Order of Malta partnership with SvDP Food Bank
Another Order of Malta Food Delivery for Those in Need 🙏 For over two years, the Order of Malta — including our Knights, Dames, Auxiliary, and Volunteers — has been faithfully serving at St. Mary’s Food Pantry in Walnut Creek. Operated by St. Vincent de Paul of Contra Costa County, the pantry has provided vital…
LA Region Brings Fresh Produce to the Pasadena Senior Center
Pasadena Senior Center serves low-income seniors through a food pantry twice a month. Order of Malta LA Region supports the pantry program by delivering fresh produce sourced through the local nonprofit Food Forward, and by volunteering at the pantry program. LA Region members and volunteers recently helped deliver and distribute almost 3,000 pounds of fresh…
NYC Area has successfully launched its new Mobile Ministry!
On November 8, 2024, the NYC Area Mobile Ministry began with the debut of our new 15-passenger van parked outside the White Cross Ball. Since then the NYC Mobile Ministries team has already started serving the poor and the sick: it filled food pantries across Manhattan, transported auction items for the White Cross Ball, helped…
Michigan Area holds June First Saturday, plans to participate in National Eucharistic Pilgrimage
June 4, 2024 A well-attended First Saturday, with 32 Dames, Knights, Auxiliaries, and guests, opened the month of the Sacred Heart for the Michigan Area. The June 1 event, held at St. Owen Catholic Church in Bloomfield Hills, included the opportunity for the Sacrament of Reconciliation and recitation of the Rosary, to offer the full First…
Michigan Area holds July First Saturday, serves those living on the street
July 10, 2024 Despite taking place over the Fourth of July holiday, the Michigan Area’s July First Saturday was well attended, with 23 Dames, Knights, Auxiliaries, and others participating. The July 6 event, held at Old St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Detroit’s historic Greektown neighborhood, included the opportunity for the Sacrament of Reconciliation and recitation…
Michigan Area: First Saturday Mass
August 7, 2024 One of the topics at the Michigan Area’s August First Saturday was John 6:24–35 and how important the Eucharist is to Christian life. The full First Saturday devotion was offered on August 3 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Royal Oak, which also featured the Sacrament of Reconciliation, Rosary recitation, and Mass….
Missouri Area: The Malta Ministries Van Takes to the Road
February 2021 Despite the COVID-19 pandemic’s restrictions, the Missouri Area has kept helping the sick. Its initiatives include both new projects and the continuance of long-standing commitments. The Malta Mobile Ministry is the most recent initiative. The Western Association came up with the concept for this ministry and its organizational framework. Knights and Dames banded…
Missouri Area: Water for the Homeless
July 31, 2024 The arrival of very high temperatures showed the dire circumstances facing a large number of homeless people in the Missouri region. Members of the Order of Malta, under the leadership of Mike Roth, KM, rallied when temperatures recently hit unsafe levels. Two pallets of bottled water were donated, and the Malta Mobile…
Food Forward Fights Hunger
Food Forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same. Order of Malta Mobile Ministries partners with Food Forward to supply fresh produce to our LA-based partner charities, including the family food pantry run by St. Peter’s…
