Members of the Malta and Gozo Area of the Catenian Association, an international organisation of Catholic business and professional people that has been in existence in Malta and Gozo for the past 26 years, recently hosted H. G. the Archbishop of Malta, Mgr Paul Cremona and H. G. the Bishop of Gozo, Mgr. Mario Grech, as well as a number of other members of the clergy at their annual Clergy Nights respectively.

Since the aim of The Catenian Association is to strengthen family life through friendship and faith, the scope of these traditional annual events serve to show the local association's gratitude and support for the work of the clergy in the two local diocese.

In fact, the Archbishop was hosted at the Corinthia Palace, Attard, during a dinner attended by some 166 members and wives of Mensija and Valletta Circles as well as of the newly set up St Julian’s Group, all of which are from the Archbishop’s diocese. There were also 44 clergy guests.

The Bishop of Gozo, on the other hand, was hosted on Friday 11 May, at the Calypso Hotel in Gozo by the Victoria-Gozo Circle, the third Circle that makes up the local Catenian area, and the only one from the Bishop’s

diocese.

During both evenings the Bishops both spoke very favourably of the principles that animates this association through which the Catenians are able to work in the community for the betterment of society. In fact, during the Gozo evening, Fr George Grima was presented with a cheque for Lm300 from Immediate Past President Alan Buttigieg for his Gesu fil-Proxxmu project, which helps very needy causes in African and other Third World countries. The money had been raised during Mr Buttigieg’s year as Circle president.