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19/05/2022
With the onset of the cold and wet winter weather, the 2022 Coats for the Homeless distribution is underway nationwide. Once again Hygiene Packs are also being offered to the homeless by our volunteers as Covid-19 infections in Australia continue to soar. “It is good to be back on the streets of Melbourne caring for [...]
16/05/2022
National Volunteer Week will be held on 16 – 22 May 2022. We take this opportunity to thank all of our amazing volunteers and share some of their reflections on why they volunteer and what they get from the experiences. “Becoming an Order of Malta Volunteer (OMV) welcomes me to care for people in need, [...]
15/05/2022
For those we serve at our food services and through our volunteer Community Care teams, we are acutely aware that the homeless are more vulnerable than ever this winter. At the beginning of the pandemic, in addition to distributing our specially designed Coats for the Homeless across Australia, our teams of volunteers also assembled and [...]
11/05/2022
Over the second weekend of May, 50 guests, carers and volunteers came together in Western Sydney for a three-day Order of Malta Camp for Disabled Youth at the Benedict XVI Retreat Centre. The Order of Malta in Europe and the Americas have been hosting youth camps for over 30 years with the aim of bringing [...]
08/05/2022
Celebrating Mother's Day, the Order of Malta in Brisbane helped to prepare and serve a special bacon, egg and sausage BBQ to over 100 people, through the Emmanuel City Mission (ECM) Homeless Sanctuary. Volunteers from the Order of Malta, ECM and the Australian Catholic University (ACU) worked happily together in providing welcoming meals, friendly conversations [...]
07/05/2022
The Sanctuary at Lourdes, France has reopened and been made ready for pilgrims after being closed for two years due to Covid-19. In the first weekend of May, the first large scale pilgrimage group to return to Lourdes was the Order of Malta for their 64th International Pilgrimage to the shrine of Our Lady and [...]
06/05/2022
Offices and equipment of the Order of Malta have been destroyed in Mariupol Under the coordination of Malteser International, the Order of Malta is continuing to provide relief to the Ukrainian population distributing medical equipment, food, hygiene kits and ensuring psycho-social support in Ukraine and in the surrounding countries. Only within Ukraine the relief operations [...]
22/04/2022
We are pleased to announce that Anna Vandierendonck has been appointed Project Officer for the Community Hub co-led by the Order of Malta and the University Catholic University. Anna has a background in launching and developing community based services and is very much looking forward to working on this exciting initiative with the Order and [...]
13/04/2022
On Palm Sunday 10 April 2022, Order of Malta Volunteers (OMV) in Brisbane supported Emmanuel City Mission (ECM) through sharing welcoming conversations with vulnerable people, while preparing and serving a free breakfast and cooking over 100 sausages for the free BBQ lunch. Glen, ECM Director of Mission, kindly thanked OMV, "I always appreciate when the [...]
11/04/2022
Photos courtesy of Giovanni Portelli / The Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney In January the world was stunned by a volcanic eruption and subsequent tsunami in Tonga that devastated the islands, leaving homes and livelihoods destroyed. Immediate aid became difficult. The small island nation was all but cut off from the outside world as damaged fibre-optic cables [...]
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.
