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  • PALERMO –SPORTS TO ENCOURAGE THE YOUNG TO STAY AWAY FROM DRUGS

    20170214_181719Palermo, Dott. Antonio di Janni, Knight Grand Cross of Grace and Vice Delegate for Sicily, reactivated an earlier project that had been implemented almost seven years ago: using sports to help young people love life and stay away from alcohol and drugs.

    For this reason the vice delegate took up a small collection among his Knights to buy and donate to a gym on the outskirts of Palermo 20 white Judogi for young athletes who will soon be taking part in martial arts competitions.

    This is a gesture of affection for the youngsters who will be participating, in addition to an encouragement to take part in sports activities. The athletes who participate in these competitions will be wearing a kimono bearing the Constantinian symbols.

  • CRUMBS OF HEALTH IN PIAZZA ARMERINA AND ACIREALE – FEBRUARY 2017

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    On Saturday, February 11, the Vice Delegate of the Sicilian Delegation, Dott. Antonio di Janni, together with Knights Matteo Bertino and Giuseppe Balsamo, was received by the Bishop of Piazza Armerina, H.M.R.E.  Mons. Rosario Gisana,  Knight Commander of Ecclesiastical Grace. During the meeting they drafted a program for the monthly project “Crumbs of Health” in the diocese and scheduled meetings with the senior citizens living in the Hospice “Boccone del povero”. They also planned an additional humanitarian activity to provide medical instruments to the clinic for the needy set up by the Diocese in Enna.

    At the conclusion of the meeting the Vice Delegate gave the Bishop a letter from His Most Rev. Eminence Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, Grand Prior of the Constantinian Order. The letter accompanies and introduces the Pontifical Decree for Plenary Indulgence granted to the Constantinian Knights and Dames by His Holiness Pope Francis during the Order’s Jubilee celebrated in St. Peter’s Basilica in May 2016.

    As part of the “Crumbs of Health” project items for infants were distributed that afternoon in the Church of S. Stefano in Piazza Armerina. The items included diapers, pastina, cookies, milk, homogenized food and more.

    This wonderful initiative was then repeated in Acireale where the Vice Delegate, after meeting with H.E. Mons. Antonino Raspanti, Bishop of Acireale, organized a delivery of food supplies for  the project “Crumbs of Health”.
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  • CUNEO –DONATION OF CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND BLANKETS

    IMG-20170208-WA0006Cuneo, 10 febbraio Cuneo, 10 February – On the morning of February 10 a new solidarity activity initiated by the Vice Delegate for the Piedmont region took place, thanks also to the valuable contribution of Knight Nicolò Papurello who donated to the Caritas of Fossano, for the third time in a few weeks, numerous packages of clothing, shoes and blankets.
    A generous number of Knights and incoming members of the newly constituted Cuneo Delegation was welcomed by the President of the Caritas and by the Vicar General of the Diocese of Fossano (CN), Mons. Derio Olivero.
    This initiative is part of the unitary project “The Hunger of our Neighbor” and fulfils the request of the Cardinal Grand Prior to cooperate increasingly with the diocesan facilities of the respective Delegations.
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  • IMG_3434Napoli – A holy mass for the knights and dames of the delegation was celebrated on January 29 in the Oratory of the Assumption in the Girolamini Monumental Complex on Via Duomo in Naples. The mass was officiated by Father Andrea Cabes, Knight of Ecclesiastical Grace and Rector of the Sanctuary of our Lady of Lourdes.

    This was an important moment for the Delegation, both because the mass was celebrated in an architectural jewel that is normally closed to the public and because of the participation of the group of volunteers from the Honor Guard for the Royal Sepulchers of the Bourbon Sovereigns.

    Father Cabes was in Naples as the guest of Knight Commander Angelo Marciano, responsible for the pilgrimages of the Constantinian Order and Counselor for the Delegation. Father Cabes, invited by Vice Delegate Mariano Bruno, was present for the opening of the Consular Year, held at the Circolo dell’Unione, together with representative Knights and Dames.

