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| St.Lucy. In the past, Mtarfa formed part of the parish of St Paul of Rabat. In 2000 Archbishop Mercieca made it an Autonomous Pastoral Zone. In 2004, the same Archbishop declared Mtarfa a Parish and the Pastoral Centre became the Parish Church of St Lucy. |
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| St.Lucy Mtarfa Parish is dedicated to this Saint. This chapel was built in the year 1500, by members of the family Darmanin from Birgu. Bishop Dusina visited the chapel in the year 1575. It is situated on 'Wied il-Qlejgha' of which one has a good view from the parvis of the chapel. |
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| Chapel of St.Lucy | ||||||||||||||||||||
| St.Oswald Mtarfa Barracks was taken over as a hospital during WWI. Until 1921 a barrack room served as a permanent Chapel for personnel stationed there. At the end of WWI a large Military Hospital was built necessitating a larger and proper church. St.Oswald's Garrison Church was designed and built by the Royal Engineers to seat 130 worshippers. The dedication service took place on 12th March 1921. Since its opening the church was improved with marble steps to the chancel, the sanctuary and the altar. The British Forces left Malta in March 1979, and Mtarfa barracks were adapted for housing and expanded with new buildings for Maltese families. For several years the church of Sta.Lucia served the pastoral needs of the people residing at Mtarfa but with the increase in population it became too small. St.Oswald was re-opened for the local residents and blessed as a Roman Catholic Church. The dedication was kept. Marriages may be held here. |
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| Church of St.Oswald | ||||||||||||||||||||
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