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Order of Malta Australia

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  • 25/09/2023

    Creating Leaders Scholarships – breaking the poverty cycle

    Creating Leaders is an Order of Malta scholarship program in Timor-Leste. The Scholarships support underprivileged children to participate in formal continuing education. Like many developing countries, Timor-Leste has high levels of poverty and low national human development. Education is an important vehicle to employment, independence, social and political empowerment and consequently, national development. However, a [...]

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  • 13/09/2023

    Dedication of Our Lady of Philermos roses

    On the Feast Day of Our Lady this weekend, an outside mass at Villa Maria Hunters Hill Sydney was celebrated by  Father Aliki. This was followed by  a dedication for “Our Lady of Philermos” roses planted surrounding a statue of “Our Lady”. Order of Malta member, Cons. Deirdre Page organised the event with Fr Aliki, [...]

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  • 13/09/2023

    Order of Malta Christmas Cards available for purchase

     $45 for a pack of 10 (plus postage) We are all living in an age that is increasingly secular and sadly Christmas cards with the image of Jesus Christ are becoming scarce. By sending loved ones a personal Christmas  card celebrating the birth of Jesus you have the opportunity to respond to the challenge and effectively defend our [...]

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  • 07/09/2023

    Prayer Book – Grand Priory of England – AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE

    A beautifully produced comprehensive and illustrated book of prayers, offices and ceremonials for the Order of Malta. This book is published by the Grand Priory of England on high quality paper. Designed to fit in your pocket and as a companion piece to the Rule of Blessed Raymond Du Puy. $75 + SHIPPING. BUY NOW [...]

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  • 07/09/2023

    Growing the Order’s Mission in Timor-Leste

    The Order of Malta Medical Clinic in Timor-Leste has introduced regular nutrition classes, to assist in its missions to improve maternal and infant health and wellbeing. The people of Timor-Leste continue to suffer the highest malnutrition rate in South-East Asia. Malnutrition is the single greatest contributor to premature death and disability as it weakens the [...]

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  • 04/09/2023

    Survival bags and wheelchairs distributed in Thailand

    Since 2016, the Order of Malta Thailand has been running ‘The Wheelchair Project’. The project involves wheelchairs being purchased and distributed to the sick and poor in towns and remote villages. The wheelchairs provide the recipients with greater independence as they are otherwise usually reliant on family to move from their beds.   This year, [...]

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  • 03/09/2023

    Palliative Care Volunteers – At the forefront of ‘Being for Others’

    For many years the Order of Malta in Victoria has actively been involved with community palliative care through Eastern Palliative Care, which it runs in conjunction with St Vincent’s Melbourne and Outer Eastern Palliative Care. Thanks to a generous bequest from the Richard Divall Trust to the Order of Malta, a new project to provide [...]

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  • 30/08/2023

    Roses in Rome

    Member, Leonie Harle, visited the Grand Magistry at the end of August to deliver one of our Our Lady of Philermos Roses. She was then invited to attend its planting in the rose garden at the Magistral Villa the following day. The Our Lady of Philermos Rose project directly aligns with the mission of the [...]

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  • 25/08/2023

    ‘The Kitchen’- providing the opportunity for ‘hands on’ work

    In 2021, Order of Malta members in Sydney decided to redouble its focus on “hands on work”, with Members and Volunteers working directly on projects to serve Jesus in the poor, sick and otherwise needy. Conventual Chaplain Ad Honorem, Fr Anthony Robbie came up with idea of a Community Kitchen, modelled on a project run [...]

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  • 25/08/2023

    National Rosary for the health of families and friends

    On 24 August 2023, around 20 Order of Malta members from across Australia dedicated the monthly online Rosary to the health, healing or memory of families and friends in need. A member reflected how sharing the Luminous Mysteries in communal spirit proved reassuring during a time of private family illness. The monthly National Rosary complements [...]

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The Australian Association

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.