• The feast of Our Lady of Loreto is being celebrated in Għajnsielem today.

At 9 a.m. Gozo Bishop Mario Grech will concelebrate Mass and deliver the homily.

Marches will be played at 5.30 p.m. by the St Margaret Band and at 6.30 and 7.45 p.m. by the St Joseph and Leone bands.

Solemn vespers led by Mgr Joseph Zerafa will be sung at 6.30 p.m.

The procession, led by archpriest Canon Frankie Bajada and accompanied by St Joseph Band, leaves the church at 7.30 p.m. The Leone Band will perform at Our Lady of Loreto Square at 8.30 p.m.

The procession will end with a Eucharistic celebration at 10.25 p.m. and marches by St Joseph Band from Apparition Square to Sanctuary Square at 11 p.m.

• The University of Malta – Gozo Campus is organising its annual summer activity, featuring ‘Versatile Brass’ on Friday at 8 p.m.

• Bishop Nikol Cauchi will lead a solemn concelebrated Mass today at 8.30 a.m. at the Xewkija Rotunda church to commemorate the feast of the Nativity of St John.

• The Gaulitanus Choir is presenting a concert, featuring Det Norske Sjoemannskor (The Norwegian Seamen Choir), at the Cathedral, Victoria, on Thursday at 7.15 p.m.

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