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Fr Joe Caruana, Guardian of the Franciscan Friars in Ghajnsielem, has washed the feet during a traditional Maundy Thursday ceremony for children at St. Anthony's church in Ghajnsielem.
The Franciscan Friars took an important decision in its chapter of 1899 to build a convent and a college in Gozo. With the approval of the Gozitan Bishop Mons Giovanni M. Camilleri OSA, they established themselves in the locality of Ghajnsielem.
On the 22nd November 1899 Franciscan Minors (Ta Giezu) came to Gozo and settled in a house called 'Ta Gliex' at Ghajnsielem in the street St Anthony leading to the villages of Nadur and Qala. This was the first convent for the Franciscans on Gozo. The first Franciscan Guardian was an apostolic Missionary Leone Ferro.
Photos: Charles Spiteri
