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21/11/2013
Article in the October edition of the Catholic Voice. By Fiona van der Plaat. When Canberra doctor Jennifer Dunlop steps out late on a Friday night as a Dame of the Order of Malta, she is more likely to be wearing a crimson high-visibility vest than her flowing formal robes. Over winter in particular, you […]
21/11/2013
The Order of Malta has donated a fully fitted out Landcruiser Ambulance to be used to service the area of Raliaco in Timor-Leste. The ambulance was donated to Brother Frank Hennessy, Head of the Edmund Rice Community in Timor-Leste, for use in their clinics in the mountainous areas of Raliaco. A small handover ceremony took […]
20/11/2013
Psychosocial care expert to travel to Philippines Malteser International will provide psychosocial care to the survivors of Typhoon Haiyan, the organization reported Wednesday. “There are many stress factors that can lead to trauma after a disaster of these proportions. These people have witnessed horrifying things, whether it’s the destruction of their homes or the loss […]
15/11/2013
Additional relief planned for Samar, Bohol islands While most of the media and aid organizations are focusing on the area in and around Tacloban City on Leyte Island in Typhoon Haiyan’s aftermath, Malteser International will provide relief in areas also urgently in need of aid, but that have thus far received little to no support, […]
14/11/2013
Thousands in need of immediate emergency relief The images of the destruction caused by Supertyphoon Haiyan are horrific. Whole cities have been flattened to the ground, hundreds of thousands are without shelter, many lack food and water. With winds of more than 330 kilometres per hour and had a diameter of approximately 800 km wide, […]
13/11/2013
ALL WELCOME. At a time when many people seek to question the continuing role and relevance of the Catholic Faith, these lectures will equip ordinary Australian Catholics with the knowledge and arguments to defend our beliefs. On behalf of His Eminence, George Cardinal Pell AC, Archbishop of Sydney, you are invited to attend the second […]
08/11/2013
Faster emergency relief, better programs in the Western hemisphere Miami. The world’s oldest Christian charity is opening the first branch of its humanitarian relief agency in the United States. Malteser International, the relief agency of the Order of Malta – a lay Catholic order founded in Jerusalem over 900 years ago – will open the […]
03/11/2013
The Order of Malta strengthens rural communities and schools The Order of Malta’s worldwide relief agency Malteser International is working with poor, disaster-prone communities in Léogâne to protect its citizens from disasters and cholera outbreaks. Through large awareness campaigns, trainings and simulations, this programme will directly benefit more than 6,000 Haitians, who will then act […]
21/10/2013
The 16 Syrian doctors and nurses who work at the mobile clinic in Kilis, near the Syrian-Turkish border have seen many terrors in their country’s civil war. Since the clinic’s opening, they have been employing their skills to help their fellow Syrians fleeing the country. The clinic, run by Malteser International, the Worldwide Relief Agency of […]
16/10/2013
In September forty students from Sacred Heart School Sandgate, in Years 5, 6 and 7 participated a “Sleep-out for the Homeless night” at the the school. The annual fundraiser, which started only 2 years ago, is not simply a ‘sleepover’ for the students. They hear first-hand accounts from youth in the local area who ‘sleep rough’ […]
The Australian Association, formed in 1974, currently has in excess of 300 members and aspirant members across every State and Territory of Australia. We also have ongoing and strong links with the Order’s National Associations throughout the Asia Pacific Region including in Singapore and the Philippines and with members of the Order in New Zealand, Hong Kong SAR, Thailand and Korea. The Order of Malta is committed to serving Our Lords the Poor and Sick worldwide and has done so for over 900 years. This website shares with you the history, mission and current activities of the Order of Malta in Australia, and provides links to the work of the Order world-wide.
