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Kerċem will be celebrating the feast of its patron saint, Pope Gregory the Great, on Sunday, March 13. On March 10, the parish celebrated the 137th anniversary
Kerċem will celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Perpetual Help next Sunday, July 11. Saturday, eve of the feast, Lunzjata church rector Mgr Karm Borg will celebrate solemn Mass and intone the Te Deum. Parish priest Brian Mejlak will celebrate thanksgiving Mass on the 25th anniversary of his priesthood ordination at 7pm.
Cardinal Mario Grech will deliver the homily. The St Gregory and Stella Maris choirs, under the direction of Mro di Cappella Carmel P. Grech, will take part. The feast committee will then lit the church parvis with hundreds of candles.
On Sunday, feast day, Masses will be said at 7am, 8.30 and 10.30am and at 5pm. The 10.30am Mass will be celebrated by Fr Gabriel Gauci with the participation of the parish children’s choir under the direction of Emma Micallef.
Paul and Antoinette Mizzi, of Kerċem, recently donated a statue of the infant Jesus (Epiphany statue) to Kerċem parish church to mark their 40th wedding anniversary. The presentation was made to parish priest Brian Mejlak who celebrated Mass for the couple.
The statue, by Gozitan artist Emanuel Farrugia, is very significant with a strong message of salvation, Fr Mejlak said. He praised the couple for the donation, which he said was outstanding.
Paul Mizzi is the vice mayor of Kerċem local council.
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