Order of Malta

Youth, Commitment, Employment, Inclusion and Hospitality are the core values behind the G.I.O.I.A. Project, which was officially launched yesterday in Rome. This initiative, promoted by the Embassy of the #OrderofMalta to the #HolySee in collaboration with Cooperativa Diversa Arte and the Grand Priory of Rome, aims to foster the social inclusion and independence of young people with disabilities. The project centers on the creation of specialized accommodation and professional training opportunities within the tourism and hospitality sectors. Its cornerstone is the establishment of a ‘Holiday Home with social purpose’ in Rome.  Grand Master Fra’ John Dunlap: “An initiative close to the original mission of the Order of Malta”. https://lnkd.in/dE6s89ew

The Sovereign #OrderofMalta’s official donation of an ambulance to the Governorate of the Vatican City State took place today, Friday, 22 November 2024. Strongly supported by Grand Master Fra’ John Dunlap, the purchase of a fully equipped ambulance – which officially launches the Order’s activities for the #Jubilee2025 – will contribute to the services of the Governorate’s Directorate of Health and Hygiene in view of the Jubilee activities, during which some 30 million pilgrims are expected to arrive. “These initiatives further emphasize the strong synergy with the #HolySee and Pope Francis and, above all, reinforce our charism and mission to serve the poor, the needy and the faith”, said Fra’ John Dunlap. https://lnkd.in/dPgbE4RB

The Grand Chancellor of the Sovereign #OrderofMalta, Riccardo Paternò di Montecupo, was received yesterday in Paris by Xing Qu, Deputy Director-General of UNESCO, the United Nations specialized agency for education, arts, sciences and culture. Discussed during the meeting was the Order’s intention to promote and develop its contribution to #UNESCO’s activities. There was particular reference to the protection of religious sites, especially in conflict situations, and the possibility of inscribing the Order of Malta’s historical archives in UNESCO’s Memory of the World (MoW) Register, an international initiative launched in 1992 to safeguard and preserve the documentary heritage with a major impact on world history.  https://lnkd.in/dxkVVPyb

Today, the Order of Malta’s Secretary General for Foreign Affairs, Amb. Giampaolo Cantini, received at the Magistral Palace the Croatian State Secretary for Europe of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic Andreja Metelko-Zgombi.  Their discussions underscored the close relations between the Sovereign #OrderofMalta and #Croatia, established in 1992, and explored ways to deepen them. Key topics included our mutual commitment to humanitarian efforts and the Order of Malta’s potential contribution to social inclusion projects in Croatia, furthering our shared mission to support vulnerable communities.

“In un paese così ricco di diversità culturale e religiosa come il #Libano, il lavoro dell’#OrdinediMalta si concentra sulla promozione della pace. La nostra associazione collabora con tutte le comunità religiose presenti nel paese, contribuendo alla coesione sociale e alla stabilità attraverso progetti che uniscono invece di dividere”, lo ha sottolineato Ivo Graziani, capo di Gabinetto del Grande Ospedaliere del Sovrano Ordine di Malta, durante la presentazione del volume “Echoes of the Lebanon crisis. Conflict or coexistence?”, curato per Rubettino da monsignor Samuele Sangalli, coordinatore di Scuola Sinderesi della Pontificia Università Gregoriana. Sono intervenuti il Cardinale Claudio Gugerotti, prefetto del Dicastero per le Chiese Orientali, l'Ambasciatrice del Libano presso la Repubblica Italiana Mira Daher e, in collegamento da Beirut, Elie Al Hindy (PhD), esperto della Fondazione Adyan e professore associato di Relazioni Internazionali presso l'Università Americana degli Emirati Arabi Uniti. “Echoes of the Lebanon crisis. Conflict or coexistence?” dà vita a uno studio sui conflitti ai confini europei. La crisi in Libano, in particolare, viene analizzata come modello per comprendere situazioni simili, dove gruppi diversi convivono tra tensioni e possibilità di coesistenza armoniosa nel Medio Oriente. Il volume include un contributo dell’Ambasciatore Cantini, Segretario Generale per gli Affari Esteri dell’Ordine di Malta, che analizza gli scenari geopolitici in Medio Oriente, subito dopo la strage del 7 ottobre e prima dell’aggravarsi della crisi umanitaria a Gaza e dell’avvio delle operazioni militari israeliane in Libano.

The Grand Commander in #Poland and #Ukraine to visit the most significant projects of the #OrderofMalta to assist refugees and those displaced by the war, including the Lviv Children's Hospital and Halychyna Rehabilitation Centre. Fra' Emmanuel Rousseau, accompanied by a delegation of the Order of Malta, then went to the military Likhachev cemetery in Lviv to honour the war victims with a prayer. During the day there was also a meeting with H.E. Rev. Mgr. Ihor Voznyak, Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv. Malteser Ukraine

Oggi pomeriggio, presso la Villa Magistrale dell'#OrdinediMalta, si è tenuto un incontro a conclusione del percorso di formazione dedicato ai giovani neoassunti con l’ultimo concorso del Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale. Durante l'evento, organizzato dall'Ambasciata dell'Ordine presso la Repubblica Italiana, sono intervenuti il Segretario Generale per gli Affari Esteri dell'Ordine di Malta Giampaolo Cantini, l’Ambasciatore dell’Ordine in Italia Stefano Ronca e il Capo di Gabinetto del Grande Ospedaliere Ivo Graziani. Fulcro dei loro interventi, il ruolo internazionale dell'Ordine di Malta, con particolare attenzione alla sua missione di diplomazia umanitaria e protezione dei più vulnerabili. Hanno evidenziato le principali aree di intervento dell'Ordine, come il sostegno ai migranti, l'assistenza sanitaria e i progetti umanitari in aree di crisi, tra cui l'Ucraina e la Terra Santa.

The Sovereign #OrderofMalta’s Grand Master Fra’ John Dunlap, accompanied by the Grand Chancellor Riccardo Paternò di Montecupo, was received by the Governor-General of #Australia, Ms Sam Mostyn AC. Australian Government

Today at the Magistral Palace, the Secretary General for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Giampaolo Cantini, received Chris Trott, Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the Holy See and Official Representative to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, together with Ms. Alison Kemp, Deputy Director of the Mediterranean Department at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. This was the first meeting following the signing, on 9th October, of the Memorandum of Understanding between the #UnitedKingdom and the #OrderofMalta, which established official relations through the exchange of representatives, with a partnership aimed at strengthening joint engagement in humanitarian activities in third countries and emergency response.

The Grand Master, Fra’ John Dunlap, has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the Australian Catholic University. During the ceremony, held in Sydney, he gave a lectio magistralis which was an opportunity to review the #OrderofMalta’s millennial history, an institution that “with God’s grace, is adept at discerning “the sign of the times”. The Grand Master, accompanied by the Grand Chancellor Riccardo Paternò di Montecupo, is visiting Australia on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Order’s Australian Association. During the trip’s stops in Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney and Canberra, he visited projects supporting the homeless, the marginalised and the sick. The trip was an opportunity to meet with the Governor of Queensland, the Honourable Jeannette Young AC PSM, and the Governor of New South Wales, the Honourable Margaret Beasley AC KC. https://lnkd.in/d3iGuS6t