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Paġna Uffiċjali tal-Parroċċa tal-Katidral tal-Assunta, Għawdex
http://www.gozocathedral.mt/ These were concluded by 1687. On 28 October, the French surrendered.
On 30 December 1680, Pope Innocent xi appointed Dun Karlu Magri as Archpriest of the Matrice. One of the church’s most eminent archpriests, he soon got the bishop’s approval for the building of a new church. He set aside a special fund for the purpose, began acquiring property adjoining the new church, and engaged Lorenzo Gafà, the best architect at that time, to carry out the preliminary studies. On 11 January 1693, the old church was irretrievably damaged by a severe earthquake and this hastened the project. Magri died later that same year and his successor, Dun Nikol Natal Cassia-Magri wholeheartedly proceeded with the project. On 21 September 1697, in an elaborate ceremony, he laid the foundation stone of the present Cathedral. It was at this time that the base of the Roman temple that previously rose on the site was discovered. The orientation of the new church was in line with that of the previous one. The apse faced due east, the Orient and Jerusalem — which in Biblical imagery stands for the heavenly Jerusalem — and the principal entrance due west. So universally was this orientation carried out in ancient times, that the Gospel side came to be known as the North side, where the men assembled, and the Epistle side as the South side, where the women assembled. This strict rule was generally observed from the eleventh century up to the Renaissance, when the observance was more or less abandoned. This orientation attests to the antiquity of the former church. Gafà had prepared a scale model of the new building, which allowed work to continue uninterrupted after his death early in 1703. The new church was officially inaugurated on the eve of the Assumption, 14 August 1711. It was dedicated by Bishop Giacomo Cañaves in a solemn, twenty-four-hour-long ceremony on 11 October 1716. Archpriest Cassia-Magri and his successors proceeded to enhance and embellish the church with works of art. On 10 June 1798, General Bonaparte ousted the Knights from Malta, but in September the Maltese rose against the French. The Gozitan uprising was led by the Archpriest of the Matrice Saverio Cassar, who succeeded in incarcerating all the French troops on the island within the Citadel walls. For nearly two years Gozo became an independent country known as La Nazione Gozitana. This came to an end on 5 September 1800, when British rule (1800–1964) was ushered in. On 16 September 1864, Pope Pius ix established the diocese of Gozo and Comino. The Matrice was declared the Cathedral of the new diocese. A cathedral church is one that is presided over by a bishop and in which the bishop has its cathedra or throne. The faithful of the diocese regard the church as the Mother of all churches in the diocese. The cathedral is served by a chapter or body of canons whose duty it is to chant the Divine Office daily in choir. The present Cathedral Chapter is made up of eighteen canons who have the title of Monsignors. Gozo and its Cathedral has had eight bishops since 1864.
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01/10/2026
L-EWWEL ĠIMGĦA TAX-XAHAR FIL-PARROĊĊA TAL-KATIDRAL
IL-ĠIMGĦA, 2 TA' OTTUBRU 2026
01/10/2026
OTTUBRU - ix-xahar iddedikat għat-talba tar-rużarju mqaddes.
Tajjeb li matul dan ix-xahar nitolbu fil-familji tagħna din it-talba tant għażiża għall-Madonna u li tpoġġina dejjem taħt il-ħarsien tagħha. Għalhekk, nhar il-Ħadd li ġej, ilkoll imħeġġa nieħdu sehem fil-quddiesa tal-5pm u wara nimxu wara l-vara tal-Madonna tar-Rużarju u nitolbu flimkien bħala komunità din it-talba.
Ritratt: il-vara tal-Madonna tar-Rużarju. R-ras l-idejn u s-saqajn tal-Madonna kif ukoll il-bambin jingħad li huma xogħol fl-injam ta' Melchiorre Gafà waqt li l-libsa hija tal-kartapesta xogħol ta' Wistin Camilleri.
01/10/2026
OTTUBRU 2026
30/09/2026
Avviż tal-funeral ta' Anthony Vella.