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  • NAPLES AND CAMPANIA DELEGATION – MEDICAL CLINIC

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    Naples – In December the Delegation resumed its activity of providing complete assistance to the less fortunate by restoring and repairing the Constantinian Medical Clinic.

    The Delegate, Marchioness Federica de Gregorio Cattaneo of the Princes of Sant’Elia has decided to confirm as head of the facility Dott. Luigi Andreozzi, who had managed the facility in the past with effectiveness and dedication.

    This is a critically important group consisting of more than 20 physicians with different specialties, supported by a volunteer nursing staff, who follow an efficient schedule to provide free medical care. Among the many people who benefited from this service was a young homeless woman came to the Constantinian clinic as she was preparing to give birth.

    Thanks to the effective intervention of the doctors at the Clinic the woman gave birth to the infant in the Naples Hospital Loreto Mare.

    The Delegation collected funds for the newborn and  thanks to Dott. Luigi Andreozzi, mother and child were welcomed on 27 January in the “Casa di Tonia” shelter, founded and managed by His Eminence Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Bailiff Knight Grand Cross of Justice of our Order.

    With the help of Father Luigi Castiello, and under the supervision of the Campania Delegation, on March 5 the child was christened “Aurora Beatrice”,  in honor of H.R.H. Princess Beatrice of Bourbon Two Sicilies, who was in Naples at the time.

     

  • H.R.H. PRINCESS BEATRICE OF BOURBON TWO SICILIES VISITS NAPLES

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    The month of January began with a private visit to Naples by H.R.H. Princess Beatrice of Bourbon Two Sicilies, Grand Prefect of the Constantinian Order.

    Her Royal Highness visited Naples together with several prestigious guests  interested in the Royal Bourbon sites and the history of the great and valuable creations produced by the Royal House, such as the ancient silk works of San Leucio and the Capodimonte porcelain.

    The Delegate assisted the illustrious guests by organizing several visits, including to the National Archeological Museum of Naples, where there was an exhibit on Charles of Bourbon Two Sicilies and as well as a display of several pieces lent by H.R.H. Prince Charles of Bourbon Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro and Head of the Royal House. The group also visited the Zevallos Palace to see the extraordinary exhibit of Salvatore Fergola, painter for the Bourbon Court. They were  accompanied and guided by a descendant of the painter and well known antique dealer, Luigi Schisano, Knight of Merit with Star.

    After visiting the Royal Palace of Caserta and the San Leucio silk works, the Princess and her guests, three important patrons and lovers of music and art history, enjoyed a “typical” dinner, a sumptuous meal with all the elements that are so characteristic of the Parthenopean tradition, as guests of notary Cappelli.  In addition to the Delegate of the Order,  Marchioness Federica de Gregorio Cattaneo of the Princes of Sant’Elia, invited guests also included two professors from the Faculty of Architecture, University of Naples, currently working on a project on the “Grand Tour”  and who explained a great deal about the history of art in the city of Naples.  On the following day, the Marquises Leopoldo and Federica de Gregorio Cattania of the Princes of Sant’Elia hosted a reception for Princess Beatrice and her guests in their residence at Palazzo Ischitella. Also invited were the Council members of the Naples and Campania Delegation and several guests from the more important cultural associations of the city, including the “Friends of Capodimonte”.

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  • NEW MEMBER IN THE ROYAL DEPUTATION

    CO Cross 150x150Rome, 1 December 2016 – H.R.H. Prince Charles of Bourbon Two Siciles, Duke of Castro, named H.E. Prince Piero Colonna di Paliano, Knight Grand Cross of Justice new Member into the Royal Deputation.

