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02/07/2025
Pictured from left to right: Rachel Pingel, Jocelyn Cull Finch and Graeme Finch A warm welcome to our three newest members who were recently invested at the 2025 National Assembly of the Australian Association of the Order of Malta in Melbourne. Rachael Pingel, DMG is from the Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland and is actively involved in [...]
01/07/2025
Our latest newsletter is now available! Download a copy of our July 2025 Newsletter. Want to read the stories online? Visit our News Area. Alternatively, visit our online store, make a donation or enquire about volunteering. Follow up on Facebook or Instagram to get daily updates of our activities.
27/06/2025
There are no adequate words for the unparalleled scale of violence in Gaza, nor for its profound impact on those in dire need. The healthcare system in Gaza City has been pushed to the brink of collapse due to ongoing conflict and infrastructural devastation. Nearly all hospitals have suffered damage or partial destruction, and just [...]
26/06/2025
When: 1.45pm Sunday 13th July, 2025 Where: Lido Cinemas, Level 1, 675 Glenferrie Rd, Hawthorn (Parking available at the rear of Lido Cinemas.) Tickets: $45 (incl. afternoon tea, a beverage and film entry.) Book now: www.trybooking.com/DBURR
25/06/2025
At the weekend, 100 Knights and Dames of the Order of Malta met in Melbourne for their Biennial Assembly. The theme was a direct reference to their centuries-long mission of ‘‘caring for the sick and poor and defending the faith’. Whilst they no longer have the 12th century military task of defending the sick, pilgrims [...]
23/06/2025
The meeting focussed on the Order of Malta’s humanitarian, spiritual and diplomatic commitment worldwide The Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta, Fra’ John T. Dunlap, received this morning in audience by Pope Leo XIV, was on his first official visit to the Holy Father since the beginning of his pontificate. The meeting took [...]
11/06/2025
It is with much sadness that we share the news that Confrere Christopher 'Chris' Muir passed away on 3 June after a relatively brief battle with cancer. He was surrounded by his loving family. Chris joined the Order of Malta in 2007. As regular attendee at the Order’s liturgies and retreats, Chris found a spiritual [...]
10/06/2025
Congratulations to members of the Australian Association who were recognised in the 2025 King's Birthday Honours. Brigadier Peter John Evans (Retd) was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for service to veterans, and to the community of Canberra. Mr John Anthony McCarthy KC was made a Member of the Order of [...]
04/06/2025
Our 2025 Coats for the Homeless distribution is underway. Look out for our volunteer distribution teams in their red tabards who will be distributing our custom made, shower-proof, warm coats to to protect rough sleepers against the winter weather. They will also be providing sock and hygiene items to those they meet as well as [...]
04/06/2025
Semester 1 of our Read to Learn program at Preston North East primary school wrapped last week. Students and volunteers celebrated the end of another successful term by playing some games during the last session. Read to Learn volunteers assist the school in building the reading capacities and good study habits of primary school children [...]
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.
