On March 15th, 220 people attended the 16th annual Lourdes Anointing Mass at Our Lady of Mercy, in Potomac, Maryland sponsored by the Montgomery County Region and joined by members from Washington DC, and Virginia. Bishop Juan Esposito, auxiliary of the Archdiocese of Washington, was the principal celebrant, assisted ...
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Oklahoma City Holds Annual Retreat
From February 28 to March 2, I attended the Oklahoma City Region's annual three-day retreat, hosted at the Catholic Pastoral Center.
As joyously expected, our confreres provided a spectacular educational and inspirational retreat at ...
read moreAtlanta Celebrates Annual Lenten Retreat
Pope Francis declared “Pilgrims of Hope” as this year’s theme for the Jubilee, and we followed his message on our Atlanta Region Lenten Retreat from March 7 to 8.
Forty members of our Atlanta ...
read moreJacksonville Celebrates Anointing Mass
The Jacksonville Region Anointing Mass was held on Saturday February 15 with hundreds attending. Our new Hospitaller, Dr. Pat Hutton welcomed the malades and their companions and thanked Mass Chair, Dr. Jeff Edwards for his ...
read moreRome Retreat Draws Young Members Worldwide
Knights and dames of Malta from three continents gathered in Rome in early December for the 11th Blessed Gerard Retreat, an annual event designed to deepen understanding of the Order’s structures, history, and paths ...
read moreMembers Serve Thanksgiving at Fisher House
Traditional Thanksgiving dinner was served to over 80 residents and guests of the five Fisher Houses on the campus of Walter Reed on November 15th. Three turkeys with complete dinner accompaniments were donated by Ed ...
read moreLafayette Region Buries Poor, Homeless and Forgotten
Thirty-seven coffins lined the aisle of the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Lafayette, LA on All Souls Day evening, adorned with floral arrangements and prepared for their final resting place. The coffins held ...
read moreThanksgiving Dinner Provided by Central NC
The Central North Carolina Region provided an early Thanksgiving dinner to a full house at the Family House in Winston-Salem, NC while patients of family members underwent cancer treatments at Baptist and Novant Hospitals.
The ...
read moreBishop Dorsonville Invested as Conventual Chaplain
Bishop Mario E. Dorsonville was invested as a Conventual Chaplain ad honorem of our Order at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament, attended by members of the Montgomery County Region. The bishop offered Mass ...
read moreWestern Pennsylvania Retreat
The annual 2017 Western Pennsylvania Retreat was held at St. Vincent College and Seminary in Latrobe, Pennsylvania November 1-5.
The topic was “Be Perfect as Your Heavenly Father Is Perfect (Matthew 5:48): the Importance ...
read moreMessage from a 2017 Lourdes Malade
It was six months ago that many of us went into the water at Lourdes. While I kept my enthusiasm at a low level, I felt an immediate cessation of symptoms and pain from the ...
read moreCentral NC Feeds the Hungry
Members of the Central North Carolina region packed 125,000 pounds of USDA food for the hungry in 18 counties of northwestern North Carolina via 400 partner food agencies.
The knights and dames, together with ...
read more2017 Investiture Recap
On October 21, the Federal Association invested 57 new knights and dames, as well as six chaplains. Donald Cardinal Wuerl, archbishop of Washington, DC, was the principal celebrant for the annual Investiture Mass held in ...
read moreGroup Studying Church Teaching on Immigration
The Our Lady of Mercy Malta Group is a parish group within the Montgomery County Region, which includes members from Mercy, St. Bart’s, Our Lady of Lourdes and Little Flower churches, sponsored a talk ...
read moreA Moment of Reflection from Executive Director of Malteser International Americas
Dear Federal Association Membership,
Last Sunday, while at St. Catherine of Siena Church with my wife and two young children, I had a moment to reflect and give thanks to our donors and supporters after ...
read morePrayer and Letting Go of Control
If you were to ask me what is the greatest obstacle to growing closer to the Lord, I would say that it is our desire to control our own lives rather than allow God to ...
read moreEvangelizing With Faith-based Community: My Personal Journey of Faith
God has a plan for each of us. Trust in him.
When I first moved to the Washington, DC area, life had just thrown me a curveball. What started out as a promising future—a ...
read moreHospital Partner in Haiti Braves Wrath of Hurricane Irma
Staff at Hôpital Sacré Coeur in Milot, Haiti, which operates in partnership with the CRUDEM Foundation, labored long and hard In advance of Hurricane Irma to safeguard the 125 patients there. The most vulnerable ...
read moreOrder of Malta Center of Care Up and Running
On August 24, the Order of Malta Center of Care, located in Columbus, opened and saw its first patients. The free clinic was started by the Columbus region of the Federal Association to serve our ...
read moreSt. Joseph Day of Celebration
September 13th was a day of celebration for the St. Joseph, region, as members gathered at the Cathedral of St. Joseph in St. Joseph, MO. Rev. Matthew Rotert, the cathedral rector and associate chaplain of ...
read moreOrder of Malta Center of Care First Aid Kit Giveaway
On August 17, members of the Columbus region of the Federal Association, under the banner of the Order of Malta Center of Care, attended the annual Book Bag Giveaway at Holy Rosary-St. John Catholic Church ...
read moreOrder Bringing Relief in Wake of Hurricane Harvey
On September 9, 42 members volunteered at the Order of Malta Food Fair, organized with Catholic Charities at the Mamie George Community Center, in the heart of the poorest area of hurricane-ravaged Houston.
More than ...
read moreDrone footage shows full impact of Hurricane Harvey
Historic rains continue to fall in Texas from Hurricane Harvey. First hand account from an Order of Malta member in the region: “This is catastrophic. Epic. Torrential rains falling.”
Officials say that rain and “catastrophic ...
read moreHurricane Harvey Relief Needed
This past weekend, Hurricane Harvey made landfall and destroyed coastal Texas, unleashing 130 mph gale force winds and knocking down trees, toppling power poles and signs, and washing away homes. A deluge of rain flooded ...
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