A group of 19 priests and 21 Gozitan seminarians left Malta last Monday on a pilgrimage to Ars, France, on the occasion of Pope Benedict's proclamation of the Year of the Priests marking the 150th anniversary of the birth of John Mary Vianney, the patron saint of parish priests. Accompanying the group are seminary rector Fr Daniel Xerri and two Fransiscan sisters of the Sacred Heart who serve at the seminary.