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Order of Malta Australia

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  • 15/09/2017

    Providing food to forgotten neighbours in Seoul slums

    The newly renovated “House of Catholic Love and Peace’ was consecrated and blessed on 7 July. This ‘House’ is where members of the Order of Malta in Korea and volunteers, cook, pack and deliver lunch boxes to about 200 forgotten neighbours living in slums in downtown Seoul. Follow the work of our members in Korea […]

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  • 11/09/2017

    Creating Leaders Scholarship student to start studying medicine

    In May we reported on one of our Creating Leaders Scholarship students, Maria, who was part of team that became finalists in a worldwide physics competition for high school students sponsored by the renowned European Centre for Particle Physics (CERN), located in Geneva, Switzerland. The Creating Leaders Scholarship Program started in 2014. Maria was one of […]

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  • 06/09/2017

    Launch of “About Bioethics V: Faith, Science and the Environment”

    On Tuesday, 8th August, the fifth and final volume of Confrere, the late Professor Nicholas Tonti-Filippini, series on bioethics  was launched at the Cardinal Knox Centre of the Melbourne Archdiocese by His Grace, Anthony Fisher OP, Archbishop of Sydney, a friend of the Professor when they were lecturers together at the Australian Catholic University. His […]

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  • 06/09/2017

    Between the Idea and the Reality: The Future of Marriage in Australia

    On 8th August the Most reverend Anthony Fisher OP, Archbishop of Sydney presented the 2017 Harman Lecture (named after Fr Frank Harman, the Melbourne Archdiocese’s leading bioethicist and canon lawyer until his death in 2000). His Grace’s topic “Between the Idea and the Reality: The Future of Marriage in Australia” noted that that most resilient […]

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  • 06/09/2017

    Lourdes Masses celebrated at aged care centres in Victoria

    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. On Wednesday, 16th August a Lourdes Mass was held at the Assisi Centre in Rosanna which has 150 […]

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  • 06/09/2017

    Pictures from the Coats for the Homeless distribution in Victoria

    This year, 6,000 of our specially designed winter Coats were distributed across Australia. We are currently in the planning stages of our 2018 Campaign. The Coats are ordered in December to arrive in time for winter – therefore funds available at the end of 2017 dictate how many Coats we order for the coming winter. […]

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  • 04/09/2017

    Distribution of coats, blankets and rosary kits in Alice Springs

    Coats for the homeless are being supplied with the logo of the Order for the winter months in Alice Springs. In addition, Members are distributing blankets and Rosary bead kits with prayer cards and medals of the Madonna. The distribution of the above items has been coordinated with Fr Raass, SVD – Parish Priest of […]

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  • 04/09/2017

    Members donate Children’s Bibles to primary Schools in the NT

    On Wednesday, 31st August 2017, Consoeur Frances Booth, Consoeur Maria Randazzo and Confrère Sean Parnell, Members of the Order of Malta NT Group (OM NT Group), were privileged to donate twenty one Children’s Bibles for seven of the thirteen NT Catholic Primary Schools.  Another donation for the remaining schools will be made in 2018. Laura […]

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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.