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03/09/2018
One year after Rohingya crisis, thousands of lives saved, but challenges remain In August 2017, a brutal campaign of violence drove about 680,000 Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar to the coastal city of Cox's Bazar in neighboring Bangladesh. Malteser International immediately responded, providing healthcare for wounded and sick refugees in Bangladesh. A year later, the challenges [...]
03/09/2018
Original article from the Catholic Leader PANADOL won’t be literally out of reach for children who visit a small medical clinic in East Timor thanks to a group of young Catholics from Brisbane. Members of the St Stephen’s Cathedral Young Adults Ministry will send more than $5000 in donated medicines to a clinic in Maliana, [...]
30/08/2018
On 27 June, Members and volunteers of the Order of Malta in Korea celebrated the 2nd anniversary of the lunchbox project where over 10,000 lunchboxes have been cooked and delivered to people living in Seoul slums.
30/08/2018
On the historical day when the leaders of both the U.S. and North Korea came to shake hands at the Singapore Summit in June, Order of Malta Korea hosted a special event for the members and volunteers with two lectures; one on North Korea’s Change and the Inter-Korean Relations by a renowned professor in the […]
30/08/2018
Since 2015 the Order of Malta Community Care Van been operating in Sydney, bringing medical care and essential goods to homeless people in the Archdiocese. A second Order of Malta Community Care Van has now started operation in Parramatta Diocese, NSW on a Monday evening with a second weekly service anticipated to commence shortly. The [...]
30/08/2018
The Hutt Street Centre is a multiservice organisation that assists the homeless, including showers, meals, a mail collection service and laundry services. In addition to providing them with our Coats for the Homeless, Members also provide financial support to assist them continue their services. This August, the Order of Malta’s Members in South Australia donated $10,000 to […]
24/08/2018
Canisius Retreat Centre, Pymble, Sydney, July 2018 Report by Confrere Stephen Gatt The two-day, residential, national Subpriory of the Immaculate Conception Retreat at the Canisius Jesuit Retreat Centre in Pymble, NSW just prior to the Central East Region’s Day of Reflection at The Mary McKillop Centre in North Sydney, proved to be a resounding success [...]
23/08/2018
On July 10, 2018, our clinic hosted a visit from volunteer Audiologists from Darwin, through Hearing First Steps, a group committed to providing a life-changing assistance to individuals who are hearing-impaired. We were able to assist 24 patients, 10 received hearing aids. The screening for patients with ear problems will continue at our clinic every 2nd Thursday [...]
23/08/2018
In less than a year our Medical Clinic in Timor-Leste has assisted thousands of patients and is continually increasing the services it provides. In addition to day to day running of the clinic, staff also attend outreach clinics in remote areas. Recently, the Philippine Embassy to Timor-Leste, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, conducted a [...]
23/08/2018
In June the Clinic services expanded to include minor surgery every Wednesday. To date these activities have included cases of lipoma, cyst removal and wart/verrucae excision. The Clinics objective is to further grow the frequency of these services over time, however funding is the most significant barrier. The work at our clinic is funded primarily [...]
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.
