DEC.2016RESKEON

NEWSLETTER SUMMEREDITION

Volume 20, No.4

Welcome! Merħba!Welcome once again to anoth-

er issue of Reskeon Newsletter.It’s December and this year

went like a flash.In September we celebrated

the Feast of Maria Bambina. Likein every year, Reskeon MalteseAssociation Seniors Group organ-ised all the festivities on behalf ofthe Fathers of MSSP. OnSeptember 8 we had the Mass atSt. Paul’s Chapel Parkville. The fol-lowing Saturday we had theDinner Dance at FirenzeReceptions and we finished byorganising the Feast Mass at St.Mary Star of the Sea Church, inWest Melbourne on Sunday.

In October we had our AGMand this, being an election year, anew committee was elected withno changes from the previousone. Being the Seniors Week,members were treated to a freechicken lunch afterwards.

In November, 57 membersenjoyed a trip across the bay, witha ferry trip from Sorrento toQueenscliff and a free all-you-can-eat buffet lunch at TheGateway in Corio.

Another free sausage sizzlewith drinks was organised for allmembers in September.

President, Salvina Vella, andSecretary, Paul Vella, attended theAGM of the Northern Federationof Ethnic Senior Citizens Clubs.

Canon Fr Eddie Zammit, visit-ed Melbourne for a fortnight toattend and celebrate the weddingof his niece. While in Melbourne,Fr Zammit was the guest ofCanon Fr Manny Bonello, ParishPriest of St. Joseph the WorkerParish in North Reservoir.

Canon Fr Manny Bonello cele-brated a Mass for our dearlydeparted at one of the meetingsof Reskeon at MerrilandsCommunity Centre.

You can read these stories infull on the inside pages of thisnewsletter. We encourage you touse the services of the advertisersin our Newsletter because theyhelp financially in producing it foryou. Tell them that you have seentheir advert in our Newsletter.

Until we meet again, take careand drive carefully. In yourprayers, remember those with noone to pray for them. Thank you.

PAUL VELLA, Editor

Inc. Reg. No. A0028424X

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MORE INSIDE!

Reskeon Maltese Assoc.Seniors Group AGM

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Feast of Maria Bambinaand Dinner Dance

Pages 1,2, 3 & 4A Trip Across

the Bay Page 6

Free SausageSizzle

Page 4

Reskeon attendsNFESCC AGM

Page 8

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

The President and Committee of

Reskeon Maltese Association Seniors Group Inc.

wish all our members, their families and friends a Merry and Holy

Christmas and a New Year full of good health and prosperity.

We extend the same wishes to all Maltese Associations,

their committees and members and the whole

Maltese Community in general.

The feast of Maria Bambina organised byReskeon Maltese Association Seniors Group

Reskeon Maltese Association Seniors Group Inc. onbehalf of the Missionary Society of St. Paul once againorganised the feast of Maria Bambina this year.

On Thursday, 8th September, a Mass was concelebrated by Fr EdwinAgius, mssp, in the St. Paul’s Chapel, next to the Maltese Centre, Parkville.Concelebrant was Fr Dr Victor Shields,mssp. This was attended by around 100members of the Maltese Community.Readers were Sally Bartolo and GeorgePortelli. Prayers of the Faithful were readby Joe Stafrace. The Offertory items werebrought to the Altar by Fred and TheresaCachia. A special CD was organised withhymns for the occasion. The Homily wasdelivered by Fr Edwin Agius who returnedfrom Canada and Malta a few days before.Among those present were the President ofMCCV and members of the Executive andmembers of the female section of SDC.After Mass, all were invited to go to thefoyer of the Maltese Centre where freerefreshments were served. There weresandwiches, cakes, biscuits, tea and coffee.This was provided by Reskeon MalteseAssociation Seniors Group.Photo, right, by Charles GattStory and more photos on Pages 2, 3 and 4

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Naf li ħafna jixtiequ jaqraw xi ħaġa bil-Malti f’din liNewsletter u allura se nippruvaw nagħtu xi dettalji fil-qosor.FESTA TA’ MARIJA BAMBINABħal kull sena, Reskeon Maltese Association Seniors Group organizzaw il-Festa ta’ Marija Bambina għan-nom tal-patrijiet tal-MSSP. Il-Ħamis, 8 ta’Settembru organizzaw Quddiesa fil-Kappella ta’ San Pawl, Parkville. Is-Sibtta’ wara kellhom il-Ballu tal-festa fil-Firenze Reception u l-Ħadd organiz-zaw il-Quddiesa tal-Festa fil-Knisja ta’ St. Mary Star of the Sea, WestMelbourne.

