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  • 24/05/2020

    Message from Bishop Raymond Poisson, Chief Chaplain

    Dear, knights, dames and friends, On April 10, 2020 the Prelate of the Order, Mons. Jean Laffitte, presented along with his Easter message an act of consecration of the Order to our Blessed Mother.  The Order’s close connection to Our Lady is well known and this consecration reminds us all that she bears Christ in […]

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  • 03/05/2020

    A virtual pilgrimage to Lourdes, May 1, 2020

    Dear Knights, Dames and friends, Due to the worldwide pandemic of COVID-19, we are unable to make our International Pilgrimage to Lourdes. However, masses will be celebrated in different languages throughout the day. The English Mass will be celebrated at 5:00 PM local Lourdes time (11:00 Ontario time). Use this link to connect to the […]

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  • 02/04/2020

    COVID-19 Message from the Canadian President

    Dear knights, dames & friends of the Order of Malta, As we try to adjust to the new reality of self-isolation and ceaseless sanitization, I have consulted with our medical professionals and especially our Hospitaller, Dr. Bill Sullivan, regarding Canadian Association activities. Our main concern is for the health of members, volunteers and for the […]

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  • 21/12/2019

    Christmas Message from the President

    My dear knights, dames and friends of the Order of Malta, It’s the most wonderful time of year! The second Sunday of Advent provided much needed inspiration as I sat to bring greetings to all of you in celebration of this most beautiful of seasons. The first reading (Isaiah 11) caught my attention, “On that day, a […]

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  • 22/07/2018

    Malteser on the scene for South American refugees

    According to UNHCR, Colombia is the host country in the Americas most directly impacted by the political and socio-economic situation in Venezuela. Official estimates from Migración Colombia and UNHCR state an influx of 796,000 Venezuelans in 2017.  Unofficial numbers suggest that the daily migration has increased substantially in the second semester of 2017 with 6,000-10,000 […]

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  • 01/06/2018

    Canada Summer Works Program 2018

    The Canadian Association of the Sovereign Order of Malta would like to clarify that an error was made in the completion of the application filed early this year under Employment and Social Development’s Canada Summer Works Program. The infamous attestation box was ticked in error. As a remedy to this error, the Association has no […]

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  • 01/03/2018

    Canada Leads Working Group on Governance

    André A. Morin, former president of the Canadian Association, was asked to Chair Working Group 8, The Structure of Government and Governance. The international Working Group composed of leaders of the Order throughout the world, met by teleconference many times and held two meetings, the first in the fall of 2017 in Montreal, and the […]

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  • 25/02/2018

    Order of Malta Hunger Patrol

    Feeding the Homeless in Toronto The Hunger Patrol is a weekly Toronto-based program aimed at serving our lords the sick and the poor. Members of the Order and volunteers are involved in the making of homemade soup and its delivery each Saturday evening to the homeless and poor of the city in three separate locations: […]

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  • 08/02/2018

    Strategic Seminar

    By now I am certain that most of you know that our dear Order is undergoing a process of change. The unusual events of last year have highlighted the need to adjust the constitution of the Order to more properly reflect current times. The Holy Father requested that the Order strengthen the spirituality and moral […]

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