Mosta

Although Mgr. Dusina in the report of his Pastoral visit in 1575 states that Mosta was a parish, in actual fact Mosta became a parish in 1608, and the parishioners immediately started building a new church on the plans drawn by Tommaso Dingli. The present church is based on the plans of George Grognet de Vasse.

Parish Population: 19,000

Families: 6,300

Parish Church of the Assumption

Dedication date: 15 October, 1871.

Archpriest

Rev Albert Buhagiar

Parish Office

15 Church Street,

Mosta MST 2015

Office Hours

Mondays and Wednesdays

9.00 – 11.00 am, 4.30 – 6.00 pm;

Fridays

4.30 – 6.00 pm;

Saturdays

9.00 am – 11.00 am

E mail

parrocca.mosta@maltadiocese.org

Telephone

21 43 38 26

Fax

21 41 83 68

Parish Clergy

• Rev Albert Buhagiar, Archpriest,
• Rev Blake Camileri
  
• Mgr Mario Camilleri,
• Rev Raphael Demartino,
• Rev Roy Galdes
• Mgr Angelo Grech,
• Rev John Sammut,
• Rev Paul Sciberras,
• Rev Edgar Vella
• Rev Willie Vella
• Rev Vince Fenech
• Rev Brendan Gatt
• Rev Jimmy Bonnici
  

Other priests residents in the parish

• Mgr Joseph Carabott,
• Rev David Muscat
• Rev Emmanuel Camilleri
  

Holy Masses

Sundays and Feast Days: 6.00, 7.00, 8.00, 9.00. 10.00, 11.00 a.m.; 5.30 p.m.

Saturday Evening 5.00p.m.- 6.30 p.m.

Weekdays: 6.00, 6.30, 7.00, 7.45, 8.30 a.m.; 6.30 p.m.

Pastoral Zones (erected through a decree on 17 October 1988)

• Bidnija

The church at Bidnija was built in 1920 and dedicated to the Holy Family; in 1991 it became a centre for pastoral activities.

Priest in charge

Rev Raphael Demartino

Families: 64

Holy Masses

Sundays and Feast Days: 11.00 a.m.

Weekdays: 6.00 p.m. (winter); 6.30 p.m. (summer)

• Ta’ Mlit

The chapel is dedicated to Mary Mother of the Church; it was blessed on the 30th October 1998.

Priest in charge

Rev. Brendan Gatt

Families: 700

Holy Masses

Sundays and Feast Days: 9.00 a.m.

Saturday Evenings: 6.00 p.m.

Weekdays: 6.00 p.m.

• Saint Andrew

The centre was opened in 1991.

Priest in charge

Rev Vincent Fenech

Families: 400

Holy Masses

Sundays and Feast Days: 8.00 a.m.

Weekdays: 6.00 p.m.

• Saint Margaret

The provisional chapel for the pastoral zone is dedicated to Christ the Redeemer and is situated in Triq il-Midbaħ.

Priest in charge

Rev Wille Vella

Families: 650

Holy Masses

Sundays and Feastdays: 9.00 am

Weekdays: 6.30 pm

Other Churches

Church of St. Anthony the Abbot

The church was built in 1657 on the site of an earlier church built in 1575.

Holy Masses

Sundays and Feast Days: 7.30 a.m.

Church of St. Sylvester

The church was built in 1657; today devotions in honour of Our Lady of Lourdes are held on the days of the apparitions; marriages may be celebrated in the church.

Holy Masses

Sundays and Feast Days: 7.30 a.m.

Church of St. Leonard

The church was built in 1659 on the site of an older church which existed at the time of Mgr Dusina’s pastoral visit in 1575. Devotions in honour of Our Lady of Pompei are held in it, especially on the 8th May.

Priest in charge

Archpriest

Immaculate Conception church

The church was built in 1659. It was rebuilt in 1965 after it had been demolished by bombs during the War.

Church of the Visitation

The church was built in 1610, but was rebuilt after its destruction by bombs during the last war.

Priest in charge

Archpriest

Holy Mass

Sundays: 08.30 am.

St. Margaret’s Church

This is a very old church and near it is the cemetery where the victims of the 1592 plague are buried.

Priest in charge

Archpriest

Church of Our Lady of Hope

The church is built over a cave where according to tradition a young girl from Burmarrad took refuge to avoid falling into the hands of Moslem pirates.

Priest in charge

Rev Edgar Vella

Holy Masses

Sundays: 8.30 a.m.

Church of St. Paul the first hermit

The church is situated in Wied il-Għasel. Two feasts, one of Saint Paul the Hermit and another of Our Lady of Grace, are celebrated.

Church of St. Andrew

This is a small church which has always been considered as forming part of Mosta parish.

St Monica’s Chapel

The Augustinian Sisters opened a residence in Mosta in 1929 and then built a large institute in 1952. The chapel of the institute is open to the public.

Holy Masses

Sundays and Feast Days: 7.00, 8.30 a.m.

Saturdays: 6.30 a.m.; 6.30 p.m.

Weekdays: 6.30 a.m.

Chapel of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

The Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart opened their “Pax et Bonum” Home in Mosta in 1961 as a residence for elderly people.

Holy Masses

Sundays and Feast Days: 6.30, 9.30 a.m.

Weekdays: 6.30, 9.00 a.m.