Our Venue

The Catholic Institute was built during the late 1950s and opened in the early 1960s. It was originally used as a both a cinema and a theatre, and has for generations welcomed audiences within its doors. Across performance spaces and several rooms of different sizes, the building has served important purposes for individuals and organisations across our community. It is immortalised within the memory of many as it has become instrumental for the implementation of large-scale events in Floriana.

Since 2023, a new vision and strategy for the site is being developed for it to become a new cultural hub. The office of the Archbishop’s Delegate for Culture will, alongside strategic partners, have this new chapter in the building’s glorious history, as its main mission.