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NOW PLAYING THE SUNDAY PROGRAM
Sunday request program presented by Peter Paul Portelli, Pauline Zahra and George Sammut.

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Feasts in Malta and Gozo this weekend

9th - St. Laurence, San Lawrenz, Gozo
9th - San Gaetan, Hamrun
10th - St. Laurence, Birgu (Vittoriosa)
15th - The Assumption of Our Lady: Mqabba | Qrendi | Mosta | Gudja | Attard | Ghaxaq | Victoria, Gozo | Birkirkara (Mass) | Hal-Muxi Zebbug

NEWS FROM MALTA
Two-thirds of PN voters prefer Bernard Grech, survey shows
Delia scores just 17% in MISCO poll, with one in five declining to answer

By Ivan Martin

Bernard Grech and Adrian Delia are both running to lead the PN.Nearly two-thirds of Nationalist Party members prefer Bernard Grech over Adrian Delia to lead the PN, a poll has indicated.
Conducted by opinion pollsters MISCO among 400 randomly selected PN members, the survey outlines a clear preference for Grech over the incumbent.
Respondents were asked: "If you had to make a choice between Adrian Delia and Bernard Grech to be the next leader of the Nationalist Party, who would you choose?".

63% said they would choose Grech, while 17% stated that they would choose Delia. One in five - 20% - declined to answer.
The poll found that three out of every four respondents believed that the PN would lose the next general election with the incumbent, Delia, at the helm.
A significantly lower 44% felt that this would be the case were Grech to replace him.
Those favouring Grech told pollsters that they did so because he was clean, the better choice, more competent and that they felt a change of leadership was needed.
Those expressing a choice for Delia said that they believed he needed to complete his term as party leader and that he was hard working.
The poll was conducted between Friday and Saturday and has a margin of error of +/- 6%.
Grech, a lawyer and political outsider, has said that he intends to run to be PN leader. The post will be up for contention following a PN general council vote calling for a leadership election among the party's members.
With MPs Therese Comodini Cachia and Claudio Grech and MEP Roberta Metsola having all said they will not be running, that sets Grech up for a head-to-head race against Delia, who has said he will be seeking to be reconfirmed as party leader.

40 new coronavirus patients as Malta tops 1,000 total cases
351 active cases in the country
Forty coronavirus cases were detected between Friday and Saturday, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases found in the country since the start of the pandemic above the 1,000 mark.
There have now been 1,035 coronavirus cases since the first patients were found in early March. Of those, 351 are active cases.
The new cases were detected from 1,548 tests.
Saturday's total of 40 new cases is the third-highest daily total since the virus was detected in Malta on March 7.
Malta has now had 10 consecutive days in which the number of newly-detected cases has reached into double-digits.
Read the full story here:   https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/40-new-coronavirus-patients-as-malta-tops-1000-case-mark.810333
Bernard Grech applies to contest PN leadership
Lawyer Bernard Grech formally indicates his interest to contest the Nationalist Party's leadership and lays down his vision for an inclusive party in a lengthy Facebook post

7 August 2020,
by Kurt Sansone

Bernard Grech will be contesting Adrian Delia for the post of PN leader

Bernard Grech has formally indicated his interest to contest the Nationalist Party's leadership after prospective candidates agreed to pull out of the race and he will now face Adrian Delia.
Grech, a lawyer, announced his candidature in a very lengthy Facebook post on Friday in which he laid out his vision for the party and the country.

Read the full story: https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/104060/bernard_grech_applies_to_contest_pn_leadership#.Xy3TISgzZPY  https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/104060/bernard_grech_applies_to_contest_pn_leadership#.Xy3TISgzZPY

Franco Debono will not contest PN leadership election
After a number of days teasing with a possible candidature for the PN leadership, Franco Debono rules out entering the race

7 August 2020,
by MaltaToday Staff
Franco Debono will not be running for PN leader

Franco Debono has ruled running for leader of the Nationalist Party, insisting it is “not the right time” to contest for any roles within the party.
The former PN MP’s declaration on Friday ended expectations he had been raising over the past week when he posted messages of encouragement he received from admirers.

Man shot dead in Ghaxaq, one arrested
37 year-old Antoine Dalli died of a gunshot wound allegedly inflicted by his father, Salvatore

7 August 2020,
by Matthew Agius
A man has been killed in a shooting in Ghaxaq, after what is believed to be a family argument.
Police confirmed that the incident involved a father and son, aged 68 and 37 respectively. Sources said the son, Antoine Dalli, had died as a result of the single gunshot wound he suffered. They are not excluding homicide.
Read the full story here:   https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/court_and_police/104061/man_shot_dead_in_ghaxaq#.Xy3VNCgzZPY

49 new cases of COVID-19, including one child
49 new cases of COVID-19 have been registered overnight • One child who attended summer school among new cases • Public Health Superintendent Charmaine Gauci returns to press briefings

7 August 2020,
by Karl Azzopardi

49 new cases of COVID-19 have been registered overnight, according to figures released by the Health Ministry.
Public Health Superintendent Charmaine Gauci later confirmed that one of the cases involved a child, who attended a summer school. Gauci was delivering a press briefing in what is to be a weekly appearance to update the nation on the COVID-19 situation.
Read the full story here:   https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/104055/public_health_superintendent_covid_spike_20200807#.Xy3Y4SgzZPY

Metsola, Comodini Cachia withdraw from PN leadership race, make way for Bernard Grech
Nationalist Party MEP Roberta Metsola and MP Therese Comodini Cachia have declared they will not contest the leadership race • Withdrawals make way for Bernard Grech

6 August 2020,
by Kurt Sansone
Roberta Metsola has paved the way for Bernard Grech to be the unity candidate that will take on Adrian Delia (Facebook)

Therese Comodini Cachia has joined Roberta Metsola in publicly declaring that she will not be contesting the Nationalist Party leadership race.
In a Facebook post on Thursday evening, Comodini Cachia said that she recognised the need to unite behind one candidate who could unite the party.

Read the full story here:  https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/104039/breaking_roberta_metsola_comodini_cachia_withdraw_from_pn_leadership_race_makes_way_for_grech#.Xyx8WSgzZPY

Bishop elect Dun Anton Teuma celebrate his first Mass official in Nadur
29 June, 2020

Il-Festa tal-Imnarja

Malta w Għawdex dlonk jifirħu
Hekk kif tfeġġ fuqna l-Imnarja;
Kif naqbad infisser ruħi
Ċerta bidla tinħass fl-arja!

Għax dil-festa mhix komuni --
Fil-Buskett u fin-Nadur
L-atmosfera ferreħija
U niesna bi ħġarha tmur.

Il-prodotti u l-għelejjel
Frott il-ħidma ta’ dirgħajh
Il-bidwi joħroġ fil-beraħ –
Sigħat twal f’xemx, fuq saqajh.