BOOKING GĦAT-TRASPORT TAT-TFAL TAL-KATEKIŻMU
Sal-lum l-Erbgħa, 30 ta' Settembru tistgħu tibbukkjaw lil uliedkom fl-Uffiċċju Parrokkjali. Il-minibus tibda tiġbor lit-tfal mid-djar fil-5:10pm. Min għandu bżonn it-trasport wara l-katekiżmu IMPORTANTI tindikaw jekk hux fis-6:30pm, dritt wara l-katekiżmu, jew fis-7:00pm wara l-quddiesa.
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29/09/2026
FESTA TAL-ARKANĠLI MQADDSA MIKIEL, GABRIJEL U RAFEL
"Kull meta tinqala’ xi ħaġa li titlob qawwa tal-għaġeb, dejjem Mikiel jintbagħat, biex l-istess isem u għemil iġagħalna nifhmu li ħadd ma jista’ jagħmel dak li Alla jagħmlu b’mod aqwa. L-għadu antik, li tkabbar u ried isir daqs Alla, qal: 'Nitla’ fis-sema. Inqiegħed it-tron tiegħi ’l fuq mill-kwiekeb, u nkun bħal Alla l-Għoli'; imma bil-qawwa kollha li għandu, fl-aħħar tad-dinja, meta jkun wasal għall-kastig ta’ dejjem, se jkun l-arkanġlu Mikiel li jqum biex jitqabad miegħu, kif jgħid Ġwanni: 'Qamet gwerra, u l-arkanġlu Mikiel tqabad.'
U għand Marija wkoll, Alla bagħat lil Gabrijel, li jfisser 'Qawwa ta’ Alla': għax hu ġie jħabbar lil dak li għoġbu jiġi fostna umli ħalli jxejjen lis-setgħat qawwija tal-ajru. Mela dak li kien ġej bħala l-Mulej tal-eżerċti, qawwi fit-taqbida, kellu jitħabbar mill-Qawwa ta’ Alla.
U fl-aħħar nett Rafel li, kif għedna, ifisser 'Duwa ta’ Alla'; għax meta mess għajnejn Tobija bħal wieħed li kellu l-missjoni biex ifejqu, neħħielu d-dlamijiet tal-għama minn għajnejh. Mela kien jixraq li, dak li ġie mibgħut biex ifejjaq, jissejjaħ 'Duwa ta’ Alla'”. (San Girgor il-Kbir, Papa)
Ritratti: L-Arkanġli Mqaddsa Mikiel u Gabrijel f'riġlejn l-istatwa titulari ta' Santa Marija, waqt il-mument tat-Tlugħ glorjuż tagħha fis-sema bir-ruħ u l-ġisem.
BOOKING GĦAT-TRASPORT TAT-TFAL TAL-KATEKIŻMU
Sa nhar l-Erbgħa, 30 ta' Settembru tistgħu tibbukkjaw lil uliedkom fl-Uffiċċju Parrokkjali. Il-minibus tibda tiġbor lit-tfal mid-djar fil-5:10pm. Min għandu bżonn it-trasport wara l-katekiżmu IMPORTANTI tindikaw jekk hux fis-6:30pm, dritt wara l-katekiżmu, jew fis-7:00pm wara l-quddiesa.
27/09/2026
Fil-quddiesa tal-10am tal-Ħadd, 27 ta' Settembru sar it-tberik tat-tfal u l-basktijiet tal-iskola lejlet sena skolastika ġdida hekk kif din il-ġimgħa jidħlu lura t-tfal u l-edukaturi l-iskola.
Prosit tassew lit-tfal u l-familjari tagħhom li akkumpanjawhom partikularment ġenituri u nanniet għal din il-quddiesa speċjali fejn tlabna magħhom u għalihom.
Nawguraw lil kull min qed jibda sena skolastika ġdida mill-isbaħ mimlija tagħlim, għerf u anki ħbiberija!
27/09/2026
FESTA TAL-MADONNA TAR-RUŻARJU 2026
NHAR IL-ĦADD LI ĠEJ, 4 TA' OTTUBRU 2026
5pm Quddiesa Solenni.
6pm Purċissjoni bit-talba tar-Rużarju Mqaddes.
7:30pm L-aħħar quddiesa tal-ġurnata.
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