Works and Activities

Provide year round support for residents of care centers through a variety of activities

Feeding the poor in soup kitchens and food distribution centers

Clothing and sheltering the homeless

Visiting and assisting the elderly

Mentoring at risk inner city students

Eucharistic ministry

Prison ministry programs

Sponsoring lectures and conferences on important social and religious issues

View your area’s calendar of events orderofmaltaamerican.org

Lourdes Service Opportunity

Twice a year members of the Auxiliary Corps, along with Knights, Dames, clergy, physicians, nurses and volunteers, assist Malades (French for “the sick”) on pilgrimage to Lourdes.

Auxiliary Corps members are well known for their valuable support and special care for the Malades.

Auxiliary Corps have the opportunity to participate in the pilgrimage with the Malades. �is is a profound life-changing sel�ess work of service that encompasses all the Order of Malta aspires to be.

SOVEREIGN MILITARY HOSPITALLER ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM

OF RHODES AND OF MALTA

ORDER OF MALTA AUXILIARY CORPSAMERICAN ASSOCIATION, U.S.A.

1011 First Avenue, Suite 1350New York, New York 10022

Phone: (212) 371-1522 orderofmaltaamerican.org

What is the Order of Malta? Who are the members? About the Auxiliary Corps

of the Roman Catholic Church and is the oldest charitable organization in the world.

�e members, referred to as Knights and Dames, are lay volunteers who care for the

sick and poor in service to the Catholic faith.

80,000 trained volunteers in more than 120

countries.

of Malta collaborates with the Federal and Western Associations of the Order of Malta within the U.S.

More information on the history and reach of the Order of Malta can be found on:

orderofmalta.int

Corps members are invited to participate in a variety of activities. �ese include international religious conferences or Malteser International; a Humanitarian Disaster Relief NGO.

Auxiliary Corps members fully support and

participate in all spiritual and ministerial

To obtain an application for the Auxiliary

Corps, email your local area’s Auxiliary Chair.

Knights and Dames make a full commitment to the mission of the Order of Malta as expressed in the motto: “Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum,” Defense of the Faith and Service to the Poor. Auxiliary Corps members may be any practicing Catholic lay person 18 years of age or older who is sponsored by a Knight or Dame.

Auxiliary Corps members are encouraged to consider the following:

Learn about the history, spirituality, works,

projects and ministries of the Order of Malta.

Volunteer to participate in the Order of Malta

spiritual works of service, projects, ministries and social events.

activities of the Order, as well as their own projects and programs.