On Wednesday, 1 April at 7.30pm, the Naxxar Parish Church will be hosting an evening of spiritual reflections on Passiontide entitled Princep tal-Paci with the participation of the Jubilate Deo Choir together with the Cappella Gregoriana under the direction of Christopher Muscat. Cappella Gregoriana is a pioneer in Malta in reviving interest in the Gregorian chant. This year the Cappella Gregoriana will be taking Gregorian chant on a new level of spirituality with the inclusion of percussion performed by Renzo Spiteri, one of Malta's foremost percussionists. During this event, the choir will be singing sacred polyphonic compositions by de Victoria, Palestrina, Lotti, Croce and Dubois, among others. Paul and Denise Mintoff will be reading short reflections on peace based on the writings of Jesus Christ, Ghandi, Martin Luther King, St Francis of Assisi and others in order to help those present reflect on the event that is being celebrated.

The Jubilate Deo Choir was founded by Rev. Paul Caruana in 1974 as a girls' choir and has since grown and developed into one of Malta's leading choirs in the field of sacred music. Over the years the choir performed at the Manoel Theatre on many occasions and also took part in the BBC production Songs of Praise that was televised worldwide. In 1990 the choir sang during the visit to Malta of Pope John Paul II. Following the successful first Maltese performance of Camille Saint-Saens' Oratorio di Natale in December 2005 the Jubilate Deo Choir received a number of prestigious invitations, most notably in November 2006 when the choir took part in the revival of Paolino Vassallo's Messa da Requiem and Charles Camilleri's opera Il-Wegħda alongside the National Orchestra. In 2013 the Jubilate Deo Choir participated in the international choir festival Musica Sacra a Roma where it obtained a Silver Medal Diploma in each of the categories that it participated in.

Entrance to the event is free and everyone is encouraged to be seated by 7.15pm