• Avatar will be screened at the Don Bosco Oratory, Victoria, today at 6 p.m.

• Xagħra today celebrates the feast of St Joseph. Gozo Bishop Mario Grech will celebrate Mass with the Collegiate Chapter and clergy of the basilica at 5 p.m. The procession with the statue of St Joseph will leave the basilica at 6.30 p.m. The Victory Band of Xagħra together with the Nativitas Choir will take part.

• The Fiera tad-Dwejra will take place today from 10 a.m. Free parking will be available.

• Wednesday devotions in preparation for the feast of Santa Marija will start on Wednesday at Our Lady of Ta' Pinu Sanctuary. Masses will be celebrated at 5, 6, 7, 8.30 and 9 a.m., and at 5.30, 6.30 and 8 p.m. Adoration of the Eucharist will take place between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. and from 9 to 10 p.m. Prayers will be said at 10 p.m.

• Races, including the finals of the Gozo Equine Cup, will be held at Ta' Xħajma racecource today at 1.30 p.m.

• The Richmond Foundation (Gozo) is holding a self-help group meeting at the NGO centre in Xewkija on Tuesday at 5.30 p.m. Everyone is invited. For more information call 2210 6151 or e-mail info@richmond.org.mt.

• The feast of Our Lady of Pompeii will be celebrated at the church of Our Lady of Pompeii, Victoria, on Saturday. Mass will be celebrated every half-hour from 6.30 to 9 a.m., at 10 a.m., 11.15 a.m. and 1 p.m. The supplication will be said by Gozo Bishop Mario Grech at noon. Mass for the elderly will be celebrated at 4.15 p.m., followed by the blessing of children at 5 p.m. Bishop Nikol Cauchi will lead a concelebrated Mass at 6 p.m. A prayer meeting by the Bethel Charismatic Group, led by Fr George Bezzina, will be held at 7.15 p.m.

• The Ladies' Circle of the Sacred Heart Minor Seminary will be holding its monthly coffee morning in the main hall of the Catholic Action headquarters on Thursday. Tickets at €3 can be obtained from the members and from the school.

• Gaulitana: A Festival of Music comes to an end today with a concert, entitled 'Finale: Another go at the Musical Theatre', at Palazzo Palina, Hotel Ta' Ċenċ, Sannat, at 8 p.m.

• The 31st Marian Festival, organised by the Legion of Mary, will be held at the Don Bosco Oratory, Victoria, on Saturday at 7 p.m. Tickets may be obtained from the Legion of Mary in Victoria.

cspiteri@timesofmalta.com

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