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| St.Joseph Parish Church With people moving to Kalkara in the mid 19th century, the need of a church was soon felt and in 1890 a church dedicated to St.Joseph was built. Kalkara became a parish eight years later and the parish church was dedicated in 1821. Enemy bombing demolished the church during WWII and a new church was built in a more central position. Dedication date: 12th Dec. 1954. |
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| What was left after bombing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inside the old church 1920's | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St,Joseph parish church as it stands nowadays | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Our Lady of Good Counsel A new Roman Catholic Chapel at Bighi Royal Naval Hospital was opened at the end of 1953 by Monsignor Emanuel Galea, Vicar General assisted by Father A. Borg O.E.S.A the Roman Catholic Chaplain at Bighi. Before, the space used to be a wardroom annex. |
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| Our Lady of Good Counsel Bighi Hospital | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Our Saviour On the hill between Rinella and Kalkara creeks there was a very old chapel built in 1418 dedicated to Our Lord the Saviour. It was demolished by Grand Master La Vallette in 1565 for reason of security because of the frequently invading Turks. The existing chapel was rebuilt by Prior Fra Giovanni Bighi on designs of Lorenzo Gafa' in 1651. It served as a parish church when the church of St.Joseph was destroyed by bombs during WWII. In March 2009 restoration work was finished on the extremely deteriorated stone structure with some original limestone flooring being kept. Pictures of Church and Effigy of Prior Bighi. |
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| Prior Bighi's Effigy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Our Saviour church being restored | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sta.Barbara This church is more commonly known as Sta.Liberata. 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. The convent and the bell tower suffered damage during WWII, but were re-built soon afterwards. Marriages may be celebrated in the church. Dedication date: 18th June 1747 |
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| Sta.Barbara church and convent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St.Nicholas Bishop Built in fort Ricasoli in 1670 by Comm. John Francis Ricasoli for whom the fort was named, this chapel has a titular picture done by Mattia Preti commissioned by Grandmaster Cotoner. This chapel used to serve the Corps working in the fort. It has been recently restored. |
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| St.Nicholas church in fort Ricasoli | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St.Luke Anglican Chapel The St.Luke's Anglican Chapel was closed down when the Royal Navy Hospital at Bighi was transferred to Mtarfa. Bighi Hospital was handed over to the Malta Government in September 1970, and the painting by Giuseppe Cali of 'The Good Shepherd' from this church was donated by Surgeon Captain C.L.T. McClintock to the Parish Priest of Kalkara, Fr. Giuseppe Vella. It is now hangs on the left hand wall of the Parish Church of St. Joseph. This painting dates from 1911. |
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