As we celebrate today the feast of St Joachim and St Anne, the parents of Mary and the grandparents of Jesus, I want to honor my parents as grandparents of two dedicated doctors who are doing the miracles that is expected from qualified medical professionals. My parents would have been married 75 years on July 24, 1948. That day was special for them, with a Mass in Latin celebrated by our great-uncle Fr Paul Galea, and 4 other priests celebrating Mass simultaneously in the 4 side altars at the St Julian’s parish church, known as Ta’ Lapsi (Ascension.)
The reception was held at their home at 16 St. Angelo Street, where the first 4 children were born, Josephine in 1949, Rosemarie in 1950, myself in 1952 and Paul in 1955. Marcel was born in our new house at Birkirkara Hill in 1964. My grandfather Paul, a baker with Cordina made a 4-tier cake which they cut and distributed to relatives and friends. We remember all grandparents today as more responsibility is being thrown on them by caring for their own grandchildren.
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