▪ A blood donation session will be held at Xewkija District Health Centre today between 8am and 1pm.
▪ Munxar parish will today celebrate the titular feast of St Paul’s Shipwreck. Gozo Bishop Mario Grech will lead a Pontifical Mass at 8.30am. Fr Roberto Gauci will deliver the panegyric, while Mgr Franġisk Debrincat leads solemn vespers at 6.30pm. The procession with the statue of St Paul, led by a Gozitan missionary in Brazil, Mgr Joseph Agius, and accompanied by the Mnarja Band, will leave the church at 7.30pm. The La Stella Band will give a concert at the village square.
▪ The Friends of the Sick and Elderly will be organising a charity sale today along the private road between the Secondary School in Victoria, next to Arkadia Commercial Centre, while a charity bazaar will be held at St Francis Square, Victoria, from tomorrow between 8.30am to 11.30am and from 4 to 6.30pm.
▪ The Brecon Cathedral Choir of Wales will give a concert at St Anthony of Padua Church, Għajnsielem, tomorrow at 7.30pm.
▪ Members of Il-Fergħa Ewkaristika (Għawdex) will meet at Ta’ Pinu Sanctuary on Saturday at 3pm to celebrate Mass and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. All are welcome.
▪ A night of rock music with local favourites Cash & Band in aid of ALS Malta is being held at Fantasia Snack Bar, Savina Square, Victoria, on Saturday at 8.30pm. Cash & Band – A Night from the Past, will feature songs by Pink Floyd, U2 and Guns & Roses.
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