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22/08/2025
The Order of Malta Australia is pleased to announce the appointment of Frank Testa as our new National Hospitaller—a vital leadership role responsible for advancing the Order’s mission across Australia. As National Hospitaller, Frank will oversee the Order’s charitable and humanitarian works, ensuring they reflect our core values of service to the poor and the [...]
10/08/2025
On Sunday 3 August, members of the Order of Malta had the pleasure of hosting the Annual Lourdes Healing Mass at St Mary’s, South Brisbane. Conventional Chaplain ad Honorem, Ken Howell, Bishop of Toowoomba, was the chief celebrant for Mass that included the opportunity for those in need to receive the sacrament of anointing of [...]
08/08/2025
It is Loneliness Awareness Week and the 2025 theme is 'Moments Matter'. Whilst this year's theme is shaped around young people aged 16 - 25, our Master of Social Work students on placement with the Order of Malta and ACU Community Hub came up with the idea to offer bacon and egg rolls to residents [...]
08/08/2025
On Thursday, the 31st of July, National President, John Murphy, joined with members to celebrate the promotion of the Order of Malta’s Chief Chaplain, Archbishop Mark Coleridge DD to Conventional Chaplain Grand Cross ad Honorem. The presentation took place at the Chapel of St Stephen’s Cathedral in Brisbane. Following Mass, the membership hosted His Grace [...]
17/07/2025
Overnight an attack was carried out that struck the Catholic parish of the Holy Family in Gaza. This parish is at the heart of the humanitarian aid provided in Gaza by the Order of Malta, through Malteser International, in collaboration with the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem. The site was sheltering around 600 displaced people, many of them children [...]
10/07/2025
On July 9, 2025 Confrere’s John Murphy, James Douglas and Daniel Kwok visited Adelaide providing an opportunity for national leadership to engage with the works of the Order in South Australia, connect with members and candidates, and meet key stakeholders to support and further the Order’s mission. The visit commenced with a meeting of the [...]
07/07/2025
At the request of the Holy Father, the Order of Malta is providing medical assistance to pilgrims in the four Papal Basilicas and in St Peter’s Square for all Jubilee weeks (15/12/2024-11/01/2026). Knights, Dames and volunteers of the Order of Malta from around the world have answered the call with a team from Australia manning [...]
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 [...]
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.