IL-LAQGĦA ĠENERALI ANNWALIF’Ottubru Reskeon Maltese Association Seniors Group kellhom il-LaqgħaĠenerali Annwali. Din is-sena kienet sena ta’ elezzjoni, imma l-kumitatbaqa’ kif kien. Minħabba li dik il-ġimgħa kienet is-Seniors Week, wara, il-membri ġew servuti ikla ta’ roast chicken.

ĦARĠA BIL-FERRY U IKLA BUFFETF’Novembru, 57 membru ħadu sehem f’ħarġa lejn Sorrento fejn qabdu l-ferry għal Queenscliff. Minn hemm marru The Gateway, Corio fejn kell-hom ikla buffet b’xejn.

QUDDIESA GĦALL-ERWIEĦIl-Kanonku Fr Manny Bonello, i ċċelebra Quddiesa għall-erwieħ tagħnaf’waħda mil-laqgħat ta’ Reskeon f’Merrilands Community Centre fix-xahar ta’ Novembru.

RESKEON JATTENDU L-AGM TA’ NFESCCF’Ottubru, il-President, Salvina Vella u s-Segretarju, Paul Vella, attendew l-AGM tan-Northern Federations of Ethnic Seniors Citizens Club. Dan biexaħna nżommu kuntatt u nkunu informati b’dak li jkun qed jiġri minngħaqdiet oħra.

SAUSAGE SIZZLE B’XEJN GĦALL-MEMBRI KOLLHAF’Settembru l-membri ħadu sehem f’sausage sizzle u xorb ħafif b’xejn, u teau kafe` bil-gallettini u kejks.

ŻJARA MILL-KANONKU FR EDDIE ZAMMITDan l-aħħar, il-Kanonku Fr Eddie Zammit għamel żjara ta’ ħmistaxf’Melbourne. Huwa attenda u ċċelebra ż-żwieġ tan-neputija tiegħu. FrZammit huwa r-Rettur tal-Knisja tar-Ragħaj it-Tajjeb f’Ta’ Ċawla, Rabat,Għawdex. Waqt din iż-żjara, Fr Zammit kien il-mistieden tal-Kanonku FrManny Bonello, Kappillan tal-Parroċċa ta’ San Ġużepp Ħaddiem, NorthReservoir, fejn qaddes kemm-il darba kif ukoll Quddies funebri.

Rapporti bl-Ingliż flimkien ma’ ritratti fuq dan li għadna kemm tħadditnafuqu ssibuhom f’faċċati oħra ta’ din li Newsletter. Sakemm nerġgħu nil-taqgħu darb’oħra, insellmilkom u ngħidilkom “Saħħa”!

— Paul Vella

Għal min jippreferi jaqra’ bil-Malti... You can contact us by phone, mail or email:Paul Vella, Secretary, 9460-4404 Mob. 0409 961 928

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RESKEON NEWSLETTER, DECEMBER 2016 Page 3BAMBINA FEASTContinued from Page 1

On Saturday, 10thSeptember, Reskeon organ-ised the Vittoria DinnerDance at FirenzeReceptions, Fawkner, whichwas well attended by morethan 170 members andfriends. Distinguished guestswere the President of theMaltese Community Councilof Victoria, Mr Victor Borgand Ms Bridget Petty; Hon.Treasurer of MCCV, Mr PaulBorg and Mrs Pauline Borg;Honorary Life Members ofReskeon MalteseAssociation Seniors GroupInc., Dr Clemente Zammitand Mrs Mary Zammit; FrEdwin Agius, mssp, Rector atParkville and Fr Dr VictorShields, mssp. Also with uswas Past President ofReskeon, Mr GeorgeScicluna and Mrs AnneScicluna. An apology wasreceived from Life Memberof Reskeon MalteseAssociation Seniors GroupInc., Mr Caesar Vella and MrsPhyllis Vella..

Music was in the hands ofDJ King Charlie who cateredfor the music enjoyed byyoung and old and kepteveryone on the dance floorall night.

