The feast of Our Lady of Lourdes will be celebrated at the Lourdes chapel in Gozo tomorrow. Gozo diocese vicar general Tarcisju Camilleri will conduct Mass and deliver the sermon at 5pm.
The gothic-style chapel on Tal-Qortin promontory, overlooking Mġarr harbour, attracts the attention of many visitors who travel to Gozo by boat.
The devotion to Our Lady of Lourdes began on March 25, 1879, when a statue of the Virgin Mary was placed in a natural cavity beneath the promontory. The statue was blessed by Bishop Pietro Pace (1877-1889) on June 3, 1883, and the place soon became a centre of devotion.