Avenza, 1st April 2016. The Knights and Dames of the Constantinian Order of Saint George of the Delegation for Tuscany donated essential food items to the San Pietro Parish of Avenza. This donation was in keeping with the objectives of the “The Hunger Suffered By Our Neighbour” project endorsed by the Grand Master of the Constantinian Order, H.R.H. Prince Charles of Bourbon Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro.
Palermo, 24th March 2016. The Delegation of Sicily, with the Vice Delegate Nobile Dott. Antonio di Janni and some Knights and Dames of the Order, organized, under the umbrella of the “New Crumbs of Health” project, a collection of food items at the Baby Shopping Mall in Palermo. The donations received included essential items for the most needy families such as small pasta, homogenized baby food, liquid milk, biscuits and diapers.
Calabria, 4 – 22 March 2016. New date with solidarity for the Delegation for Calabria. March, the month of Mercy. The project provides for the distribution of essential items which also on this occasion, like for the previous donations, were given by Esselunga S.p.A., one of the main Italian supermarket chains in the organized retail sector. This initiative is part of the major humanitarian project “The Hunger Suffered by our Neighbour” that was launched in the year just ended by the Grand Master of the Order, H.R.H. Prince Charles of Bourbon Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro. “The month of Mercy” is but the beginning of a series of solidarity initiatives that have been planned by the Delegation for Calabria in 2016.
The dates chosen for this first phase of donations are:
4th March – Terranova Sappo Minulio (RC), Parish of Maria Santissima Assunta;
5th March – Paola (CS), Pilgrimage and Donation, Sanctuary of San Francesco di Paola;
6th March – Bisignano (CS), Sanctuary of San’Umile da Bisignano;
19th March – Dasà (VV), Church of Saints Nicola and Michele;
20th March – Reggio Calabria (RC), Missionary Sisters of Charity;
21st March – Varapodio (RC), Parish Communities of San Nicola and Santo Stefano;
22nd March – Corigliano Scalo (CS), Parish of Maria SS. Immacolata.
Mossa (GO), 19th March 2016. The parish church of S. Andrea Apostolo in the Province of Gorizia has been chosen for the celebration of a solemn requiem Mass at 10.30 a.m. in honour of H.R.H. Prince Ferdinand of Bourbon Two Sicilies, XVII Duke of Castro and LIII Grand Master of the Constantinian Order, venerable parent of H.R.H. Prince Charles of Bourbon Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro. The Holy Mass, organized by Knight Commander Giorgio Miccoli, Vice Delegate for Triveneto, was presided over by the Prior of the Delegation, the Most Reverend Msgr. Arnaldo Greco and co-celebrated by the Chaplains, Ecclesiastical Knights of the Delegation. At the end of the Eucharistic celebration, appointment letters were presented to the new Knights whose investiture will solemnly take place at the Cathedral of San Giusto in Trieste on 23rd April 2016.
Sicily, March 2016. The Delegation of Sicily’s project “New Crumbs of Health” continues its activities consisting in providing early childhood items for children ranging from 0 to 3 years, namely diapers, small pasta, milk, biscuits and homogenized baby food. The project which was born in 2014 under the high patronage of His Excellency the Archbishop of Monreale and Constantinian Prior for Sicily, is now being implemented throughout the island. As a result of the meeting with His Excellency the Bishop of Acireale, the month of April will mark the beginning of donations of essential items to 29 children living in the tent of Christ which fends for single mothers, and to a further 14 children from the city who have been chosen by the diocesan Caritas. Many Knights and Dames are personally involved in standing outside supermarkets waiting to collect generous donations.
