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| Our Lady of Loreto New Parish Church This is the second parish church of Ghajnsielem. With the pressure of increase in the population of Ghajnsielem, the Pastor Frangisk Mizzi and a committee decided to build a bigger church. The first stone of this new church was laid on 23rd October 1923 a few hundred yards away from the old one. Work on the building was stopped several times including at the onset of WWI and because of two accidents. Four architects replaced each other as years went by, but at last the building was finally completed with the blessing of the bell tower in June 1979. The church itself had been blessed a year earlier, on 29th August 1978. |
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| The New parish church of Our Lady of Loreto. The different patinas on the stone reveals the stages in time taken in building it. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Our Lady of Loreto Old parish Church The Old Parish Church of Ghajnsielem is situated in Independence Square, right in the centre of the old part of the town. The first stone was laid in 1810 by the Archpriest of Nadur and the building was completed by 1820. As the population of Ghajnsielem grew the church had to be extended and works to enlarge it started in 1867. The church was completely finished in 1877. The building of the old church boasts a titular painting of our Lady of Loreto by the artist Michele Busuttil and no less than four masterpieces by Guiseppe Cali. |
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| Our Lady of Loreto the old parish church | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St.Anthony of Padova Ta Giezu In 1901 a plot of land was donated to the Franciscan Friars Minor to build their own convent and erect a church. The plans for the convent were drawn by Fr.Joseph Diacono. The work commenced immediately and the first part of the convent was completed in 1902. The bishop Mons Giovanni M.Camilleri blessed a temporary chapel. All the construction of the church was paid for by Joseph Sultana a businessman from Nadur. In charge of the building was Mr Wigi Vella who was also responsible for the design. On completion, Bishop Camilleri blessed the church on the 28th of October 1906. Lately the tabernacle was built anew from what used to be the marble and decorations of the pre-Vatican II main altar. In this church there are paintings by Lazzaro Pisani. |
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| St.Anthony of Padova church | The new tabernacle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| St Joseph Chapel in 'Home' of same name. |
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