This weeks 15th of September edition of The Maltese Herald Gozo section is now available for download by clicking here [1].
Previous editions are also available by clicking on this link [2].
The stories covered in this weeks issue are:
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1. Ghajnsielem organised a Marian vigil of prayers on the Church’s square. A good crowd attended and through the help of an excellent PowerPoint Presentation on several saints who were great devotees of Mary and visited Loreto reflected on the role of Mary in Christian living. Fr. Emanuel Magro offered some reflections on the gospel narrative of the wedding at Kana.
2. Sr Maria Giustina Bonello, Abbess of the Benedictine Monastery of St Mary Magdalene in Umbria, Italy celebrated her Golden Jubilee as a cloistered nun. In her hometown of Xaghra, Gozo, the occasion was celebrated with Mass on Monday at the Xaghra Basilica. Mgr Carmelo Refalo, Xaghra Archpriest, presented Abbess Bonello with a silver plate with the image of the Bambina inscribed on it.
3. A children’s variety show was held at the Don Bosco Oratory Theatre Hall to celebrate the end of the Don Bosco Summer Club 2009. Over 200 children took part in this show. The show included dancing, drama as well As a musical video-clip performed and produced by students of the upper classes.
4. Mgr. Nicholas Cauchi, Bishop Emeritus for Gozo, blessed the restoration works carried out on the nave chapel dedicated to the Martyrdom of St. Maurice at the Xaghra parish church.
The works bring to an end the first phase of the conservation and restoration project carried out at the sourthern nave of the parish church. The restoration process was trusted to the restorer Emmanuel Zammit of Zejtun, Malta, while the gilding of the sculptural reliefs and stained glass were done by village craftsmen under the supervision of Zammit.
All the paintings were executed in 1930 by the Roman painter, Virginio Monti, and sponsored by the incumbent parish priest Mgr. Rev. Maurice Cauchi.
Photo by Charles Spiteri shows the Lauretana Choir during the Ghajnsielem Marian vigil of prayers on the Church’s parvis.