On the 30th September, in the Franciscan Church at Rabat, a celebration took place to commemorate the 100 years from the death of Mgr. Pio Vidi OFM who was a Francsican missionary in China, and who died in Malta, in the friary of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart in Sliema. (more…)On the 30th September, in the Franciscan Church at Rabat, a celebration took place to commemorate the 100 years from the death of Mgr. Pio Vidi OFM who was a Francsican missionary in China, and who died in Malta, in the friary of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart in Sliema. (more…)
From next Monday the activities in the vocational sphere will kick off. On Monday, 2nd of October, two young people, Aaron Abdilla and Joseph Cilia, will began their postulandate in the Franciscan Church in Rabat. The mass will commence at 6.30pm. The Mass will be concelebrated by the Vicar Provincial Fr. 
The two GIFRA groups of Hamrun and Rabat organised the GIFRAFEST, a festival of youth talent in the respective localities. 
The October issue of "L-Aħbar" is online as usual. It contains various news items and articles regarding our province and the Franciscan Order. 
On Monday 28 August 2006 Frs. George Aquilina and Anthony Chircop returned from a three day visit to the town of Noto in Sicily, bringing with them the relics of Fra Domenico da Malta (Mifsud), supposedly hailing from the village of Gharghur, who died a holy death at Noto, in Sicily in 1601, after having lived