Feast of St Anne to be celebrated in Dwejra, Gozo
Bishop Anton Teuma to say mass in front of St Anne's chapel on Saturday, July 25 at 7.30pm.
The feast of St Anne will be celebrated in Dwejra Bay, San Lawrenz, on Saturday, July 25. Masses will be said at 6.30am, 8.30am, 10.30am and at 5pm. Bishop Anton Teuma will celebrate mass in the square in front of the chapel at 7.30pm. Grandparents and the elderly are especially invited, as well as those expecting a baby and those praying for the intercession of St Anne to have a child.
St Anne is also the patron saint of the knight sailors of the Order of St John, rulers of Malta from 1530 to 1798. In Gozo, the saint is especially venerated in the chapel at Dwejra, near the former Azure Window and the Inland Sea. The chapel was built on the initiative of Dun Alwiġ Mizzi, a Salesian father and a great devotee of St Anne.
Mosaic scenes around the altar depict episodes of the life of St Anne and Our Lady.Designed by the late architect Joseph Mizzi, of San Lawrenz, the chapel was blessed on July 25, 1963. Mosaic works by Eikon centre, run by Fr Roberto Gauci, adorn St Anne chapel. The works consist of three scenes featuring the life of St Anne and Our Lady and episodes from the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.