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04/04/2019
On the 31th of March, the Order of Malta Korea held its Annual General Meeting. With the participation of 11 members and one aspirant, the 2018 report on the Hospitaller activities and the finances and the 2019 annual plan on the Hospitaller activities and the finances were submitted and approved. Also, the amendment of some [...]
31/03/2019
“Hand in hand”: the leitmotiv that the Grand Hospitaller, Dominique de la Rochefoucauld-Montbel recalled at the opening of the Order of Malta’s XXVII International Hospitallers Conference, held from 21 to 24 March. Like previous years, there was a high participation with some 80 Hospitallers (who are responsible for all medical, social and humanitarian activities) – [...]
20/03/2019
The 2019 Asia Pacific Camp for Disabled Youth will be held in Hong Kong between 23-26 October. ''I’ve never been on holiday without my family. It felt great knowing I can be independent and be among others my age! Guest, Wai Yin ORDER OF MALTA For the last thirty years the Order of Malta has [...]
18/03/2019
The Syrian war seems to be nearing its final stages, but there is no end to the suffering of the people affected by the conflict. “Half a million people have lost their lives and millions have been displaced, but the scale of human suffering cannot be expressed in numbers,” said Janine Lietmeyer, Head of Middle [...]
15/03/2019
In Victoria, as well as the annual Lourdes Day Mass held on the first Saturday of December at St Patrick’s Cathedral, members of the Order hold Lourdes Masses at various Catholic aged care centres throughout the year. The most recent Lourdes Mass was held on Tuesday 12 March at Rosary Home for the Aged and [...]
07/03/2019
February is a month full of celebration for Koreans with the Lunar New Year holiday, which is a major traditional holiday where families gather and enjoy home-cooked meals as people welcome the arrival of the new year by the lunar calendar, and of course the Valentine's day where love is expressed to those close to [...]
07/03/2019
Following the launch of the Bread for the Weekend project in January 2019, the weekly service continued to provide nutritious meals to the isolated seniors whose lives are constantly exposed to hopeless hunger. Members of the Order of Malta Korea have comfortably settled into its operational routine. Two to three members gather every Thursday afternoon [...]
06/03/2019
On Saturday 2 March, 65 Members of Order attended the Annual Day of Retreat at the Carmelite Monastery, Kew, Victoria. The retreat spiritual director was Fr Gerald O’ Collins SJU AC, principal chaplain of the Sub-priory of the Immaculate Conception. View our gallery of images: Tweet
06/03/2019
Twice a year Members of the Subpriory of the Immaculate Conception attend a three day retreat. The Subpriory of the Immaculate Conception is a spiritual community within the Australian Association of the Order of Malta, founded in 2007 in the tradition of Subpriories and Grand Priories that have enriched the history of the Order. The [...]
06/03/2019
On Saturday 2 March, 2019 another Member of the Order of Malta Australia, Richard Caesar-Thwaytes, took the Promise of Obedience at the Subpriory of the Immaculate Conception's Annual February Retreat in Victoria. At present, about ten percent of the Order's Members have taken their Promise of Obedience and this number is steadily growing; it is [...]
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.
