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2025 News

  • Thu 23/10/2025

    Opening of the Order of Malta National Art Exhibition

      The Embassy of the Order of Malta, at Saint John Cavalier, is the venue of the Second National Art Exhibition organized by the Maltese Association of the Order of Malta.   The two main large rooms at the ground floor level of the Embassy are the perfect space to house an exhibition that include […]

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  • Thu 16/10/2025

    Order of Malta Art Exhibition

    Preparations are well underway for the forthcoming opening of the Order of Malta National Art Exhibition on 24 October, at St John’s Cavalier in Valletta. This prestigious event represents the largest exhibition of its kind in Malta, showcasing the work of 194 distinguished artists. . Earlier this week, the metal structures were assembled and the […]

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  • Mon 13/10/2025

    The Order of Malta at Your Fingertips: Download the Official App 

    On the occasion of the Feast of Blessed Gerard, founder and first Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta, the Grand Magistry announces the launch of the new official Order of Malta App.  This initiative marks an important step in strengthening the identity and visibility of the Order, creating a closer connection with members, […]

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  • Sun 12/10/2025

    Maltese Association’s 60th Anniversary – Feast of Blessed Gerard

    The celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the Maltese Association was held on Sunday, the 12th of October at Saint John’s Co-Cathedral. The Feast of the Founder of the Order, Blessed Gerard, was also celebrated on the same day. Members of the Association, Knights’, and Dames, guided by Christopher Cassar Torregiani, Master of Ceremonies, filed […]

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  • Mon 06/10/2025

    Annual General Meeting – 6th October

    The Annual General Meeting of the Maltese Association was held at Casa Lanfreducci on Monday, the 6th of October.  Before the meeting, Mass was celebrated by Monsignor Brendan Gatt, the Principle Chaplain. The Secretary General, Marchesino Josef Formosa Gauci,  asked for the approval of the Minutes of the last General Assembly, and these were approved. In […]

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  • Sun 05/10/2025

    President Honoured by the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre

    During the annual Investiture Ceremony of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre, presided over by His Grace the Metropolitan Archbishop, Mgr. Charles J. Scicluna, in his capacity as Grand Prior of the Lieutenancy of the Maltese Islands, the President, Dr. Michael Grech, was awarded the Cross of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre […]

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  • Sat 04/10/2025

    Ta’ Pinu National Pilgrimage 2025

    In the calendar of the Maltese Association of the Order of Malta there are two important events that take place every year, both Pilgrimages, namely that to Lourdes in the first week of May and the Ta’ Pinu National Pilgrimage that takes place in October. Both are the most eloquent expression of one of the […]

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  • Fri 03/10/2025

    First Friday Mass – 3rd October.

    At the invitation of the Reverend Dr Nicholas Joseph Doublet, President of The Jesuits’ Church Foundation, Members of the Maltese Association came together on the First Friday of October, to hear Mass at The Immacolata Oratory.  As from the early 16th century, the Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception brought together the Jesuit Fathers who had arrived […]

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  • Wed 24/09/2025

    Stage 2025

      On Saturday 20th September a group of Members and  Volunteers of the Maltese Association of the Order of Malta left for their Annual Stage in Lourdes.  This was the seventeenth consecutive Stage, only having missed one in 2020 due to Covid. There were fourteen attendees this year, a few of whom were only able […]

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  • Mon 22/09/2025

    Grand Cross of the Order pro Merito Melitensi

    At a ceremony held on Monday 22nd September, at the Magistral Palace in Rome, H.M.E.H. The Prince and Grand Master conferred the Grand Cross of the Order pro Merito Melitensi Motu Proprio on The Noble Marchesino Daniel de Petri Testaferrata, Emeritus President of the Association, in recognition of his many years of service to the […]

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  • Sun 21/09/2025

    Anniversary of Malta’s Independence

      The Maltese Association, led by its President, Dr Michael Grech, and members of the Council, attended a solemn High mass, celebrated at Saint John’s Co-Cathedral in Valletta to celebrate the 61st Anniversary of Malta’s Independence.   Malta became independent from Great Britian on the 21st of September 1964. In June 1966, the first Ambassador […]

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  • Mon 08/09/2025

    The feast of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary – 8 September

    The Otto Settembre, as it was traditionally known in Malta, is a special day in the calendar of the Church and that of Malta. For the Church it is the feast of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, a celebration taking place on his day as from the 6th century in the Eastern Church and […]

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  • Sun 07/09/2025

    7 September – Mass de Requiem

      For many years now, the Maltese Association, led by its President and Council, Knights, Dames and Aspirants attend a Mass de Requiem on the 7th of September to pray for the souls of those fallen during the Great Siege of 1565 and the Second World War.   The Siege of 1565, saw some 300 Knights […]

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  • Fri 05/09/2025

    First Friday Mass at Palazzo d’Aurel

    The First Friday Mass for the month of September was held at Palazzo d’Aurel, also known as Bettina Palace in Gudja, home of Baron Iginio Trapani Galea Feriol and his family. The Maltese Association, led by its President, Dr Michael Grech and Members of the Council, together with Members, and Aspirants wanted to give homage […]

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  • Tue 02/09/2025

    Letter from the President

    The following is the letter from HE Dr Michael Grech, President of the Maltese  Association of the Sovereign, Military, Hospitaller, Order of St John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta, today marking the 60th Anniversary of its constitution. . .

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