This Friday, Matthew Bajada, who is from the Parish of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary, Gharb, will be ordained a priest by the Bishop of Gozo, Mgr Anton Teuma.

The Bishop, will officiate the Presbyteral Ordination of Matthew Bajada, at the Gozo Cathedral, starting at 6.30pm.

A Prayer Vigil will be held in preparation for the Ordination on Thursday, the 11th of May, starting at 8:00 pm, in the grounds of the Minor Seminary of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Victoria.

This will be followed by a Night of Adoration, with prayer for the ordained, which will be held in the Chapel of the Major Seminary.from 10.00pm on Thursday to 7.00am on Friday – the day of the Ordination.

Both the Ordination and the Vigil will be broadcast on the social media of the Diocese of Gozo: www.youtube.com/dioceseofgozo and www.facebook.com/gozodiocese, as well as on Radio Marija 102.3FM.

On the 23rd of June, the Diaconal Ordination will be held in the Diocese of Gozo, full details will be given at a later date.

Matthew Bajada was instituted into the Ministry of Lector by the Bishop of Gozo Anton Teuma in January 2021, in the Parish Church of Christ the Saviour, Ghasri.

He was instituted as Acolyte in the Gharb parish in December 2021. Then in April 2022 Matthew Bajada was admitted as a candidate for Holy Orders in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Blessed Virgin of Ta’ Pinu.

The Diaconal Ordination of Matthew Bajada, took place in June last year at the Gozo Cathedral. Archbishop George Frendo OP conducted the Ordination.

Photo: Gozo Diocese

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