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NAPLES AND CAMPANIA: REOPENING OF THE CONSTANTINIAN CLINIC 2022

15/04/2022

The “Constantinian Clinic” was born on October 28, 2013 under the auspices of the Delegation of Naples and Campania and with the approval and in the presence of His Royal Highness Prince Charles of Bourbon Two Sicilies.
In 2019, the Archbishop of Naples at that time, H.E. Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, blessed the facilities of the clinic in the presence of Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice of Bourbon Two Sicilies and Marquise Federica de Gregorio Cattaneo, Delegate for Naples and Campania, who expressed their satisfaction for the noble initiative, reconfirming it today as well.

PIEDMONT AND VALLE D’AOSTA: ACTIVITIES OF APRIL

15/04/2022

The “Spring Festival” organized by the Delegation of Piedmont and Valle d’Aosta took place at the Wist club in Turin.
During the evening, the Vice Delegate Nicolò Papurello illustrated the activities carried out by our Order to the public of businessmen and professionals who attended. The Spring Festival will be held annually.

Many charitable activities continue in favour of the religious structures of the Diocese of Tortona (AL). The representative of the city of Alessandria, Mrs. Simona Delfino and the Vice Prior, Father Augusto Piccoli have made a donation of food in favour of the guests hosted by “Mater Dei” structure in Tortona (AL).The food, kindly offered by the Knights and Dames of the delegation and by the StandBy Me association of Acqui Terme, will be delivered to the Ukrainian refugees housed for more than a month at the structure. In the coming weeks, in the presence of the Vice Delegate of Piedmont and Valle d’Aosta Nicolò Papurello, more donations of essential items will be made in favour of the Ukrainian refugees of the territory.

On April 22nd, the representation of Alessandria celebrated the feast of Saint George.
During the ceremony, held by the Vice Prior Augusto Piccoli in the city’s Cathedral, some recently deceased Knights were remembered, including Count Gustavo Figarolo di Gropello, former Delegate of Piedmont and Valle d’Aosta, and Mr. Pasquale Muto.
The representative of the city, Mrs. Simona Delfino, after reading the prayer of the Knight, thanked the many present and illustrated the numerous initiatives carried out by the representation and by the delegation of Piedmont and Valle d’Aosta in this last period.
A dinner was then held in the presence of numerous Dames and Knights.

SOUTH-EAST ASIA: EVENTS ON MARCH, 29 AND ON APRIL, 9TH

11/04/2022

Bangkok, March 29, 2022 – The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Bangkok, invited the Delegation for Southeast Asia to join a Virtual Global Conference, organized in cooperation with the Global Adaptation Network (GAN) and the Asia-Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN).The Delegate, His Excellency Don Antonio Benedetto Spada, Knight of the Royal Order of Saint Januarius, appointed the Vice Delegate to attend the above said webinar on “Scaling up women’s access to climate technologies, practices, and adaptation finance to build community resilience”, through initiatives and projects across the world, including:

·        EmPower: Women for Climate-Resilient Societies project, implemented in Bangladesh, Cambodia, and Vietnam, that aims to strengthen women’s participation in decision-making processes and to enable women to use renewable energy for resilient livelihoods;
·        NANUM: Connected women project that aims at empowering women as leaders of technological transformation for adaptation to climate change in Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay by training women in digital skills, and strengthening women’s connectivity and access to climate information;
·        Sudan Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) project that is enhancing community resilience in Sudan by using EbA approaches and promoting alternative climate-resilient livelihoods and gender-specific adaptation technologies;
·        Global Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) Fund that provides rapid and targeted support for innovative approaches to EbA to climate change and to help overcome identified barriers to upscaling EbA by prioritizing filling in planning, knowledge, and resource gaps. This online session was extraordinary in bringing together women’s voices from all over the world, with live webcam connections and translation in and from Bengali and Spanish languages.

