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Wed 25/12/2024
Happy Holy Christmas
Bartolomeo di Paolo del Fattorino, detto FRA’ BARTOLOMEO Sofignano (Prato) 1472 – Firenze 1517 Adoration of the Child circa 1495 Tempera on panel, diam. cm 89 Borghese Gallery, Roma The President, Council, Members and Volunteers of the Maltese Association wish you all a Happy Holy Christmas filled with God’s Blessing. May the New Year 2025 […]
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Tue 24/12/2024
Christmas Eve Mass
The glorious ceiling, masterpiece of Mattia Preti, covering the vault of St John’s Co-Cathedral in Valletta looked down on the gathering of the Members and volunteers of the Maltese Association of the Order together with their families and friends on Christmas Eve, the 24th of December. . As in previous years, the Rector Mgr. Paul […]
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Mon 23/12/2024
Christmas Message from the President of the Maltese Association
Dear Confrères and Consoeurs, dear Volunteers and Friends, The Christmas holidays are now imminent, and I would like to send you, Members of the Maltese Association, as well as all our volunteers and friends, my best wishes for a blessed Christmas and a joyous Jubilee Year of Hope ahead. This year, as in every year, […]
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Mon 23/12/2024
Christmas message from Grand Master Fra’ John Dunlap
Dear Members and Friends of the Order, From the Grand Magistry in Rome, in joyful anticipation of the birth of our Saviour, I send my best wishes to all for a holy and happy Christmas. It is as important, as it is difficult, to hold close to our hearts the message of Christmas. That is, […]
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Mon 16/12/2024
Presentation of Christmas Hampers
Christmas time is a time for sharing. The Maltese Association has for some years now expressed this through the presentation of Christmas hampers containing food and other essentials to various Church and Religious Organisations and Charitable Institutions. The ceremony was held at the Headquarters of the Association at Casa Lanfreducci in Valletta on the 16th […]
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Thu 12/12/2024
Children’s Christmas Party
Laughter, games, shouting, colour, and most importantly, Father Christmas, all these were present at the Grand Hotel Excelsior on the 12th of December, when the Maltese Association hosted, as they do every year for the last 16 years, the Annual Children’s Christmas Party. Almost 230 young persons accompanied by around 60 adults, filled one of […]
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Sun 08/12/2024
Advent Message by the Principal Chaplain
Pilgrims of Hope Dear friends, this Advent message reaches you during this beautiful and hectic time of the year when our timetable starts filling up with even more events than usual. As we often say, as Christians we need to take a step back to “enjoy” this season in a fruitful way: by not getting […]
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Sat 07/12/2024
Angelo Acerbi, the Oldest Cardinal in History
On Saturday, 7 December, in the solemn setting of the Vatican Basilica, Pope Francis presided over an Ordinary Public Consistory for the creation of 21 new Cardinals. Among them was Archbishop Angelo Acerbi, Titular Archbishop of Zella and Apostolic Nuncio, Prelate Emeritus of the Order of Malta, who at 99 years and 75 days becomes […]
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Sat 07/12/2024
Advent Spiritual Retreat
A day of recollection, held every year before the Christmas Festivities, was this year held at St Ursula’s Church in Valletta. A fitting venue considering the close link there is between the Order and the Nuns. The Conventual Nuns very kindly greeted the many members and volunteers of the Order with coffees, teas and their […]
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Fri 06/12/2024
First Friday Mass – Lourdes Medal Presentation
First Friday Mass was celebrated by Mgr Claude Portelli, Conventual Chaplain, at Our Lady of Victory Church in Valletta at 6:00pm. The President of the Maltese Association, Dr. Michael Grech, assisted by the Administrative Secretary, Marchesino Josef Formosa Gauci, presented the awards after the homily. . The Council was very pleased to announce that, further […]
News Archive – Sovereign Military Order of Malta
- Grand Commander Fra’ Emmanuel Rousseau in Andorra to inaugurate a photography exhibition on the Order of Malta January 14, 2025
- Grand Hospitaller of Order of Malta interviewed by Corriere della Sera January 13, 2025
- Address of the Grand Master Fra’ John Dunlap to the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Order of Malta January 10, 2025
- Credentials presented by Seychelles, Thailand, Czech Republic, Romania January 10, 2025
- Quintuplets born in the Order of Malta hospital in Benin December 27, 2024
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