At one point the Franciscan friars named their part of the property as Dar Frate Francesco and it was later renamed a number of times.

Villa Lauri was completed in 1945 (A.D. MCMXLV) as a residential building, at 55 [Don Gaetano[2]] Mannarino Road in Birkirkara, BKR 08.

[3][4] Part of the property became in possession of the Roman Catholic Church and has since then been administered by the Order of Friars Minor (OFM).

The oldest still standing building in the area is found round the corner of the villa in Filippo Borgia Street, that is the Tal-Wejter Tower, which was built during the Order of St.

[3] During its mission as a home over 600 youth (between 10[13] and 13 years)[8] residents have received temporal stay at the villa and admittance was irrelevant to religious belief of the clients.

[16] On 9 January (1998) Giacomo Bini, the Minister General of the OFM, was received by Pace at the building for breakfast.

[13] The villa received prominence at national level since the 1980s[5] and more recently in 2001, when the lack of finance put at risk for the closure of the home.

[22] The home was then still run by the Friars, but also assisted by Programme Manager Anna Maria Laurenti, who received her studies in London.

[8] The part of the property used for religious services was kept and restructured, and was this time open as Blessed Nazju Falzon Chapel.

[8] Lawrence Gonzi has given his political support for the maintenance of the home in order to remain functional and keep aiding people in need.

[10][38] In the early morning of 4 February 2016, an unknown driver hit a van on the move in Mannarino Road, when driving his Volkswagen vehicle.

The interior of the building was extensively modified, when the refurbishment of the chapel and the home took place, and the exterior remains unaltered.