Before establishing themselves in Victoria the order lived in Xagħra near a small church dedicated to Our Lady of the Seven Joys.

In October 1652, Pope Innocent X ordered the monastery and church to be closed but they were reopened after 4 months through the intervention of Grand Master Giovanni Paolo Lascaris.

[2] The main attraction of this church is the titular altar piece depicting Augustine of Hippo, John the Baptist and William I, Duke of Aquitaine.

The icon of the Blessed Virgin of Good Counsel on the main altar was brought from Rome in 1765.

[4] The church building is listed on the National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands.