The JP2 Foundation of Gozo is organising a special year of of activities, which will reach its climax on Monday, the 18th of May, when it commemorates the first centenary of the birth of Karol Wojtyla and thirty years since Pope Saint John Paul II visited the Maltese Islands.

The Foundation started the New Year 2020 with the first of these activities in the third edition of the Epiphany Concert, held at the Church dedicated to St Anthony of Padua in Ghajnsielem.

The Concert involved four Gozitan Children Choirs:- “KorUliedil-Battista” from St John the Baptist Parish, in Xewkija, “Kor Magnificat” from St Joseph Parish in Qala, “Kor Virgo” from “Our Lady of Loreto” Parish in Ghajnsielem and “Kor Sant’Antnin” hailing from the church of St. Anthony of Padua in Ghajnsielem, where there is also a Community of Franciscan Fathers.

These four choirs sang various Christmas melodies that were warmly welcomed by the audience present.

The concert also hosted pop singer Chiara, as well as the young promising Gozitan Tenor Angelo Muscat, and Maltese singer Brad Cardona.

Brad and Chiara sang together the original song “Angel,” a song that Chiara presented in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2005. Angelo and Chiara sang “The Prayer” a song which ended with a standing ovation by all those present.

The two-and-a-half-hour concert ended with the participation of the four choirs, the Maltese pop singer Brad, the Gozitan Tenor Angelo and Chiara singing together “Helu Bambin.”

The Foundation thanked the Ministry for Gozo, the Ghajnsielem Local Council and the Community of Franciscan Fathers who helped to raise the necessary funding for this event.

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