Padova, December 18th 2017- The delegation of Padova and Vicenza made a huge donation to Sermig -Servizio Missionario Giovani for the forthcoming Christmas festivities. The donation included 850 litres of milk, 750 kilos of cheese and about 1000 boxes of different food. Everything was adressed to poor and needy people who are daily helped by this charitable facility, whose actions support needy people.
It was an event that is part of Briciole di Salute project which, starting from the Sicilian Delegation, is spreading alongside Italy.
Rome, december 19th 2017 In the occasion of the Solemnity of the Holy Christmas, His Eminence Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, Grand Prior, sent a message to all Knights and Dames, exhorting them to celebrate the Birth of Christ with charitable works.
CAs previously announced a solemn ceremony celebrating the investiture of new Knights and Dames was held in Calabria, on October 28. This is the first such ceremony to take place in the region in over 100 years.
After the ceremony a donation was made to needy families of the parish and the territory and, in the presence of H.R.H. the Grand Prefect, the Crumbs of Health Program was officially inaugurated in Calabria. This charitable program has been active for several years in Sicily and provides for the systematic donation to different dioceses of goods for infants 0 to 3 years of age.