life was marked last Sunday at Għajnsielem parish church. Bishop Mario Grech celebrated Mass which concluded nine months of prayers by the parish for spiritual adoption. During the homily Mgr Grech said man could not appreciate the gift...
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New parish priest for Fontana
Canon John Muscat was recntly appointed parish priest of Fontana. He takes over from Fr Joseph Bajada. Canon Muscat, who is from Sannat, was ordained priest by Pope John Paul II in Rome on May 31, 1984, and worked in Camden, New Jersey, where his...
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Saint remembered
On the occasion of the liturgical feast of St John Bosco, patron saint of children, children from Sir Arturo Mercieca primary school, Victoria, attended a religious service at the Don Bosco Oratory chapel in Victoria. Oratory director Fr Effie...
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Coming up
• Today the Blood Donation Centre of the Gozo General Hospital will be open from 8.30am to 1pm for those wishing to donate blood and do not have the opportunity to do so during the week. • Masses at Ta’ Pinu Sanctuary will be said today at 6.15,...
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Ecumenical celebration at St Augustine’s
The Legion of Mary (Gozo) organised an ecumenical celebration at St Augustine’s church, Victoria, during the Octave of Prayers for Christian Unity. On behalf of the Augustinian community, Fr Peter Paul Cachia, OSA, welcomed the congregation,...
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Carnival festivities
Victoria: Carnival in Victoria kicks off on Friday at 6.30pm. Dance companies, bands and special guests will perform at Independence Square. Entrance is free. On Saturday, a Carnival parade along Republic Street will start at 9.30am, followed by a...
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Mass for journalists
The feast of St Francis de Sales, patron saint of journalists, was marked with a concelebrated Mass organised by the Gozo Journalists Association and the Gozo Diocese at the Franciscan Sisters’ church in Victoria. The concelebrants were Fr Eddie...
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St John Bosco feast celebration
The feast of St John Bosco was celebrated at the Don Bosco Oratory in Victoria last Sunday. In the morning, a horse and pony défilé was held from St Francis Square to St Augustine Square, followed by the blessing of animals by Mgr George Tabone. All...
