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LOMBARDY: PRE-CHRISTMAS CEREMONY

15/12/2023

Milan, 6 December – The pre-Christmas delegation celebration was much appreciated and successful. After the lighting of the Christmas tree in Piazza Duomo, at 18.00, H.E. Mons. Domenico Siglini, Bishop emeritus of Palestrina, presided the Holy Mass. The Prior Mons. Arnaldo Morandi, the Representative of Pavia Mons. Maurizio Ceriani, the Knights of Ecclesiastical Grace Mons. Marco Domeneghini, Mons. Luigi Mistò, Mons. Gianni Zappa, Don Luca Camisana. The celebration took place in the Constantinian church of San Giorgio al Palazzo, with the Silver Medal of the Singers of San Cipriano, directed by Maestro Knight Alessio Lucchini. Numerous Knights and Dames were present, the Delegate of Lombardy Count Giuseppe Rizzani, the Archduke Martin of Austria Este, Count Roberto Giustiniani, Delegate of Triveneto, Dr. Lorenzo Fiori, President of the Garden Society, General Alfonso Miro, Commander of Lombardy, the Knights Giovanni Ballarino, Alberto Predieri, Federico Pizzi, and Giuseppe Perego, Delegation Councillors, the Grand Officer Alberto Di Maria, Delegate of the Dynastic Orders of the House of Savoy, as well as other important personalities of the Constantinian Order and of the Lombard society. After the ceremony, there followed an elegant and cordial convivial evening at the Circolo Società del Giardino, which ended with Christmas greetings between brothers and guests.

LOMBARDY: TEULIE’ MILITARY SCHOOL

15/12/2023

Milan, 10 November 2023 – On the occasion of the Change of the Commander of the Teulié military school, as usual, the Lombardy delegation was invited, with whom it has friendly relations and collaboration.
During the impressive ceremony the Delegate, Count Giuseppe Rizzani, accompanied by Hon. Gabriele Albertini, Representative for Milan, by Dr Federico Pizzi, Delegation Councillor, awarded the diplomas of Knight Officer to Gen. B. GDF Francesco Mazzotta, Provincial Commander, to Col. Comandante outgoing Gianluigi D’Ambrosio and those of merit to the four best students of the school. The new Commander, Colonel Antonio Calligaris, our Knight, has assumed the task in the presence of the highest military and civil authorities of Milan including Gen. B. Alfonso Miro, Commander of the Lombardy Army, the Provincial Commander of the Carabinieri, Colonel Giuseppe Stellato, Commander of the Nunziatella, arrived specifically from Naples.

ABRUZZO: HOLY MASS FOR THE IMMACULATE

15/12/2023

Friday, December 8th 2023, Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the B.V.M., Augusta Patroness of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, the H. Mass of the Delegation of Abruzzo was celebrated at the Church of St. Anthony of Padua of Knights of Nardis in L’ Aquila.
The Delegate Francesco Saverio dei Baroni de Nardis, Patrizio di Aquila, and Vice Prior Bruno Lima were present. At the end of the celebration, the Knights and the Dames gathered took part in a reception for the exchange of Christmas greetings.

EMILIA ROMAGNA: ACTIVITIES IN FERRARA

15/12/2023

Ferrara, Sunday 3 December 2023. As every year waiting for Christmas, the Knights Davide Zamboni and Antonio Ombra and the Volunteer Chessa Walter, coordinating with Representative Knight of Eccl. Gr. Davide Benini, delivered groceries, veterinary products and cleaning items to the Refuge of the National League for the Defense of the Dog of Ferrara. The association of social promotion has been involved for decades, through its volunteers, in the defense and assistance of dogs that are welcomed in shelters to encourage adoption. The President of Ferrara of the association, Lawyer Francesca Guglielmini, together with volunteers and volunteers of the shelter, who thanks us for the warm welcome to our Order, as on previous occasions, and for their tireless work towards the dogs they assist.

Ferrara, Saturday 9 December 2023. In anticipation of Christmas, a donation was made by the Emilia Romagna Delegation to the volunteer association “Servizio Accoglienza alla Vita” – SAV of Ferrara, who work for the assistance of mothers and families in difficulty. The volunteers Matteo Zaganelli and Walter Chessa together with Knight Davide Zamboni, coordinating with the Representative Knight of Eccl. Gr. Davide Benini, have delivered what they collected, together with the Knight Antonio Ombra, in anticipation of the upcoming holidays: toys, accessories for children, fresh fruit, pandori, panettone and Christmas cakes, baby food, milk and sugar. The SAV volunteers were also present at the handover.

MOLISE: DONATION

15/12/2023

On thursday, December 7, the Delegation of Molise, represented by its Secretary Commander Giuseppe D’Amico and Knight Off. Francesco Lupo, along with other postulants, provided for the delivery of a significant donation of sports clothing and shoes to the “Community of welcome of San Giorgio” of Chiauci and Pescolanciano. The charitable prefestive operation has collected the most heartfelt thanks from the coordinator of the aforesaid structures, Ms Antonietta Bani, with the Dr. Angela Berardinelli and Mariana Ciavarro and the Dr. Roberto Rosas, in charge of the structures, to whom came the fraternal greetings of the Delegate, Duke Ettore d’Alessandro di Pescolanciano, very close to these territorial realities of social assistance. The group of Constantinian confreres who participated in the initiative was welcomed with a joyful spirit by the guests of the communities, who expressed evident gratitude with smiles and repeated thanks. On 12 December, a further delivery of various clothing and sports shoes to Francesco Fagnano, well-known athletic trainer for years engaged in the sports and social world, in order to send this goods to less well-off people. The Constantinian team will continue to operate with other donations on Molise territory in these weeks before Christmas.