Sliema

St.Mary Star of the Sea Parish Church

Sliema became the summer resort for Valletta people in the middle of the 19th century. At first the small church of Our Lady of Grace was sufficient for the needs of the people residing in the area, but when the population increased a new church was built in 1854 and dedicated to St.Mary Star of the Sea 'Stella Maris'. In 1876 the church was enlarged and two years later Sliema became a parish, the church being dedicated on the 28th Nov 1899. During WW II it was hit by enemy bombing but the damage was soon repaired. The dome was completed in 1877 and the belfries between 1906-1909.

Chapel

The Chapel Of St.Elizabeth School of the Franciscan sisters of the Sacred Heart is open to the public for Mass daily.

Holy Family

The Ursuline sisters opened a creche at #3 Stella Maris Street in Sliema in 1894, but the house was too small for their needs. Mons.Isidoro dei Conti Formosa acquired a piece of land where he built the present church and convent for the sisters in 1904. Marriages may be celebrated in the church.

Jesus Of Nazareth Parish Church

The Church Of Jesus Of Nazareth was built by Marchese Ermolao Zimmermann Barbaro Di San Giorgio and it was dedicated in 1895. In 1908 it was given to the Dominican friars and in 1925 works on its enlargement started. After suffering some bomb damage during WWII, it was rebuilt. It became a parish church for the area in 1973. Its dedication date was the 2nd July 1895.

Our Lady Auxiliatrix

The Salesians came to Malta in 1903 and took up residence in Sliema, being entrusted with the running of St.Patrick's Salesian School, which Comm. Alfonso Maria Galea had built for the education of boys sent to the Institute by the Government. The chapel of the Institute, which was built and blessed in 1908, is within the parish of St.Gregory the Great. It is open to the public and all Masses are celebrated in English. Marriages may be celebrated in the church.

Our Lady Of Grace

A plot of land was donated by the owner Miss Giovanna Salvaloco to the cleric Salvatore Grungo for the purpose of building a church to replace 'Madonna della salute' - 'Our Lady of Good Health' ruined by French troops. Built in 1802, in it are buried the remains of two priests and a layman brought from the old church of 'Madonna della salute'. The new church served the spiritual needs of the few people resident in the area every Sunday with a priest coming down from Birkirkara to conduct the services. With the building of the Parish Church of Stella Maris, this little church fell into disuse. When Malta was under British rule, this chapel was frequently used for marriages of personnel from the British forces. After excavation adjacent to it in the early 2000's, cracks appeared in the dome and wall, but those concerned duly restored the church. Nowadays it is used for marriages and exposition of the Blessed Sacrament. 

Our Lady of Good Health Ta' Cortin

Commonly known as Madonna della salute it was first dedicated to the Nativity of Our Lady. This was the first church in the Sliema area built before the Great Seige of 1565 during which it was badly damaged when occupied by Turkish soldiers. It used to stand on Dragut Point, which formed part of Birkirkara parish till the creation of Sliema in the 1800's. Facing Valletta, it was deconsecrated in 1659. Rebuilt around 1741 through the bounty of a renowned silversmith, Michele Pianta and rededicated to Our Lady of Good Health in the beginning of the 18th century thus giving its name Tas-Sliema to the area. During the French Blockade, in 1798, it suffered irreparable damage and was never rebuilt.

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish Church - 

In 1872 a priest from Valletta, Rev.Paul Vella, built a church in Sliema with the idea of dedicating it to the 'Sacro Cuor' - Our Lady of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. In 1881 the church was given to the Franciscan Friars Minor, and in 1918 It became a parish church. The first church, which had a flat roof, did not have enough space for the increasing population, so between 1930 and 1939, the ceiling was changed into a vaulted one and the church extended at the front changing the facade completely. Enemy bombing of WWII caused extensive damage to one side of the church. This was repaired soon after the war and in 1969 work was started on the dome. In 2006, a special Perpetual Adoration chapel 'The Lord is my Rock' was built in the basement and is open daily from 8.00am to 9.30pm. 

St.Francis
Within the High School of St Francis, a small church was incorporated.

St.Francis
Private chapel in the nuns' monastery

St.Francis de la Salle
A small chapel of this dedication exists in the College bearing this name.

St.Gregory the Great Parish Church

Mgr.Mauro Caruana O.S.B., long cherished the idea of building a church in Sliema dedicated to St.Gregory the Great. The foundation stone for this church was laid on the 20th August 1923. The church was finished in 1940 and it became a parish church on the 22nd December 1940 and then consecrated on the 11th Oct 1949.

St.John Bosco

Comm. Alphonse Maria Galea built this Oratory for youth, the 'Iuventutis Domus', in front of St.Patrick School in 1907. Marriages may be held in the Oratory. 

St Mary Star of the sea
A chapel of this dedication sits adjacent to a College of the same name.

St Patrick - 

Chapel in college of same name

Holy Trinity Anglican

Built in local limestone with a sharp sloping roof in an English style in 1866 for the Anglican community, it has a rectory attached to it. 

St.Luke Garrison church

This Garrison Church at Tigne Barracks, designed and built by the Royal Engineers was finished in 1910 and consists of a chancel, two aisles, nave, vestry, organ chamber, a stone altar rail pierced with Maltese crosses, and chancel floor of red tiles with white marble steps. Entrances are from North, South and West sides. Though the congregation was mostly military, civilians from the area also used it as their place of worship. During WWII it was badly damaged by enemy action, so the troops attended the services at the Holy Trinity church. Shortly after WWII St. Luke's had been repaired and re-opened. Two paintings by Giuseppe Cali were placed in the church, St.Matthew and St.Luke. After the withdrawal of the British forces from Tigne in the 1970's, the chapel ceased to be used for worship and became a sports club HQ and then as a sales office for the developmet at Tigne. St.Luke Garrison Church would re-open as a Roman Catholic Church for the locals in the future.