Order of Malta Moment

Last month the Chicago Region celebrated the Annual Mass of Remembrance for deceased members and malades at the Shrine of Our Lady of Pompeii in Chicago, attended by more than 35 members, and family and ...

On a Saturday in late October, knights and dames at Holy Trinity Church in Georgetown, DC, hosted a Day of Healing and Reflection after a six-year hiatus caused by the pandemic. The project is intended ...

Last month the Charleston, South Carolina Developing Region held its first retreat at Camp St. Christopher on Seabrook Island, with the theme “An Introduction to the Spirituality of the Order of Malta."

The retreat was ...

Knights, dames, candidates and applicants, along with their spouses, children and grandchildren, gathered at the St. Mary Mother of the Church parish hall in Lafayette, Louisiana on December 13 for an Advent Morning of Reflection ...

As winter engulfed Chicago in December 2021, members of the Chicago Region began an annual tradition of traveling to the encampments of the city’s homeless community to place Malta winter coats and socks into ...

The Lancaster Region held its annual retreat with Bishop Ronald Gainer, retired from the Diocese of Harrisburg, in early November at the Mariawald Retreat Center in Reading, Pennsylvania. Our lives were enriched by discussion of ...

The Beatitudes serve as the compass for the spirituality of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Malta. Fittingly, they served as the theme of the Texas Tri-Region Retreat in mid-November.

Eighty people from Texas, Louisiana ...

Knights and Dames of the Order strive to live out our charisms of “defense of the faith” and “care of the sick and the poor” which are sometimes manifested in ways not readily thought of ...

On November 1, 2025, the Subpriory of Our Lady of Lourdes, Federal Association members gathered to welcome the Subpriory Regent, Ambassador Peter McGuire to Washington, DC. Celebrating Mass was the Subpriory’s Chief Chaplain and ...

On November 3, the Lancaster Region held its 5th Annual Mass of Remembrance for deceased malades and deceased region members at their spiritual home, St. Joseph Catholic Church in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Guests included Lourdes pilgrims ...

For the fifth consecutive year, members of the Order of Malta from across the Delaware Valley came together in Center City Philadelphia on Saturday, October 25^th for Boot Up Philly, sponsored by Catholic Charities ...

In September, members of the Jacksonville Region ventured to Mexico City, where they toured the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe and visited the Sisters of Mary World Villages for Children Girlstown School in Chalco ...

Thanks especially to the leadership of Drs. Ed and Cora Arellano, members of our Bluffton Region began a campaign to assist the Sisters of St. Francis on St. Helena's Island, South Carolina by replacing ...

During the weekend of September 26-28, 2025, the Federal Association welcomed 55 new members of the Class of 2025.  This year’s Investiture activities were held at The Madison Hotel and the Cathedral of St ...

The Federal Association has issued the Lourdes Malade Application for the 2026 Pilgrimage and encourages Members of the Order to sponsor malades for the International Lourdes Pilgrimage in May 2026. 

What will each of us ...

Over the course of centuries, the Order of Malta has sought to live its commitment to our Lords, the poor and the sick.  From its original manifestation in the Holy Land, tending to the needs ...

At the end of May those members of the Subpriory of our Lady of Lourdes who are professed Knights of Justice; those who have taken the Promise of Obedience and those who are considering taking ...

Christmas in August? Absolutely!

Forty-two members of the Montgomery County, Washington DC, and Northern Virginia regions, alongside volunteers from Saint Ann’s Parish in DC, came together August 24 to spend time in prayer and ...

Members of the Lancaster Region gathered in July at St. Mary’s Church in Lancaster to support teens participating in the annual Works of Mercy Week. This summer initiative, organized by St. Mary’s, brings ...

For the Federal Association – Team USA, this year’s International Malta Camp was a radiant encounter with joy, resilience, and fraternity. Set against days filled with prayer, celebration, and shared discovery, the Camp became a ...