Watch: Marsa house transformed into chapel

It might look like an ordinary townhouse from the outside, but nestled along a suburban road in Marsa, a small home has been transformed into a chapel, the dream of its devoted owner for more than 20 years.   Mario Grima told the Times of Malta how the St Joseph House of Prayer held its first Mass earlier this week, shortly after being christened by Archbishop Charles Scicluna. “We had something like 100 people crammed in from all over the island for the first Mass,” Mr Grima said.  The Mass was such a success, in fact, that many of the attendees had to sit in a room adjacent to that which has been transformed into a chapel. The next room is filled with chairs which face a TV hooked up via Bluetooth to a web cam that allows them to follow the Mass too.  “Yes, we have a camera, and speakers pick up the sermon which can then be heard from all around the building,” Mr Grima said, as he showed the Times of Malta through to the confessional room.    The chapel, which holds Mass on the first Monday of every month, is dedicated to the sanctification of the clergy, the holy souls in purgatory, and the family.   Walking through the hallway, every inch of it dripping with religious...