Mill-qalb dil-festa issellem
Lill-Appostlu Kbir tal-ġnus,
U lil Pietru, s-sajjied għaqli –
Wara Kristu kien isus!

Dawn it-tnejn spiċċaw biex ċarċru
Demmhom għal Kristu l-Mulej;
Riedu biss ‘l-Imgħallem jixbhu
Le ma qagħdu jaraw x’ġej!

Wieħed spiċċa rasu ‘l isfel
Mislub m’għuda ta’ salib;
L-ieħor spiċċa b’rasu barra
Biex miet għall-aqwa ħabib.

Fin-Nadur insibu statwa
B’dawn iz-żewġ kolonni kbar;
Fid-disgħa w għoxrin ta’ Gunju
Lilhom tqimhom sat-tfal żgħar.

Ta’ kull sena ħa nifirħu,
Naqbżu, niżfnu għalenija
Għax l-Imnarja hija l-festa
Minn kulħadd wisq mistennija.

Kav Joe M. Attard -- 29-06- 2009

It-Tieni Jum Tad-Tridu
Minn Mario Muscat
Quddiesa mmexxija mil-Kappillan ta Kercem Dun Brian Meylak

Ara il video hawn: https://www.facebook.com/nadur.ghawdex.96/videos/423540685283950/

Jippriedka .l- Arcipriet tax-Xaghra Mons Carmelo Refalo: https://www.facebook.com/nadur.ghawdex.96/videos/423538118617540/

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l-ewwel jum tat -tridu

Quddiesa ta l-ewwel jum tat -tridu immexxija mis-Sacerdot novell Dun Mario Mercieca li fiha jiccelebra l-ewwel Quddiesa tieghu fil komunita taghna .Jippriedka .l- Arcipriet tax-Xaghra Mons Carmelo Refalo
Ritratti minn Mario Muscathttps://www.facebook.com/nadur.ghawdex.96/videos/423540685283950/

Priedka mill Arcipriet Carmelo Refalo tax-Xaghra.
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Tibda in Novena tal-Festa
Ritratt minn Mario Muscat

Ramla Valley Extra Virgin Olice Oil
By George Carl Camilleri

Waking up to great news😊 Proud to announce that our Evoo once again has been awarded a Silver medal 🥈 into the First Class Awards @ EVO IOOC international olive oil contest in Italy. A big honour to our brand and to our island. Would like to thank all especially our family members which are of continuous support to us 🥰🙏💪🌿🇲🇹 #ramlavalleyevoo #ramlavalley #nadur #lovegozo #evoolover #loveevoo #evoolovers #islandlife #oliveoillovers #simplelife #oliveoil #olive #olivegarden #gozoisland #visitgozo #insta_visitgozo #feelingproud #evoiooc www.ramlavalley.com
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Mt. Etna from beautiful Dahlet Qorrot Bay

By Alessio Sultana

The statue ready in the basilica
By Mario Muscat

The Basilica of Nadur Yesterday
Photo by Mario Muscat

Jitnizzlu l-linef ghal festa

Ritratt minn Mario Muscat

Jibda jintrama l-Altar tal- kor ghal festa
Ritratt minn Mario Muscat

Il-villagg Tal-Hali fin-Nadur jizzejjen ghal festa
Ritratt minn Mario Muscat

Nadur in pictures
Dahlet Qorrot Bay
Photo by Mario Muscat

Plunked in the middle of the Mediterranean, Malta has been squabbled over by empires for millennia. But today its people are fashioning their own story.
by Rick Jordan
May 21, 2020

At some point in my life, I'd like to have a Maltese wooden balcony, or gallarija, to call my own. There are few finer places to watch the world go by. Cantilevered out over the street and painted bright, they line the sandstone town houses like multicolored cable cars, with enough space for a chair or two, a few ferns, a drink. They're places to play peekaboo, gossip with neighbors, watch fishermen mend their boats—nooks for drifting off in and dreaming of storm-tumbled seas, galleons with gull-white sails, and pirates with gleaming scimitars.
Malta was British for a couple of centuries, and though it has been independent since 1964, it still has Whitehall-red telephone booths that are as startling as a lamppost in a snowy forest. Before the British arrived, waves of invaders and settlers—Phoenician, Arabic, Italian—left behind tidal flats of language, buildings, and food. Comprising the islands Malta, Gozo, and Comina, the nation lies on the periphery of Europe but at the heart of the Mediterranean, a palimpsest of mysterious standing stones and Roman remains, colonial sea battles and Parisian-style shop signs, all stitched together by flinty drystone walls.
There are no lakes or rivers on Malta, but the ocean is never more than 15 minutes away. Nothing is very far away. The airport is just a five-minute walk from the farm village of Gudja, where goats are herded along the lanes. On a single day I can easily crisscross from the tiny capital of Valletta to the western cliffs of Dingli, where prehistoric temples huddle together facing the sea, then descend to Ghar Lapsi bay to join the congregation of women who trade stories as they bob in the water in beehive hairdos and necklaces. The waves off the beaches of Golden Bay and Gnejna are warm enough to swim in until Christmas, when the countryside turns from parchment to green and oranges still festoon the trees. In the evening, visit the old capital of Mdina, an unspoiled Baroque city rising above the fields like a painted backdrop from El Cid. Many of Malta's oldest families still live here, gathering at Fontanella café on the bastion walls for chocolate cake. One morning I take a bus south to a fishing village with the throat-catching Arabic name of Marsaxlokk and walk past industrial chimneys and swirls of wildflowers to St. Peter's Pool, where teenagers jump off pancake splatters of rock into the water below.
There's a kind of natural brutalism to the sandstone landscape, which has long drawn castaways and dreamers. Parts of the bedrock are riddled like a termite nest with passageways and tunnels, bored over the centuries; I think of them as rabbit holes in time, out of which might stumble Christian knights and Turkish janissaries; the nonsense poet Edward Lear, who holidayed here with his sketch pad; Coleridge, who came to kick his opium habit; Odysseus and later Saint Paul, shipwrecked in A.D. 60, at least according to legend. Out of another tunnel mouth comes the cast of the Robin Williams movie Popeye, whose wooden set, built by Scandinavian carpenters on the main island's northern coast, is now a theme park.
“It's like Beirut: You either get Malta, or you don't,” Suzanne Sharp tells me at Casa Bonavita, an 18th-century palazzo in the quiet town of Attard that she and her husband, Christopher, are in the process of transforming into a hotel—a place out of A Room With a View, with parterre hedges and a lawn for summer cocktails. “It's a hardworking place where you just don't know what will happen next. One minute you'll have a cove to yourself, the next an entire family will be setting up kitchen tables and chairs right next to you. There's a freedom here, in a way; some laws are rarely enforced.” Sharp, a textile designer who founded the Rug Company, comes from an old Maltese family and spent her early years on the island. She and Christopher have also just rescued a 1920s pottery studio in Attard, at the Baroque estate of Villa Bologna, and are restoring it, bringing back old designs: hand-painted pineapple lamps, artichoke-shaped bowls.