This year we werepleased to see amongst us alot of young ones whoenjoyed the dinner danceand asked us to let themknow for next year.

MC for the night was MrJoe Cutajar. After he wel-comed all those present andthanked President, SalvinaVella, who single-handedorganised the dinner dance,he invited everyone to beupstanding for the singing ofthe Maltese and AustralianNational Anthems. The MCasked everyone to fill theirglasses with champagne andmade a toast for theBambina Feast.

Entrée was ante pasta,second course was a ricottacannelloni with Bolognese.Main course was chickeninvoltini and roast beef withvegies on each plate. Thiswas followed by Cassata icecream, a fresh fruit platterand coffee with Continentalcakes. Beer, red and whitewine and soft drinks wereserved all night.

The birthdays and ananniversaries wereannounced with a special60th wedding anniversary ofGrace and Alfred Muscatwho were surrounded by alarge number of family mem-bers who they invited forthe dinner dance.

Later in the night theMalta Gozo Concert Band,under the direction of MsTanya Schembri, playedmarches for the occasionwhich created the merri-ment for the night, similar tothat of the Maltese Festas,finishing with the Ave Mariaand the Reskeon ThemeSong, lyrics by Dr ClementeZammit and music by thelate Laurie Armato. All thoseattending complimented theway the night was organised,the food and the atmos-phere.

On Sunday, 11thSeptember Reskeon organ-ised the Feast of MariaBambina on behalf of theMissionary Society of StPaul, at St Mary Star of theSea Church, WestMelbourne.

Among those presentwere the President ofMCCV, Mr Victor Borg;members of the MCCVExecutive; Chev. Joseph Borgrepresented the SovereignMilitary Hospitaller Orderof St John of Jerusalem, ofRhodes and of Malta; MrGeorge Portelli, ChiefRepresentative of the Bankof Valletta in Australia; mem-bers of Sisters from religiousOrders and members of theSociety of ChristianDoctrine. A large number ofMaltese Associations attend-ed as well along with theirbanners, as well as the ban-ners from the four villagesand towns where theBambina is celebrated inMalta and Gozo: Senglea,Mellieha, Naxxar andXaghra, Gozo.

Rosary was recited at2.30 pm by Ms Miriam Belli,SDC. This was followed by aConcelebrated Mass. PrimeCelebrant was Fr Dr VictorShields, mssp.Concelebrating were FrEdwin Agius, mssp, Rector atParkville; Fr EmmanuelAdami, mssp; Fr LonnieBorg, mssp; Fr DenisCarabott, mssp; and Fr KarmBorg. Master of ceremonies

was Frank Siriani. The musicand singing was provided bythe Maltese Choir ofVictoria under the directionof Mr Charles Schembri andMs Lydia Gusman.

First Reader was Mr PaulBorg while Mr Paul Vella didthe second Reading. Prayersof the Faithful were read byMs Anoinette Bajada(Xaghra Association) andMrs Yvonne Caruana.

The Sacrificial Offeringswere brought to the Altar byMr Joe Borg and MrsJosephine Borg; Salvina Vella(President of ReskeonMaltese Association SeniorsGroup) and Sylvia Dakin.

During Mass two collec-tions took place: one goingtowards the MissionarySociety of St Paul and thesecond one going towardsthe Church of St Mary Starof the Sea.

After Mass, Fr Edwin

thanked all those presentand the Reskeon MalteseAssociation Seniors Groupfor organising the Feast ontheir behalf. Thanks went toFr Anthony Bernal, ParishPriest of St. Mary Star of theSea. Thanks went to the stat-ue bearers, foricinas and theMaltese Own Band. This wasfollowed by the Benedictionof the Blessed Sacrament.

The Procession tookplace in the streets aroundthe church.

Later on refreshmentswere served to the distin-guished guests and thehelpers of the Feast.

Thanks to all thoseReskeon members who onFriday helped with the takingthe statue, pedestal, etc. toSt Mary’s Church and onMonday doing the same jobback to the chapel inParkville.

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FREE SAUSAGE SIZZLE TOALL MEMBERS

On Wednesday, 27th September, 2016, Reskeon

Maltese Association Seniors Group organised a free

sausage sizzle for all members.

Each member received a free sausage in a bread roll,

with free soft drinks, tea and coffee and biscuits and cakes.

