The parish priest of Zejtun, Fr Eric Overend and his mother Carmen will have a joint funeral on Wednesday morning.
Fr Eric, 47, died shortly after being admitted to hospital on Sunday. His mother died on Friday.The funeral leaves Mater Dei tomorrow afternoon and arrives at Zejtun parish church at 5 p.m. A prayer vigil will start at 9 p.m.
The two Zejtun bands will participate in a cortege at 8 a.m. on Wednesday and Mass will be said at 10 a.m. by Auxiliary Bishop Charles J Scicluna.
Archbishop Paul Cremona will lead the last prayers and blessing.
This was the second major blow for Zejtun parish within a few months, with Fr Rene' Cilia having been killed in a traffic accident at Tal-barrani in November.
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