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…
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….
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…
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 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…
With the help of our amazing community, we brought holiday cheer, hot chocolate, and presents to over 1,000 families during our Christmas Present Giveaway Event! The Order of Malta San Jose location has teamed with Martha’s Kitchen since 2020 to bring wrapped toys to those most in need. This past December the Knights, Dames, Auxiliary & Provisional…
On Saturday, January 6, a gathering of 17 Colorado members and volunteers attendedthe First Saturday Celebration at St. Peter Catholic Church in Monument. Mike Faricy, KM, led the Rosary before Mass began, and Fr. Tom Pressley celebrated the Mass,assisted by Dr. Ron Royce as the acolyte. Marice Erickson, DM, lectured and read thereflection after Mass. After…
Service Project The Missouri Area’s First Quarter Service Project assisted the Rural Parish Clinic, which service the sick and poor in the out-lying areas of the Archdiocese of St. Louis. Area members of the Order were requested to make donations of personal hygiene supplies or make a donation via check to RPC. The personal hygiene…
Like the Order of Malta, Martha’s Kitchen, a little soup kitchen in San Jose, believes that food is a basic human right and not a luxury. Martha’s Kitchen serves the neediest in the San Francisco Bay Area by providing approximately 250,000 hot and grocery meals per month. These meals are well balanced including proper proteins…
The Hygiene Kit distribution program continues to be an important part of the San Jose location outreach to the homeless. We believe the hygiene kit distribution is important as the poor and homeless are able to pay less attention to personal hygiene and cleanliness than most people. We have distributed +2,000 kits in the past…