There were plenty of seconds offered to whoever want-

ed. Thanks to those who cooked and served the sausages,

Madeleine Vella and Sylvia Dakin and the President, Salvina

Vella.

On the same day, the committee and members wishedmember Madeleine Vella a bon voyage on a trip to ourhomeland, Malta. A cake was cut with drinks.

RESKEON NEWSLETTER, DECEMBER 2016 Page 5

On Wednesday, 5thOctober, 2016, ReskeonMaltese Association SeniorsGroup held their AnnualGeneral Meeting atMerrilands CommunityCentre, Cnr Asquith andSturdee Streets, Reservoir.

The meeting started at10.00 am with a prayer.Present were 90 members.

The Minutes from the lastAnnual General Meeting, heldon 7th October, 2015, atMerrilands CommunityCentre, were read by theSecretary, Paul Vella. TheMinutes were received. Nomatters were raised from theMinutes.

The Treasurer’s Reportwas read by the Treasurer,Victor Pulis and this was alsoaccepted by all present and nomatters raised.

Paul made remarks on theFinancial Statement regardingthe item Presents and Gifts inthe Expenditure. These arethe gifts we give to membersat the Christmas Luncheon,that is the bottles of wine tothe men and the cakes to theladies. Paul mentioned thatsome members may see theassets are a lot.

The President, Salvina Velladelivered her Report. Shestarted by thanking the com-mittee for their work duringthe year, especially Victor Pulisfor taking care of the financialbooks every week and a jobwell done and now receivinghelp from Asst. Treasurer,Miriam Mizzi. She thankedGeorge Topolcsyani for help-ing with the bookkeeping. Shealso thanked all members fortheir participation during theyear. She also thanked herhusband, Paul, for the work hedoes behind the scenes.Special thanks to the girls inthe kitchen, Madeleine Vella,Melita Magro and SylviaDakin. She told members toappreciate their work and tonot expect them to slave overthem. Thanks to ThereseCachia at the coffee table andto those who help there aswell. Thanks also to FredCachia who is learning theropes at the bingo table and

also thanked those who helpwith Bingo calling.

She said she was disap-pointed that members did notsupport the Bambina Feastand the Dinner Dance. Wedon't mind if you go to func-tions organised by other asso-ciations, but it hurts whenyou go to others and don'tsupport us. Non-members,who attend the BambinaDinner Dance, praised theassociation of how it's organ-ised and said they will attendnext year. She said she hopesmembers will show supportnext year.

She also thanked all thosenon committee memberswho in the morning help toorganise the hall with tablesand chairs and for stayingbehind to put everything backin storage. We couldn’t dowithout their help. Thanksalso to Aubrey, the cleaner atMerrilands who is alwaysthere each morning to helpwith the preparation of thehall.

Being a year for an electionof a new committee for 2016-2018, the secretary askedthose present if he could runthis business because therewas no Returning Officeravailable. All those presentagreed unanimously. ForPresident, there was onenomination: Salvina Vella, whowas duly elected. For the posi-tion of Vice-President: therewas one nomination:Madeleine Vella, duly elected.For the position of Secretary:one nomination received: PaulVella, duly elected. For theposition of Treasurer, onenomination received: VictorPulis, who was duly elected.For the position of AssistantTreasurer: one nominationreceived: Miriam Mizzi, whowas duly elected. One nomi-nation was received for eachordinary committee member:Alfred Cachia, Theresa Cachia,Melita Magro, Sarah Catania,Sylvia Dakin. As the number ofthose nominated didn'texceed the number requiredto form a committee, therewas no need for an election.

General Business: There

were no questions asked atGeneral Business, showingthat all members were happywith the way things weregoing.

After the meeting wasclosed, there was two Bingo

sessions and all memberswere served free lunch ofroast chicken and roast pota-to, soft drinks, tea, coffee,cakes and biscuits, being theAGM and Seniors Week.

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On Thursday, 10th November, 2016, a group of 57members enjoyed a trip around the Bay.

We started with a 48-seat coach, but we had to upgradeto a 57-seater as the demand was great with even membersbeing on the waiting list.

Members boarded the Dyson Coach from the carpark ofSt Joseph the Worker Church, North Reservoir, at 8.30 am.

We started the journey to Sorrento throughMornington Peninsula Freeway, arriving in Sorrento around10.30 am where Coach Captain, Alan Mahar, provided uswith morning tea/coffee and biscuits.

