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 more"Where Babies are Born in Bethlehem" - Holy Family Hospital of Bethlehem Foundation
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Presents Award to the Order of Malta
The Order of Malta ministry at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) has been impacted by the intense restrictions on access by non-military personnel on the base. Since Covid, the restrictions have been lifted ...
read more"Hope is our anchor, Father Riccardo tells Order of Malta"
Please read below an article written by The Catholic Times of Columbus, Ohio. "Hope is our anchor, Father Riccardo tells Order of Malta", reports the talk Father John Riccardo gave during the Fourth Annual Hospitaller ...
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Photo: Past Federal Association Presidents Bill Page, GCM, Dr. Margaret Melady, GCM, and W. Shepherdson Abell, GCMOb with current President Fra' Thomas Mulligan.
President Fra’ Thomas Mulligan Recognized for Leadership
Bluffton Enhances Work at Local Food Pantry
Believe it or not, impoverished people do live on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. The brainchild of the Rev. Dr. Nannette Pierson, the Sandalwood Community Food Pantry began its operation in February of 2009. Five ...
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Photo from Left to Right: Damiano del Toro, KM, Damian Leader, KM, Linda O’Connor, Diane Oakley, DM, Rich Landfield, KM, Cathy MacFarlane, Candidate, and in front, Joan Leader
DC Team Upgrades L'Arche House
During a Holy Trinity Malta group spring meeting, Luke Smith, the executive director of L’Arche DC, gave an inspiring overview of L’Arche International and its mission of providing homes for intellectually disabled persons ...
read moreCentral North Carolina Region Challenged with Example of English Martyrs
The Central North Carolina Region, with the help of Chuck Cornelio and in conjunction with Saint Pius X parish in Greensboro, North Carolina, invited Judge Robert Conrad to speak about his newly written book: “John ...
read moreThe Chaplet of the Order
The Chaplet of the Order is a new sacramental. The image of the chaplet came to a knight and dame who lead the Spirituality Committee in the Charlotte Region while they were working on materials ...
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Photo from Left to Right: Todd Wilkens, KM, Stefan Wilkens; Max Niederhofer, Candidate; Alina Niederhofer; Don Patteson, KM; Dan Shelley, KM; Bill Zanardi
Central Texas Region Boosts Aid to Homeless
The Central Texas Region has expanded its partnership with Saint Louise House, a nonprofit that offers supportive housing for women and children experiencing homelessness. This August, members provided and served a meal at one of ...
read moreTraveling to Lourdes with St. Bernadette
When one visits Lourdes, France, they realize what a privilege it is to be in the presence of Our Lady and St. Bernadette. Few people are afforded this opportunity, but this summer, more than a ...
read moreOklahoma City Holds Retreat
Members of the Order of Malta - Oklahoma City recently participated in the region's third annual spiritual retreat. Led by the Rev. Roger Landry, a dozen and a half of our knights and dames joined ...
read moreAngel Tree Tags to Benefit Holy Family Hospital of Bethlehem
Recently, Peter-Anthony Pappas, KM, a Holy Family Hospital of Bethlehem Foundation board member, hosted an event at his home to assemble Angel Tree tags with a lively group of knights, dames, and friends of the ...
read moreColumbus Members Recognized for Pandemic Service
Members of the Columbus Region and their collaborators were awarded certificates and medals for service to our lords the poor and the sick during the darkest days of the Covid-19 pandemic. The ceremony took place ...
read moreThe Order of Malta-Federal Association announces the 2022 Defense of the Faith Forum Presenter, Mary Eberstadt

(Left to right) Cláudia Garradas, Dr. Valeria Vanesio, and Dr. Christine Muscat review manuscripts at the Monastery of Santa Ursula, Valletta, Malta.
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library Feature Story "Where We’re Working — The Monastery of Santa Ursula"
When Cláudia Garradas, the site director of the Malta Study Center, learned about the opportunity to digitally preserve the archives of the Monastery of Santa Ursula in Valletta, Malta, she immediately understood the significance ...
read moreCoats for the Homeless Program
The Oklahoma City Region is delighted to invite other regions again to participate in the Coats for the Homeless program.
We have created a new, independent non-profit corporation called Blessed Are They, Inc. to manage ...
read more37th Order of Malta International Summer Camp for Young People with Disabilities, Rome 2022
“Tutte le strada portano a Roma- All roads lead to Rome”.
After 3 years of waiting due to the Covid 19 pandemic, over 400 youth Volunteer Staff, Volunteer Helpers, and guests with disabilities from around ...
read moreFra’ Nicola Tegoni Approved to Serve as Regent of the Subpriory of Our Lady of Lourdes
With the recent appointment of Fra' Richard Wolff to the Sovereign Council vacancy, which was created when the Holy Father appointed Fra' John Dunlap as Lieutenant of the Grand Master, Fra’ Nicola Tegoni has been ...
read morePhiladelphia Region Celebrates the Feast of St. John the Baptist
Members of the Philadelphia Region joined with members of the American Association to celebrate the Feast of St. John the Baptist at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Overbrook Park, Philadelphia. Chaplain, Rev. Eric Banecker ...
read moreChicago Auxiliary Pall Bearer Program
The Chicago Auxiliary, through its recently constituted Pall Bearer Program, along with co-hospitaller Suzanne Hollerbach Nelson, received a procession of 13 hearses carrying the cremated remains of 333 Cook County residents at ...