The Parish Church dedicated to St. Catherine of Alexandria, knows its roots to a chapel built on the same site in 1436 by Mons. De Mello. The church we know today is that built on both the site of the chapel dedicated to St. Catherine as well as an adjacent one dedicated to St. Peter. This was built between 1634 and 1659 in the time of Parish priest Fr. Mattew Saliba and on the site plans of architect Lorenzo Gafa'.

In 1861 two bell towers were built. Apart from the main altar dedicated to the Holy Eucharist with a masterpiece titular painting dedicated to St. Catherine, in the church we find a total of ten other altars dedicated to the Virgin Mary and other Saints. In this church of great architectural and artistic beauty, we find paintings of great artistic prestige, namely the six paintings by the hand of the famous Mattia Preti, known as il Calabrese, who resided in Malta from 1661 until he died in 1699.It is said that he had his studio in the residence number 4, in Flower Street, in this town of Zurrieq. Amongst these paintings one can find that of the Martyrdom of St. Catherine, that of St. Rocco, St. Biagio and St. Nicholas together, that of St. Stephen, of St. Andrew, and of the Virgin Mary with Baby Jesus in her arms. Before the present titular painting, one could find that of Matteo Perez D'Alecio, which is presently in the church cloister.

There are other various paintings by the hands of renowned artists such as Fra LucaGarnieri, and Frangisku Zahra, 1756. In 1970, Chev. Raffael Bonnici Cali` painted four paintings for the church depicting various aspects of the life of St. Catherine. Chev. Alfred Camilleri Cauchi, in 1980 painted the ceiling frescos on the ceiling of the sides of the church. The main statues found in this church are that of St. Catherine by Mariano Gerada, 1818; that of St. Joseph by Vincenzo Dimech, 1824; and that of Our Lady of Mount Carmel by Salvu Psaila, 1842.

Another church found in the village is that dedicated to the Holy Mary in the area known as Bubaqra.This was built to replace two chapels dedicated to St. Rocco and St. Sebastian, in 1676. Works to enlarge this church started in 1961 thanks to the efforts of its procurator Fr. Salvino Farrugia, who was later awarded with the honour of Citizen of Zurrieq in 1999. One can also find a church dedicated to the Immaculate Conception found in the area known as Nigret. It was built by Fra Giacobo Togores de Valemuola, a knight of the House of Aragona in 1739 as part of his residential palace. We find various other chapels in town, namely that of St. Luke the Evangelist built around 1500, that of St. Andrew Appostle built around 1575, that of St. Gakbu built in 1731, that of St. Bartolomeo Appostle built in 1785, and that of St. Agatha built around 1854. We can also find ruins of a chapel dedicated to Saint Mary at the area known as tal-Bakkari.

In the peripheral area of Zurrieq known as Hal Millieri, one can also find two other chapels. One is dedicated to Our Lady of the Annunciation, which is a medieval chapel dating before 1500, built on a site already used as a sacred land. This could be said because on the same site and under its foundations, roman ruins and coins where excavated. This chapel of Sicolo-Norman style, underwent restoration works in 1968 by the philantropic society, Din L-Art Helwa. One should mention that in this chapel we find frescos of the XIV century, which are unique to the island. In front of this chapel we find the chapel dedicated to St. John the Evangelist dating back to the 1575.



Statues, niches and monuments.

One should say that all over the village one could note a number of niches and statues dedicated to various saints, indicating the devotion of the villagers over the years, some dating back to 1700 or more. A number personificate more than others statues of St. Catherine, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Our Lady of Sorrow, Sacred Family, St. Rocco, St. Michael, St. Anne, and St. Paul.