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  25/06/2018

  Malteser International Americas and USAID Partner to Establish Dignified Solutions to Humanitarian Issues Affecting Vulnerable People Worldwide

  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 […]

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  25/06/2018

  Malteser International elected to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)

  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 […]

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  13/06/2018

  Order of Malta’s Medical Team on the Ship Dattilo to Assist Aquarius Migrants

  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 […]

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  11/06/2018

  Hunger Patrol by the Numbers

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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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  19/05/2018

  Fra’ Giacomo Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto elected the 80th Grand Master

  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 […]

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  17/03/2018

  Order of Malta Presents Award to Johanniter Sub-Commander

  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 […]

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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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  04/02/2018

  Academic Internships in Africa

  In December of 2014, the Canadian Association of the Order of Malta and the University of Montreal (Faculty of Nursing) created the Blessed Gerard’s Fellowships. The program consists of an internship in a hospital managed by the Order of Malta, in Africa. It was established under the initiative of our colleague Christian Samoisette, and is […]

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  04/02/2018

  General George Vanier, 19th Governor General of Canada and member of the Order of Malta

  The traditional ceremony tribute to General Georges Phileas Vanier and his wife Pauline Archer was held on Sunday, October 15, in Quebec City. This event took place at the Royal 22 e Régiment Memorial in the presence of the members of the Order of Malta of the Quebec region and some distinguished guests. The ceremony […]

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  28/01/2018

  National Pilgrimage to Martyrs Shrine

  On Saturday, 14th October, the Toronto Region organized a mini-pilgrimage to the Canadian Martyr’s Shrine in Midland, Ontario, a little more than an hour north of Toronto.  This national shrine commemorates the martyrdom of the Jesuit Jean de Bréboeuf and his companions in 1649.  Despite being closed for the winter, the Director, Father Michael Knox, […]

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  10/01/2018

  World Leprosy Day: French volunteers take to the streets. 650,000 euro raised in 2017

  Every two minutes a new case of leprosy is diagnosed in some part of the world. Contrary to common belief, Hansen’s Disease– the bacterial infection generally called leprosy – is present in 140 countries and continues to infect people, especially in some areas such as Asia and Africa, where half the world’s cases are recorded. This is why […]

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  04/01/2018

  Liechtenstein Foreign Minister in Rome: meeting with the Grand Chancellor on migrant integration projects

  The Foreign Minister of the Principality of Liechtenstein Aurelia Frick was received today by the Grand Chancellor of the Sovereign Order of Malta Albrecht Boeselager. The focus of the meeting – the second after that in 2014, again in Rome – was the excellent diplomatic relations initiated in 1994 and the development of projects for integrating migrants and refugees. Particular emphasis was […]

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