Sharp is just old enough to remember a time when Malta's sunshine and slowness enticed such figures as the English abstract painter Victor Pasmore, who collected cats by the dozen and set up a studio in a crumbly farmhouse; the zoologist Desmond Morris, author of The Naked Ape, who promptly began sketching the Phoenician eyes painted on fishing boats for good luck; and Clockwork Orange polymath Anthony Burgess. It was a place of corduroy bohemians, a latter-day Bloomsbury group in the lizard heat. I meet a survivor from that scene, the Maltese-born architect and poet Richard England, at his house in the eastern resort town of St. Julian's. Now in his 80s, with a halo of white hair like Gielgud's Prospero, he studied under the legendary architect Gio Ponti. His own buildings, candy-colored modernist structures that resemble abstract paintings, are influenced by the materials and simplicity of Malta. He shows me drawings of imaginary cities, inspired by Italo Calvino and perhaps a need for order on this unpredictable island, and talks of the Neolithic temples, ancient wisdom, and the islet of Filfla, off the southwestern coast, which some say is a remnant of Atlantis and others believe was thrown there by the devil for being more sinful than even he could bear.

Sometimes I wander the island alone, meeting pale stone saints on street corners, hands raised in supplication; sometimes my companion is Duška Malešević, a friend who has lived on Malta for 20 years. An émigré from the former Yugoslavia with something of Schiaparelli about her, she has an outsider's perspective and an appreciation of island eccentricity. Trained as a psychologist, she picked up her camera and started documenting Malta's hole-in-the-wall café-bars, Catholic totems, and tangled doodles of electric wires. Many places no longer exist. “Malta was a lot emptier two decades ago,” she says. “Now visitors take photos of me smoking on my balcony. I give them the finger, but they only seem to like that more.”
Duška leads me to a hall belonging to the local marching band—an organization that inspires football-like devotion, whose brass-toting legions turn saint's day processions into Fat Tuesday-esque hootenannies. Few outsiders venture in, but it's open to all: a workingman's club of theatrical grandeur where a ruff-collared statue of de Valette—dogged savior of Malta during the Great Siege of 1565, vanquisher of the legendary Turkish corsair Dragut—looks out over plates of tuna sandwiches and potato chips. At the Crystal Palace café in the town of Rabat, the shelves are a Pop art riot of candies, and the tea is made in glasses with sweet Carnation milk, chai-style, and served with pastizzi, explosively flaky pastries filled with ricotta or mushy peas. The café is populated entirely by old men with Laurel and Hardy trousers and few words, save for the woman opposite us, a scream in Harlequin-romance pink, her pooch wearing a matching outfit and nail polish.

In the 1960s, Malta was a place of corduroy bohemians, a latter-day Bloomsbury group in the lizard heat
I'm drawn back to Valletta again and again, to the sepia streets that unwind past scuffed doorways, the roads that fall and rise in parabolic curves for almost the entire length of the city. Vintage shop signs act as landmarks; it's a typographic urban safari to spot handmade designs from the city's heyday, the 1920s through the 1950s. Up under “His Master's Voice” on St. John's Street, an imaginary crackle of a gramophone spinning a ghost soundtrack, down to “Useful Bazaar” in gold leaf against coal-black wood. Stopping opposite “Carmelo Delia, House Furnisher”—red-and-white on bottle green—I ask a shopkeeper when it was last open. He looks up, squints, and grins. “Not since the Falklands War!” Another tells of Bleak House-style family legal disputes that consign properties to perpetual emptiness. The city feels like Havana without the old Buicks, the signs evoking a prewar era of boat trains and Brylcreem, when superstitious carriage drivers shifted position in their seats after dark to keep the devil from sitting next to them.
The invaders who made the most resounding impression were the Knights of St. John, a roaming order of Catholic warriors who famously fought off a mighty fleet of Ottoman troops in 1565, raising cliff-size fortifications that survive to this day. Their Grand Harbour is a spectacle of golden-age drama, glowing at sunset like a votive candle. It's best crossed on a wooden luzzu, an eye of Osiris painted on the bow for good luck, as kohl-rimmed as Elizabeth Taylor's in Cleopatra. Opposite Valletta are the Three Cities, set on two fingers of land, a jumble of houses and church domes the color of a Da Vinci sketchbook. The city of Vittoriosa is the most appealing, tight lanes lined with potted plants leading to auberges of the French Knights and a Sunday flea market. I climb the stairs of the oldest house here, amateurishly restored to its 13th-century original and deserted. Back on the street, a grizzled man with a bare chest like a silverback peers over his saloon door and reminisces about flying old World War II planes with his friends to Sicily and back for pizza. “But then one crashed, then the other, and I knew I would be next, so I stopped,” he says sadly.

Shadows, as dark as Caravaggio's painting of the beheading of John the Baptist in St. John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta, do flit over this sunlit rock. Some are cast by the still-unsolved killing, three years ago, of Daphne Caruana Galizia, a journalist who was investigating political corruption. But while the government is widely mistrusted, private individuals are replotting Malta's course. On an island whose identity has for so long been in the hands of others and whose history is defined by two events—the Great Siege of 1565 and the aerial siege during World War II that saw it bombed into rubble—people are finding and appreciating their own voices at last.
Not long ago, as anyone will tell you, Valletta was dead after dark. Now there are natural wines at Cru and creative spins on island ingredients at Noni. Strait Street, once a beacon for brawling sailors, now has some nice cocktail bars—though none as fun as Café Society, on steps leading down to the waterfront. Blitz gallery opened in a town house, empty for three decades, belonging to founder Alexandra Pace's grandparents; shows have included shroud-like 3D sculptures by Maltese artist Kane Cali. Coming in 2021 is MICAS, a major art space embedded in a bastion built by the Knights, organized by Francis Sultana, Malta's ambassador of culture. It will sit near Renzo Piano's recently reimagined City Gate, a spectacle on the scale of Giza that turned Valletta's defensive wall into a welcoming, wide-open space.

One afternoon during my most recent visit, I am startled by the sudden sound of explosions. No one else seems concerned. Following the noise, I realize they are daytime fireworks, asterisks of smoke blooming in the sky. It's a saint's day parade, a church lit up with strings of lights, mounds of newspaper confetti like snowdrifts, a swaying procession of hooded medieval figures in Nikes—trumpeters hooting like Sidney Bechet, everyone happily oblivious to anything else. Malta is an island full of sounds and sweet airs, gunpowder and bells; an island intent on doing its own thing, no matter what the world throws at it.

On the groundValletta has wonderful palazzo hotels, like 66 Saint Paul's (doubles from $315), with a sweet rooftop pool, and Domus Zamittello (doubles from $236), in a renovated Baroque masterpiece. Across the harbor in Three Cities, Cugó Gran Macina Grand Harbour on Senglea (doubles from $259) offers one of the best waterfront views. For standout sit-down meals, book a table at Valletta's Under Grain (entrées from $20) or Noni (entrées from $23), whose rabbit confit is reason alone. More casual spots in town include Sotto for pizza and Da'Pippo for pasta. For a look at Malta's thriving art scene, visit the dynamic gallery Blitz and the multimedia space Spazju Kreattiv.
This article appeared in the May/June 2020 issue of Condé Nast Traveler. Subscribe to the magazine here.

L' artal tas-Sagrament fin-Nadur
Ritratt minn Mario Muscat

Qala windmill and Nadur skyline under a misty sunset
By Alessio Sultana

Fountain at Xandriku Street
Photo by Mario Muscat

Il vara ta' San Pietru u San Pawl mahduma minn Galard f' Marseille

Il vara ta San Pietru u San Pawl tan Nadur Ghawdex ingibet min Franza fil 1882. F dan ir ritat narawa kif kienet meta waslet l Ispirtu Santu zdied xi snin wara .
Dan ir ritrat grazzi lil Darren Vella

IL-KONSAGRAZZJONI TAL-KNISJA

Il-lum, 12 ta’ Mejju jaħbat il-153 sena mill-konsagrazzjoni tal-knisja.
Il-Konsagrazzjoni ssir billi l-artal jindilek biż-żejt u jitwaħħlu dawk is-slaleb ta’ madwar il-knisja. Il-Konsagrazzjoni tfisser li dik l-art u l-binja tal-knisja ġew mogħtijin lil Alla.
Bħalissa lanqas nistgħu nersqu wisq lejn il-knisja. Nistennew il-jum li nerġgħu niltaqgħu hemm. Sadanittant il-knisja kkonsagrata hija kull wieħed u waħda minna li qed nippruvaw inkunu Knisja fid-dar tagħna.

Tela' wkoll l-aħħar supermoon għal din is-sena! Is-supermoons li jmiss... is-sena d-dieħla!
Fir-ritratt jidher tiela' minn wara l-Bażilka tan-Nadur

Ritratt minn Anthony Grech.

MOMORJI SBIEH TAL-HADD 25 GUNJU, 1967
Il-Parrocca tan-Nadur giet mgħollija ghad Dinjita ta' Bazilika
Ritratt kortesija ta' Mario Muscat - Nadur

MEMORIES OF THE PAST IN NADUR
Courtesy of Mario Muscat - Nadur

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Interesting picture of Nadur from the air

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Mill lum c-centru tan-Nadur jerga jiehu ftit hajja meta mistennija jifthu certu hwienet. Dan wara li ghall-ahhar kwazi xahrejn kienu qed jifthu biss l-bank, spizeriji u hwienet tal-ikel, stationery u ironmongeries.

Nappellaw lil kulhadd biex xorta wahda jimxi mad-direttivi kollha tal-awtoritajiet tas-sahha u nirrispettaw lil xulxin.

The stripes flag to commemorate the Parish birthday in Nadur

Beautiful San Blas

By Mario Muscat

Canon Anton Meilaq passes away. Very much humble priest.
RIP.
http://www.nadurjana.com/in-memoriam.html
Għadu kemm ħalliena l-Kan. Anton Meilak, mill-Parroċċa ta' San Pietru u San Pawl, in-Nadur, fl-età ta' 89 sena, li dan l-aħħar kien residenti fid-Dar tal-Kleru, Malta.
Il-funeral tiegħu ser isir għada: l-Isqof Mario Grech ser jippresiedi waqt id-difna privata fiċ-Ċimiterju tan-Nadur.
Agħtih, o Mulej, il-mistrieħ ta' dejjem.

NADUR IN PICTURES

By Mario Muscat

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F' dan il-mument in-Nadurin huma mitluba jzommu fit-talb taghhom lill-Kan Dun Anton Meilaq

Dun Anton serva fil-parrocca tan-Nadur ghal snin twal u bhalissa jinsab fid-Dar tal-Kleru f' Birkirkara.
Ghandu bzonn it-talb taghna.

NADUR IN PICTURES
By Mario Muscat
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Nadur invokes Our Lady’s intercession
Photo: Charles Spiteri

A 1689 painting depicting Our Lady breastfeeding Jesus has been placed near the main altar at St Peter and St Paul Basilica in Nadur to invoke Our Lady’s intercession against the COVID-19 pandemic.
The painting, donated to the church on the occasion of the inauguration of the new parish in 1688, must have been commissioned by someone who most probably ex-perienced the 1675-1676 plague which left around 11,300 persons dead. However, Gozo, Lija and Mdina recorded no fatalities.
Besides Our Lady, the painting depicts St Michael Archangel, St Roque and St Sebastian, and a lady on the bottom left-hand side, reciting the rosary. Since the Middle Ages, St Sebastian and St Roque were regarded as protectors from various epidemics, including the bubonic plague.

Old farm house in Upper Ramla

Photo by Mario Muscat

THE SHIELD OF THE CONFRATERNITY OF THE KNIGHTS OF ST. PETER & ST. PAUL
Made by Chevalier Chancellor Joe Louis Meilak of the Grand Chapter of Malta.
The shield will form part of the furniture in the Office of the Confraternity in Nadur, Gozo.
Well done Chancellor Joe Louis Meilak.
Chevalier Peter Paul Portelli
Grand Master
CKSPP

CONFRATERNITY OF THE KNIGHTS OF ST. PETER & ST. PAUL AND FRIENDS
WE PRAY TO THE LORD

By Chevalier Peter Paul Portelli - Grand Master

Greetings.
Messages and prayers from our Reverend Chaplains

Dear All:
What seems impossible to us Humans, prayers and supplications will rise like Incense before our merciful Father-God ,
because for God NOTHING is impossible.

May the Good Lord bless all Medical Teams to find a cure .
One of the best prayers I would like to suggest is the Litany of the Saints.

I will keep all in my daily prayers.

Fr Francis Xavier Buhagiar PE
Chaplain of the Confraternity St Peter and St. Paul
MELBOURNE

Covid-19

Prayer to ask for help, comfort and salvation
God the Father, Creator of the world, omnipotent and merciful,
that for our love you have sent your Son into the world as a doctor of bodies and souls,
look at your kids that at this difficult time of disorientation and consternation
in many regions of Europe and the world turn to You
in search of strength, salvation, and relief.
Deliver us from sickness and fear, heals our patients, comforts his family members,
gives wisdom to our rulers, energy and reward to doctors, nurses and volunteers,
eternal life to the deceased.
Don't abandon us in this time of trial, but deliver us from all evil.
All this we ask of you, O Father who, with the Son and the Holy Spirit, you live and reign for centuries.
Amen.
Santa Maria, Mother of health and hope, pray for us!

