AGM 2021

The AGM was held on the 16th May 2021 and was presided by the Lieutenant Roberto Buontempo with the participation of the Council. A very good number of Members and Postulants followed the proceedings virtually. Special recorded messages by HG the Archbishop of Malta and Grand Prior Mons Charles Jude Scicluna, the Bishop of Sohag in Egypt Mons Thomas Habib, the Nuncio to Malta and Libya Mons Alessandro D’Errico and a concluding address by the Governor General Leonardo Visconti di Modrone, were shown.The AGM was held in the magnificent refectory at the Archbishop’s Curia in Floriana.

Feast of the Blessed Virgin of the Rosary of Pompeii

On the 8th May 2021 we commemorated the feast of the Blessed Virgin of the Rosary of Pompeii. Locally the devotion started in the Jesuits Church in Valletta soon after that in Pompeii.

Mgr. Charles J. Scicluna, Archbishop of Malta and Grand Prior of our Lieutenancy prayed the traditional supplika in front of the image of Our Lady of Pompeii. His Grace was assisted by Rev. Dr Nicholas Doublet, Rector of the Jesuits Church and an ecclesiastical member of our Order.

On this day we also remember the Blessed Bartolo Longo; founder of the Marian shrine in Pompeii and the only beatified lay member of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre to date.

The Feast of the Holy Cross

On the 5th May 2021 the Maltese Lieutenancy led by Lieutenant Roberto Buontempo were invited to a Solemn mass on the occasion of the feast of the Holy Cross at the Collegiate Basilica of Birkirkara.

The mass was celebrated by Mons. Paul Carmel Vella, Provost Archpriest of Birkirkara and an ecclesiastical member of our Order.

Photos by Mr Ronald Falzon and Mr Ivan Saliba.