It was officially announced this evening that new committee will be led by Sammy Rapa and includes several new faces. Joseph Sultana will be occupying the post of Secretary while Charlie Grima has been nominated as Treasurer. An Extraordinary General Meeting in the form of a rally will be held on Sunday 29th June.  more

To the surprise of many, Ghajnsielem's Italo Cauchi has been chosen the most dedicated supporter of Vallettaside.com, an online website community supporting the Valletta F.C. team. Italo was awarded the 2008 Roderick Zahra Trophy for his vivid support.  more

It has been unveiled this morning that the post for President, Vice President, Secretary, Assistant Secretary and Treasurer have been filled. The names will be officially revealed once the date for the EGM is announced. This will probably take place in two weeks time. The new committee includes several new faces which promises an exciting future for the Club. Meanwhile, those who want to offer their help can call acting caretaker Victor Xerri on 99487327.

The Anton Cassar Primary School students recently participated in 'Dan Pajjizna' a competition organised by Ramblers Association Malta. Students took part in several country walks and as a follow-up, they set up a highly interesting exhibition outlining the rich historical and natural beauty of walks in Ghajnsielem.  more

The current administration led by President Raymond Grech and Treasurer Alfio Rapa gave a detailed report analyzing the club's work during the last 12 months before announcing that they will not be seeking re-election. A general meeting will again be held in 30 days time to elect a new committee.  more

Joseph Buttigieg has been awarded with his second Ghajnsielem F.C. player of the year award in three years. The captain had an outstanding season for the Club, and was a revelation when he was pressed into central defence midway through the season following an injury crisis.  more

Radju Lauretana is currently recording a documentary drama "Ghajnsielem u l-Poplu Tieghu", an excellent story penned by Lino Grech and based on Joe Scicluna’s thesis "Ghajnsielem: A Study of a Village". The play will be aired next August. Over 40 people took part in the recording which is based on three acts.  more

Feast of St. Anthony
Special Coverage

2nd Dismantling of street and church decorations  more
1st June Feast of St Anthony  more
31st Gozo Bishop leads Solemn Mass  more
31st Band march in St Anthony Street  more
31st Final preparations underway  more
30th Third day of Triduum  more
29th Excellent music for second day Triduum  more
28th Solemn Triduum starts  more
27th Children's Procession with the statue  more
26th Day dedicated to the sick and elderly  more
25th St Anthony's statue out of its niche  more
17th Official visit by New Minister Provincial  more
15th Internal activates start  more
8th Feast preparations well underway  more

The response for the Ghajnsielem Blood Drive was so positive that it had to be extended to accommodate all donors who were constantly flowing into the St Joseph Band Club. The club was literally transformed into a blood donation center and in just a few hours, over 50 donors took part in this activity.  more

The programme of activities and celebrations on this second day of solemn Triduum was more or less the same as the programme of the first day. This does not mean that it was less overwhelming and less unique. The concelebrated mass was led by Fra Gabriel Micallef ofm and the sermon was given by Fra Pawl Galea ofm.  more

The solemn Triduum in preparation for the feast of St Anthony. The sermon started by the recitation of the popular prayer 'Il-kurunella ta' tifhir lil Sant Antnin'. The concelebrated mass was led by the Qala Archpriest Fr. Joe Zammit and ex-Provincial Minister Fra Pawl Galea ofm.  more

Since today was the day dedicated to children's and altar boys, the activities were organized by themselves by first accompanying a small statue of St Anthony's to the church followed by a celebration mass led by Archpriest Can. Frankie Bajada.  more

The activities for the feast of St Anthony continued on Saturday when the statue of St Anthony was taken out of its niche and placed in the main aisle. On Sunday. The street decoration lights were also lit to signal for the official start of the festive activities. On Sunday, the feast of Corpus Domini was celebrated with a Solemn High mass and a procession.  more

Preparations are well underway as the St Joseph Band Club in collaboration with the Malta Red Cross Gozo and the Malta National Blood Transfusion will be organizing the ‘Għajnsielem blood drive’ next Saturday 31st May. After a three week intensive advertising campaign, the response has been very encouraging.  more

It was a special day for 20 girls and 9 boys as they received their First Holy Communion last Sunday afternoon. They left the Old Parish church at 4.45pm and walked to the Ghajnsielem parish together. A mass was then concelebrated by Archpriest Can Frankie Bajada.  more

