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  • CHRISTMAS AT SANTA CATERINA VILLARMOSA

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    Santa Caterina Villarmosa, 25th December 2015.  Like every year, the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George attended the Christmas Eve Mass at Santa Caterina Villarmosa.  The Order was represented by Knights Michele Antonio Tramontana (territorial coordinator) and Salvatore Favata and  by Dame Margherita Scarpinata.  The Christmas Eve Mass, a very emotional event, was celebrated by the Parish Priest Don Antonino La Paglia and by his deputy Don Marco Cosentino.  At the end of the celebration the traditional procession took place with Don Antonino La Paglia carrying the Child Jesus in his arms.

     

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  • PRE-CHRISTMAS LUNCH FOR 160 NEEDY PEOPLE AT CARITAS OF LIVORNO

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    Livorno, 23rd December 2015.  The Tuscan Delegation of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George organized a lunch for 160 poor and needy people.  Also H.E. the Most Reverend Bishop of Livorno, Mons. Simone Giusti, Commander of Ecclesiastical Grace, served the lunch with the help of Sr. Raffaella Spiezio, the President of the Caritas Foundation, Mons. Placido Bevinetto Knight of Ecclesiastical Grace, the Vice Delegate of Tuscany Commander of Merit Edoardo Puccetti and Constantinian Dames and Knights.  The Christmas lunch was a symbol of solidarity and sharing and is in keeping with the project “the hunger suffered by our neighbour” advocated by the Grand Master, H.R.H. Prince Charles of Bourbon Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro.

     

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  • THE “NEW FRAGMENTS OF HEALTH” PROJECT REACHES CATANIA, MESSINA, CARONIA AND MONREALE AT CHRISTMAS

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    Sicily, December 2015.  For Christmas, in the cities of Catania, Messina, Caronia and Monreale,   the Delegation for Sicily promoted the project “New Fragments of Health” which is in the Christian spirit of charity and sharing of the mission “The Hunger suffered by our Neighbour” advocated by H.R.H. Prince Charles of Bourbon Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro and Grand Master. The goal of this initiative is to continue, through concrete and timely actions, with the collection of essential goods to donate to families with economic hardships and who are not in a position to earn their own livelihood. During the various meetings the following items were distributed: diapers, homogenized baby foods, biscuits, milk for newborn babies, milk for children with allergies to milk, semi-skimmed milk for older children, sugar, soup pasta. The Delegation for Sicily, with the support of the Grand Magistry, continues to assist a family in Monreale with the medical treatment of their child suffering from  Anrold-Chairi syndrome, a serious malformation of the skull.  The child is an in-patient at the Meyer hospital in Florence awaiting to undergo surgery.

     

     

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  • CHARITY CHRISTMAS LUNCH IN MONREALE

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    Monreale, 22nd December 2015.  The Sicilian Delegation of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George organized a Christmas lunch at the Balsamo Hospice of Monreale for the elderly staying at the hospice.  Knights Carmelo Sammarco and Vincenzo Nuccio and the Vice Delegate Antonio di Janni served tables together with their Prior H.E. the Most Reverend Mons. Michele Pennisi, Archbishop of Monreale.  The Archbishop thanked the Constantinian Order for having adopted the hospice  and also recalled that last October H.R.H. Princess Beatrice of Bourbon Two Sicilies and Prince Augusto Ruffo di Calabria attended a lunch at the hospice where they also served the elderly.  For Christmas a living crib was set up with the same guests of the hospice being the actors.  The video film produced for this occasion will be delivered to His Holiness Pope Francis.

     

     

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  • THE VICE DELEGATION FOR ROME PROMOTES THE PROJECT “TAKE GRANDFATHER TO A RESTAURANT”

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    Rome, 22nd December 2015.  Thanks to the Vice Delegate Nobile Dott. Fabrizio Ratto-Vaquer, Knight of Justice, the Vice Delegation for Rome has developed a new project called “Take Grandfather to a Restaurant” which is part of the wider programme “The Hunger suffered by our Neighbour” advocated by the Grand Master, H.R.H. Prince Charles of Bourboun Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro. The project was inaugurated on 22nd December in Ostia where the Vice Delegate for Rome, accompanied by a confrère of the Order, invited to a pizzeria an elderly couple with economic difficulties forced to live in daily solitude and sadness.  The meal was offered to the elderly couple by the restaurant that supported the project. “Take Grandfather to a Restaurant” will continue its activities focusing mainly on two important actions: the first one envisages the direct involvement of Constantinian Dames and Knights who, in turns, will invite to lunch the elderly at least once a week; the second one looks at the possibility of getting the restaurant owners, who will be supporting the project, to invite at their expense the elderly grandfather who may wish to spend an evening with his family at a restaurant.  This initiative will also serve as an example for families and encourage them not to leave at home alone their elderly relatives, as is often the case. Therefore, the Vice Delegate for Rome urges managers and owners of restaurants to join this humanitarian initiative. The Vice Delegate for Rome has already been holding talks to extend the project to other areas of the Diocese of Rome, including the suburbicarian diocese , in cooperation with Don Roberto Foini, Prior of the Vice Delegation for Rome, after having received the consent of the Vice Cardinal for Rome, His Eminence Cardinal Agostino Vallini, Bailiff Knight Grand Cross of Justice of Our Order.

