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: […]
08/02/2018
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 […]
04/02/2018
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 […]
04/02/2018
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 […]
28/01/2018
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, […]
10/01/2018
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 […]
04/01/2018
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 […]
01/01/2018
Most Blessed Father, I would like to express my gratitude and that of all the Order of Malta’s members for having drawn everyone’s attention, with your message for the celebration of the World Day of Peace, to the suffering of migrants and refugees in their search for protection and a better life, for themselves and […]
01/01/2018
“Humanitarian action, international relations and humanitarian diplomacy: the special contribution of the Sovereign Order of Malta”, was the title of the lecture given by Dominique de La Rochefoucauld-Montbel, Grand Hospitaller of the Order of Malta, during the conference organised by the Diplomatic Academy of the Czech Republic on 25th January. The meeting, held in the seat of the […]
22/12/2017
The Hungarian Charity Service of the Order of Malta (Magyar Máltai Szeretetszolgálat) was the beneficiary of the 2017 Christmas drive of Hungarian State TV, netting over a million US dollars for the Service’s social programs. The Christmas drive, called “It’s Good to Be Good”, is organised every December by the national TV, with a different beneficiary organisation chosen […]
15/12/2017
At the Toronto Region’s annual Advent Retreat Botho Baron von Bose, Delegate of the Canadian Sub-Commandery of the Johanitter 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 […]
07/11/2017
Fra’ Giacomo Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto was this morning elected Lieutenant of the Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta. The electing body, the Council Complete of State, met in the Magistral Villa in Rome, one of the Order of Malta’s two institutional seats. The newly elected Lieutenant of the Grand Master […]
06/09/2017
A Short History of the Order Of Malta’s Eye Clinic in Vancouver It was our confrere Dr. David Neima, a leading ophthalmologist in Vancouver, who first thought of the idea of the eye clinics. In British Columbia only children under 16 and adults over 65 are eligible for free eye examinations, and no one gets […]
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