Il-Balluta

At Balluta Bay, in St. Julians, since 1859 there was a church dedicated to Our Lady of Mount Carmel, built by the Confraternity of Our Lady of Mount Carmel of Valletta; the church was rebuilt in 1877 and given to the Carmelite friars who rebuilt it in 1900. In 1958 it was rebuilt again and in 1974 it became the parish church of the locality.

Parish Population: 5,000

Families: 1,500

Dedication date: 12 December 1984

Rev. Renald Lofreda O.Carm

Carmelite Friars,

Tower Road, Sliema,

SLM 1600

Mondays: 5.30 – 6.30 pm

Wednesdays: 4.30 – 6.00 pm

Fridays: 4.30 – 5.30 pm

Office 21337573

Mobile 7986 8412

www.ballutaparish.org

parrocca.balluta@maltadiocese.org

Madonna tal-Karmnu Balluta

Rev. Renald Lofreda O.Carm, Parish Priest

Rev. Charles Mallia, Prior

Rev. Victor Enriquez

Rev. Leonard Mahoney

Rev. Alfred V. Mercieca

Rev. Guido Micallef

Rev. Robert Farrugia

Rev. Hermann Duncan

Rev. Victor Paul Farrugia

Bro. Lawrence Mercieca

Bro. Michael Rapinett

Sundays and Feast Days: 6 00, 7.00, 8.00, 9.00, 10.00, 12.00 , 6.30 pm

11.00 am (in English)

Saturday Evenings: 6.30 pm

Weekdays: 6.00,  7.00, 7.45, 9.30 am; 6.30 pm

The church was formerly the chapel of St Ignatius which the English Jesuits had opened in 1877. The chapel was opened to the public in 1881, but remained closed for a certain period of time and during the last war it served as a store. It was reopened for worship in 1949.

The convent which the Blue Sisters had near the Zammit Clapp Hospital became a residence for elderly people when the sisters had to leave the island.

Rev. Guido Micallef O.Carm.

Sundays and Feast Days: 9.00 am, 11.00 am (in English)

Saturday Evenings: 4.00 pm; 6.30 pm (in English)

Mondays to Fridays: 9.00 am

About fifty years ago the friars of the Sacro Cuor parish, Sliema, opened a house in Rose Street for the teaching of Christian doctrine. For twenty-one years Fr Marianus Vella taught and said Mass in the house. Between 1993 and 1994 Fr Bernard Bartolo O.F.M. demolished the old house and in its place built a new chapel and a pastoral centre, which he dedicated to Jesus our friend. At present this area of Sliema forms part of Balluta parish, but the chapel and centre are still run by the Franciscan friars. Today Rose Street has had its name changed to Fr Marianus Vella Street.

Rev. Eddie Pace OFM

Telephone: 21313353

Sundays and Feast Days: 8.00 am

Saturday Evenings: 6.00 pm

Mondays to Fridays: 6.00 pm

Tower Road, Sliema

Summer: 6.30 am – 10.00pm

Winter: 6.30 am – 9.00pm