On Wednesday evening at around 7.30, for a whole hour, the Orchestra of the Manoel Thetre, under the guidance of Mro. Joseph Vella, performed the “Oratorio” in honour of the “Madonna tas-Sacro Cuor, which was composed by the late Franciscan poet Fr. Marianus Vella OFM.

The Franciscan Parish was full with parishoners and people from various parts of Malta. When the President of Malta, Edward Fenech Adami, entered the parish church the “Oratorio” began. The Oratorio was performed in order to celebrate the 125 years since the Franciscan friars began their pastoral work in the Franciscan Parish of Sliema, and the arrival of the Statue of the Virgin Mary of the Sacred Heart.