We boarded the Peninsula Sea Road Ferry around 11am, for the trip across Port Phillip Bay to Queenscliff.

We disembarked the Ferry at Queenscliff and we head-ed to Corio to the Gateway Hotel where we enjoyed freebuffet lunch and tried our luck in the gaming rooms.

Around 3 pm we boarded the coach again to make ourway back to Reservoir. Once again, Coach Captain, AlanMaharl, gave us an interesting commentary on sites we werepassing through.

We arrived in Reservoir around 4.30 pm.

Members told us they enjoyed this trip which was heav-ily subsidised by Reskeon Maltese Association SeniorsGroup by more than half the cost.

Secretary, Paul Vella, at the end of the trip thanked CoachCaptain, Alan Mahar, on behalf of the committee and mem-bers. Finally thanked all members who took part in this tripfor their behaviour and punctuality to board the coach ineach stop.

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A TRIP AROUND THE BAY

Picture left, from leftto right: Mary Cini

and Angela Mizzi(cousins). Mary was

on holidays fromMalta. She hails from

Attard. She told ushow much she

enjoyed this trip andwished she could staylonger in Melbourne

to enjoy ourWednesday meetings.

Reskeon MalteseAssociation SeniorsGroup Inc.President: Salvina Vella

Vice-Pres.: Madeleine Vella

Secretary: Paul Vella

Treasurer: Victor Pulis

Asst. Treasurer: Miriam Mizzi

Social Sec.: Salvina Vella

Members: Melita Magro

Sarah Catania

Alfred Cachia

Theresa Cachia

Sylvia DakinThe group meets every Wednesdayat Merrilands Community Centre,Asquith St, Reservoir, 9.30-2 pm.For more information

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Thank you!Ms Rita Mee for helping withproofreading, Dr Edwin Borg-Manche`, who takes care of theMCCV website for his help inadvertsing our activities, to MrPaul Borg, Treasurer of theMCCV, for his ongoing help inauditing our books, to DarebinCity Council and theVictorian MulticulturalCommission for grantsreceived, and to all those whohelp in organising the Boccecompetitions. We also thank theMaltese Radio Stations foradvertising our functions and allthose who assist us from time totime. Thanks also to the manymembers who give their helpand assistance when needed.

MASSES IN MALTESEFor those members wishing to attend Mass in Maltese,

we are publishing these times and locations. Every Saturday, at 6 pm:

St. Paul’s Chapel, Parkville (Maltese Centre)Every Sunday, at 8.00 am:

St. Paul’s Church, Sunshine Avenue, KealbaEvery First Friday of the month, 6.30 pm:

St Paul’s Church, Glengala Road, West SunshineEvery First Friday of the month, 7 pm:

Resurrection Church, 51 Gum Road, St. Albans WestEvery First Saturday of the month, 6 pm:

St. Joseph The Worker Church, Wilson Blvd, ReservoirEvery First Saturday of the month, 4.45 pm:

St. Joseph Church, SpringvaleEvery Second Saturday of the month, 5.00 pm:

St. Luke’s Church, 1a David Street, LalorEvery Third Saturday of the month, 4.00 pm:

St. Francis of Assisi Church, Childs Road, Mill ParkEvery Fourth Saturday of the month, 6.00 pm:

St. Thomas More Church, 65 North Street, Hadfield(Confessions about half an hour before Mass)

FORTHCOMING EVENTS...Mark these dates in your diary!February 1: Club opening for the new year

March: BBQ at Edwardes Lake Park

April: Day Out

May 4: Mother’s Day Luncheon at Firenze Receptions

June 8: Restaurant Day (Roxburh Park Hotel)

July: Free Sausage Sizzle

August 10: Father’s Day Luncheon at Firenze Receptions

Happy Birthday . . .December: 3: Miriam Mizzi; 5 Mary Barbara; 10: Joe Pace; 16: Phyllis Vella,Lourdes Psaila; 18: Sam Caruana. 25: Our Lord, Jesus Christ; 26: Joe Mifsud; 29:Spiro Portelli; 21: Michael Borg; 30: Joyce Scicluna; January: 1: Jane Ciantar; 2:Carmen Cassar. 4: Mike Catania; 6: Grace Muscat, Pauline Borg; 10: Terrina Pace;12: Madeleine Vella, Fred Muscat; 16: Joe Castillo; 17: Tony Debono; 23: LinaFalzon; 24: Helen Hammett. February: 1: Charles Tabone; 2: Antida Galea; 3:Therese Bartolo; 6: Mary Pisani, Joe Cassar; 10: Frank Borg; 12: Fred Schembri;15: Sally Bartolo; 16: Carmen Grech, David Falzon; 17: Paula Bezzina; 23: GraceCastillo.

