The Master of the Order of Preachers, Fr Carlos Aspiroz Costa, will pay his first visit to the Dominican Order in Malta between April 27 and May 1.
Fr Carlos is the 87th Master of the Order of Preachers and is an Argentine. He was elected Master of the Order in July 2001 at the General Chapter held in Providence, US. He served previously as Procurator General of the Order when Fr Timothy Radcliffe was Master of the Order.
The highlight of his stay in will be a Mass at St Dominic church in Valletta on April 30, the feast of St Pius V, the patron saint of the Maltese Province.