• A car wash is being held at St Patrick’s Grounds, Don Bosco Street, Sliema, today from 8 a.m. till 1 p.m. Organisers ask for a €5 donation per car and all proceeds will be in aid of the Island Sanctuary. Visit www.islandsanctuary.com.

• A prayer meeting will be held at Girgenti, Siġġiewi, today at 6.30 p.m. by the Moviment Madonna tal-Konsagrazzjoni committee. The public is invited to attend. For details view www.ourladyofconsecration.org.

• A Mass to express solidarity with people suffering from cancer will be celebrated on Friday at 6.30 p.m. at the collegiate church of St Paul Shipwrecked, Valletta, organised by the Social Assistance Secretariat of the Catholic Action Movement. The public is invited to attend.

• A day’s outing and card party in aid of the Little Sisters of the Poor will be held at the Plaza Hotel, Sliema, on July 6 from 10 a.m. For booking and information call Blanche Martin on 2133 0387.

• The Association of Lyceum Past Students (ALPS) is celebrating the feast of St Anne with Mass on Saturday at 7 p.m. at the restored chapel in the Pwales valley. The ALPS choir under Joe Fenech’s direction will sing during Mass and at a mini concert afterwards. Members and friends are invited. Refreshments will be served. Call Oscar Galea on 2189 6203, 7989 6293 or e-mail oaggalea@maltanet.net.

• InYgo-Malta is organising a trip to Spain for youths aged between 18 and 30 to celebrate World Youth Day during August. The youths will be invited to experience the spiritual lives of the Jesuits and lay people who follow the Ignatian path. For more information, call Fr Jimmy Bartolo on 9928 1101 or visit www.inygo.jesuit.org.mt.

• The Lay Fraterity of Charles de Foucauld is organising an activity from September 6 to 11 for people aged 20 to 35 to live together and spend time working in fields for a few hours daily, pray in silence, and reflect on the Gosple’s relevance in their lives. For details e-mail Anna Pace on annepac@go.com.mt or Rosita Farrugia on rosita.farrugia@gmail.com, or call 7929 8509, 9942 8389.

• The Centre of Ignatian Spirituality in collaboration with the Institute of Pastoral Formation is organising a three-year course in Maltese for people who wish to deepen their spiritual life, offer spiritual direction and guide retreats. The course, which will start in the first week of September, will be divided into two parts. The first two years will focus on personal spiritual formation, while the last year will concentrate on guiding retreats, and especially giving the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises and spiritual direction.

• Hospice Malta is holding a conference entitled ‘Psychosocial issues – enhancing quality of life’ for healthcare professionals on February 16 and 17. The full programme will be announced later.

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