Dun Gorg Preca sar l-ewwel qaddis Malti wara 45 sena minn mewtu meta waqt ceremonja fil-Vatikan fit-3 ta' Gunju 2007 gie ikkanonizat mill-

Papa Benedittu XVI flimkien ma' tlett qaddisin ohra.

 HAJTU

FRAR 12, 1880: Gorg twieled fil-Belt Valletta. Kien is-seba mid-disa ulied ta' Vincenzo Preca u Nathalie nee Ceravolo.  Missieru kien negozjant u spettur sanitarju filwaqt li ommu kienet tghallem.

1880 - 1906: Gorg Preca studja fil-Liceo u imbaghad ghadda ghas-seminarju meta hass lil Alla jsejjahlu gha-sacerdozju. Hemm iddistingwa ruhu bhala student specjalment fil-lingwa Latina.

1906: Iz-zaghzugh kellu pulmun wiehed marid u minkejja li t-tabib qata jies missieru li ibnu Gorg jasal biex iqaddes, tant li qallu biex ma jixtrilux la pjaneta u qnqas missali, Dun Gorg ghex sa ma kellu 82 snin.

1906: Billi kien jaf li grupp ta' zaghzugh kien regolarment jiltaqghu hdejn il-parrocca tal-Hamrun, Gorg Preca thabbeb maghhom biex ikun jista' jizra' il-kelma t'Alla fosthom.

December 22, 1906:  Kien ordnat scaerdot u aktar tard iccelbra l-ewwel quddiesa tieghu.

March 7, 1907: Is-Socjeta' tad-Duttrina Nisranija, maghrufa bhala l-MUSEUM, giet imwaqqfa go dar b'kamra wahda li Dun Gorg kien kera  halli jxettel u jsahhah il-fidi nisranija fost dawk iz-zaghzagh, ewlieni fosthom, Ewgenio Borg li aktar tard fetah it-tieni qasam gewwa Bormla. 1909: Il-Vigarju Generali, Mgs Salvu Grech, f'isem l-arcidjocesi ordna lil Dun Gorg biex jaghlaq ic-centri tad-Duttrina Nisranija.  Dun Gorg minghajr tgergir jew argument obda minnufih.

Dun Gorg Preca preaching to the people

1916:  L-Arcisqof Mauro Caruana ordna inkjesta fuq dak li kien qed isir mis-Socjeat tal-MUSEUM u eventwalment ordna li mill-gdid jinfetah il-qasam fil-Hamrun.

April 12, 1932: Madankollu is-Socjeta kienet approvata fit-12 ta' April 1932 meta hareg uficcjalment id-degriet kanonikali.

1952: L-ewwel centru tal-MUSEUM fetah gewwa l-Awstralja. October 2, 1952: Dun Gorg Preca ikun appuntat il-kamerier segriet bit-titlu ta' Monsinjur mill-Papa Piju XIII. 1961:  Is-sahha tieghu izzommu gewwa fid-dar ta' Nelly Bartolo, li kienet tiehu hsiebu gewwa Sta Venera.  July 26, 1962:  Dun Gorg jmut ta' 82 sena fit-tmienja nieqes kwart. Ghal funeral tieghu jattendu numru kbir ta' nies. Madwar 20 elf ruh jmorru il-Hamrun biex jaghtuh l-ahhar tislima.

Almost 20,000 attended for the funeral to see one last glimpse of Dun Gorg Preca

IL-PROCESS LI WASSLU GHALL-QDUSIJA.

May 16, 1963: Is-superjur Generali tal-Muzew Ewgenio Borg, jitlob formalment lil Arcisqof ta' Malta Mikiel Gonzi biex jikkusidra il-possibilita tal-ftuh ghall-Kawza tal-Beatifikazzjoni ta' Dun Gorg Preca.

February 3, 1964:  Charles Zammit Endrich jistqarr li mieghu sar miraklu meta fieq mirokolozament mir-retina ta' ghajnejh maqlugha min postha, wara li pogga relikwija ta' Dun Gorg Preca taht l-imhadda. .

September 29, 1971: L-Arciosqof Mikiel Gonzi jipprezenta talba ufficcjali lis-Santa Sede ghall-Bejatifikazzjoni ta' Dun Gorg .

February 21, 1971: Is-Santa Sede taqbel mat-talba.

March 13, 1975: In-Nihil Obstat moghti mis-Santa Sede. L-Arcisqof Guzeppi Mercieca jaghti din l-ahbar xi granet wara waqt laqgha ghall-membri tas-Socjeta.  

June 24, 1975: Id-Digriet ghall-introduzzjoni tal-kawza ikun ippublikat..

September 20, 1975: Patri Marek Said appuntat postolatur ghall-Kawza ta' Dun Gorg Preca.

February 25, 1976: L-ewwel laqgha tat-tribunal hija preseduta mill-Arcisqof Guzeppi Mercieca

April 14, 1996: Mgr Charles J. Scicluna jigi nominat bhala l-Postulatur il- gdid u jigi approvat mis-Santa Sede madwar xahar wara. June 28, 1999: Dun Gorg jigi dikjarat "Venerabbli" wara studju favorevoli fuq il-virtuijiet erojci tieghu mill-Kungress tat-Teologi, il-Kongregazzjoni ordinarja tal-Kardinali u l-Isqfijiet u l-Ghaqda Medika rigward il-fejqan ta' Charles Zammit Endrich kmieni f'dik is-sena. January 27, 2000: Il-Papa Gwann Pawlu II jiffirma d-Degriet li bih jikkonferma il-miraklu fuq Zammit Endrich fis-sena 1964 bl-intercessjoni tal-Venerabbli Gorg Preca .

Dun Gorg's remains were exhumed and transported to Blata l-Bajda

July 7, 2000: Il-fdalijiet tal-Venerabbli Gorg Preca jigu esumati u misjub li kienu fi stat tajjeb.

April 21, 2001: The remains are transported solemnly to the MUSEUM Chapel at Blata il-Bajda.

May 9, 2001: Dun Gorg Preca is beatified by Pope John Paul II at the Granaries in Floriana during to Malta, when His Holiness also visits the body of the Blessed Gorg Preca in Blata l-Bajda.

July 24, 2001: Tarbija twieldet fi problemi fil-fwied tfieq b'mod inspjegabbli, wara li tqieghdet fuqha l-ingwanta li ntuzat ghal esumazzjoni tal-gisem ta' Dun Gorg Preca.  Ma kienx hemmx bzonn li t-tarbija tghaddi minn intervent kurirgiku. July 2002: L-Arcisqof Guzeppi Mercieca u t-Tibunal Metropolitan jiddiskutu il-possibilita' tat-tieni miraklu fil-waqt li t-Tribunal Ekklesjastiku that it-tmexxija ta' Mgr Arthur Said Pullicino jibdew process djocesan biex jistudjaw il-kaz. June 19, 2004: Il-process docesan officjalment jaghlaq ufficcjalment b'celeb razzjoni fil-konkatidral ta' San Gwann.

Pope John Paul II beatified him while in Malta in 2001

December 17, 2004: The Congregation for the Causes of Saints in Rome decides the Maltese process analyzing the case is valid.

February 14, 2007: Pope Benedict XVI approves the second miracle that took place through the intercession of the Blessed Gorg Preca.

February 23, 2007: Gathered at the Vatican, the Cardinals' Consistorium expresses its favourable view for the canonisation of Dun Gorg Preca.

June 3, 2007: Pope Benedict XVI declares the founder of the MUSEUM Society a Saint. Thousands of Maltese participated in the celebration at the Vatican, as San Gorg Preca became the first local