Open Weekend 2022

On Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th July 2022, the Archbishop’s Curia will be opening its doors to the public again after a three-year interval due to the pandemic.

The public is invited to visit the Curia, also known as Casa Manresa, to view the restoration works, meet the bishops, attend mass, participate in informative talks, and witness the pastoral work of the Church in Malta firsthand.

Saturday 23rd July 2022 from 5pm to 10pm;
Sunday 24th July 2022 from 8:30am to 12:30pm, and from 5pm to 8:30pm.



SATURDAY & SUNDAY

GROUND FLOOR

Manresa Chapel

Sacristy
Forging of a State: The Church‑State relationship in Malta during the Pontificate of Pope Pius XII

Courtyard
Ilkoll Aħwa ‑ Children’s Art Exhibition
Refreshments & Music

Crypt

Media Boardroom
Diocesan Archives

Archbishop’s Boardroom

Chancery
Blessed Ignazio Falzon: A man inflamed by the Joy of the Gospel

FIRST FLOOR

Papal Thrones Exhibition
Cathedra Petri: The Seat of the Servant of the Servants of God

‘The Sacrifice of the Lambs’ series by Joseph Calleja

Terrace

INTERMEDIATE FLOOR

Manresa Chapel Balcony


SATURDAY 23RD JULY EVENING

GROUND FLOOR

Talks in Refectory

17:30 – Forging of a State: The Church‑State relationship in Malta during the Pontificate of Pope Pius XII

18:00 ‑ The paintings on the Refectory walls of Casa Manresa

19:00 ‑ The conservation of the Sacristy ceiling painting &
The conservation of the two tondos: ‘St Francis Xavier greeting St Calcedonius’ and ‘St Francis Xavier’

20:00 ‑ The conservation of Francesco Zahra’s ‘The Missionary Zeal of St Francis Xavier’

FIRST FLOOR

Upper Chapel
18:30
– Vespers
19:00 – Mass

INTERMEDIATE FLOOR

Paper Conservation Lab – 17:00 ‑ 19:45


SUNDAY 24TH JULY

MORNING EVENTS

GROUND FLOOR

Manresa Chapel
09:30 – Mass by Archbishop Charles Scicluna

Talks in Refectory

09:30 ‑ The conservation of the Sacristy ceiling painting

11:00 ‑ One Church, One Journey

11:30 ‑ The restoration of the façade of Casa Manresa

12:00 ‑ Faith and History: The Church, Remembrance and Research

FIRST FLOOR

Upper Chapel
11:00 – Mass by Bishop Joseph Galea‑Curmi

INTERMEDIATE FLOOR

Paper Conservation Lab – 08:30 ‑ 12:30


EVENING EVENTS

GROUND FLOOR

Talks in Refectory

19:00 ‑ The conservation of Mattia Preti’s ‘St John the Baptist’
19:30 ‑ The paintings on the Refectory walls of Casa Manresa

FIRST FLOOR

Upper Chapel
18:30 –
Mass