Feasts and Celebrations

Valletta is a city renowned for its grand celebrations: they run the whole gamut from football to politics, from carnival to the feast of a particular saint!!   The parishioners of St. Dominic’s know how to involve themselves in them all!

Here, we are obviously interested in the celebrations held in church.   As a matter of fact, the calendar is strewn with celebrations of all types and degrees, culminating in the feast of St Dominic celebrated on the 4^th of August, when this date falls on a Sunday, or, if not, on the Sunday preceding it.

Besides this feast, other feasts celebrated by the Universal Church, such as Christmas and Easter, and other celebrations common to all parishes, such as First Holy Communion and Confirmation, these are the celebrations held particularly in our church:

January

• 3^rd  - Feast of the Holy Name

• 2^nd Friday - Day of Adoration

• 28^th- St Thomas Aquinas

April

• St Vincent Ferrer (First Saturday after Easter)

• 29^th - St Catherine of Siena

• 30^th – St Pius V – Founder of the Parish

May

• 8^th  - Our Lady of Pompei

• 9^th – Blessed George Preca (baptized in St Dominic’s Church)

• 24^th – Feast of the Translation of the Relics of St Dominic

• 31^st – The Visitation (titular feast of the Parish)

June

• Corpus Christi

• The Sacred Heart of Jesus

July

• 1^st – Blessed Ignatius Falzon (baptized in St Dominic’s Church)

September

• 15^th – Our Lady of Sorrows

October

• First Saturday – Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary

• 15^th – Feast of the Dedication of the Church

• Third Sunday – Pilgrimage to our Lady of the Grotto in Rabat

• 31^th – Celebration to mark the end of the month dedicated to the Rosary.

November

• 3^rd – St Martin de Porres

• 15^th – St Albert the Great

During the month, each parish group celebrates a Mass for the repose of its dead.

A few of these feasts are preceded with a Sacred Triduum.

• Celebration of Masses

Every day, from Monday to Saturday, Masses are celebrated according to the following schedule:

Mornings: 7.00; 8.00; 9.00

Evenings: 6.15 p.m.

On Sundays, Masses are celebrated according to the following schedule:

Mornings: 7.00; 8.00; 9.00; 10.00; 11.30

Evenings:  5.15

Holy Rosary is recited daily 20 minutes before the Evening Mass, and on weekdays, before the 9.00 a.m. Mass as well.