The 125th anniversary of the calling of Our Lady of Ta' Pinu

Abstract

The 22nd June of this year (2008) marked the 125th anniversary of the calling of Our Lady of Ta' Pinu. It was exactly 10.10 am on Friday, 22nd June 1883 when Our Lady of Ta' Pinu spoke to 45 year old Carmela Grima, who was going back home from her fields situated close to what was then the small chapel of Ta' Pinu, on the outskirts of Gharb. Since that day, the devotion to Our Lady of Ta' Pinu has grown immensely, and today thousands of devotees from all over Malta and Gozo, and from the four corners of the world, travel to Gharb to pay homage to the Blessed Virgin of Ta' Pinu. Our Lady of Ta' Pinu and her national shrine in Gharb have, on a number of occasions, been commemorated on stamps or through other philatelic means, to the delight of stamp collectors, and particularly, those specializing in Marian philately. [excerpt]