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Sunday:  Viva l-Madonna Ta' Loreto!
(Sunday, 28th August 2005)

Ghajnsielem is today celebrating the feast of Our Lady of Loreto and the Parish's 150th Anniversary. This morning Gozo Bishop Nicholas Cauchi led a pontifical concelebrated Mass. A relic from Loreto, Italy, was later presented to archpriest Canon Joseph Zerafa. 

The traditional horse and donkey races was held in Mgarr Road at 1.30 p.m.

At 5.30pm, the Victory Band played marches from Hamri Street while St Joseph Band played marches from Apparition Square. Both marches ended in the main Square.

The procession with the statue of Our Lady of Loreto, led by Nadur archpriest Mgr Salvatore Muscat and accompanied by the collegiate chapter started at 7.30 and went around the main streets of Ghajnsielem. The procession ended at 10.30pm with the Eucharistic celebration. The feast ended with the traditional 'Marc ta' l-Ahhar'

 

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