Wednesday, May 16, 2012:
Notte Gozitana kicks offs with fringe event at St George's Basilica
The very first fringe activity introducing the sixth edition of Lejlet Lapsi – Notte Gozitana 2012, organised by the Ministry for Gozo this weekend, was launched yesterday at the Aula Mgr Giuseppe Farrugia of St George’s Basilica, where the British High Commissioner inaugurated an exhibition marking the sixtieth anniversary since the accession to the throne of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Monday, May 14, 2012:
Week of Majesty at St George's
This week sees the Basilica complex involved in a number of high profile cultural events. Not that this should make history at St George’s! It is no secret that the Basilica has been a tireless promoter of Christian culture for years on end. Everybody has come to expect no less from St George’s. Its magnetic location is a prime asset which has been exploited in the most positive of ways to ensure an all day, all-year round accessibility offering sacramental, liturgical, cultural and social services unparalleled on the island.
Saturday, May 5, 2012:
The Priests of St George's Parish issue statement to condemn sacrilegious act
The Presbyterium of St George’s Basilica, that is, the priests of the parish, have today issued a statement expressing sorrow after the Il Leone Band of Victoria mocked Saint George, the Patron Saint of Gozo, by playing a band march that included musical excerpts of a sacred motet that is recited on the Martyr Saint’s feast days.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012:
From the Press (January-April 2012)
A detailed bibliography of all published material on the local and international printed and online press related to St George or St George’s Basilica. The list is prepared by archivist Toni Farrugia and uploaded regularly on this website. This edition covers the period January-April 2012.
“Dear brothers, our joy in today’s feast is heightened by our joy in the glory of Easter, just as the splendour of a precious jewel enhances the beauty of its gold setting… Let us not only admire the courage of this fighter in heaven’s army but follow his example. Let us be inspired to strive for the reward of heavenly glory, keeping in mind his example, so that we will not be swayed from our path, though the world seduce us with its smiles or try to terrify us with naked threats of its trials and tribulations” (St Peter Damian, Bishop and Doctor of the Church, Sermo III: De Sancto Georgio).
Thursday, April 19, 2012:
"Ġorġi Tagħna" awakens fervour for liturgical feast
A full house of Ġorġjani of heart and mind lauded the actors, dancers and producers as they took the curtain call at the end of the production Ġorġi Tagħna, last Saturday, at the Teatru Astra. The stage, renowned for the prestigious opera that it has annually hosted for the last four decades, truly came into its own to the plangency of a hundred enthusiasts plus the organising team and stage hands involved in making this production – organised by the Għaqda Armar Festa San Ġorġ – a huge success.
Final touches to the jam-packed programme of this year’s edition of the Festival are in hand. This year being the 15th anniversary, the organisers are doing their best to ensure a special programme which sees the return of some of the finest who have helped to make the Festival great, and the presentation of other top-class musicians who will surely leave their mark.
As part of the St George’s Day celebrations in Gozo, the Għaqda Armar Festa San Ġorġ will be staging Ġorġi Tagħna, a theatrical extravaganza of drama, dance, music and lights at the Teatru Astra in Victoria.
Sunday, April 8, 2012:
"Surrexit Christus, spes mea..."
The administration of this website joins the Most Rev. Archpriest, Chapter and Clergy of St George’s Basilica in wishing all readers a Blessed Easter! May the joy of the Risen Lord live in your hearts in this Paschal season and all throughout the whole year.
Lenten talks for married couples | Restoration on altar and precious paintings | Lenten talks for adolescents and second celebration for Lent | President Emeritus Dr Ċensu Tabone passes away | Talk on the Holy Shroud | The demise of Rev. Prof. Peter Serracino Inglott | Organ Festival in Gozo | Archbishop Emeritus Joseph Mercieca celebrates his Diamond Priestly Jubilee | Bishop Grech visits Basilica Museum project | Meetings for parents | Parish feast of Our Lady of Sorrows | Representatives from St George’s in the Regional Youth Council preliminary meeting | Lenten talks for children.
Sunday, April 1, 2012:
Parish Vocational Group at Ta' Għammar
At the start of Holy Week a number of youngsters from the Parish Vocational Group prayed the Stations of the Cross on Saturday, 31 March 2012. They drove with the parish minibus to the foot of Ta’ Għammar Hill and climbed the steep way pausing for the fourteen devotions corresponding to the traditional stations of the Lord’s Via Crucis in Jerusalem.
Thursday, March 29, 2012:
New Passion statue on display today
The only new Passion statue to be inaugurated in a Maltese parish for this year’s Holy Week will be on display in St George’s Basilica from today afternoon up till tomorrow evening. The new wooden statue of Christ crowned with thorns, popularly known as L-Aċċjomu from the Latin words “Ecce Homo” pronounced by Pilate, is once again the fine work of Gozitan sculptors Michael and his son Adonai Camilleri Cauchi, based in Nadur.
Monday, March 26, 2012:
Bishop visits Museum project
On St Joseph’s Day, March 19, a public holiday, Gozo Bishop Mario Grech was taken around the whole three floors of the ERDF-supported museum being built by Fondazzjoni Belt Victoria near St George’s Basilica in Victoria.
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