St Augustine Parish Valletta

Fr. Ġulju Bonniċi O.S.A. – The oldest priest in Malta turns 100

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On Monday 10 November 2025, Fr. Ġulju Bonnici, an Augustinian, celebrated the venerable age of 100. Fr. Ġulju Bonnici is in fact the oldest priest in Malta. He has been an Augustinian religious for over 83 years and a priest for over 75 years. The climax these celebrations was a mass presided over by H.E. Mons Joseph Galea Curmi in the chapel of the Home for Elderly Clergy in Birkirkara […]

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Celebration of Several Feasts in the Augustinian Calendar

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In the past weeks, particularly in the last days of August and during the month of September, various feasts were celebrated in the Augustinian Liturgical Calendar. These same Feasts are celebrated in the Augustinian churches on different days. The most important among them are the feasts of Saint Augustine and Our Lady of the Cincture which were solemnly celebrated in the Augustinian Churches of Valletta and Rabat in Malta, and

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Fr. Salvino Caruana – 50 Years of Priesthood

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On Sunday 29 June, Fr. Salvino Caruana celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of his Priestly Ordination. Fr. Salvino was ordained a priest in the Jubilee Year 1975 in St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican City, by His Holiness Pope St. Paul VI. Among several other priests who were ordained that day, the late Fr. Manuel Borg Bonello was also with him. Fr. Salvino was born in Żabbar on 28 December 1949.

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Centenary Celebrations in honour of Saint Rita in Valletta

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During the month of May, the Augustinian Family, together with the whole Church and many devotees of Saint Rita, celebrated her annual liturġical feast. Special celebrations were planned this year celebrating the 125th anniversary of the canonization of the much loved Saint by Pope Leo XIII in the year 1900. The centenary celebrations in Valletta began with the First Thursday of St Rita last January and culminated in a National

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Fr. Ġulju Bonniċi O.S.A. – 75 years of Priestly Ministry

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In the celebration of Tuesday 25th March  morning’s mass, the Community of the House for retired Clergy in Birkirkara, together with the Augustinian Community gave thanks to the Lord on the 75th anniversary of the Priestly Ordination of Fr. Ġulju Bonniċi. Fr. Ġulju was born in Valletta almost a hundred years ago and began his novitiate in the Order of Saint Augustine on the 23rd November 1941. The following year

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Extensive Restoration Project Inaugurated at St. Augustine Priory, Valletta

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On Tuesday 18 March 2025, the St. Augustine Priory Restoration Project, which has been ongoing for several years, was inaugurated. The works, co-financed by European Funds (SCOPE ERDF. 05.113), include the restoration and conservation of the four external facades of the priory and the Church, the internal facades and several other spaces on the site, archaeological investigation and rehabilitation of part of the courtyard, and remains from the church dedicated

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Formation meeting for the Augustinian friars

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On Wednesday, January 15, a Formation meeting was held for the Augustinian friars at The Santa Rita Priory, St. Julians. The meeting started with the evening prayers and continued with a session led by Mr Mark Pellicano, head of the Safeguarding Commission of the Church in Malta. This moment served for the Augustinian friars to meet with Mr. Pellicano following the publication of the new Policy last November. At the

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Jubilee Celebrations of the 125th Anniversary of the Canonization of Saint Rita of Cascia

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The year 2025 marks the 125th anniversary of the Canonization of Saint Rita by Pope Leo XIII during the Great Jubilee Year of 1900. In just a few years, Saint Rita became one of the most popular saints, with countless Christians seeking her intercession before God in the most difficult cases. The fact that she experienced various states of life and, in each state, managed to be a sign of

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Opening of The Saint Augustine Priory Interpretation Center during the Notte Bianca

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The Saint Augustine Priory of Valletta in collaboration with the Fondazzjoni Soċjo-Kulturali Ambjentali Augustina are approaching the completion of the extensive restoration project of the beutiful Priory on the site that the Augustinian friars owned since the establishment of the new City, Valletta in the late 16th Century. On Saturday 5 October, during the Notte Bianca, the Project was reopened after years of work and restoration both on the exterior

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