• The Sorcerer’s Apprentice will be screened at the Don Bosco Oratory, Victoria, today at 6 p.m.
• A Way of the Cross will be held from Ta’ Pinu Sanctuary to Għammar Hill today at 3.30 p.m.
• The Padre Pio Prayer groups (Gozo) are holding a Lent retreat at Our Lady of Graces Sanctuary in Victoria today. National director Fr Alfred Scerri, OFM Cap, will celebrate Mass at 9 a.m. After a coffee break, Mgr Joseph Sultana, archpriest of Għarb, will deliver a talk on Padre Pio, followed by the Via Crucis. Lunch will be held at the friary’s refectory.
• Gozo Bishop Mario Grech will lead a concelebrated Mass at Fontana parish church today at 10.30 a.m. on the 100th anniversary of the parish, followed by the unveiling of a commemorative plaque. The Chorus Urbanus will take part. Each family will be given a memento.
• A high tea in aid of Augustinian missionary in Brazil Fr Adeodato Schembri will be held at Crystal Palace, Marsalforn, today at 4.30 p.m. For more information, call 2155 1053 or 2155 1273.
• A blood donation session will be held at the Gozo General Hospital today between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m.
• Mgr Emanuel Curmi will celebrate Mass at the Don Bosco Oratory, Victoria, today at 10.30 a.m. on the 50th anniversary of his ordination. The Straight Ahead band will take part. All friends and members of the Don Bosco Oratory are invited.
• The Friends of the Sick and Elderly will be holding a charity fair at the football ground, next to the Victoria main car park, today from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• Nationalist MP Francis Zammit Dimech will open the Skola Politika Fortunato Mizzi’s courses on politics and culture with a talk on the value of culture in politics and in the life of our country at the Tiġrija Palazz complex, Republic Street, Victoria,on Saturday at 9 a.m. Everyone is welcome.
• The Legion of Mary, together with the Catholic Action and other ecclesiastical associations, will be holding a conference on marriage and the family at the Catholic Action headquarters in Victoria on Satuday at 5.30 p.m. The main speaker will be Cana Movement director Fr Joseph Mizzi.
• The Bethel Charismatic Group will be holding a prayer meeting at the church of Our Lady of Pompeii, Victoria, on Saturday at 7 p.m.
• The diocesan Eucharistic Movement will hold a prayer evening at Savina church, Victoria, on Saturday at 8 p.m., followed by Mass at midnight.
• The Astra Theatre will be presenting the musical Għaliex Jien? Il-Passjoni B’Differenza (Why me? A passion play with a difference) on Saturday at 7.30 p.m.
Tickets at €10 are available from the theatre’s bar or by calling 2155 6256 or 7925 6897.
For more information, visit www.lastella.com.mt.
• A seminar will be held at Dar l-Arka, Għajnsielem, on Saturday from 8.30 a.m. to noon on voluntary service during feasts entitled ‘Il-Festi f’Għawdex – Potenzjal ta’ Volontarjat… X’inhu l-futur?’ University lecturer Mario Vassallo and Gozo Cultural Counicl president Kevin Sciberras will be the main speakers.
• Għaqda Drammatika Għajnsielem, in collaboration with Għajnsielem council, will bepresenting a passion play entitled Bin il-Bniedem (The Son of Man)at Independence Square, Għajnsielem, on April 9 at 8 p.m.
Entrance is free. In case of bad weather, the play will be performed on April 10.
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