17/12/2003
I am happy to say that this year two knights have taken their perpetual vows and six have taken temporary vows. I cannot emphasise enough how important this is to the future of the Order, as it is the Professed members who are its core. Unfortunately, we have seen the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, […]
12/12/2003
World leaders met for three days in Geneva this month for the World Summit on the Information Society, set up by the United Nations, to discuss how to bridge the ‘digital divide’ between rich and poor. More than 60 heads of state, officials from 175 countries and another 10,000 representatives from government administrations, media, business […]
05/12/2003
The Sovereign Council of the Order of Malta has posthumously conferred on Brigadier Giuseppe Coletta the Gold Medal of Merit with Swords. The Brigadier Carabiniere was among those killed during the 12 November attack in Nassyria. The decoration, proposed by the Order of Malta’s Grand Priory of Naples and Sicily, is the acknowledgment of the […]
11/11/2003
Since the beginning of September, the Order of Malta German Emergency Corps (Malteser) has provided primary heathcare to 165,000 Angolans, including refugees, internally displaced persons and returnees, in Kuando Kubango in the southeast of Angola. Health facilities have been supplied with medicaments and medical equipment. Health workers have been trained and immunisation programmes are being […]
06/11/2003
On behalf of the Afghan Interim Government, the Order of Malta German Emergency Corps (Malteser) has expanded its activities in the Badghis province in Western Afghanistan, where the team runs the only hospital and up to ten health centres in four districts of the province. Malteser is training the local staff, administering their salaries, providing […]
28/10/2003
Pilgrims, medics and paramedics, members and volunteers from the Order’s Italian Delegations took part in the traditional pilgrimage to the shrine of Loreto, in the province of Ancona, central Italy, from 24 to 26 October. The days of celebration began on Via Lucis and ended inside the Sanctuary. The pilgrims participated in the daytime Mass […]
23/10/2003
Sixty Child Development Centres are being established in the 2001 earthquake struck regions of Bachau and Rapar, where caste discrimination is a particularly big problem. The Order of Malta German Emergency Coorps (Malteser) supports a three-year project which aims at improving the situation of children who belong to the former so-called ‘untouchable’ caste, the Tribals […]
17/10/2003
On October 16th John Paul II celebrated the 25th anniversary of his papacy with solemnity along with more than 50,000 people in a mass performed in St. Peter’s Square. The Grand Master, Fra’ Andrew Bertie was present at the event, accompanied by a number of Sovereign Council members and other Ladies and Knights of the […]
16/10/2003
The Grand Master and members of the Sovereign Council joined the Order’s Western Association in participating in ceremonies to celebrate the Association’s fiftieth anniversary. Events and religious functions commemorated a half-century of charitable activities dedicated to helping the poor and sick. During his visit, Saint John’s University of Minnesota bestowed an honorary law degree on […]
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