  • CONFERENZA E SERATA DI BENEFICENZA AL NUOVO CIRCOLO DEGLI SCACCHI DI ROMA

    circolo scacchi_1Lo scorso 26 gennaio S.A. il Principe Lelio Niccolò Orsini d’Aragona, Cavaliere di Gran Croce di Giustizia, e il dott. Fabiano Forti Bernini, Cavaliere di Merito con placca, hanno organizzato, in qualità di soci del Nuovo Circolo degli Scacchi, una conferenza che si è tenuta presso le Sale del Circolo a Palazzo Rondinini in via del Corso a Roma, a cui hanno partecipato i Soci e i loro ospiti.

    Si è trattato di una iniziativa di beneficenza che, partendo da una conferenza e da una esposizione di onorificenze storiche, aveva lo scopo di effettuare una donazione in favore della Parrocchia di San Giacomo al Corso, che organizza un servizio di ristoro dal lunedì al sabato dalle 08.30 alle 10.30, in favore di persone bisognose.

    La Conferenza, dal titolo “Il Sacro Militare Ordine Costantiniano di San Giorgio: Milizia Cristiana e Ordine Cavalleresco” ha riscosso una grande successo di pubblico, tra cui spiccavano molti illustri partecipanti. Sono intervenuti come relatori Sua Em.za Rev.ma il Cardinale Renato Raffaele Martino, Gran Priore dell’Ordine Costantiniano, e S.E. il Nobile Dottore Alberto Lembo, Grande Inquisitore dell’Ordine.

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  • ALESSANDRIA – ACTIVITIES DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY

    IMG_20170131_114340The month of January marked the resumption of activities for the Order in Alessandria. Following appointment of the new Representative, Knight Roberto Piccinini, a full schedule of activities was planned.
    The points of reference for the activities of the Order, as indicated by the Delegate Count Carlo Gustavo Figarolo di Groppello and Vice Delegate Dott. Mario Baschirotto, are two: evidence of faith and charity, represented by service to the needy, the foundation of the project established by the Grand Master of the Order, H.R.H. Prince Charles of Bourbon Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro: “The Hunger of our Neighbor”.
    On January 8, on the day of the Baptism of our Lord, the Knights and Dames renewed their baptismal vows and received from the Representative a copy of the Knight’s Prayer (recited at the conclusion of the ceremony) and the Vademecum prepared by the Grand Prior of the Order: “For a Spiritual Path of the Constantinian Knights and Dames”.
    On January 28 the Knights and Dames convened once again in honor of the Blessed Maria Cristina of Savoy, Queen of the Two Sicilies. In this case also all received, together with an image of the Blessed Cristina and related prayer, narrative of the person of the Blessed Queen.
    On January 31, the Vice Delegate and Representative, together with several Knights of the Delegation donated to the “Piccolo Cottolengo di Don Orione” of Tortona a significant number of articles of clothing to be donated to the young guests ( suffering from serious handicaps) of the facility.
    A visit to the adjacent Sanctuary of the Madonna della Guardia, repository of the body of San Luigi Orione, “Apostle of charity and father of the poor”, as defined by San Giovanni Paolo II, concluded the day and the month’s activities.

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  • TORINO, 31 GENNAIO – DONAZIONE DI INDUMENTI

    Torino, 31 gennaio 2017 – Lo scorso 31 gennaio 2017 la  Delegazione del Piemonte e Valle d’Aosta, nella persona del Delegato Vicario Cav. Dott. Mario Rodolfo Baschirotto,  ha organizzato con la partecipazione di alcuni Cavalieri ed Ammittendi, una raccolta di indumenti e coperte volta a contribuire alle esigenze dei meno fortunati consegnandola all’Istituto Cottolengo della città di Torino.

    Questa iniziativa rientra nel grande progetto denominato “LA FAME DEL NOSTRO VICINO” fortemente voluto da Sua Altezza Reale il Principe Carlo di Borbone delle Due Sicilie, Duca di Castro e Gran  Maestro del nostro glorioso Ordine.

    Un grazie particolare da parte del Delegato Vicario va al Cav. Nicolò Papurello per la sua indispensabile contribuzione.

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