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04/08/2020
Homelessness Week, 2-7 August Homelessness Week, which is held each year during the first week in August, Social Services and the community hold events to support those people who are homeless or at risk of being homeless. Alyson Segrott PUBLISHED August 04, 2020 Read the original article. Hunter Homeless Connect Inc. holds an annual Hunter [...]
10/07/2020
In Tasmania, members have assisted foreign students who do not qualify for support from either the Commonwealth or State governments, by providing emergency food hampers. Many have lost their student jobs necessary to pay for their rent, food, tuition, transport and are unable to fly home during the pandemic. Pedro (pictured) is a UTAS post [...]
09/07/2020
Report by Sean Parnell, Hospitaller for the Northern Central Region On Sunday, 21st June, three members of the Northern Central Region drove 230 kms south from Darwin to Nauiyu community west of Katherine on the Daly River. The area was previously a source of copper mining. After stopping briefly stop at Adelaide River we turned [...]
08/07/2020
Order of Malta members, families and friends were out last night visiting the homeless in Melbourne on the back of the announcement of a 6 week lockdown of the city with the outbreak of 2nd wave of Covid-19 infections. Coats for the homeless and our new Covid care packs were given out to large numbers [...]
30/06/2020
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25/06/2020
St John the Baptist is Patron Saint of both the Diocese of Christchurch and the Order of Malta. On Wednesday 24 June, Fr Chris Friel celebrated Mass at St Mary's Pro Cathedral on the Feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist. The Mass was attended by a good number of members and supporters [...]
23/06/2020
Members across Australia came together this morning to participate in a live streamed Mass celebrating the Feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist, at St Stephen's Cathedral, Brisbane. The Principal Celebrant was Archbishop Mark Coleridge, our Conventual Chaplain Ad Honorem and Chief Chaplain Ad Interim. For those unable to watch the live stream, [...]
18/06/2020
The Order of Malta medical clinic in Dili continues to provide world class medical treatment to the people of Timor-Leste. However the funding for this facility has been dependent on one-off grants and large gifts from individual donors. A major goal for the clinic in 2020 is to increase the clinic's capabilities to include radiology [...]
17/06/2020
Pictured: A small group of members gathered to assemble the homeless hygiene packs in South Melbourne. The operation was controlled with social distancing, masks and hand sanitiser The Order of Malta has been committed to serving the sick and poor for over 900 years. In this time, we have confronted diseases, natural disasters and wars. [...]
17/06/2020
On Saturday 13th June, 2020 the Magistral Chaplain of the Order of Malta Thailand, Fr.Carlo organized for the members, aspirants and volunteers to travel to St.Anna Church, Tha Chin, at Samut Sakhorn Province, to deliver food bags. The food bags which consisted of 5kg rice bag, bottle of cooking oil, 6 eggs, milk, energy drinks, [...]
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.
