Mount St Joseph Retreat Centre, run by the Jesuits in Malta is, they say, “an invitation to leave the fast pace of modern life and enter into a haven of peace and quiet.” Now that calm has been disrupted in a highly dramatic way.  There are plans to build the country’s largest shooting range complex on neigh­bouring land – which is likely to pose a major challenge to holding silent retreats. The proposal by company U-Group Malta is to build three ranges – which would offer clay-pigeon and paintball shooting – in nearby barracks and on a stretch of public land. The Jesuits who run St Joseph’s, in Mosta, are vigorously opposed to the building plans and the order have been lobbying the Government about the matter. And the order’s refus