This month April 2024March 2024

Third Sunday of Lent

Concelebrated Mass at 9.00am. Mass times: 5.00, 6.00, 7.00, 8.00, 9.00, 10.00, 11.00am, noon, 5.00, 6.00, 7.00pm. Solemn Vespers at 4.30pm.

Fourth Sunday of Lent

Concelebrated Mass at 9.00am. Mass times: 5.00, 6.00, 7.00, 8.00, 9.00, 10.00, 11.00am, noon, 5.00, 6.00, 7.00pm. Solemn Vespers at 4.30pm.

Fifth Sunday of Lent

Concelebrated Mass at 9.00am. Mass times: 5.00, 6.00, 7.00, 8.00, 9.00, 10.00, 11.00am, noon, 5.00, 6.00, 7.00pm. Solemn Vespers at 4.30pm.

Traditional commemoration of Our Lady of Sorrows

Last Mass in the Basilica at 5.30pm. At 6.00pm:  Solemn Concelebration led by the Bishop in Independence Square.  Followed by a penitential Procession with the devotional figure of our Lady of Sorrows through the streets of Victoria.

Parish feast of Christ the Redeemer

At 6.00pm:  Solemn Concelebration at St Francis’s church, led by the archpriest Mgr Joseph Curmi, with the assistance of the Collegiate chapter and clergy together with the Franciscan Conventual community. At 7.00pm:  Penitential pilgrimage with the devout statue of...

Penitential Celebration at 7.00pm

At 7.00pm:  Penitential Celebration led by Archpriest Mgr Karm Refalo, for the entire community especially the participants in the Good Friday Procession.

MAUNDY THURSDAY: Solemn Concelebrated Mass at 6.30pm

On this day no Masses are held except that of Confirmation at the Cathedral. In the evening the solemn Commemoration of the Last Supper on the eve of the Lord’s Passion for our redemption. This includes the washing of...

GOOD FRIDAY – Solemn Liturgy at 3.00pm

At 8.00am:  Solemn chanting of Morning and Midday Prayer by the Collegiate chapter and the congregation. At 3.00pm:  Solemn Liturgy of the Passion and Death of Our Lord, led by archpriest Mgr Joseph Curmi, assisted by the Collegiate chapter...

Good Friday Procession at 5.30pm

At 5.30.00pm:  The Good Friday procession (pre-1788), including the carrying of the miraculous Holy Crucifix (1848) sculpted in wood by Pietru Pawl Azzopardi, and other Passion statues, with the participation of the Collegiate chapter and clergy, La Stella and...

Holy Easter Vigil – Solemn Liturgy at 8.30pm

The Church devotes Holy Saturday to reflections on the Passion and Death of our Lord Jesus Christ. At 8.00am: Office of Reading and Praise of the Morning by the Collegiate Chapter and worshippers. At 8.30pm: Solemn Liturgy of the...