21/12/2019
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 […]
19/12/2019
Article on U.S. Thanksgiving activities by the Order of Malta in Los Angeles.
18/12/2019
‘Haiti living on edge of disaster‘ by Michael Swan of The Catholic Register
08/12/2019
Malteser International, the worldwide relief agency of the Order of Malta, is urgently calling for donations to provide assistance for those affected by Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas and is preparing to support emergency relief measure. The United Nations has announced that some 70,000 people were “in immediate need of life-saving assistance” in the country, […]
03/08/2019
Cardinal Patronus of the Order, 2009- 2014 The Grand Magistry of the Sovereign Order of Malta learned with great sadness of the death on 13 July in Rome of His Eminence Cardinal Paolo Sardi, Bailiff Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion, after a short illness. As Cardinal Patronus of the Order from June 2009 until […]
22/07/2018
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 […]
25/06/2018
On the heels of Malteser International becoming an organization in special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) at the United Nations last month, the 65 year old humanitarian relief and development organization of the Order of Malta (a 900 year old religious lay Order), has taken another major step forward for the […]
25/06/2018
We have reached another significant milestone in furthering our humanitarian work to reach even more vulnerable people in their greatest times of need, in the Americas and around the world. We are proud to announce that Malteser International is now an organization in special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) since 2018 […]
13/06/2018
A medical team of the Order of Malta’s Italian Relief Corps has just now boarded the Coast Guard ship Dattilo to assist those migrants who will shortly be transferred from the Acquarius vessel. Dr. Maria Rita Agliozzo and nurse Marika Giustiniani will provide healthcare to migrants picked up by the NGO search and rescue ship […]
11/06/2018
01/06/2018
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 […]
19/05/2018
On May 2nd, 2018 Fra’ Giacomo Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto was elected the 80th Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta. The electing body, the Council Complete of State, met in the Magistral Villa, one of the Order of Malta’s two institutional seats, in Rome. Elected head of the Order of Malta on […]
17/03/2018
At the Toronto Region’s annual Advent Retreat Botho Baron von Bose, Delegate of the Canadian Sub-Commandery of the Johanniter Order, was presented the Cross of Officer pro Merito Melitensi by the Canadian Order of Malta’s President, Roman Ciecwierz. This medal is awarded to recipients who have brought honour to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta […]
01/03/2018
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 […]
25/02/2018
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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