On his visit to the chapel in 1608, the Bishop of Malta Tomaso Gargallo recounts that he found a painting behind the altar and that the church was in use.

[2] The church celebrates the feast of Saint Lucy every year on the Sunday closest to December 13.

These past few years, Scandinavian tradition of celebrating St Lucy's day have been incorporated in the local feast.

[3] The main part of the feast is the procession with the statue of St Lucy, the work of Wistin Camilleri (1920), in the streets near the church.

The painting behind the high altar depicts St Lucy with a palm branch in her hands representing her martyrdom.