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CHARITY CHRISTMAS LUNCH IN MONREALE

22/12/2015

Monreale, 22^nd December 2015. The Sicilian Delegation of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George organized a Christmas lunch at the Balsamo Hospice of Monreale for the elderly staying at the hospice. Knights Carmelo Sammarco and Vincenzo Nuccio and the Vice Delegate Antonio di Janni served tables together with their Prior H.E. the Most Reverend Mons. Michele Pennisi, Archbishop of Monreale. The Archbishop thanked the Constantinian Order for having adopted the hospice and also recalled that last October H.R.H. Princess Beatrice of Bourbon Two Sicilies and Prince Augusto Ruffo di Calabria attended a lunch at the hospice where they also served the elderly. For Christmas a living crib was set up with the same guests of the hospice being the actors. The video film produced for this occasion will be delivered to His Holiness Pope Francis.

THE VICE DELEGATION FOR ROME PROMOTES THE PROJECT “TAKE GRANDFATHER TO A RESTAURANT”

22/12/2015

Rome, 22^nd December 2015. Thanks to the Vice Delegate Nobile Dott. Fabrizio Ratto-Vaquer, Knight of Justice, the Vice Delegation for Rome has developed a new project called “Take Grandfather to a Restaurant” which is part of the wider programme “The Hunger suffered by our Neighbour” advocated by the Grand Master, H.R.H. Prince Charles of Bourboun Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro. The project was inaugurated on 22^nd December in Ostia where the Vice Delegate for Rome, accompanied by a confrère of the Order, invited to a pizzeria an elderly couple with economic difficulties forced to live in daily solitude and sadness. The meal was offered to the elderly couple by the restaurant that supported the project. “Take Grandfather to a Restaurant” will continue its activities focusing mainly on two important actions: the first one envisages the direct involvement of Constantinian Dames and Knights who, in turns, will invite to lunch the elderly at least once a week; the second one looks at the possibility of getting the restaurant owners, who will be supporting the project, to invite at their expense the elderly grandfather who may wish to spend an evening with his family at a restaurant. This initiative will also serve as an example for families and encourage them not to leave at home alone their elderly relatives, as is often the case. Therefore, the Vice Delegate for Rome urges managers and owners of restaurants to join this humanitarian initiative. The Vice Delegate for Rome has already been holding talks to extend the project to other areas of the Diocese of Rome, including the suburbicarian diocese , in cooperation with Don Roberto Foini, Prior of the Vice Delegation for Rome, after having received the consent of the Vice Cardinal for Rome, His Eminence Cardinal Agostino Vallini, Bailiff Knight Grand Cross of Justice of Our Order.

MEETING IN PIAZZA ARMERINA WITH THE BISHOP AND THE PROVINCIAL COMMANDER OF ENNA COLONEL GIUSEPPE LICARI

21/12/2015

Piazza Armerina, 21^st December 2015. In Piazza Armerina at the Bishop’s Palace, the Vice Delegate of Sicily accompanied Colonel Giuseppe Licari, Provincial Commander of the Financial Police to a meeting with the Bishop of Piazza Armerina, H.E. the Most Reverend Mons. Rosario Gisana. This meeting endorses the valuable cooperation between the Provincial Command of the Financial Police and the Diocese in respect of all charitable activities. The Vice Delegate donated a book about the Archbishops of Monreale. Next January 2016 a lunch will be organized at the church of Santo Stefano for the in-patients of the ‘Boccone del povero’ in Piazza Armerina. The Parish Priest of the Church of Santo Stefano is Nino Rivoli, a Constantinian Chaplain.

OPENING OF THE HOLY DOOR AT THE CATHEDRAL OF SAN LEO

20/12/2015

San Leo, 20^th December 2015. His Excellency the Most Reverend Mons. Andrea Turazzi, Bishop of San Marino-Montefeltro, with a solemn ceremony opened the Holy Door in the Cathedral of San Leo ushering in the Holy year of the “Jubilee of Mercy” launched by His Holiness Pope Francis. Present at the ceremony were the representatives of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George, the Delegation of the Most Serene Republic of San Marino with Noble Dr. Claudio Marciano di Scala along with a strong turnout of many volunteers and friends of the Order, in the presence of the highest civil and military authorities of the city. On Thursday 17^th thanks to the work of volunteers, and in particular with the important contribution of Knight Christian Angiolini, the Delegation of the Most Serene Republic of San Marino donated to the Diocese Caritas over seven hundred kilos of foodstuffs to, and in support of, the disadvantaged families of the region.

CHRISTMAS IN THE VICE DELEGATION OF LAZIO

20/12/2015

Minturno, December 2015. In December 2015 the Vice Delegation of Lazio put in place a series of activities for the most deprived persons in compliance with the humanitarian project strongly advocated by our beloved Grand Master, namely “The hunger suffered by our neighbour”. With the help of some Knights, significant amounts of foodstuffs were purchased and distributed by volunteers of the deprived families in cooperation with Caritas of the Southern Lazio Diocese. Another important initiative, carried out with the help of the Pharmacy owned by the Delegate’s Spouse, Dame of the Grand Cross of Merit, Dr. Rosalba Pietroluongo, consisted in the collection of medicinal products and early-childhood products donated to a Family Home that takes care of single, needy mothers and their children. For this special moment of Christmas, the Delegation promoted, jointly with the St. Peter’s Association of Minturno, a series of musical events in St. Peter’s Cathedral such as a Concert of the “Small Wind Orchestra”, made up of children and young people; a concert of opera music “Voices on the Eve” and a production of Church Choirs of the Aurunco district (Southern Lazio and Northern Campania, once a Province of the Two Sicilies of the Terra di Lavoro) in which will also participate the Choir of the Constantinian Chapel of St. Peter’s Cathedral.