Bishops of Europe

With friendship

Fr. Manuel Martins
Chaplain of the Confraternity of St. Peter & St. Paul
PORTUGAL

Litany of the Saints
Lord, have mercy on us.
CHRIST, have mercy on us.
LORD, have mercy on us.
CHRIST, hear us.
CHRIST, graciously hear us.
GOD, THE FATHER OF HEAVEN, have mercy on us.
GOD THE SON, REDEEMER OF THE WORLD, have mercy on us.
GOD THE HOLY GHOST, have mercy on us.
HOLY TRINITY, ONE GOD, have mercy on us.
HOLY MARY, pray for us.
HOLY MOTHER OF GOD, pray for us.
HOLY VIRGIN OF VIRGINS, pray for us.
ST. MICHAEL, pray for us.
ST. GABRIEL, pray for us.
ST. RAPHAEL, pray for us.
ALL YE HOLY ANGELS AND ARCHANGELS, pray for us.
ALL YE HOLY ORDERS OF BLESSED SPIRITS, pray for us.
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, pray for us. ST. JOSEPH, pray for us.
ALL YE HOLY PATRIARCHS AND PROPHETS, pray for us.
ST. PETER, pray for us.
ST. PAUL, pray for us.
ST. ANDREW, pray for us.
ST. JAMES, pray for us.
ST. JOHN, pray for us.
ST. THOMAS, pray for us.
ST. JAMES, pray for us.
ST. PHILIP, pray for us.
ST. BARTHOLOMEW, pray for us.
ST. MATTHEW, pray for us.
ST. SIMON, pray for us.
ST. THADDEUS, pray for us.
ST. BARNABAS, pray for us.
ST. LUKE, pray for us.
ST. MARK, pray for us.
ALL YE HOLY APOSTLES AND EVANGELIST, pray for us.
ALL YE HOLY DISCIPLES OF OUR LORD, pray for us.
ALL YE HOLY INNOCENTS, pray for us.
ST. STEPHEN, pray for us.
ST. LAWRENCE, pray for us.
ST. VINCENT, pray for us.
SS. FABIAN AND SEBASTIAN, pray for us.
SS. JOHN AND PAUL, pray for us.
SS. COSMOS AND DAMIAN, pray for us.
SS. GERVASE AND PROTASE, pray for us.
ALL YE HOLY MARTYRS, pray for us.
ST. SYLVESTER, pray for us.
ST. GREGORY, pray for us.
ST. AMBROSE, pray for us.
ST. AUGUSTINE, pray for us.
ST. JEROME, pray for us.
ST. MARTIN, pray for us.
ST. NICHOLAS, pray for us.
ST. ANTHONY, pray for us.
ST. BENEDICT, pray for us.
ST. BERNARD, pray for us.
ST. DOMINIC, pray for us.
ST. FRANCIS, pray for us.
ST. MARY MAGDALEN, pray for us.
ST. AGATHA, pray for us.
ST. LUCY, pray for us.
ST. AGNES, pray for us.
ST. CECILIA, pray for us.
ST. CATHERINE, pray for us.
ST. ANASTASIA, pray for us.

San Koronatu fin-Nadur

Tissebbah in-nicca ta San Koronatu Martri li tinsab gewwa l-Bazilka tan-Nadur minn Mark Falzon.

CONFRATERNITY OF THE KNIGHTS OF ST. PETER & ST. PAUL
Grand Chapter of Melbourne.
Today, the Confraternity of the Knights of St. Peter & St. Paul organized its Annual BBQ to raise money for charity.
As always, it was a very successful event and all the patrons were very happy.
Thank you to all the volunteers who came to help yesterday and today.
God bless you all.
Chevalier Peter Paul Portelli - Grand Master and the Supreme Council.

CONFRATERNITY OF THE KNIGHTS OF ST. PETER & ST. PAUL
Our mission is to helping the poor in Peru.
Medic by day, priest by night: a Gozitan missionary in the Amazon
By John Paul Cordina.

Photo from left: Chevalier Joe Louis Meilak, Fr. Raymond Portelli and Chevalier Carmel Saliba presenting a donation to the mission in Peru.

What’s it like to be a doctor and a priest in one of the most remote cities on earth?
Fr Raymond Portelli, a Gozitan priest who has called Peru his home for the past 26 years, recounted his experiences on 103 Malta’s Heart, on the programme Newsbook Hour presented by Fr Joe Borg.
Fr Portelli is based in Iquitos, a city of around 400,000 people located in the Amazon basin. The city is the world’s largest city that cannot be reached by road: it is only accessible by river or air.
Fr. Portelli is the parish priest of the St Martín de Porres parish, with a population of 18,000 people. Around a fifth of his parishioners are comfortably middle-class, but the vast majority are poor, with around a tenth living in extreme poverty. Households do have running water and electricity, but many live in simple wooden shacks on dirt roads.
Due to the city’s isolation, job creation efforts are limited and unemployment is a significant problem. Many people try to eke out a living through fishing, agriculture or by selling trinkets on the streets of the city.
Caring for the body and soul
As the only priest in the parish – though a number of laypeople do help out – Fr Portelli seeks to look after his community’s pastoral needs. But he also identified another need: for healthcare.
“I have always been interested in medicine, even before I joined the seminary,” he explains. Consequently, he obtained a dispensation from Gozo Bishop Nikol Cauchi to study medicine at Iquitos’ university part-time, and graduated as a medical doctor after nine years.
He often sees patients at the parish, but notes that his parishioners clearly distinguish between his two roles.
“They call me doctor by day, and father by night,” he notes.
Helping out in the jungle
Though he is based in the city, Fr Portelli regularly ventures outside the parish to provide religious and medical services to isolated communities along the Momón River, a small tributary of the Amazon. Travelling by speedboat to reach a series of tiny villages, with the most distant one 12 hours away, the priest encounters a completely different reality.
These communities are virtually inaccessible most of the year, as a drop in water levels reduces the river to a muddy path, and are thus mostly self-reliant. People live in small huts with no doors – theft not being a concern in such an isolated place – in communities with no shops or facilities.
Stocking up on medicines for the journey, Fr Portelli takes care of common ailments such as diabetes and malaria. If more serious health issues are identified, he offers to take patients to the city, but they often refuse, as they are unwilling to leave their families behind.
Once all patients are treated, Fr Portelli holds a catechism session and celebrates mass, often illuminated by candlelight or kerosene lamps – electricity is unheard of so deep in the jungle. Though most are baptised Catholics, even non-Catholics attend mass out of respect.
Living conditions may be harsh, but Fr Portelli also notes that there is a strong sense of community in these villages, with people helping each other out. Everyone knows everyone else, and everyone helps out whenever a new house is built.
But every so often, village inhabitants try their luck in the city, effectively severing their ties with the community they grew up in. And as a result, they often feel lost among the city’s 400,000 inhabitants, struggling to fit in.

