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Order of Malta Australia

News

  • 22/03/2013

    Inauguration Mass of Pope Francis

    The Holy Father: “Protecting people, showing loving concern for each and every person.” The Grand Master present with the Order of Malta’s official delegation. “Let us never forget that real power is service…of the poorest, the weakest,” said Pope Francis, choosing “Care” and “Protection” as the leading themes of his homily during the Solemn Mass […]

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  • 14/03/2013

    International Women’s Day: the Order of Malta supports victims of violence

    International Women’s Day was founded to raise awareness of the vulnerability and unequal status of women across the globe. Today, the Order of Malta’s programmes support women in some of the world’s most violent regions. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Order of Malta provides psychological and medical treatment for women who have been […]

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  • 14/03/2013

    Knight of the Order awarded Papal Knighthood

    Mr Curran, a philanthropist and the founder of St Vincent’s Hospital’s Curran Foundation, was acknowledged for his “extraordinarily generous contributions to the Church and to the broader Australian community”. In 1984, Mr Curran created the Curran Foundation which has since continued to assist the work of St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney, of which he was […]

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  • 26/02/2013

    Kairos Catholic Journal – Order of Malta celebrations in Rome

    Read the Kairos Catholic Journal article on the Order’s celebrations in Rome: http://www.cam.org.au/News-and-Events/News-and-Events/News/Article/14173/Order-of-Malta-celebrations-in-Rome   Other articles: Rome celebrates ancient Order: http://www.cam.org.au/News-and-Events/News-and-Events/News/Article/14104/Rome-Celebrates-Ancient-Order

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  • 21/02/2013

    Haiti earthquake, three years later: Passing the torch to local groups

    The emergency international relief agency of the Order of Malta, Malteser International, will stay in Haiti for three more years. Three years after the earthquake that left Haiti in ruins, recovery efforts must go on – but with a much stronger focus on strengthening local structures, states Malteser International. So the progress that Malteser International achieved […]

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  • 21/02/2013

    Order of Malta Anniversary Mass in Adelaide

    On 15th February a special mass was held in St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral, Adelaide to the 900th Anniversary of the foundation of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and Malta, as a Religious Order by Pope Paschal II. The mass recognised the many Saints and Blessed of the Order and was celebrated […]

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  • 19/02/2013

    Lourdes Day Mass celebrations in Adelaide

    On Monday 11th February as large congregation attended the Lourdes Day Mass celebrations at St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral in Adelaide. The mass was celebration by Archbishop Philip Wilson DD JCL and Members from the Order if South Australia helped to distribute Lourdes water to those who attended.

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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.