The National Sanctuary of ‘Our Lady Ta’ Pinu’ will celebrate the feast of the Calling of Our Lady Ta’ Pinu between Thursday, the 20th and Saturday the 22nd of June.
The Programme of Celebrations for 2013 is as follows.
“It is Faith which, like Mary, leads us to accept the Word.”
THURSDAY 20th JUNE: Commemoration of the 78th Anniversary of the Titular Painting’s Crowning.
7.00, 8.30am: Celebration of Holy Masses.
6.00pm: Recitation of the Holy Rosary for the Sanctuary’s benefactors.
6.30pm: Thanksgiving Mass presided by the newly-ordained priest Fr. Gabriel Gauci (Kercem). The Liturgy will be animated by the Nativitas Choir led by organist Ivan Attard. Live broadcast on Radio Maria, 102.3 FM.
FRIDAY 21st JUNE: Eve of the Solemn Feast.
7.00, 8.30am: Celebration of Holy Masses. 5.30pm: Solemn Celebration of First Vespers by the Collegiate Chapter of Gharb Parish.
6.00pm: Translation of the Relic and Celebration for the religious Orders and consecrated people during which they renew their faith and their consecration. This celebration will be led by H.L. Bishop Mario Grech.
6.30pm: Solemn High Mass presided by H.L. Bishop Mario Grech with the participation of the Gharb Collegiate Chapter. The Liturgy will be animated by the Stella Maris Choir directed by Mro. Carmel P. Grech. Live broadcast on Radio Maria, 102.3 FM.
SATURDAY 22nd JUNE: Feast of the Calling of Our Lady of ‘Ta’ Pinu’.
5.00, 6.00, 7.00, 11.30am: Celebration of Holy Masses.
9.00am: Solemn High Mass presided by H.L. Bishop Mario Grech with the participation of several Gozitan and Maltese priests. At the the end of this celebration, the supplication will be recited and the thanksgiving hymn Te Deum will be sung.
The Liturgy will be animated by the Stella Maris Choir directed by Mro. Carmel P. Grech. This Mass will be broadcast live on Radio Maria, 102.3FM, while the supplication will also be broadcast live on Radio RTK, 103.0 / 97. FM Stereo.
12.00-5.00pm: Eucharistic Adoration in silence in the Chapel of Our Lady ‘Ta’ Pinu’.
5.30pm: Holy Mass presided by Mgr Carmelo Gauci with the participation of the ‘Madonna Ta’ Pinu Prayer Group’.
6.30pm: Holy Mass presided by Mgr Joseph Sultana, Archpriest of Gharb Parish, with the participation of the Gharb Collegiate Chapter and Clergy. The Second Vespers will be sung. The Liturgy will be animated by the Gharb Parish Choir directed by Canon Michael Galea.
8.00pm: Solemn High Mass presided by H.L. Mgr Charles J. Scicluna, Auxiliary Bishop of Malta. The Liturgy will be animated by the Regina Coeli Choir of Dingli Parish directed by Mro. James Chappell. The celebration will be broadcast live on Radio RTK, 103.0 / 97.8 FM Stereo.
10.15pm Evening Prayers and impartation of Eucharistic Benediction, bringing these festivities to an end.
Everyone is invitied to attend this celebration.
1 Comment To "Celebration for the feast of the Calling of Our Lady Ta’ Pinu"
#1 Comment By Graham Vahey On June 12, 2013 @ 11:28 am
Congratulations to the parish priest and congregation of Ta Pinu on their forthcoming celebrations. However, I always remember the Basilica of Ta Pinu as a quiet place for prayer and contemplation amidst the fields of Gharb and its surrounds. I am a member of the Scottish Episcopal Church, i.e., reformed Catholic tradition, and can say that there are a few ‘thin’ places in the world where one senses strongly the presence of the Holy Spirit. I name but two: a tiny, once cell remains from the Viking raids on the northern Isles of Shetland, Scotland. The other is Ta Pinu. Whenever we holiday on Gozo, Ta Pinu is first stop..