for boys. Since 2008, Stella Maris School has been a feeder school for St Aloysius College where students move to gain their secondary education. The Neocatechumenal Way also known as 'Tal-Mixja' which falls within the Catholic Church. It was formed in Madrid in 1964 by Kiko Argüello and Carmen Hernández. It was opened in Balzan in 1984 through the catechists of the Way from the Mosta Paris. Currently has 4 communities and an up and coming "Katekumenju". Balzan Local Council Dr Angelo Micallef ( Mayor) Mr Stephen Gatt ( Councillor) Mrs Mary Louise Briffa ( Councillor) Dr Oliver Nicholas De Gaetano ( Councillor) Mr Andre Grech (Councillor) Ms Doriette Farrugia ( Executive Secretary) Climate Balzan has a Subtropical–Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa), with very mild winters and warm to hot summers. Balzan Community Service Balzan Parish Church Office, Triq Idmejda Balzan Local Council, Triq Dun Spir Sammut www.balzan.lc.gov.mt Balzan Police Station, Pjazza Bertu Fenech Balzan Health Clinic, Triq il-Kbira Balzan Sub Post Office, Triq Dun Spir Sammut Balzan Neocatechumenal way, Triq L-Idmejda (https://knisja.mt/movimenti-kattolici/mixja-neokatekumenali/) Balzan Labour Party (Partit Laburista) Club, Triq it-Tliet Knejjes Balzan Nationalist Party (Partit Nazzjonalista) Club, Triq il-Kbira Sport Organisations Balzan Football Club, founded in 1937 is a team competing at the Premier Level of Maltese Football. The team has achieved consistently promising results throughout the last 5 years reaching runner-up and finalist levels in the last few years. In 2019, they won the Maltese FA Trophy beating contenders Valletta FC. Band Clubs St. Gabriel Band Club (Każin Tal-Banda San Gabriel) Mary the Annunciation Philharmonic Society (Is-Soċjetà Filarmonika Marija Annunzjata) Places Church of the Annunciation (Pjazza Bertu Fenech / Triq il-Kbira) Good Shepherd Convent (Triq l-Idmejda) Katekumenju Mixja Neokatekumenali (Triq L-Idmejda) St. Aloysius Primary School formerly Stella Maris School (Triq San Franġisk) St. Francis Convent (Triq San Franġisk) The Three Churches (Triq it-Tliet Knejjes) Malta Hospice Movement (Vjal il-Buon Pastur) Fra Giuseppe Zammit Summer Residence (Behind Church) Further reading History and info References External links Ħal Balzan Local Council Balzan Football Club website Towns in Malta Local councils of Malta Populated places established in the 15th century