History, architecture and art dominate our churches in such a way that they may be considered as veritable art museums. However, delightful architecture, fine canvases and exquisite statuary by renowned artists are not the sole works making up this patrimony. Other craftsmen with diverse talents deserve particular attention, as their artefacts complement the major works, enhancing the end result.
The bronze ornaments designed by Bugeja.
One such craftsman is Salvu Bugeja, whose splendid works may be admired all over Malta, especially in churches and various festa decorations.
The son of Annetto and Lorenza née Agius, he was born in Żurrieq on March 15, 1920.
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All lives are consequential, for every human being is an idea of God’s, and everyone is a someone for whom the Son of God, the second Person of the Blessed Trinity, entered history, suffered, died and was raised from the dead to display within history a new, glorified humanity. Thus to every life, as Mrs. Loman noted in
Death of a Salesman, “attention must be paid.” Or as C. S. Lewis reminded us in
The Weight of Glory, “there are no ordinary people,” for everyone you meet has an eternal destiny.
Still, while every life is fascinating, some lives leave a deeper impress on history than others, and they’re all the more fascinating for it. Over seven decades, it’s been my privilege to know many such men and women. Some, I’ve worked with closely; others, including more casual acquaintances, I’ve admired from a greater distance. During my early years as a practitioner of the weekly newspaper column, I’d occasionally recollect a consequential life by wa