https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/20733 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 09:56:32 GMT 2026-04-17T09:56:32Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/58532 Title: The Gozo Observer : Issue 27 : December 2012 Editors: Briguglio, Lino; Calleja, Joseph; Cauchi, Maurice N.; Camilleri Rolls, Caroline Abstract: 1/ Editorial: Regulation or Education? -- 2/ Horatio Caesar Roger Vella - The Origin of the Name of Gozo -- 3/ Kevin Aquilina - A Bill to Reform the Courts in Gozo and to Simplify Proceedings between the Courts in Malta and those in Gozo -- 4/ Saviour Formosa - Spatial Preparedness for Green Criminology -- 5/ Mario Saliba - Infectious Diseases During the First World War in Gozo -- 6/ Julian Refalo Rapa - The Xagħra Monumental Church -- 7/ Geoffrey G. Attard - Book Reviews: Stones of Faith. Tombstones, Funerary Rites, And Customs At the Gozo Matrice -- 8/ Geoffrey G. Attard - Book Reviews: Vitor Vella. L-Imgħallem Bennej Tas-Santwarju Ta’ Pinu -- 9/ Joseph Calleja - Recent Activities at the University of Malta - Gozo Campus Sat, 01 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/58532 2012-12-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/20778 Title: Stones of faith. Tombstones, funerary rites, and customs at the Gozo matrice Abstract: Book review by Attard Geoffrey about Charles Cassar's "Stones of faith. Tombstones, funerary rites, and customs at the Gozo matrice". Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/20778 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/20777 Title: Vitor Vella. L-imgħallem bennej Tas-Santwarju Ta’ Pinu Abstract: Book review by Attard Geoffrey about Victor Vella Muskat's "Vitor Vella. L-imgħallem bennej Tas-Santwarju Ta’ Pinu". Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/20777 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/20776 Title: The Xaghra monumental church Abstract: The village of Xagħra stands on a sprawling plateau which has been inhabited since prehistoric times. Around the 13th century, the rise in population of the village led the well-known Gozitan Noble family of Camire and Ħinzi to build a chapel in honour of Saint Anthony the Abbot at the area commonly known as Tal-Qaċċa. However, this too proved to be too small for the needs of the villagers and thus the parishioners started planning to build a new parish church which would better serve the population. This was to be constructed in the centre of the village on public land donated by Fra Gregorio Carafa, the Grand Master of the Order of Saint John. Some Sicilians residing in Xagħra helped the locals in building a larger place of worship at the site of the present church choir. This earned it the nickname of ‘Tal-Isqallin’ (The Sicilians’). It was completed and started to function on 12th May 1692. At first it was dedicated to Our Lady of Divine Grace, but soon afterwards, on October 9th of the same year, it was dedicated to the Nativity of Our Lady. Description: Adapted from: Refalo Rapa, J. (1969). The Xaghra Monumental Church. Gozo, The Orphans Press, pp. 116. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/20776 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z