Qormi

St.George Parish Church

Qormi was one of the ten parishes which were already in place in 1436. A small Annunciation church near the old parish church, already in existence in 1575, was dismantled before 1588. Its site was incorporated in the building of the new parish church, and substituted by a side altar in the new church. Even the stones were incorporated in the new structure. The present church is the third one built on the spot. It was built in 1585 and enlarged to cruciform shape with the dome added in 1684. Its dedication date is the 6th May 1731.

Annunciation

This small Annunciation church a few feet away from a St.Andrew’s church was already mentioned in Mons. Dusina's 1575 report. It was in a dilapidated state a few years afterwards namely in 1588. In 1615, the people of Qormi offered to rebuild it but till 1621 it was still a total ruin. Leonardo Galdes rebuilt this church and bequeathed an endowment for its feast stipulated as in the records of Notary Gio Francesco Zammit on the 3rd December 1647. The patrons of the church of St.Francis de Paul which had been built on the site previously occupied by the church of St.Andrew, caused serious trouble when the Annunciation church was demolished in 1759. They were reluctant to have a new one built there. It was finally rebuilt in 1798. Nowadays it is not in use.

Assumption

The parish priest of Qormi used to take care of an Assumption church, which in 1575 was near his own residence. In 1634, orders were given prohibiting all form of worship in this church.

Assumption

Another Assumption church stood in the vicinity of a Nativity of Our Lady church. Giorgio Ciantar in 1575 was duty bound to provide for the celebration of its feast. When in 1656 it was closed to public worship, an altar was erected in the Nativity of Our Lady church as a substitute.

Assumption tal-Blat

This church, mentioned by Mgr.Dusina in 1575, was in a sorry state in 1601, but was rebuilt in 1644. Nowadays it is used for catechetical instruction.

Assumption tal-Imriehel

The only mention regarding this old church in the 1575 records resulted from a reference to an ecclesiastical living whose rector at that time was Don Leonardo Abel. It is not included anywhere else in the records of Pastoral Visits.

Assumption tal-Hlas

From time immemorial in the area there was a church which was always a centre of popular devotion. It lies on the border with Zebbug and for a time its location was disputed as either being in Zebbug or Qormi territory. The original church (now turned into a sacristy) was built around 1500. In 1560 a new church was built, but the 1693 earthquake destroyed it. The Treasurer of the Order of St. John, Fra Christopher Mangodoin paid for the building of the present church right after the earthquake. The unusual twin porticoed loggias on either side were added in 1699 to provide shelter for pilgrims.

Assumption Ta' Qrejca

Already standing in 1575, the present chapel was raised by Baron G.Cassia in 1650. Formerly the popular pilgrimage to the seven churches dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary ended at this church. It was in a sorry state and in danger of collapsing until 2009 when it was restored.

Assumption Ta' Staino

Don Pietro Cassia decided to build a chapel in the cemetery of the parish church during the last decades of the 16th century. It was commonly known as 'Ta' Staino'. In 1656, like many other small churches, it was closed to public worship. The chapel whose remarkable feature is an ornate ceiling. The palace was lately scheduled as a Heritage building by the authorities.

Chapel

This chapel can be found in the Madre Margherita old age home run by nuns of the same order name.

Epiphany

The chapel was opened by Archpriest G. Frendo in 1973 for the benefit of the faithful residing in the neighbourhood.

Holy Family

This chapel was opened in 2001 by Archpriest F.Abdilla.

Holy Rosary

This is the chapel of the Augustinian Sisters in St.Bartholomew Street.

Jesus of Nazareth

A chapel of this dedication can be reached through the sacristy door which lies at the side of the old St Sebastian church.

Nativity of Our Lady tal-Vitorja

This church is mentioned in Mgr.Dusina's report of 1575 as being dedicated to the Nativity of Our Lady, but from 1588 the church became commonly known as Our Lady of Victory. For a long number of years it remained closed because of its ruinous condition but was rebuilt in 1686.

Our Lady of Consolation Tac-Cintura

A group of the same name opened this small chapel in a vaulted basement near the Nativity of Our Lady (Vitorja) church.

Our Lady of Perpetual Help

Opened in 1910 for the spiritual needs of the people of the locality, nowadays it is not in use.

Our Lady of Sorrows

The Chapel of the female section of the M.U.S.E.U.M. serves the spiritual needs of the people in the area.

St.Catherine

This church was built in the beginning of the 16th century facing West, the present edifice erected from monies left by Agostino Bonavia is from 1678 and faces East.

St.Francis de Paul.

St.Francis de Paule was built around 1707 by F.Casha and his son and left as benefice for the family. It was rebuilt on the plan of Indri Psaila in the late 19th century. There is the date 1887 on the rim of the dome. During WWII it served as a food store. Nowadays it is not open to the public and is only used by the owners.

St.George.

A small Chapel in the Band Club premises of the same name.

St.Michael

According to the Inquisitor Dusina's report of the 1570's, there used to exist, quite near to the Parish Church of St George, a small church of St.Michael close to another one of the Annunciation.

St.Peter

The first chapel on this site was built in the 15th century. It was in a bad state when Mons.Dusina visited in 1575. Father Pietru Casha raised the present building in 1656. Nowadays it is in regular use for Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.

St.Sebastian Parish Church

With the old church of St.Sebastian not coping with the population growth in the locality, a larger church was built not very far away. It was dedicated on the 19th Jan 1986.

St.Sebastian Old Parish Church

In 1880 a small church dedicated to this saint was built not far from a statue of the saint which had been erected as an act of thanksgiving after the 1813 plague. The church became a subsidiary parish church in 1918, and a parish church in 1936. Inside one can find a painting by Lazzaro Pisani.

The Good Shepherd

This chapel was opened in the late 1990's for the benefit of the people living in a new housing estate.