On December 20 falls the 65th anniversary of the priesthood ordination of Fr Mark Cauchi osa.

Cauchi was born in Cospicua on July 5, 1928, the son of Mark and Mary Carbonaro.

He had his primary education at Cospicua and his secondary one at St Aloysius in Birkirkara. He joined the Austin Friars on January 20, 1946 at St Augustine’s in Victoria.

He took simple vows on January 26 and solemn vows on February 5, 1950.

He was ordained priest at St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta on December 20, 1952.

He had his philosophical and theological studies at St Mark’s College, studied literature and methodology at Grenoble University, France and served the Maltese Augustinian province in Malta, Africa, Switzerland and Italy.

Besides pastoral duties he also worked in the educational field at St Augustine’s College, Pieta’ as a teacher as well as on the college board.

He wrote on all the local papers in English and Maltese as well as in the Italian ones of Rome, Naples, Catania and Valverde.

He is the author of history books, with his last publication Vetustior Glorior about the Church and monastery of St Mark in Rabat.

He is still active and every now and then still writes.