Our Lady Of Lourdes - Il-Mgarr, Gozo, Malta - Roman Catholic Churches on Waymarking.com

The rock promontory that the church stands on was said to resemble the formation of that at Lourdes.

A statue of the Virgin Mary of Lourdes sculpted by Antonio Busuttil was placed in a natural cavity beneath the promontory in 1879. On 3rd June 1888, it was blessed by Bishop Pietro Pace who urged devotees to help him raise a chapel. The foundation stone was laid just one week later and the chapel opened in summer 1893. It was consecrated in 1949.

Designed by Emmanuel Galizia and built by stonemason Wigi Vella of Zebbug, the chapel has a Gothic style with a steeply pitched roof, lance windows and a series of buttresses topped with pinnacles. A circular rose window adorns the gable over the main door while, at the other end, a square tower is topped by a tall, slender spire. The tower has a set of five bells and at its top, immediately under the spire, there are four clock faces.

Inside, the chapel has a ribbed Gothic vaulted roof and is dominated by a statue of the Virgin Mary of Lourdes. This statue was sculpted by Carlo Darmanin and donated by Karolina Mamo-Bruno in 1893.

The feast is celebrated on the 11th February, the date of the first apparition of Lourdes. Throughout the feast many people from all over the island flock to the chapel to hear mass and pray.

Times of service

Summer

DAY	TIME / LANGUAGE
Saturday	6:00pm Maltese
Sunday	8:30am Maltese	11:00am   Italian	6:00pm Maltese
Feast Days	8:30am Maltese	11:00am Italian	6:00pm Maltese

Winter

DAY	TIME / LANGUAGE
Saturday	5:00pm Maltese
Sunday	8:30am Maltese	11:00am   Italian	5:00pm Maltese
Feast Days	8:30am Maltese	11:00am Italian	5:00pm Maltese

Type of Church: Chapel Status of Building: Actively in use for worship Date of building construction: 06/01/1893 Dominant Architectural Style: Gothic Associated Shrines, Art, etc.: Statues of Virgin Mary of Lourdes below and inside the church Archdiocese: Malta Diocese: Gozo Address/Location: Madonna ta' Lourdes Triq Ix-Xatt Mgarr, Gozo Malta Relvant Web Site: [Web Link] Date of organization: Not listed

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