Kalkara

With people moving to Kalkara the need of a church was soon felt and in 1890 a church dedicated to St. Joseph was built. Kalkara became a parish in 1897 and the parish church was dedicated in 1821. Bombs demolished the church during the last war and a new church was built in a more central position.

St Joseph Parish Church

Dedication date 12 December 1954

Parish Priest

Can Anton Galea Scannura

Parish Office

Misraħ Arċisqof Gonzi,

Kalkara KKR 1511

Office Hours

Tuesdays and Saturdays

10.00 – 11.00 am

Tuesdays and Thursdays

04.30 – 06.00 pm

Telephone

21826438

Fax

21802923

Website

www.kalkaraparish.org

Email

parrocca.kalkara@maltadiocese.org

Parish Population: 3,600

Families: 980

Parish Clergy

• Can Anton Galea Scannura, Parish Priest
• Mgr Paul Raggio
• Rev Spiridione Tabone (Christus Sacerdos Home)

Holy Masses

Sundays and Feast Days: 07.00, 08.30, 10.30 am; 05.30 pm winter; 06.00 pm summer

Saturday Evenings: 06.00 pm winter; 06.30 pm summer

Weekdays: 07.30 am; 06.00 pm winter; 06.30 pm summer

Other Churches

Chapel at Wied Għammieq

The 1837 cholera victims who died in Fort Ricasoli were buried in a cemetery hastily erected at Wied Ghammieq. In 1878 the cemetery was given a facelift and became a centre of devotion for the souls of the faithful departed.

Priest in charge

The Parish Priest

Curator

Mr Emanuel Calleja (Tel: 21690339)

Holy Masses

Sundays and Feastdays: 11.30 am

Chapel of Our Saviour

On the hill between Rinella and Kalkara creeks there was a very old chapel which was destroyed during the Great Siege of 1565. In was rebuilt again in 1651 and served as a parish church when the church of St. Joseph was destroyed by bombs during the last war. At the moment restoration work is being carried out.

St. Barbara’s Church known as St. Liberata’s Church

In 1736 the Capuchins started building a friary and a church on the road leading from Zabbar to Kalkara. The building of the church and friary was completed in 1743 and on the 2nd August of that same year the church was blessed and opened to the public. In 1758 Pope Benedict XIV gave the relics of the martyr St. Liberata to the friars to be venerated in their church. Marriages may be celeebrated in the church.

Dedication date 18 June 1747

Priest in charge

Rev Hayden Williams OFM Cap

Telephone

21825724 – 21800612

Holy Masses

Sundays and Feast Days: 06.00, 07.00, 08.00, 10.00 am

Saturday Evenings: 06.00 pm winter; 06.30 pm summer

Weekdays: 06.45am, 06.00 pm winter; 06.30 pm summer