Friaries and Communities Għajnsielem, Gozo

St Anthony of Padua Friary, Għajnsielem

The Gozo house and the Province’s formation house for the temporary professed.

Opening hours, Mass and prayers

Mass times

Weekdays
  • Summer06:00, 06:30, 19:00
  • Winter06:00, 06:30, 18:00
Saturday
  • Summer06:00, 06:30, 19:00
  • Winter06:00, 06:30, 18:00
Sundays and Holy Days
  • Summer06:00, 08:00, 11:00 (for children), 18:30
  • Winter06:00, 08:00, 11:00 (for children), 17:30

Church opening hours

Summer

05:00–07:30 18:00–19:30

Winter

05:00–07:30 17:00–18:30

Prayers open to the public

  • Lauds Monday to Saturday 07:00
  • Vespers Saturday — 18:40 summer, 17:40 winter
  • Rosary Monday to Friday — 18:30 summer, 17:30 winter
  • Eucharistic Adoration Friday — 17:30 summer, 18:30 winter
  • Healing Mass last Friday of the month
  • Bible sharing Monday, October to July, after the evening Mass
  • Advent and Lent Vespers before the evening Mass, Monday to Saturday

Confessions

  • Before Masses

The community

5 friars live at this house.

  • Br. Joseph Debono OFM SacristanSacristan
  • Fr. Charles Diacono OFM Pastoral WorkPastoral Work
  • Fr. Andro Fernandez OFM VicarMaster of Temporary Professed, President of Coetus Formatorum, Chaplain for the Filipino Community in Gozo, Pastoral Work
  • Fr. Marcello Ghirlando OFM GuardianBursar, Secretary for Formation and Studies, Vice Master Temporary Professed, Member Coetus Formatorum, Rector, Episcopal Conference Delegate Commission for Satanism and Occult, Gozo Diocese Delegate for Religious, Lecturer of Sacred Scripture at the Faculty of Theology and at the Gozo Seminary
  • Fr. Gabriel Micallef OFM Resident at Dar San LawrenzResident at Dar San Lawrenz

The other friaries

Five more houses in Malta and Gozo.

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