St Joseph Band Club President Gino Cauchi awarded the trophies to the 2007/8 league winners. The Premier Division winner was Aldo Cauchi while Savior Vella won the 1st Division. In the meantime, the executive committee together with a number of youths is in the process of forming a snooker committee.  more

The St Joseph Band Club is distributing the forth edition of its newsletter which is usually published twice a year. The newsletter contains four A4 full colour pages with articles and photos showing the latest updates from the Club including works on the Formal Committee Room and the Musical Archive.  more

The village of Ghajnsielem and in particular the feast of Our Lady of Loreto will feature prominently in a new book dedicated to the life of the famous Maltese Musical Conductor Maj. Anthony Aquilina. Aquilina is synonomous with our feast having composed marches such as 'Viva x-Xemx' and  'Il-Madonna ta' Loreto'.  more

This year the internal activities are being led by Archpriest Can. Frankie Bajada and Parish Vicar Fr Joe Cardona. A concelebrated mass with the participation of the Franciscan choir led by Tony Galea. These activities focus on the religious and spiritual festivities before external celebrations start.  more

On Sunday afternoon, the Ghajnsielem parish celebrated the feast of 'San Guzepp Haddiem'. An orchestra, with the participation of Lauretana Choir accompanied the High Mass  which started at 5.00pm. The St Joseph Band Club then accompanied the procession around the main streets of Ghajnsielem.   more

As Malta together with the rest of the world celebrated Mother's Day, the Ghajnsielem cemetery resembled more like a garden than anything else. In fact, throughout the day, the cemetery was full of activity as many took the opportunity visit their loved ones while laying flowers to decor their mother's grave.  more

With only a few weeks to go, several youths are working at odd hours in order to finish the street decorations of the 'Tal-Gudja' area on time for the Feast of St Anthony which this year will take place on the 1st of June thus opening the season of the summer feasts. The official activities start on Friday, 23rd May.  more

The long desired project of a set of bells that will crown the majestic bell tower of our church seems to have appeared again on the horizon. In a meeting held last Sunday, Archpriest Bajada announced that the parish is embarking on this very ambitious project to have a new set of bells for our church.  more

Ghajnsielem were twice within a couple of minutes from winning the G.F.A. Cup final against Qala S.J., only to see the maroons come back each time. Twice reprieved, Qala then beat the Blacks on penalties. After 120  minute, the Blacks surrendered Cup to their resilient opponents in the penalty shootout.  more

Although Radju Lauretana is currently off air, preparations are underway so that everything will be ready for 3rd August when the Feast Schedule starts. A meeting has been held for all volunteers at the Parish Centre. An open day will be held on 5th of August marks the first birthday of our radio station. Another important date is the 24th of August when the station will broadcast live from the Band Club premises, a first in the short history of the station. more

Gozo Bishop Mario Grech, who is on a pastoral visit to Canada and Detroit, on Sunday met the Maltese community in the Maltese parish of St Paul of Toronto run by the Missionary Society of St Paul. Here, Mgr Grech met several Ghajnsielmizi  who were present for this occasion.  more

May the 1st is dedicated to St. Joseph the Worker, better known in Maltese as 'San Guzepp Haddiem'. St Joseph is also the patron of the Ghajnsielem Band Club. A mass held at the Ghajnsielem cemetery today at noon was dedicated to all bandsmen, members and benefactors of the St Joseph Club.  more

Ghajnsielem unceremoniously dumped newly crowned champions Nadur Youngsters out of the G.F.A. Cup, by beating them 2-1 today at the Gozo Stadium. Ghajnsielem will now play Qala St. Joseph who defeated S.K. Victoria W. 3-2 in the other semi-final. The final will be played on Tuesday 6th Maym 8.30pm.  more

Final preparations are well underway as Ghajnsielem will have its first fully equipped health and fitness centre. The state-of-the-art gym which will be known as "The Bern Hersey's Health and Fitness Center" is located underneath the Ghajnsielem Football Club premises and is expected to open by the end of May.  more

As part of the 80th Anniversary activities, the St. Joseph Band Club is organizing a blood donation drive in collaboration with the MNBT and the Gozo Red Cross. The band club will be be turned into a blood donation centre and all potential donors are being urged to participate.  more

Ghajnsielem dropped their fourth match in a row, when they went down to Victoria Hotspurs 1-2. The Blacks took the lead early in the second half through Dominic Okanu. Ricardo Saverino scored twice from the penalty spot to lift Hotspurs to within three points of Nadur Y.  more

