Gozo Bishop Mgr. Mario Grech celebrated a solemn mass at the Ghajnsielem Archparish Church during which a relic from the grotto of Lourdes was presented. The stone will now be kept at the Lourdes Chapel.

The Lourdes Grotto in France is a major Catholic shrine and place of meditation in Baguio. It is located on a high hill in the western part of the city where you will find the image of the Lady of Lourdes. The grotto was constructed to commemorate the numerous visions of the Virgin Mary by a 14-year old French girl named Bernadette Soubirous. This happened in 1858 from February 11 to July 16 in the town of Lourdes which is in southwestern France. The visions were declared authentic by the Pope in 1862 and this also led to the authorization of the cult of Our Lady of Lourdes.

The relic was brought with the collaboration of Can. Joe Cardona, Sister of Antoinette Pace and Joe Xuereb.