Gżira

On the 10th July 1902 some drunken sailors started throwing stone at a house near the bridge leading to Manoel island; one of the stones became stuck between the glass and the image of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in a small shrine on the wall of the house. The incident led to the building of a small chapel which came to be known as the chapel of Our Lady of the Stone. In 1921 Gzira became a parish and the people in the area started building a new church to take the place of the chapel. The church is dedicated to Our Lady of Mount Carmel.

Parish Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Dedication date 23 May 1959

Parish Priest

Rev Carmelo Tanti

Parish Office

Domus Curialis,

119, Triq Manoel De Vilhena

Gzira GZR 1016

Office Hours

Wednesdays

09.00 am – 10.30 am

05.00 pm – 06.30 pm

Fridays

09.00 am – 10.30 am

Telephone

21335841

Fax

21332419

E mail

parrocca.gzira@maltadiocese.org

Parish Population: 7,000

Families: 2,600

Parish Clergy

• Rev Carmelo Tanti, Parish Priest
• Mgr. Lawrence Cachia
• Rev John Muscat
• Pev Renato Valente O.Carm.

Holy Masses

Sundays and Feast Days: 07.00, 08.15, 09.30, 11.00am; 06.00 pm (winter); 06.30 pm (summer)

Saturday Evenings: 05.00 pm; 06.30 pm

Weekdays: 06.45, 07.30, 08.30am ; 06.00 pm (winter); 06.30 pm (summer)

Other Churches

Stella Maris College Chapel

The school which the Christian Brothers had opened in Villa Schinas in 1904, was transferred to the new school which they built in 1938. Twenty years later the College chapel was opened to the people residing in the College area. Marriages may be celebrated in it.

Brother in charge

Br Dominic Rosso FSC

Holy Masses

Sundays and Feast Days: 07.30 am; 09.30 am

Saturdays: 06.30 pm winter;

Church of the Redeemer

The church was built by a certain Albert Grixti without the approval of the ecclesiastical authorities; permission was given to open the church when it was handed to the Augustinian Sisters who had opened a school in the vicinity. Today the church is taken care of by the parish.