FLAG OF THE KNIGHTS OF ST. PETER & ST. PAUL

The flag of the Confraternity of the Knights of St. Peter & St. Paul created by the Grand Master Chevalier Peter Paul Portelli and put in details by Ross Sabatini.

The flag is now registered as a Trade Mark in the Australian Federal Government IP Australia.
Our aim is that one day the flag will fly in St. Peter Paul Square in Nadur during the feast of Mnarja.

Nadurama Poezija ta' Peter Paul Vella

Ghana fic-Centru Kulturali Malti gewwa Melbourne, l' Awstralja

Minn Peter Paul Portelli
President

Ara ftit film hawn: https://www.facebook.com/peter.paul.portelli.1/videos/3249314411749877/

Gustav Tonna PROSET L-GHANNEJJA IL-KITARISTI U LODJENZA TA KULL NHAR HAMIS IMORRU ALBION JIEHDU PJACIR U NISA JITGHALMU IL BIZZILLA .GRAZZI IL BARMAN U NNISA TA TEA BAR U L-KOK +++

Giacinta Grech Nice to keep the Maltese folk singing going on so far from Malta. Was nice to have met a few of you some weeks ago. Best Wishes to ALL, especially Peter Paul Portelli.

In-Nadur fil-Letteratura Nazzjonali Maltija

Minn Daniel Meilak

Kelinu Vella Haber (1913-2014) Imwieled fin-Nadur fl-1 ta’ Ottubru tal-1913, Kelinu, kif ħafna kienu jsibuh, kien wieħed mill-aktar Nadurin li taw sehem attiv fit-tiswir u t-tisħiħ tal-ilsien Malti matul is-seklu għoxrin. Kien edukat fisSeminarju t’Għawdex u wara filKulleġġ tal-Ġiżwiti f’Birkirkara. Għamel xi żmien novizz mas-Soċjetà Missjunarja ta’ San Pawl u kien hemm li ltaqa’ mal-poeta Karmenu Vassallo. Fost il-ħafna inizzjattivi siewja tiegħu favur il-Malti, huwa waqqaf ‘ix-Xirka għat-Tixrid tal-Ilsien Malti’, u miegħu kien hemm Anton Buttigieg, Ġużè Bonnici, Ġużè Chetcuti u Ġorġ Pisani, li nislu wkoll huwa min-Nadur. L-ewwel laqgħa saret fil-15 ta’ Jannar 1939.

Fl-1940 Vella Haber waqqaf din ix-Xirka wkoll ġewwa n-Nadur u din ħadmet bis-sħiħ favur aktar edukazzjoni u tixrid tal-lingwa Maltija kif ukoll biex jinxtered il-litteriżmu. Dan għen lil ħafna żgħażagħ kif ukoll lill-isforzi favur l-emanċipazzjoni tal-mara. Ħeġġeġ ħafna żgħażagħ jibdew jiktbu u mbagħad il-kitba tagħhom kienet tinqara fuq irrediffusion. Fost iż-żgħażagħ li kienu msieħba u ffurmata fl-għaqda li waqqaf Kelinu nsibu persunaġġi bħal Guido De Marco, Charles Camilleri u Frans Ebejer. Kien ukoll membru għal xi żmien fl-Assemblea Nazzjonali tal-Gvern. Miet nhar it-28 ta’ Jannar 2014, fl-età ta’ 100 sena.1 Bħala rikonoxximent tal-ħimda tiegħu kien ingħata Ġieħ irRepubblika fl-1997 mill-President tar-Repubblika l-Eċċ. T. Dr Ugo Mifsud Bonnici.

Fost il-ħafna kitbiet tiegħu, in-Nadur kellu post prominenti. Forsi l-aktar li jispikkaw huma l-folkdrama ‘Nadurjana’ u l-poemett bl-istess isem: ‘Nadurjana’. Il-folkdrama ‘Nadurjana’ li huwa kiteb bħala rakkont f’650 vers joħroġ fil-beraħ il-karattru tan-Nadur u n-Nadurin, dejjem marbuta mal-baħar u mal-agrikultura. Dan kollu fl-isfond tal-istorja li tibda miż-żmien tal-qedem u li twaħħad fiha l-kult lejn San Pietru u San Pawl ma’ dak pagan. Dan irrakkont jimxi mbagħad maż-żmien tal-ħbit tal-furbani, tattwelid tal-parroċċa, taż-żmien li fih saru l-qniepen fl-1815, iċ-ċelebrazzjoni tal-Imnarja fil-Buskett, li inċidentalment qed tagħlaq tliet mitt sena (kien fl-1720, skont ma jikteb Giovanni Agius de Soldanis li l-Imnarja bdiet tiġi ċċelebrata b’dan il-mod fil-Buskett), għall-bini tal-knisja, it-tkabbir tagħha u l-leġġendi marbuta mar-raħal. Hawn se nagħti silta ċkejkna ħafna li anke toħroġ fil-beraħ il-kuntest li fiha nkitbet. Billi din il-folkdrama nkitbet għall-okkażjoni tal-festi triċentinarji mit-twaqqif tal-parroċċa fl-1688, u billi dak iż-żmien qamet il-kwistjoni pjuttost taħraq bejn in-Nadur u l-Qala dwar min minnhom kellu leġittimament jiċċelebra t-300 sena tiegħu, Vella Haber kiteb hekk:

‘In-Nadur kien sar parroċċa maqdes bnew in-Nadurin għax kien ġie Cocco Palmeri amar fis lil Bernardin knisja ibni mar amarlu f’dik il-wesgħa ta’ Nadur qim ġie’ fiha ’l Pietru u Pawlu sadattant aħraq il-bħur ġewwa l-Qala l-Kunċizzjoni fost il-poplu żomm l-unjoni.2

Fih ukoll dawn il-versi patrijottiċi:
Jiddomina n-Nadur tagħna
minn kull fejn tħares lejh
kif mill-port ta’ Malta toħroġ
dlonk jisraqlek dwal għajnejk!

Iktar ma qribu tersaq
iktar ’il fuq jogħla
u kien minħabba f’hekk li nħatar
biex għall-Għawdxin ikun gardjola!

Il-widien u l-miġriet tiegħek
il-għerien u l-bajjiet
ismijiet ta’ nisel juru
minn tal-eqdem żminijiet
kif il-ġonna u l-kampanja
it-triqat l-inħawi sbieħ
ismijiet tal-qedem għandhom
jixhdu nisel xiħ bis-sħiħ!

