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Ash Wednesday Mass

February 28 2020

Various Members and volunteers of the Maltese Association of the Order of Malta led by Vice President Major Ray Miller responded to the traditional invitation extended to them by Archpriest Canon Karm Busuttil and the Collegiate Chapter of St. Lawrence Collegiate Church in Birgu to join in the liturgical celebration of Ash Wednesday, marking the commencement of Lent.

This year the event started with a procession with the statue of Christ the Redeemer, from the Monastery of Santa Scolastica to St Lawrence Conventual Church, through various streets in Birgu.

The homily was followed by the administration of ashes, symbolising the dust from which God made us, accompanied by the humbling yet encouraging words “Repent and believe in the Good News” .

In keeping with the Lenten spirit of fasting, a traditional black coffee was served in the Sacristy to the Members and Volunteers in attendance.