IS‑SEBGĦIN ANNIVERSARJU TAL‑KONSAGRAZZJONI TAL‑KAPPELLA

Fil‑31 ta’ Mejju tal‑1955, l‑Arċisqof Gonzi kkonsagra l‑kappella l‑ġdida tal‑Kulleġġ Mater Admirabilis (illum is‑Seminarju), li kien inawgurat fl‑4 ta’ Mejju tal‑1954 għat‑taħriġ tal‑għalliema tfajliet. Fil‑kappella temporanja f’sala tal‑Kulleġġ, lejliet il‑konsagrazzjoni kien hemm esposti għal‑venerazzjoni r‑relikwi ta’ San Severino (c. 410‑482) u San Desideratus (‑550). Dawn tpoġġew fuq artal imħejji apposta u mżejjen b’sitt xemgħat u erba’ vażuni bil‑qronfol u ward aħmar. L‑Arċisqof, is‑segretarju tiegħu, u ċ‑ċerimonier tal‑Katidral tal‑Imdina ġew għat‑tberik u għas‑siġġillar tar‑relikwi li l‑għada tpoġġew fl‑artal…

60 Years On…

Sixty years have passed since the first student teachers entered the gate of Mater Admirabilis Training College at Tal-Virtù.  However, this was but the new accomodation of the college, which opened its doors to the first group of 25 students on October 20, 1944 – feast of Mater Admirablis – at very cramped quarters in the convent/school at St. Julian’s.  The initial ten-week course gradually developed into a two-year residential one, and a new college was built at Tal-Virtù. …