• Order your figolla from The Hospice Movement for a donation of €6. There are three shapes – car, lamb and heart – all with pure almond filling, white fondant icing and a chocolate egg. Order online from www.hospicemalta.org, by e-mail at fundraising@hospicemalta.org, or call 2144 0085.

• The fifth lecture in the series ‘The ‘Maltese’ Legacy of the Knights of St John’, organised by the Maltese Association of the SMOM will be held at Pardo Hall in Palazzo Parisio (Foreign Affairs Ministry), Merchants Street, Valletta tomorrow at 6 p.m. Vexillologist Adrian Strickland will discuss ‘Interesting Aspects of Heraldry with Special Reference to the Knights of St.John’. Entrance is free.

• The Funny Farm are holding a fundraising 1970s- and 1980s-themed party at Malibu Bar and Restaurant, Qawra, on Wednesday from 9 p.m. Tickets cost €15 and include a welcome drink and finger foods. The dress code is 1970s or 1980s theme or casual. For more information, call 9944 0145 or 9980 8986. Tickets are available from: Blue Reefs, Mosta; Eve Publications, Naxxar; Funny Farm, Bidnija; Tuck A Bag, Burmarrad; Malibu Bar and Restaurant.

• The association of the University of the Third Age is organising an Easter tour to Lago di Garda and the Lombardia and Veneto regions in Italy between April 21 and 28. There is a special discount for members and their guests until Thursday. For more information or for a copy of the programme call 7713 5151 or e-mail lcmail51@gmail.com.

• A bazaar is being held at Padova Hall in Dun Pawl St, Sliema, next to the Church of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart of Jesus from Thursday until Sunday, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Items for sale include antiques, new items, home decorations, books, toys, plants and new clothes.

• Fr Robert Soler, SJ, will lead a Lenten retreat for professionals fat Manresa retreat house, Victoriarom Thursday at 7 p.m. to April 3 . To book, call Fr Anthony Cilia, SJ, on 2155 6635, e-mail manresagozo@gmail.com.

• The Focolare Movement will be holding the Mariapoli, at the Ramla Bay Resort, Marfa, between Thursday and Sunday with the theme ‘Follow your ray….the way towards love’.Everyone is invited to build this temporary city based on evangelical love. The programme includes moments of reflection, dialogue as well as recreational and cultural activities. For more information call 2138 5801 or 2148 6112 or e-mail focfmt@go.net.mt or focmmt@go.net.mt.

• St Helen Band Club Birkirkara will be organising a religious visit to the Redeemer in Senglea on April 5. Private transport will leave St Helen Church at 9 a.m. Mass will be heard at Maria Bambina Church, Senglea at 10 a.m. After the visit, there will be a coffee morning and a tombola and the group will return to Birkirkara at 2 p.m. The outing costs €6. Took book, call 2744 2196 or 7994 3077, or e-mail info@sainthelenbc.org.

• A card party in aid of the Little Sisters of the Poor will be held at the Preluna Hotel, Sliema, on April 6 from 10 a.m. For booking, call Blanche Martin on 2133 0387.

• Fr Eddie Mercieca, SJ, director of the International Jesuit Spirituality Centre in Rome, will lead a retreat for professional couples from April 8 at 7 p.m. to April 10 after lunch. It is aimed at enabling participants to prepare for Easter by stopping to reflect and pray on how they are living their marriage relationship and their relationship with God. For bookings, call Fr Anthony Cilia, SJ, on 2155 6635 or e-mail manresagozo@gmail.com.

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