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08/02/2015
The February 2015 Newsletter contains the latest news from the Australian Association. Download a copy of the February 2015 Newsletter now. Past editions of our newsletter are available from our Stay Informed section. If you would like to sign up for our newsletter, please email your postal address to mrees@smom.org.au Alternatively, read the articles online: Haiti: Five years after […]
02/02/2015
In Queensland, farmers are in the midst of the most extensive drought on record and has had a devastating effect on the farming community due to the subsequent hardship that this has had on their liveilihood. In some cases, farmers have had to kill many hundred heads of livestock due to a lack of feed. The […]
30/01/2015
The Catholic Advocacy Service is offered by a group of volunteers and Members of the Order of Malta in NT to the most vulnerable and marginalised members of the our society. Services include: – Administrative assistance to the unwell, old, poorly educated and illiterate, by helping the complete forms that Government agencies require. – Social support […]
22/01/2015
The Lebanon Project – http://www.dw.de/the-lebanon-project/a-18146201 Hardly any other country has been so scarred by war and crisis as Lebanon. But this is also where young people from Europe take part in a project every summer that expresses the ideal of a common humanity. Karim’s back is covered in scars and his limbs are deformed. He […]
12/01/2015
Malteser International extends assistance until 2017 Five years after the terrible earthquake that destroyed large parts of Haiti, the country still needs further assistance despite some visible progress in the fields of social infrastructure. Malteser International will therefore continue to support the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the country at least until 2017. The relief service […]
15/12/2014
Source: Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne By: Denis Fitzgerald The Order of Malta’s Lourdes Day Mass, on the first Saturday in December, is well established on the Melbourne calendar. Again this year, on Saturday 6 December, thousands of people gathered in St Patrick’s Cathedral, many of them infirm or aged, to pray, to celebrate the […]
07/12/2014
Malteser International in close cooperation with the Philippine association of the Order of Malta is assessing the situation on the ground and preparing to provide assistance and to bring food, hygiene articles and medicines to the affected areas. “In the villages in the province of Samar, where we have helped families rebuild since Haiyan, the […]
03/12/2014
On Saturday 29th November, over 500 people attended the Order’s annual Lourdes Day Mass in Sydney at St Mary’s Cathedral. The Principal Celebrant was the newly installed Archbishop of Sydney, Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP. Below is his homilly from the Mass, his first first public homilly since his installation: Homily for Lourdes Day Mass with Order […]
30/11/2014
Article from the Catholic News Agency By Jan Bentz Rome, Italy, Nov 29, 2014 / 06:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Nov. 8 the Vatican announced the transfer of Cardinal Raymond Burke from prefect of the Apostolic Signatura, which ensures correct administration of justice in the Church, to Patron of the Sovereign Order of the Knights […]
23/11/2014
On Saturday 6th December, the VIC Branch of the Order of Malta is hosting its annual Lourdes Day Mass at St Patrick’s Cathedral at 10.30am. The Archbishop of Melbourne, Dennis Hart will be the Principal Celebrant. A Blessing of good health takes place during the celebration of the Liturgy with water brought from the Shrine […]
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.
