31 Jan 2015

Director of the Order of Malta Volunteers in Gozo makes Promise of Obedience

Chris Galea, the Director of the Order of Malta Volunteers in Gozo made the Promise of Obedience in front of the Superiors of the Maltese Association. This Investiture was approved by HMEH the Grand Master. It was held at the Oratory of St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta and it was led by Mgr Lawrence Gatt Principal Chaplain, President Philip Farrugia Randon and Chancellor Daniel de Petri Testaferrata.

Members of the Second Class engage themselves to a deeper commitment through the Promise of Obedience. This Promise made to God, concerns all aspects of the spiritual life and activities in the Order of Malta, following the example of Christ who lived in permanent obedience to his Heavenly Father.

Furniture donation

The Order of Malta continued to assist needy families on the island of Gozo thanks to the collaboration of several members of the Order in Malta and in Gozo.

Several persons also donated material and furniture in good condition so that needy families would benefit. One particular family which received a bedroom donated to the Order of Malta Volunteer in Gozo, received other assistance from the relief aid corps after the roof of the house where they live collapsed after bad weather.

Distribution of Relief Aid and clothes in Ghana

Last December, a large quantity of good-quality clothes collected by our volunteers and Ghanaian residents in Gozo, was distributed in Ghana.

Mr Ali Altipaga who was carrying out this relief operation on behalf of the Order of Malta Volunteer in Gozo, returned back from Ghana last week and has given us a report and photos of the assistance he gave in one of the poorest region of the country. The goods collected in Gozo were shipped over to Accra in November, 2014 and after customs clearance, the cargo was transferred by truck to Paga. In this town, the Chief of the area greeted Mr Altipaga in front of one of the Christian churches. The clothes, bedsheets and blankets were distributed to the poor people who assembled outside. One could also notice the joy of the children as one should note that they liked the jeanswear that the Gozitan and Maltese people sent.