The society was set up by Dun Ġorġ Preca in 1907, when he gathered a group of youths to discuss Catholicism in a building he rented in Ħamrun. The celebration of the society’s 100th anniversary has taken on special significance since Blessed Dun Ġorġ Preca will receive sainthood on the 3rd June 2007.

Activities to mark the setting up of the MUSEUM will start on Wednesday with the celebration of solemn mass and will continue throughout the rest of the year.  

In turn, speaking of the society’s anniversary on Tuesday, Minister for Education, employment and Youths Louis Galea said “The MUSEUM is a providential project for religious formation as well as Catholic doctrine. It is additionally an excellent project that spread literacy and education among the Maltese and Gozitan populations. Local citizens can never show Dun Ġorġ Preca enough gratitude and all other MUSEUM members, both present and past, who dedicated their lives to teach youngsters and educate them on many different levels.”