     

     

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  • MEETING IN PIAZZA ARMERINA WITH THE BISHOP AND THE PROVINCIAL COMMANDER OF ENNA COLONEL GIUSEPPE LICARI

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    Piazza Armerina, 21st December 2015.  In Piazza Armerina at the Bishop’s Palace, the Vice Delegate of Sicily accompanied Colonel Giuseppe Licari, Provincial Commander of the Financial Police to a meeting with the Bishop of Piazza Armerina, H.E. the Most Reverend Mons. Rosario Gisana.  This meeting endorses the valuable cooperation between the Provincial Command of the Financial Police and the Diocese in respect of all charitable activities.  The Vice Delegate donated a book about the Archbishops of Monreale.  Next January 2016 a lunch will be organized at the church of Santo Stefano for the in-patients of the ‘Boccone del povero’ in Piazza Armerina.  The Parish Priest of the Church of Santo Stefano is Nino Rivoli, a Constantinian Chaplain.

     

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  • OPENING OF THE HOLY DOOR AT THE CATHEDRAL OF SAN LEO

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    San Leo, 20th December 2015.  His Excellency the Most Reverend Mons. Andrea Turazzi, Bishop of San Marino-Montefeltro, with a solemn ceremony opened the Holy Door in the Cathedral of San Leo ushering in the Holy year of the “Jubilee of Mercy” launched by His Holiness Pope Francis.  Present at the ceremony were the representatives of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George, the Delegation of the Most Serene Republic of San Marino with Noble Dr. Claudio Marciano di Scala along with a strong turnout of many volunteers and friends of the Order, in the presence of the highest civil and military authorities of the city. On Thursday 17th thanks to the work of volunteers, and in particular with the important contribution of Knight Christian Angiolini, the Delegation of the Most Serene Republic of San Marino donated to the Diocese Caritas over seven hundred kilos of foodstuffs to, and in support of, the disadvantaged families of the region.

     

     

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  • SECOND SOLIDARITY WEEK: “CHRISTMAS FOR ALL”

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    Castellace, 20th December 2015.  Continuation of the solidarity tour of the Calabria Delegation for the deprived people of the region.  This second tranche of aid (offered by the well known Esselunga S.p.A.) is part of the solidarity project “Christmas for All” promoted for this Christmas period by the Vice Delegate of Calabria.  This third event, which took place in December, involved the small community of Castellace (RC) and more specifically, the Parish of Saint Mary of the Assumption, administered by Don Giovanni Madafferi, which received a donation of basic essential goods.  The Parish Priest, during Holy Mass celebrated in the same church, thanked the Constantinian Order more than once for its great gesture of solidarity shown to the most needy people of his parish.

     

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  • CHRISTMAS IN THE VICE DELEGATION OF LAZIO

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    Minturno, December 2015.  In December 2015 the Vice Delegation of Lazio put in place a series of activities for the most deprived persons in compliance with the humanitarian project strongly advocated by our beloved Grand Master, namely “The hunger suffered by our neighbour”. With the help of some Knights, significant amounts of foodstuffs were purchased and distributed by volunteers of the deprived families in cooperation with Caritas of the Southern Lazio Diocese. Another important initiative, carried out with the help of the Pharmacy owned by the Delegate’s Spouse, Dame of the Grand Cross of Merit, Dr. Rosalba Pietroluongo, consisted in the collection of medicinal products and early-childhood products donated to a Family Home that takes care of single, needy mothers and their children. For this special moment of Christmas, the Delegation promoted, jointly with the St. Peter’s Association of Minturno, a series of musical events in St. Peter’s Cathedral such as a Concert of the “Small Wind Orchestra”, made up of children and young people; a concert of opera music “Voices on the Eve” and a production of Church Choirs of the Aurunco district (Southern Lazio and Northern Campania, once a Province of the Two Sicilies of the Terra di Lavoro) in which will also participate the Choir of the Constantinian Chapel of St. Peter’s Cathedral.

     

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  • DELIVERY OF BASIC FOOD PRODUCTS TO AREZZO

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    Arezzo, 19th December 2015.  Like on every month of 2015, the Knights of the Tuscan Delegation of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George delivered basic food products to the parish priest Don Luigi Menci of the Parish of Foiano della Chiana, thus meeting the objectives of the “hunger suffered by your neighbour” project strongly advocated by H.R.H. Prince Charles of Bourbon Two Sicilies, Grand Master of the Constantinian Order and Duke of Castro.

     

     

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