Monday 31st March marks the end of the current schedule. The rich schedule of programs was once again the topic of daily conversations as it managed once again to provide high standard programs aimed to please different listeners.  But don’t loose heart.... another exciting schedule starts on 3rd August.  more

In accordance with the Local Councils Act, the Ghajnsielem Local Council held its last Annual Public Meeting before the newly elected administration is sworn. Mayor Francis Cauchi gave an in-depth analysis of all the works which were carried our during the last three years.  more

Ghajnsielem lost their third match in a row, when they went down to Qala St. Joseph 0-2. Mario Mifsud, from the penalty spot, and Dione Lautier scored Qala's goals. It is difficult to draw any positives from a defeat at the hands of a side that had not won a match since their opening game of the season.  more

Ghajnsielem, lost their third round opener against runaway leaders Nadur Y. 1-3. Dominic Okanu scored a consolation goal for the Blacks from the penalty spot. Anything other than a Nadur win, however, would have been a travesty on this day, a decidedly off day for the sad Blacks.  more

Francis Cauchi has been re-elected Mayor of Ghajnsielem for the sixth time, after winning the largest number of first preference votes, this time totalling 430 (23%).  The rest of the five-seat council will include Stephen Mercieca (21%). Larry Buttigieg (21%), Joseph Camilleri (14%) and Peter Caruana (7%).  more

The Ghajnsielem Local Council has recently published a 16-page magazine summarizing the works and projects done by the current administration during the last three years. The colourful publication includes details about the Civic Centre project which will host several amenities and services.  more

Finally, the long awaited agreement between Wirt Għawdex and the Gozo Ministry has been reached in order to rescue Gozo's only medieval chapel which is in imminent danger to collapse.  Once fully-restored, it is planned that the building will be used for exhibitions, lectures and other cultural activities.   more

Ghajnsielem let slip their last chance to haul themselves into the race for the league championship when they lost to league leaders, Nadur Youngsters 1-2. Instead of moving to within four points of the leaders, the Blacks slipped to ten points off the pace. The victory left the Youngsters perched on top.  more

As the main political parties are gearing up for the general elections, our village managed to make some headlines as three projects situated in Ghajnsielem were officially inaugurated. These included the new crafts incubation centre, the reconstruction of Mgarr Road and the long-delayed Mgarr Harbour Terminal.  more

The Broadcasting Authority has issued the necessary licenses to Radju Lauretana to transmit during the Easter period. The new schedule starts next Sunday at 7am. The Easter Schedule is highly focused on religious programs, reaching its peak during the Holy Week when special features and links will be aired. more

The Musical Archive and the Refurbishment of the Committee room were high on the agenda as the St Joseph Band Club held its AGM this evening. The members unanimously gave a vote of confidence to the present committee. The committee reported a positive financial results and unveiled a series of initiatives to finance the costs of upcoming projects.  more

In less then 3 weeks time, the Ghajnsilmizi will be electing their sixth Local Council Administration. The PN is presenting 5 candidates while 3 candidates are contesting on behalf of the MLP. The councillor with the largest number of votes elected on behalf of the party that obtains the largest number of seats in the council is automatically elected mayor.  more

The Wistin Camilleri Gozo Centre for Art and Crafts Ghajnsielem will be inaugurated on February 27. The project, which is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund will offer a range of 45 courses, mainly covering local crafts and art. The centre currently has about 1,000 students.  more

Ghajnsielem beat Kercem Ajax 3-2 to join the four-team chase for the league title. Captain Joseph Buttigieg opened the score early in the match. Kercem equalized following a furious reaction on their part. Goals by Dominic Okanu and John Camilleri put Ghajnsielem in the clear before half-time.   more

Ghajnsielem F.C. beat Qala early today with a goal scored late in the match by their new Portuguese signing Victor Tavares. This hard-fought victory is especially satisfying due to the enforced absence of three prominent players.  Goalkeeper Joseph Grech stood out with an error free performance.  more

On Sunday morning, St Joseph Band Club President Gino Cauchi awarded the trophies to the 2006 and 2007 league winners. The winners of the 1st, 2nd and 4th division were Loreto Spiteri, John Azzopardi and Raymond Xerri respectively. The league was organized at the St Joseph Band Club.  more

A delegation from the Ghajnsielem Local Council led by Mayor Francis Cauchi paid an official visit to the Anton Cassar Primary School. After a short speech by the headmistress Ms. Pauline Grech, the mayor presented gifts to the winners of the best-custom competition and delivered sweets t