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Atlanta Supports Pregnancy Aid Clinic

Jackie Bohling, DM
3/21/2024
On February 29, the Atlanta Region hosted its annual Life is Beautiful event, benefiting Pregnancy Aid Clinic (PAC) in Atlanta. For nearly 15 years, the Atlanta Region has hosted events for PAC, raising more than $1,100,000.
 
Previous co-chairs, Melanie Colley, DM and Margaret Grigorian, DM, passed the baton ...
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Features

Anointing of the Sick in Charleston

Diana Shertenlieb, DMOb
3/21/2024
Pictured here are members from the Developing Regions Bluffton and Charleston, South Carolina, who joined with Charleston Bishop Jacques Fabre-Jeune, CS, and members of the clergy and lay faithful at the Charleston Diocesan Mass and ...
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Nashville Holds First Healing Mass

Philip Mauro, KM
3/21/2024

The Nashville Region in Development held its first Healing Mass at the Cathedral of the Incarnation on February 23rd. Msgr. Michael Boland, conventual chaplain Grand Cross ad honorem, graciously flew in from Washington, DC to ...

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Columbus Makes Pilgrimage to National Shrine

Leonard Barbe, KM
3/7/2024
On February 11th, the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes and the World Day of the Sick, members of the Columbus Region made a pilgrimage to the National Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation in ...
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Solemn Vespers of the Dead

Laurence Neuhoff, KM
12/19/2018

The Dallas Region commemorated the centennial of the end of World War I with Solemn Vespers of the Dead at the University of Dallas's Church of the Incarnation on November 6. The celebrant was ...

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New Members Welcomed at Investiture Weekend

Christine A. Kettmer, DM and Chair, Investiture Committee
12/6/2018

On the third weekend in October, 59 new members were welcomed into the Federal Association of the Order of Malta. Once again, several of the Investiture activities occurred at the historic Mayflower Hotel and St ...

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Philermos Icon Venerated in Pilgrimage to Croatia

Barbara Patocka, DM
12/6/2018

In September, Federal Association President Margaret Melady led a pilgrimage of 22 members of the Order to Croatia, where we were warmly welcomed at a dinner hosted by Croatian Catholics and experienced first-hand how the ...

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Austin/San Antonio Honors Deceased Members

Don Patteson, KM
11/14/2018

On November 10, the Austin/San Antonio Region celebrated our first Mass for deceased members, in the chapel of St. Louis King of France. It was a beautiful, intimate Mass honoring and praying for our ...

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Regions Renew Purpose After Sanctity of Life Mass

Joan Glasgow, DM
11/1/2018

The DC and Montgomery County Regions held their annual Sanctity of Life Mass on October 6 at Our Lady of Mercy Church in Potomac, with the Rev. Bill Byrne, one of our chaplains, celebrating. Thirty-five ...

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Milwaukee Holds Inaugural Blessing of Capes and Robes

Dr. Cynthia Salazar, DM
11/1/2018

On Oct. 5, following first Friday Mass at Old St. Mary Church, Milwaukee Region members, auxiliary, and guests gathered to witness and participate in the Blessing of Church Capes and Robes for those being invested ...

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St. Ann’s Renovation Project

Tom Gaspard, KM
11/1/2018

The DC and Montgomery County regions held this year’s second renovation project on Oct. 13 at St. Ann’s Center for Children, Youth and Families. Our task was to give a facelift to several ...

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Three-Day Symposium Introduces Blessed Karl of Austria

Lawrence Neuhoff, KM
10/17/2018

The Dallas Region sponsored a three-day symposium last month on Blessed Karl of Austria, the last Emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and a Bailiff Grand Cross of Honor and Devotion in the Order of Malta ...

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Texas Regions Gather in Retreat, with Hopes to Repeat

Don Patteson, KM
10/17/2018

This weekend the Austin/San Antonio Region hosted what we hope will become an annual retreat for the three Texas regions—Austin/San Antonio, Dallas, and Houston.  The Very Rev. R. Lucian Millette, judicial vicar ...

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Fisher House Meal

Gaby DeLeon, KM and Joan Glasgow, DM
10/17/2018

Order of Malta members served dinner to 45 residents and guests at the four Fisher Houses on the campus of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. The meal consisted of chicken pot pie (by Selma ...

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Assumption Feast Takes River Route

Tim Wescott, KM
10/4/2018

Lafayette Region members processed in the Fête-Dieu du Vermilion (Feast of God on the Bayou Vermilion) in honor of the Feast of the Assumption in August. This has been an annual event of the ...

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Chicago Region Recognized for Local Service Project

Maria Kelly, DM
10/4/2018

Cardinal Blase Cupich of the Archdiocese of Chicago and Msgr. Michael Boland, president of Catholic Charities of Chicago, were scheduled to award the members of the Chicago Region with the Bishop M. Conway Caritas Christi ...

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A Nursing Perspective on Malade Selection

Marguerite Baxter, DM; Joan Cincotta, DM; Harry Johnson, KM; Jeff Ludwig, KM; and Lisa Miranda, DM
9/6/2018

Each year, we as the Lourdes Committee Nursing Leadership Team look forward to fall and the malade selection process. Although the plane will not depart for six months, the Lourdes pilgrimage begins for us in ...

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For I Was in Prison and You Visited Me

Patricia Turpin, DM
8/23/2018

The Atlanta Region prison ministry was invited to Queen of Angels Catholic School during the Lenten season to discuss Corporal Works of Mercy with the middle school students. While preparing for the event I spent ...

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FA President and ED Visit Syracuse Region

Megan FitzGerald, DM
8/9/2018

We had a wonderful time last month when Federal Association President Margaret Melady and Executive Deacon Director Michael Stankewicz visited and toured our service projects in the Syracuse Region. This visit is part of a ...

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Chaplains at Convocation Seek Closer Ties

Msgr. Edward Dillon
7/26/2018

At the end of June, chaplains of the Federal Association met for two days at the Dominican House of Studies, in Washington, D.C. for the second formal convocation of chaplains. This recent meeting brought ...

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Town Hall Meeting Connects Service to Spirituality

Kathryn Abell, GCM/Ob
7/6/2018

“I don’t encounter Jesus in the poor and the sick because I am doing good works. I encounter Jesus in the poor and the sick because that’s where Jesus lives.”

 

This connection between ...

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Medical Mission to Milot, Haiti

Anne Blum, DM, Joe Giere, KM, and Joan Glasgow, DM
7/6/2018

We have an exciting progress report on Hospital Sacre Coeur from a recent visit by Dr. Joe Giere, KM.  First, a bit of history. The Hospital in Milot, Haiti has been connected to the Order ...

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Angels and Demons: Lancaster’s Spring Defense of the Faith Event

Daniel Krieger, KM
6/21/2018

On May 24 the Lancaster Region held the spring installment of its Defense of the Faith series. The program, titled, Angels and Demons: Who They are and Why They Matter, featured Adam Blai, a peritus ...

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2018 DC Metro Area Renovation Project

Joan Glasgow, DM & Tom Gaspard, KM
6/7/2018

In April, 26 volunteers gathered to dedicate their Saturday to participating in the Washington area regions' fourth annual renovation project. The volunteers included Order of Malta members, a grandson and a few sons of members ...

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Catholic Spirituality for the Incarcerated