Santa Venera

Sta.Venera Parish Church

The old church of Sta.Venera was given to the Carmelite friars in 1912, and six years later it became a parish church. Because of the rapid increase of population in the locality the friars decided to build a new church on the main road to Mdina. In the 1970‘s the basement was ready and being used as a regular church but the actual foundation stone of the church itself was laid on the 6th October 1990, and the new church is now the parish church of the locality. In the Parish Centre (basement of the church), there is also a Perpetual Adoration Chapel. 

Sta.Venera old Church

The first church was built in 1473 enlarged in 1500 and rebuilt between 1658 and 1688. The present building, which is still in use, is from the 1800's and has some Giuseppe Cali paintings. It abuts a Carmelite friary and college for boys. 

Adoration Chapel Chateau Lonz

As one enters this building, in a small vaulted basement, one can nowadays spend some time in adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in this chapel. 

Chapel

This chapel in Canon Bonnici Institute is from the early 20th century.

Chapel Chateau Lonz

This is a building willed to the Carmelite friars on condition they use it for spiritual purposes. Part of the building was turned into a chapel and the rest into a theatre / cinema. Nowadays it is used as a place for catechism.

Our Lady of the Rosary

This is the chapel in Apap Institute built in 1954 for the Dominican sisters. The titular is by Willie Apap and depicts two Saints of the Dominican Order in front of Our Lady with Baby Jesus.

Sacred Heart

Built in the early 20th century as part of the Cini Institute for homeless girls, this beautiful chapel lies in the courtyard of the institute and not visible at all from the main road just a few meters away. The conservatory was built on the initiative of the founder Adelaide Cini while the present church was built through the efforts of Ms Mary Zammit and blessed on the 16th Oct 1919 by Bishop Mons Don Mauro Caruana. In this church lie the remains of the foundress. The sisters of St Vincent De Paul run the complex.

St.Joseph

St.Joseph Institute was founded by Mgr.F.Bonnici. At first the boys of the Institute lived in a house in Hamrun, but it was soon realized that the house was too small and through the efforts of Rev.George Bugeja a plot of land was acquired from the Government to build the Institute. The church was added at a later date. For a short period the Christian Brothers took care of the institute but since the 1960’s the Missionary Society of St.Paul is doing this. The church of the institute was built on the site of an older chapel of the same dedication. The old chapel had given its name to the locality, that was 'Casale San Giuseppe' (Village of St.Joseph) in the early 1800's and which locality later changed its name to 'Hamrun'.  The dedication date of the present church is the 14 th May 1916

St.Vincent Ferrer

The first stone of this beautiful octagonal chapel was laid in 1876. The chapel is central to a well-designed institute complex for poor girls Vincenzo Bugeja Conservatory.

The Good Samaritan

In the new millenium, the MUSEUM Society of Christian Doctrine built this complex which incorporates a modern chapel designed by Richard England.