President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca visited the Franciscan Sisters of the Heart of Jesus in Lockleys, Adelaide.

The Franciscan Sisters, who are all Maltese, run the St Raphael’s Home for the Elderly which also hosts a number of Maltese residents. President Coleiro Preca said that it was assuring that these residents are under the care of the Franciscan Sisters and added that she was certain that the Sisters in Adelaide share and practice the same values which the Franciscan Sisters live by in Maltese and Gozitan convents. Upon arrival at St Raphael’s Home, the Maltese and Australian National Anthems were sung by the residents, to welcome President Coleiro Preca.