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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.

BELGIUM: RELIGIOUS CEREMONY

15/12/2023

The Belgian delegation met on the feast of Christ the King at the Church of Saint Jacques-sur-Coudenberg.
The Pontifical Mass was celebrated in the presence of His Royal Highness Prince Lorenzo of Belgium, Bailiff of the Order’s Grand Cross.
His Most Reverend Excellency Monsignor Noël Treanor, Archbishop-Bishop Emeritus of Down & Conner, Apostolic Nuncio to the European Union, celebrated, while Monsignor Willen van der Valk, Representative of our Order in the Netherlands, Monsignor Jean – Baptiste Itaruma, Councillor of the Apostolic Nunciature to the European Union, Reverend Pleban Robrecht Boone, representative of the Holy See to the International Committee of Military Medicine and Reverend Abbate Ivo Celis concelebrated.
His Serene Highness Prince Charles-Louis d’Arenberg, Knight Grand Cross of Justice, and Delegate of the Kingdom of Belgium, assisted by the Consul General Gunnar Riebs, Knight Grand Cross of Merit, Deputy Delegate of the Kingdom of Belgium, welcomed all the distinguished guests.
After the religious ceremony the Knights of the Order and other guests took part in a formal lunch at the “Cercle Royal Gaulois”.

NAPLES AND CAMPANIA: PRE-HOLIDAY MASS FOR THE IMMACULATE

15/12/2023

On December 7th 2023, the Delegation of Naples and Campania, on the occasion of the Feast and Sacredness of the Most Holy Mary Immaculate, took part in the solemn pre-holiday Mass in honor of Our Lady Mary Immaculate at the Church of Don Orione, located in Ercolano (Naples) by invitation of Don Orione and prior authorization of the Delegate Donna Federica Cattaneo De Gregorio.
Dame Nunzia Sannino, Knight Luigi De Angelis, Knight Alessandro Caramiello, Knight Antonello Amaddeo and Knight Davide Di Blasi attended. The Mass was celebrated by Father Rosario Belli, general director of Don Orione. The guests of the structure, the theater manager Doctor Ciro Cozzolino and many faithful were present.
For the occasion, Dame Sannino and the Knights present, donated to the Don Orione Institute a large supply of sanitary equipment (360 diapers) and an equally conspicuous supply of stationery products such as crayons in wax, to finger, watercolors, markers, brushes, cards, glue, sharpeners, notebooks and various. The donated material will be used for the 15 children with disabilities who are guests of the institute located in Ercolano and for the upcoming Christmas chores that the same children are preparing to realize. The entire supply was delivered directly to Father Rosario Belli in the presence of the guests.

CALABRIA: MOST RECENT DELEGATION ACTIVITIES

7/12/2023

On 5 December, the Calabria Delegation and the Polistena Brutium Lions Club donated food and basic necessities to the “la buona volontà” community of Cittanova (RC). The purpose of the donation was to create a Christmas-themed inclusive-solidarity lunch to offer a carefree evening to those less fortunate. In fact, the community “la buona volontà” has been chosen as it helps people who are serving an alternative sentence to prison, making them embark on a path of recovery and reintegration into civil society.

The Constantinian Order has decided to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Mgr. Limina during the Eucharistic celebration last Sunday, November 26, at the parish of the Blessed Virgin of the Rosary of Pompeii, where the dean of the Crotone clergy – former president of the Cathedral Chapter of the Diocese of Crotone-Santa Severina – continues in his mission of Charity. Charity that was at the heart of the recent initiative that, during his homily, he intended to recall referring to the recent donation made by the Order to the Table of the Poor “Padre Pio”, founded by Monsignor Limina himself in 1997, that every day provides a hot meal to about one hundred thirty people in difficulty. Nicola Oliverio, Knight of Grace, Knights of Merit Alessandro Cuomo and Vito Michele De Caro were present at the liturgical service, the latter one of the volunteers who animate the Table of the poor, and the representative for the city of Crotone, Antonio Oliverio, Knight of Grace. At the end of the religious service, the participants and Monsignor Ezio Limina have planned future initiatives to promote synergy between the work of the charitable structure and the activities of the Constantinian Order.

Molise: collection and distribution for clothing and shoes donation

7/12/2023

Molise: collection, distribution and donation of clothing and shoes on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 November. The Delegate Duke d’Alessandro di Pescolanciano and Knight Comm. Giuseppe D’Amico, assisted by Knight of Grace Giulio De Jorio Frisari and other postulants of Molise, have provided the recovery of a truck with a load of clothing and shoes from donor organizations, which will be delivered to the territory’s parishes, lay-religious communities and needy families during these weeks before Christmas. On Sunday, a large amount of sports shoes was donated to the Ukrainian community of Campobasso, in the presence of Father Mikola Chapliuk at the conference hall of the church Mater Ecclesiae of the capital, receiving heartfelt thanks. On the same day, the delivery of other clothing material to the community of Scapoli (IS) took place through the Mayor Knight Renato Sparacino, with whom began a constructive collaboration.