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The villagers of Qala selected a choice site in the centre of their cillage to erect a shrine in honour of Holy Mary. Building soon started, but work was being delayed due to a strange occurrence. Daily consigments of stone were unloaded near the chosen site, but each morning villagers were astonished to discover that the consignment vanished during the previous night. The workmen suspected that some unruly villagers were trying to subvert the plan and so decided that some lads will vigil throughout the night to get to the root of the matter.

At sunset they took their position amongst the day's consignment. The night sank into its small hours without any commotuon, At one point however, the vigilants were alerted by the shouts of one of their fellows. "Look out" he screamed, "That woman over there!" They could see a graceful woman dressed in splendid white. She walked towards them, stopped for a few moments and turned in the direction of Wied il-Marga (the vale of Marga), not so far from the village. The workers saw an incredible phenomenon. The very stones lying on the site were lifted by an invisible force and glided silently also in the direction of Wied il-Marga.

The workers could not believe their own eyes and after a long discussion with the other workers in the morning, they decided to make a second vigil the following night. Strangely enough the same thing happened. They decided that if the same thing happened the next night they will follow the lady in white. That night when the apparaition occured they rallied their courage and walked behind the vision. They reached an area known as "Il-Halq" and here the Lady stopped and vanished. The villagersw observed that all consignments of stone were piled up there, undamaged and ready for use.

The next day the elders of the villagers deliberated about the significance of this divine action. They concluded that the mysterious Lady was indeed Holy Mary, and it meant that the planned church should be built on the site chosen by Her. The church was built in the area known as "tal-Halq", overlooking the charming inlet of Hondoq ir-Rummein, where it stands to the present day.

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