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23/04/2018
Since the opening of our Medical Clinic in Dili in November, an alarming number of patients have attended suffering from moderate to severe malnutrition. Most of these patients are under the age of five years old. Malnutrition is a major health issue in Timor-Leste. It is the single greatest contributor to premature death and disability […]
18/04/2018
Report by Derek Pingel This year’s Queensland Coats for the Homeless fundraising breakfast held at the Brisbane Club on 9 March was again a tremendous success with just over 120 attendees. Members and guests of the Order of Malta, Brisbane’s Archbishop Mark Coleridge and his Auxillary Bishop Ken Howell, Members of the Order of Saint […]
04/04/2018
Report by Michael Shanahan For many years Members of the Order in WA have supported medical students at the University of Notre Dame for achieving excellence in Philosophy and Ethics with a prize at the annual awards evening and the Catholic Doctors Association WA supporting the Theology prize. However with the change from the MBBS […]
28/03/2018
Report by Bevan Killick On Thursday 22 March, the Feast of Blessed Clemens August Graf (Count) von Galen was celebrated in Christchurch, New Zealand. The Mass was celebrated by the Most Reverend Paul Martin SM DD, Bishop of Christchurch, at the Pro Cathedral, assisted by the Pro Cathedral Administrator, Fr Chris Friel. Bishop Paul Martin […]
26/03/2018
Report by Adrian Borg Cardona. On March 21st, 2018 on behalf of the Members, Aspirants and Friends of the Order, I travelled to Ubon Ratchathani to present 8 wheelchairs. We visited two villages and a Social Centre for the disabled. After meeting with Fr. Andrew and his staff we departed firstly to meet 3 recipients […]
26/03/2018
Collin Yap has been appointed as the Sovereign Order of Malta’s Ambassador-designate to Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste following the retirement of H.E. David Scarf at the end of last year Collin is a Member of the Order of Malta in Australia, based in Singapore and Timor-Leste. He was enlisted into the Sovereign Order of Malta’s diplomatic […]
21/03/2018
Report by David Kissane, Procurator The Subpriory of the Immaculate Conception gathered recently for its three-day annual retreat (Feb 22-24) at the Campion Centre of Ignatian Spirituality in Kew, Victoria. The third day included a Day of Reflection for Victorian Branch Members and was held at the nearby Carmelite Monastery. Our Conventual Chaplain ad honorem, Bishop Terry Curtin, DD, Auxiliary […]
21/03/2018
A Mass was recently celebrated at St Mary’s Cathedral in Darwin to honour the current Northern Territory Chief Justice and bestow upon him the Cross Pro Merito Melitensi which had been granted by Sovereign Council in 2017. The Order pro Merito Melitensi is the order of merit of the Order of Malta, established in 1920. […]
15/03/2018
The 2018 Order of Malta 2nd Asia Pacific Youth Camp The Order of Malta Youth Camp for the Disabled has a successful history of 30 years in Europe. Following the success of the Inaugural Youth camp in Singapore last year, the second camp will be held in the Philippines in June. We are in the final […]
14/03/2018
After seven years, the unabated violence of the Syrian civil war continues to cause monumental suffering for millions of civilians in the Middle East. “The desperate situation in Eastern Ghouta is a gruesome and predictable recurrence of the states of siege in towns like Homs and Aleppo,” says Janine Lietmeyer, Country Group Manager for Syria […]
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.
