Delegation of Lazio

The Delegation of Rome and Lazio organised on the 30^rd of November and the 1^st of December an intense weekend full of ceremonies with the participation of the Delegate, Marquis Giuseppe Ferrajoli.

On Saturday the 30th of November a conference was held and was followed by the Grand Gala in the halls of the Grande Albergo Miramare in Formia. On Sunday the Holy Solemn Mass was celebrated in the cathedral of Saint Peter in Minturno.

There was a large participation, with over a hundred participants for each event, with the intervention of the civil and military authorities and the Defence Minister,  Honorable Guido Crosetto, our Knight, who was unable to be personally present because of the well-known moment of international crisis.  He sent a letter of greetings to Delegates and Knights gathered and sent his best wishes for the upcoming Christmas and New Year holidays. The moving message was read during the ceremony and everybody appreciated it.  

Last January 26th a Solemn Holy Mass was held at the Sanctuary of Saint Salvatore in Lauro in Rome. It was chaired by His Eminence Cardinal Angelo Comastri, assisted by Dean Father Pietro Bongiovanni, in memory of Blessed Maria Cristina, Queen of Two Sicilies.

Among those present were the Delegate of Rome and Latium, Marquis Giuseppe Ferrajoli, Vice Delegate of Rome and Latium, Noble Lawyer Gualtiero Ventura, Delegation Advisor Don Guglielmo dei Principi Giovanelli Marconi and the Commisioner of the Magistral Heraldry Commission, Noble Dr. Fabrizio Ratto Vaquer.

17th January is the feast day of Saint Anthony the Abbot, and the Delegation of Rome and Lazio commemorated it, in line with the ancient tradition, with a Eucharistic celebration held on 21st January in the Church of SS. Annunziata in Minturno (LT), with the presence of children and adults who brought along their small or large four-legged friends for the traditional blessing. After the blessing by parish priest Father Adriano, people received a personal certificate of participation.

Rome, Friday, January 12th 2024.
The Delegate Marquis Giuseppe Ferrajoli, along with Engineer Milena Lerario, Dame Commander of the Order, visited the headquarter of the Salvamamme Association to meet its President, Doctor Grazia Passeri, in order to make the first donation of the year on behalf of the Roma and Lazio Delegation.

Eng. Lerario, C.E.O. of Airbus Italy, recently started a fundraising among her colleagues, which responded with readiness and affordability by donating clothes, books, toys and sketchbooks to the Delegation and to Salvamamme.

Secretary General of the Order, Doct. Giampaolo Grazian and Treasurer of the Order Doct. Alessandro Viola Cortes were both present to the handover and remarked the sympathy of T.R.H. Prince Charles and Princess Camilla of Bourbon Two Sicilies for the laudable activities carried out in support of women and minors in need, reinforcing a long-standing cooperation.