The former Father Guardian of the Capuchin Friary in Gozo, Fr Karm Dimech, OFM Cap., was recently assigned other duties in Malta after serving the Capuchin community at Victoria for the past six years.
To mark the occasion, Mother of Grace committee secretary Vincent Vella and treasurer George Debono recently presented Fr Dimech with a silver frame as a memento of his service in the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Graces, Victoria. The presentation took place at the end of the Mass Fr Dimech celebrated for benefactors and helpers.
The framed photo showed the main altar, which was demolished in the 1960s but recently restored and reconstructed, and the titular painting of Our Lady of Graces by Stefano Erardi, which was restored to its former glory, two projects that were completed during Fr Dimech’s tenure.