Christmas functions in Gozo

Gozo Bishop Nikol Cauchi's programme for the Christmas period is as follows.

On Tuesday, Christmas Eve, Mgr Cauchi will lead a vigil at the Cathedral in Victoria at 5.30 p.m.

On Wednesday, Christmas Day, the bishop will lead the Midnight Mass at the Cathedral. Later in the morning, at nine, he will lead another Mass at the Cathedral which will be broadcast on RTK followed by another Mass at St George's Basilica in Victoria at 11 a.m.

On Thursday, Boxing Day, there will be a choral performance at the Maria Assunta church in Zebbug at 6.30 p.m.

On December 31, Mgr Cauchi will lead a solemn concelebration at St George's Basilica at 5 p.m. and Mass at the Cathedral at 6 p.m.

On January 1, the bishop will lead a Mass at the Cathedral at 8.45 a.m., Mass at St George's Basilica at 11 a.m., and Mass at the basilica of St Peter and St Paul in Nadur at 3.30 p.m.

On January 4, Mgr Cauchi celebrates the Epiphany at the Cathedral at 5.30 p.m.

On January 5, the bishop will lead a concelebrated Mass at the Cathedral at 8.45 a.m.