The statue of Santa Marija at the Gozo Cathedral is one of the most cherished possessions. Its solemn entry into the cathedral on April 29, 1956, is commemorated every year.
The 65th anniversary of this event will be commemorated at the cathedral this evening. Archpriest Joseph Sultana will lead a sung Mass at 6.30pm with the participation of the committee of the Philharmonic Society and the Aurora youth choir.
The statue was acquired by the Leone Philharmonic Society in 1897 from the ‘fabbrica di statue religiose’ of Rome.
It arrived in Gozo in July 1897 and was blessed by Bishop Camilleri at the parvis of Saint James church, at It-Tokk, on August 13.
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The time is now for Camilleri Bishop-elect Ivan Camilleri. Michael Swan January 21, 2021
Fr. Ivan Camilleri’s moment has arrived not that he was waiting for it or hoping for it or dreading it. But it’s here now and that’s fine with him.
Camilleri never boasts, but he does concede he has one particular, rare spiritual aptitude. He stays in the moment. His focus is perpetually on the here and now. In prayer, in serving others and in seeking the good, Camilleri stays in the present.
“I don’t spend too much time thinking about the past or the future,” Camilleri told