Monday, February 1, 2010:
BREAKING NEWS: Nadur has new archpriest from St George's parish
The happy tolling of bells, earlier today at 6pm, not only reminded the faithful of tomorrow’s feast of Il-Gandlora, but also announced the long-expected news: Mgr Jimmy Xerri, a priest from our parish, who has been a missionary in Brazil for the last fifteen years, has just been nominated the seventh archpriest of St Peter and St Paul’s parish in Nadur.Dun Jimmy, as we know him, succeeds Mgr Salv Muscat, who, for the last twenty-seven years, has led the community of more than 4500 people.
Saturday, January 30, 2010:
Holy Land collection this weekend
During all Masses this weekend at St George’s basilica the Holy Land collection is being made.The main income for the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land is the annual collection the friars make in all parishes of Malta and Gozo.This weekend is our turn!All those who attend Mass at St George’s this Sunday are being invited to be generous with the Franciscans and their mission in Jesus’ land.
Thursday, January 14, 2010:
New parish calendar celebrates anniversary of Pisi's altar
The helpers who every weekend distribute the bulletin to our parish households, flocked to St George’s parish office last Thursday and Friday to collect their copies of the 2010 parish calendar, which was printed at Qala’s A&M Printing earlier last week.The calendar is published at the start of every new year as a supplement to the parish bimonthly Il-Belt Victoria and is edited by the parish office team.
Saturday, January 9, 2010:
Kemm rajt presepji sbieħ!
Leaving behind the “twelve days of Christmas” and concluding the liturgical Christmas season with this weekend’s fest of Our Lord’s Baptism, let’s have a look back at what Joseph Ratzinger calls, in one of his books, “the most beautiful custom of Christmas”… the holy crib.At Christmastide, Gozo is transformed into a “museum” of lovely artistic cribs – mechanic and static – spread all over the island.Our correspondent, Joe M. Attard, comments on the cribs he has visited this year, and on the inestimable work done by the Għaqda Ħbieb tal-Presepju Għawdex-Malta to propagate the old custom.The photos by Joe J.P. Zammit are from George Camilleri’s new crib for St George’s basilica, which is one of a kind!The article is in Maltese.
Saturday, January 2, 2010:
Christmas 2009's highlight: the Children's Novena
By organising the traditional Christmas Novena, the parish office sought to consolidate the way it intensely worked for since earlier this year, way back in May, by re-organising St George’s Novena, and later on, the special Children’s Mass, every Sunday at 5.00pm.The aim behind it all, apart from the spiritual and liturgical aspects, which remain highlighted, is to draw more children and their families to their parish, which is, of course, St George’s.
2009 has been a special year for www.stgeorge.org.mt: it’s fifth anniversary!A great thanks to you all for your support to this website and to St George’s parish.May the new year bring along even more blessings than the one that has passed. You may visit our Photo Galleries with pictures from the main festive celebrations of the season at St George’s basilica:Christmas Eve Midnight Mass,Christmas Day Pontifical High Mass,End of Year Pontifical High Mass,New Year’s Pontifical High Mass. A happy and blessed New Year to all readers!
Thursday, December 31, 2009:
Basilica hosts Chorus Urbanus for twelfth Christmas concert
With new vigour and polish, the Chorus Urbanus Productions presented an impressive production of a popular and astutely chosen programme of Christmas music for this year’s edition of Il-Kunċert tal-Milied. The Chorus Urbanus gained the majority of its popularity from its annual Christmas concerts, creating a buzz with its ability to reach out and interact with audiences throughout its performances.
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