Bangkok, 9 April 2022– The Delegate for Southeast Asia, H.E. Antonio Benedetto Spada, Knight of the Royal Order of Saint Januarius, has been invited by the Global Kashmiri Pandit Diaspora (GKPD – Thailand section) to a Private Star cast show starting with VVIP welcome for meet and greet along with Her Excellency Madam Suchitra Durai, Ambassador of India to Thailand, Bollywood Stars Vivek Agnihotri, Director, and wife Pallavi Joshi, Producer and Actress, followed by watching a hit movie: “The Kashmir File”, at Siam Pavalai Cinema. The GKPD is an initiative to recognize Kashmiri Pandit genocide and ethnic cleansing raising public attention on those two themes irrespective of any nationality. “The Kashmir File”, for its revolutionary and realistic way of telling the genocide story of the Valley of Kashmir, with its Hindu-Muslim tensions theme, has been very well received in multiple countries with huge interest and has evoked lot of attention from global audiences, creating public awareness on the real face of terrorism. The Director has researched for four years and studied over 700 cases of Kashmir Pundits who were evicted from their homeland, sparking debates and strong reactions.

Hua Hin (Thailand), 9 April 2022 – Thanks to the generosity of the Delegate, His Excellency Antonio Benedetto Spada, Knight of the Royal Order of Saint Januarius, the Vice Delegate attended the 11th Beach Polo Charity Event at the Inter-Continental Hua Hin Hotel Resort, among VIP Thai personalities, international participants (attendees from Australia, France, Kenya, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland …) as well as Thai nationals co-members of the local NGO “Do Good for Homeland”. The event was hosted once again by the Equestrian Association of Thailand — helmed by President of B.Grimm, Dr. Harald Link — Proud Real Estate Company Limited and the Inter Continental Hotel Hua Hin Resort. Hallowed as Asia’s largest and only Beach Polo event, the competition saw top teams from across the region engaged in friendly battles for the illustrious H.R.H. Princess Bajrakitiyabha Narendiradebyavati Trophy (eldest Daughter of His Majesty King Rama X).This year’s championship marked B.Grimm’s 144th anniversary in Thailand and, true to B.Grimm’s long standing philosophy of “doing business with generosity”, came once again with a charitable aspect. All proceeds from B. Grimm Asian Beach Polo Championship will be donated towards the Nabha Foundation, a royal initiative under H.R.H. Princess Bajrakitiyabha Narendiradebyavati, that provides training, assistance and social welfare to the underprivileged.Special thanks to Madam Ronelle Stoessel.

USA: KNIGHTS PRESENT AT THE PATRONAL FEAST OF ST. FRANCIS OF PAOLA

4/04/2022

The esteemed Delegate of the American Delegation of the Dynastic Orders of the Royal House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, together with the Vice Delegate and a representation of Knights and Dames of the Constantinian Order, assisted at Holy Mass celebrated on April 2, 2022 by the Bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn, Most Rev. Robert Brennan, for the feast of the Patron Saint of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and great miracle worker St. Francis of Paola, in the church dedicated to him in Brooklyn, New York.

FRANCE: ACTIVITIES FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH

4/04/2022

On March 23rd, a dozen Dames and Knights of the French delegation had the opportunity to meet Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice of Bourbon Two Sicilies and His Excellency Msgr Ravel, on the occasion of the drink organized at the Saint-Roch church, kindly made available by the chaplain, Msgr Thierry Laurent.
The atmosphere was very fraternal; and the Italian buffet was delicious.
Those who were able to stay until the end attended the concert organized by the delegation.
Since it was a charity concert, all donations raised during this event went to the Saint-Georges Scholarship programme, which supports students belonging to low-income families.

Every first Friday of each month, as well as every Friday of Lent, the Knights and Dames of the French delegation keep a thorn from the Holy Crown in the Church of Saint Roch.
The Holy Crown was purchased and returned by Saint Louis. It is for the Holy Crown that the Holy Chapel was built. Today the Sacra Corona is located in Notre Dame of Paris.