The International Hospitaller Conference that concluded earlier this month in Vienna, Austria was an opportunity to appreciate the worldwide scope of our Order in profound ways. Jane Lanier, Federal Association hospitaller, and Deacon Michael Stankewicz, executive director of the association, represented our knights and dames in connecting with other hospitallers ...
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Nashville Holds Lenten Day of Recollection
At the beginning of this month, the Nashville Region held a Lenten Day of Recollection which was preached by Fr. Richard Mullins, conventual chaplain ad honorem. The day incuded mass, lauds, vespers, stations of the ...
read moreLafayette Holds Family Lenten Reflection
For 2025, our Lafayette Region re-envisioned its annual Lenten Reflection to include children and grandchildren. Some of our members and almost all our new candidates are mid-career with school-age children. Other members and one candidate ...
read moreOklahoma 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 ...
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Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God
As a country, and perhaps as a world, we heave a collective sigh that the painful year pounded by pandemic, protest and political partition is at last ...
read morePhiladelphia Region Produces Prison Ministry Videos
This Advent, the Philadelphia Region, in partnership with the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, produced a series of video reflections designed to serve the spiritual needs of the incarcerated during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Originally conceived for local ...
read morePalliative Care Issues: Nutrition and Hydration
Editor’s note: This is one in a series of articles that will explain and explore the Church’s teachings on end-of-life and palliative care issues.
Dr. Paul Fiacco is the president and medical director ...
read moreFrom the Catholic News Herald article, “Psychologist warns of increasing impact of pornography as screen time rises”
On September 26th, 2020, the Central North Carolina Region sponsored a Defense of the Faith presentation at St. Pius X Catholic Church in Greensboro. Dr. Rick Cook, a St. Pius X parishioner and psychologist at ...
read moreCoat Drive Benefits Homeless
The Washington, DC and Montgomery County (Maryland) regions held a coat drive in October to benefit the Father McKenna Center, which serves homeless men and needy families and seniors in Washington. We collected 57 winter ...
read moreLancaster Region Helps Guide Refugees to Baptism
Members of the Lancaster Region joined in welcoming new members into the Catholic Church in October as all five children of the Dunia family were baptized by the Rev. Deogratias Rwegasira, AJ, at St. Joseph ...
read morePalliative Care: Pain Management
Editor 's note: This is one in a series of articles that will explain and explore Church teachings on end-of-life and palliative care issues.
Dr. Paul Fiacco is the president and medical director of CNYAIM ...
read moreChanging Hearts Behind Prison Walls through Digital Technology
“If God can save me, he can save anyone,” said Clayton Fountain, an incarcerated Catholic Distance University student who was a death row inmate in solitary confinement when he died of a massive heart attack ...
read moreMilwaukee Continues to Serve in the Wake of COVID-19
Due to COVID-19 and the mandatory ongoing statewide restrictions, we have been unable to participate in any hands-on service projects since March. Staying faithful to our charisms, we haven’t let the pandemic cramp our ...
read moreJacksonville Region Gives Groceries to Those in Need
The Order of Malta Jacksonville Region served more than 100 families on Saturday October 17 at the Guardian Catholic School in the most impoverished area in North Florida. Zip code 32206 is known for food ...
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The programs in Cité Soleil have focused on increasing food security, sensitizing the community on the benefits of nutrition and balanced diets.
On #WorldFoodDay, A Silver-Lining in Haiti
A year ago, we helped build community gardens in Haiti’s largest slum. Today, community members reaped their first harvest.
October 16th marked #WorldFoodDay, it was an opportunity to shed light on the seriousness ...
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Unworthiness vs. Lowliness
Presented at a September 19, 2020 Liturgy for the Acceptances of the Promise of Obedience
How close do you really want to be to God? (Be careful what you pray for; you ...
read morePalliative Care Issues: Quality of Life
Editor 's note: This is one in a series of articles that will explain and explore the Church’s teachings on end-of-life and palliative care issues.
Dr. Paul Fiacco is the president and medical director ...
read moreIdeas Have Consequences: Four Philosophers Who Shaped 2020
The Defense of Faith Committee was pleased to welcome Bishop Robert Barron as speaker at the Defense of Faith Program at the virtual Annual Meeting on September 18. Bishop Barron is perhaps best known as ...
read moreLafayette Continues Rebuilding Homes of Flood Victims
One of the hallmarks of Order of Malta work is its continued service to victims of natural disasters long after initial volunteers and news crews have left the scene. Perhaps nowhere is this tradition more ...
read morePalliative Care: Quality of Life
Editor 's note: This is one in a series of articles that will explain and explore Church teachings on end-of-life and palliative care issues.
Dr. Paul Fiacco is the president and medical director of CNYAIM ...
read moreSt. John the Baptist Mass Draws Returning Faithful in Dallas
The Dallas Region hosted a Nativity of St. John the Baptist Mass followed by dinner at the Dallas Country Club in June. The Mass was celebrated by Bishop Edward Burns, the bishop of the Diocese ...
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Houston Malta Volunteers in food distribution tent. From left to right: Cathy Hotze, Lisa Miranda, Juli Osborn, Scott Osborn, and Taffy Hewitt.
Houston Recognized by Catholic Charities
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston Houston has announced that the Houston Region will be this year's recipient of the agency's Charity in Action Award for "Partner of the Year," given annually ...
read moreSyracuse Sends Care Packages During Pandemic
Sharon and Jim Cirincione, hospitallers for the Syracuse Region, came up with an idea for the residents of Malta House who have not been able to enjoy our company for the past several months due ...
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