Għaċ-ċelebrazzjonijiet tas-sena tal-Fidi u tal-1900 sena mill-martirju ta’ San Pietru u San Pawl kienu saru festi kbar fin-Nadur, li l-Knisja Kolleġġjata tiegħu kienet għadha 2 Duminku Camilleri, 125 Sena Kkonsagrata. 125 Sena Bażilika, Vigilat 4, (Nadur 1992), 86-98.

hemm ġiet mgħollija għad-dinjità ta’ Bażilika Minuri. Waqt Akkademja mużiko-letterarja nhar il-Ħamis 27 ta’ Ġunju 1968 kienet inqrat il-peożija ta’ Vella Haber li ġġib l-istess isem ‘Nadurjana’. Dan huwa wkoll xogħol patrijottiku fuq l-istess temi ta’ dak imsemmi aktar ’il fuq:

Wiret in-Nadur fuqani l-isbaħ u l-ogħla fost kull panorama li jiflaħ joffri l-arċipelagu tagħna ... ...
In-Nadur kiseb foħrija kiseb ġmiel u dija kiseb ruħ Nadurija mill-erwieħ tal-Għawdxin l-oħra.

3 Fost diversi poeżiji oħrajn li huwa kiteb dwar in-Nadur insibu għadd fil-ktieb ta’ Karm Caruana In-Nadur u t-Tempju Tiegħu Monumentali. ‘Il-Bajja ta’ San Blas’ li hija ddedikata lil Girgor Buttigieg ‘Naduri li għex u miet ta’ qaddis,’ u fiha jiddeskrivi l-bajja bħala ‘s-sebħ u l-kobor tan-Nadur,’ blistess stil romantiku ta’ poeti oħrajn ta’ qablu: ‘San Blas nitgħaxxaq bik: / Seħer il-ħajja nsibu kollu fik!’4

Imbagħad insibu wkoll diversi poeżiji oħrajn b’laqta patrijottika. Vella Haber kiteb ‘Il-Kanuni tan-Nadur’ bħala ‘tifkira tal-Professur Lazzru Pisani li Pitter ilMaqdes tan-Nadur.’ Fiha l-kanuni li xi darba kienu jisparaw fuq ‘il-misħut Nofs Qamar’ sabiex jiddefendu lir-reliġjon Nisranija, issa jinsabu sektin. Kanuni oħrajn ‘qniepen saru,’ b’referenza għall-manuvra li kien għamel il-kappillan Dun Anton Scasciato (1772-1834) fl-18151816 meta rnexxielu jakkwista kanuni bil-permess tal Gvernatur Sir Thomas Maitland (1760-1824) sabiex jagħmilhom qniepen ġodda.5 F’ ‘Żernieq il-Maqdes tanNadur’ iddedikata bħala ‘Bukkett qronfol lill-Professur F.S. Sciortino’, il-poeta jibda mill-leġġenda tal-bini talKnisja meta Girgor għabba l-ħmara bil-ġebel u fejn din waqfet, allura nbniet din il-binja u jinfexx f’ħafna tifħir:

Maqdes gwapp ħafna n-Nadur inbena
Nixxiegħa sar tal-ogħla sebħ u faħar;
Ġieħ dan il-maqdes jiktor, le jinfena.

6 Fuq laqta reliġjuża, fil-poeżija ‘Luminaria Magna’, ‘B’tifkira u żżih il-ħajr lill-Artista Piju Cellini’, Vella Haber jeżalta lil San Pietru u San Pawl fil-ġrajjiet ta’ Attila s-Salvaġġ. Kienu huma li ‘ħarġu għalih bil-qilla, / ħanqu lill-għadu bir-rabtiet tal-lġiem.’ Hekk ukoll ‘aħna nirbħu żgur ... il-Kruċjata Mqaddsa ...’ Dan kollu bit-tarka tal-Imnarja, voldieri tażżewġt idwal li huma San Pietru u San Pawl.7

Anke fix-xogħol tiegħu ‘Quddiem San Koronatu Martri. Fit-Tempju Monumentali tan-Nadur,’ Kelinu jinseġ għanja ta’ tifħir lil dan il-bniedem li sa minn żmien ilu n-Nadurin qisuh bħala Kon-Patrun tagħhom flimkien ma’ San Pietru u San Pawl:

Koronatu! Insejħulek
aħna wliedek Nadurin:
iddew ilqa’ l-ħajr sħiħ tagħna;
żommna miegħek magħqudin.

L-osservazzjoni li jagħmel meta jikteb li ‘mhux ta’ b’xejn b’ismek imgħammda / ħafna wlied minn tan-Nadur!’ kienet tapplika b’mod tajjeb għall-1953 meta dehret din il-poeżija ppubblikata, iżda llum iż-żminijiet inbidlu u huma ftit jekk xejn, dawk it-tfal Nadurin li jiġu msemmija għal San Koronatu. Jolqtok ukoll kif Vella Haber jitratta mal-fatt li ma nafu xejn dwar dan il-korp, iżda hu joħroġ b’dan: ‘Aktar m’Int mostur u moħbi, / aktar fostna sirt magħruf ...’ U tassew għaliex f’dawn iż-żminijiet li fih kien qed jikteb San Koronatu kien għad għandu ħafna popolarità fin-Nadur, xi ħaġa li bħal dik tal-ismijiet, illum ixxejnet ukoll.

3 Duminku Camilleri, 200 Sena mit-Twelid ta’ l-E.T. Mons. M. Buttigieg. 100 Sena Arċipretali, Vigilat 5, (Nadur 1993), 94-95. 4 Karm Caruana, In-Nadur u t-Tempju Tiegħu Monumentali, (Nadur 1953), 23.

5 Ibid., 120 6 Ibid., 125 7 Ibid., 133.
Kelinu Vella Haber jingħata ġieħ mill-Akkademja tal-Malti f'għeluq il-mitt sena tiegħu - 2013
Storja, Kultura u Attwalità36

'In-Nadur'
Poezija ta' Patri Mattew Sultana

Jekk f’sidri nħoss nifs qawwi,
Jekk bqajt sal-lum bil-ferħ qalbi trid tfur,
Ngħid li mill-arja, mid-dehriet ta’ seħer
U l-ħlewwa tan-Nadur.

Fejn il-ħolqien jitbissem
Kont nilmaħ qalb dawk l-oqsma, żara’ u ħdura;
Widien, għoljiet, siġar tal-frott fejn tħares;
Kemm xtaqtni ma ġejtx lura!

