Rabat & Baħrija

On Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 September, the Augustinian Community of Rabat took part in the Rabat Sacrum initiative which was organized by the Rabat Local Council with the collaboration of several civil and religious entities. The idea of ​​such initiative was first and foremost to give the public the opportunity to see and appreciate the treasures hidden in the Rabat churches, priories and their respective museums. In addition, several […]

On Sunday January 15, the traditional Feast of St. Anthony the Abbot was celebrated in the Conventual Church of St. Mark in Rabat, with the rite of the blessing of the animals. A lot of people with their animals took part in the mass, the procession, and later the much awaited ceremony of the blessing of the animals in St Augustine Square in front of the church. The celebration started

At the beginning of the year 2014, the Maltese Augustinian Province in compliance with what had been unanimously agreed in the Ordinary Provincial chapter 2014, had held discussions with Mons Archbishop (at that time Mons Paul Cremona) and with the Curia of the Archdiocese in which the Province showed the desire to start serving pastorally in some new reality of the Diocese. Eventually, the agreement was in fact made quite

The restoration project of the Pipe Organ at St Mark Curch in Rabat was officially inaugurated on Saturday, 23rd April 2022. It is a project on which the Augustinian Community and The Augustinian Cloister Foundation have been working on for several years. It was than made possible thanks to the generous financial support of Dr. Gilles and Mrs. Claudine Gutierrez. Her Eccelency Ms Agnès von der Mühll, the French Ambassador

The traditional feast of St. Anthony the Abbot was celebrated on Sunday, January 16, at St. Mark’s Church in Rabat. Although the circumstances of the pandemic did not allow celebrations to be held outside the Church, at the end of the mass, the Prior Provincial Father Leslie Gatt O.S.A. blessed the domestic pets in the church itself. This is an ancient tradition closely associated to this feast held in the

On Sunday, January 16, Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna celebrated the Eucharist at St. Martin’s Church with the Baħrija community. The Archbishop inaugurated and blessed two new bas-reliefs that were installed in the Church just a few days ago. The bas-reliefs, work of the brave artist Jennings Falzon, were placed one on each side of the altar and symbolize the Eucharist and the Deaconia. That of the Eucharist was in fact

An inlaid nameplate within the console of this organ bears the name of the builder (Vincenzo MASCIONI), the date of construction (1959), the Opus number (764) and the location of the Mascioni factory (Cuvio <Varese>). Mascioni is one of the most renowned Italian organ building firms. It has built many organs outside of the Italian territory, twelve of which are in the Maltese Islands. The organ at St.Mark’s church is

From January of this year, the restoration work on the organ of the Church began due to the various damages it had. This work is still going on and we hope that by the end of June of this year it will be ready so that we can once again enjoy a unique cultural and musical experience The Augustinian Cloister Foundation within the Convent and the Church had planned various

Fr Xavier Mifsud OSA passes away It is with great sadness that we announce the passing away of fr Xavier Mifsud OSA who went to meet the risen Lord whom he loved and served along his life today 28th April 2021. Fr Xavier was lately residing at Villa Messina after leaving the Rabat Community just a few weeks ago. Fr Xavier was born in Rabat in 1933 and joined the

1st UPDATE – Restoration of the three Bellows: The first main stage of the restoration of the 1959 Mascioni organ at St. Mark’s Church is now completed. The three double-rise bellows, have been completely restored / releathered, re-installed and re-activated. Prior to the restoration, the bellows still employed the original 1959 leathering. This leather was not completely worn-out, and may have provided a few more years of service with some