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28/03/2018
Report by Bevan Killick On Thursday 22 March, the Feast of Blessed Clemens August Graf (Count) von Galen was celebrated in Christchurch, New Zealand. The Mass was celebrated by the Most Reverend Paul Martin SM DD, Bishop of Christchurch, at the Pro Cathedral, assisted by the Pro Cathedral Administrator, Fr Chris Friel. Bishop Paul Martin […]
26/03/2018
Report by Adrian Borg Cardona. On March 21st, 2018 on behalf of the Members, Aspirants and Friends of the Order, I travelled to Ubon Ratchathani to present 8 wheelchairs. We visited two villages and a Social Centre for the disabled. After meeting with Fr. Andrew and his staff we departed firstly to meet 3 recipients […]
14/03/2018
After seven years, the unabated violence of the Syrian civil war continues to cause monumental suffering for millions of civilians in the Middle East. “The desperate situation in Eastern Ghouta is a gruesome and predictable recurrence of the states of siege in towns like Homs and Aleppo,” says Janine Lietmeyer, Country Group Manager for Syria […]
28/02/2018
Reported by Adrian Borg Cardona, Member of the Order of Malta in Thailand After the success we had in distribution 50 wheelchairs in December 2016, the members and aspirants of the Order undertook to continue the Wheelchair Project in 2017. 56 wheelchairs were dispatched to 7 provinces around Thailand early in February 2018. With the […]
08/02/2018
A new round of peace talks on the South Sudan crisis kicks off this week in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. Government representatives and opposition parties have come together to resolve the conflict that has plunged the country into a brutal civil war. “I hope the politicians become aware of their responsibility towards their people. […]
25/01/2018
Cologne/Manila. Malteser International is preparing to respond to the needs of people who have fled their homes in fear of a volcanic eruption from Mount Mayon in the province of Albay, Philippines. More than 25,000 people have been evacuated from areas within eight kilometers of Mayon Volcano after a directive from the national civil defence […]
18/01/2018
Following the success of the inaugural Asia Pacific Summer Camp in Singapore last year, the 2018 camp will be held between 6th – 8th June at the Villa Escudero in Tiaong, Quezon in the Phillippines. For over 30 years the Order of Malta has a tradition of holding summer camps for young disabled people aged […]
12/01/2018
The civil war in of Syria seemed to be in its final stages after the fall of Aleppo, but civilians are still suffering staggering violence as fighting intensifies in other embattled areas. “The creation of so-called de-escalation zones in four regions of the country, including the Idlib province, has indeed led to a reduction in […]
08/01/2018
As the nights are getting cooler in Bangkok and across Thailand, The Mercy Center in Klong Toey asked The Order of Malta if we could assist with blankets and towels to be distributed to orphaned children, the elderly and the Indigenous Moken people also known as the Sea Gypsies in the South of Thailand. The Mercy Center […]
20/12/2017
The Seventh Asia Pacific conference was held in Singapore from 9th to 12th November 2017, the same venue of the historic first Asia Pacific Conference held in 2010. The Asia Pacific Conference is now a fixed event, in fact the only annual international event in the calendar of the Order and the importance attached to the conference is […]
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.