X’jiem hienja! X’jiem ta’ seħer,
F’raħal sabiħ, f’ġenna tal-art qattajt!
Sirt naf in-nies, tħabbibt, ħabbejt, ħabbewni;
Nies bħalhom, ftit, jekk rajt! Sal-lum bqajt nistħajjilni

Inħoss il-fewġa tonfoħ f’dawk l-ibruħ,
Tmelles fuq wiċċi u fuq uċuh ir-raba’
U nħossha ‘ttini r-ruħ.
U għalkemm minkejja fija

Tlaqt f’qasir żmien u ’l min sirt naf ħallejt,
Ġmiel in-natura mżiegħed f’dawk l-inħawi
U r-raħal qatt ma nsejt.
Għax dawn in-nies dħulija ...

Maqdes San Pietru Pawl, ġmiel kull fejn tmur,
Ħallewni noħlom b’dawk il-jiem mgħoddija
F’dil-‘Ġenna ta’ Nadur’.

Nadur in pictures
By Mario Muscat
https://www.facebook.com/nadur.ghawdex.96

Gnien il Kunsill

Sopu Tower by Alessio Sultana

Chevalier Michael Camilleri Cauchi receives Gieh in-Nadur
23 November, 2019

Members of the Confraternity of the Knights of St. Peter & St. Paul of the Grand Chapter of Malta, during the presentation of Gieh in Nadur to Chevalier Michael Camilleri Cauchi Deputy Chancellor.

Photo from left: Chevalier Adonai Camilleri Cauchi, Dame Marlene Muscat, Chevalier Carmel Saliba, Chevalier Michael Camilleri Cauchi, Chevalier Chancellor Joseph Louis Meilak, Brother Matthias Mercieca and Dame Veronica Camilleri Cauchi.

Message from the Grand Master H.E. Chevalier Peter Paul Portelli

Photo: The Secretary Chevalier Carmel Saliba is reading the message from the Grand Master for the presentation of Gieh in Nadur to Chevalier Deputy Chancellor Michael Camilleri Cauchi.

The Grand Master His Excellency Chevalier Peter Paul Portelli and the Supreme Council of the Confraternity of the Knights of St. Peter & St. Paul is very honoured to have Chevalier Michael Camilleri Cauchi one of its own.

He has been a very dedicated and honourable member of our Confraternity. He is always ready to give advice to help our Confraternity to achieve more.

We are very happy to say that on Tuesday this week, we donated $10,000 to the Royal Women’s Hospital - Newborn Intensive Care Unit. The money was raised from a Fund Raising Lunch we had last month and some donations from individuals and sponsors.

This year we donated others sums of money to the Australian Farmers who were suffering from drought-ravaged part of the State of Victoria and to our missions in Peru.

Our Confraternity is still small but it’s making a big impact to help those in need.

We like to Congratulate Chevalier Michael Camilleri Cauchi, on receiving the honour Gieh in-Nadur 2019.

God bless you.

H.E. Chevalier Peter Paul Portelli
Grand Master
CKSPP

Gozo Channel ship damaged after crashing into pier - MinisterMonday, 25 November 2019,

Gozo Channel is operating with only two ships after one of the ferries was damaged today due to the strong winds and rough seas, Gozo Minister Justyne Caruana told Parliament.
It had already been announced that the MV Nikolaus, which was leased by the company to operate as a fourth vessel, was to undergo repair work that will last till mid-December.
The company was operating with three vessels until this morning when one of the remaining three ships was damaged and needs repair work.

CONFRATERNITY OF THE KNIGHTS OF ST. PETER & ST. PAUL
Melbourne. Australia.
By Chevalier Peter Paul Portelli - Grand Master

On Tuesday 19 November, 2019 the Members of the Supreme Council of the Confraternity of the Knights of St. Peter & St. Paul made a generous donation of $10,000 to the Royal Women's Hospital - Newborn Intensive Care Unit.

Every year more than1,600 babies who are born sick or prematurely are cared for by the specialist NICU team at the Women's.

The money was raised from a Lunch organised by theGrand Chapter of Melbourne on the 13 of October, 2019.

The Supreme Council has agreed to donate money to the Royal Melbourne Children's Hospital at the Good Friday Appeal.

Photo from left: Chevalier Saverio Greto, Dame Gail Vas, Dame Carmela Barbaro, Chevalier Vincenzo Galtieri. H.E. Chevalier Peter Paul Portelli - Grand Master presenting the cheque to Sue Jacobs Deputy Clinical Director - Neonatal Paediatrician, Laura Bignell Chief Midwifery and Nursing Officer, Dame Angela Greto and Dame Mimma Sabatini.

The Most Respected Confraternity of the Knights of St. Peter & St. Paul.
Grand Chapter of Malta.
Address: December 13 Street. Nadur, Gozo.
22 September, 2019

Congratulations to our Members in Malta for doing such a great job in helping the poor in Peru.
Chevalier Peter Paul Portelli
Grand Master
CKSPP

The mission of the Confraternity of the Knights of St. Peter & St. Paul is to help the poor and the sick

HELPING THE POOR IN PERU

Yesterday Bishop Giovanni Cefai a missionary priest in Peru celebrated Mass in the Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul in Nadur.
After the Mass the Confraternity of the Knights of St. Peter and St. Paul donated money to his mission.

Thanks to the Supreme Council of the Confraternity in Melbourne and the Grand Chapter of Nadur for the money.
Thanks also to Mons. Jimmy Xerri Parish Priest of Nadur for his support.

This was the second time that the Confraternity donated money to missions in Peru in the last couple of months.

God bless His Excellency Bishop Giovanni Cefai for his work to help the poor and the sick.

God bless the Confraternity of the Knights of St. Peter and St. Paul.
Chevalier Peter Paul Portelli
Grand Master
CKSPP

Dahlet Qorrot Bay from Sopu Tower in San Blas Nadur, Gozo. Malta.

Nadur Bailica Church from San Blas

Sopu Tower built in 1667 by the Knights of Malta

Sopu Tower is situated on the cliffs between St. Blas and Dahlet Qorrot bays in Nadur.

Black statue of St. Peter on the throne

I saw this statue while visiting the church of St Anselm and St Cecilia Roman Catholic church in Kingsway, Holborn, London.

Just like the one in Rome and Nadur.

CONFRATERNITY OF THE KNIGHTS OF ST. PETER & ST. PAUL
Nadur. Gozo.
A meeting of the Confraternity was held in the Nadur Council Board Room on Monday 24th June where two newly Knights were appointed by Chevalier Peter Paul Portelli Grand Master CKSPP of the Confraternity of the Knights of St Peter and Paul.
These are Chev Joe M. Attard of Rabat Gozo and Chev Joe Meilaq.
Congratulations.
Photos Copyright Carmel Saliba 24.6.19.

After the meeting of the Confraternity of the Knights of St Peter and Paul we attended for the 25th Anniversary Mass of Fr Raymond Portelli at Nadur Basilica.
Donations to Fr Raymond were presented to be used in his mission in Peru.
Congratulations to Fr Raymond.
Photos Copyright Carmel Saliba 24.6.19.

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