Priests and religious recently took part in a manifestation in Victoria marking the end of the Year of the Priesthood and the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
They gathered at the seminary chapel where Gozo Bishop Mario Grech led prayers, followed by a procession with the Eucharist to Fontana parish church.
In Fontana, Mgr Grech led a celebration of the Word of God and then in a symbolic gesture he placed all the names of living priests and religious, who number around 230, in a chalice held by one of the angels adorning the statute of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.