Happy Wedding Anniversary . . .December: 4: Lina and David Falzon. 15: Joseph and Samira Cassar; 19: Maryand Charles Magro; 21: Connie and Frank Gatt; Theresa and Freddie Cachia,Doris and Fred Schembri. 30: Melita and Reno Borg. January: 6: Sally and SamBartolo; 9: Carmen and James Cassar; 23: Sarah and Mike Catania. February: 1:Vera and Charles Sacco. 18: Geoff and Rita Mee; 22: Lourdes and Joe Mifsud; 26:Carmen and Michael Borg.

If you live in theCity of Darebin and

you would like tobecome a memberof Reskeon MalteseAssociation SeniorsGroup, phone the

Secretary 9460-4404or Mobile

0409 961 928

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teacher and father to the young, and now you havenumbered him with your saints in heaven. We thankyou for this glory you have given him. We ask youto fill us with love like his: may we give ourselvescompletely to your service and to the salvation ofmankind. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Grant we beseech Thee O Lord that Thou wiltglorify Thy humble servant who worked with somuch zeal for the salvation of souls and thatthrough his intercession it will please Thee to grantthis favour............

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CANON FR EDDIE ZAMMITON A VISIT TO MELBOURNE

Canon Fr Eddie Zammit, Rector of the GoodShepherd Church at Tac-Cawla, Rabat, Gozo, recent-ly was on a visit to Melbourne for a fortnight.

This was his 12th visit, this time to attend the wedding

of his niece, Katherine Zammit and Charlie Marmara at St.

Paul’s, Kealba.

While in Melbourne, Fr Zammit was the guest of Canon

Fr Manny Bonello, Parish Priest of St. Joseph the Worker

Parish, North Reservoir. While there he helped with Masses

and funerals.

I, Paul Vella, had the pleasure to interview Fr Zammit for

my radio program on Community Radio 3ZZZ 92.3 FM,

each Friday at 5 pm.

In the picture, from left to right, Paul Vella, Canon FrEddie Zammit and Canon Fr Manny Bonello.

RESKEON REPRESENTED AT THE AGMOF THE NORTHERN FEDERATION OF

ETHNIC SENIOR CITIZENS CLUBSOn Wednesday, 26th October, 2016, the President,

Salvina Vella, and Secretary, Paul Vella, representedReskeon Maltese Association Seniors Group at theAnnual General Meeting of the Northern Federationof Ethnic Senior Citizens Clubs.

The AGM was held at the Mantra Hotel Bell City, 215 Bell

Street, Preston at 1 pm. Because of the early time the meet-

ing was held, Salvina and Paul had to rush after the weekly

meeting finished.

The meeting started with some entertainment from

dancers. Then there was a welcome and introduction from Ms

Filomena Ciociola, the Co-Ordinator, Northern Federation of

Ethnic Senior Citizens Clubs.

This was followed by welcome speeches from Mr Stelvio

Vido, CEO of Spectrum; Ms Marion Law, Deputy Chairperson,

ECCV; and Mr Nikahlous Rittinghausen, Aged Care Policy

Officer, ECCV.

Then it was the turn of Nick Nicholalaou, present the

Treasurer's Report and afterwards, John Nicolaou with AGM

General Business, Passing of Minutes, President's Report.

This was followed by more entertainment, this time

singing by Sisters and Misters.

The meeting ended with afternoom tea.

From left: Mr Nikahlous Rittinghausen,Ms Marion Law, Mr Stelvio Vido, Ms

Filomena Ciociola

From left: Paul Vella, Salvina Vella andMs Filomena Ciociola

MASS FOR THE REPOSE OF THESOULS DEPARTED

Canon Fr Manny Bonello, Parish Priest of St Joseph the Worker

Church, Reservoir, celebrated Mass for the members of Reskeon

Maltese Association Seniors Group on Wednesday, 9th October.