Rome, April 22nd 2020 – H.R.H. Prince Charles of Bourbon Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro, Head of the Royal House and Grand Master, decided to send a message to all Knights and Dames of the Order.
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MESSAGE OF HIS EMINENCE THE GRAND PRIOR FOR THE SOLEMNITY OF SAINT GEORGE
Rome, April, 20th 2020 – In the occasion of the Solemnity of Saint George, His Eminence Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, Grand Prior, sent a message to all Knights and Dames of the Order.
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TUSCANY: “BRICIOLE DI SALUTE” IN AGLIANA AND LUCCA
Agliana (PT), April 15th, 2020 – The Tuscan delegation, represented by Mr. Dino Greco and Mr. Giacomo Perrina, with the collaboration of the Onlus association “Regalami un sorriso”, offered a supply of health masks to the president of Archbishop of Mercy in Agliana, Mrs. Ilaria Signori. These masks will be distributed to the population by some volunteers. The donation, which is an integral part of the project “Briciole di salute”, was carried out in accordance with the safety provisions in force for the containment of Covid-19.
Lucca, April 20th, 2020 – The Vice Delegate, assisted by Secretary Roberto Orlandi, donated two wheelchairs to facilitate the transportation of people with disabilities. The delivery took place at the Misericordia structure in Lucca, in the presence of the vice president and the director.
The donation is part of the “Briciole di Salute” solidarity project.
Covid-19: a donation from the Constantinian Order Charity Onlus to the new intensive care unit of the Hospital Cotugno in Naples
H.R.H. Charles of Bourbon Two Sicilies: “we are supporting a hospital which is on the front line in the fight against this health emergency and has highlighted the Neapolitan talents and professionalism throughout the world”
Naples, April 20th, 2020 – “The feeling of affection we have for the city of Naples has concretely reflected in the campaign to support hospitals launched on constantinianorder.charity through a donation in favour of the Hospital Cotugno which, being on the front line against this health emergency, has once again highlighted Neapolitan talents and professionalism worldwide” – declared Prince Charles of Bourbon Two Sicilies on the occasion of the donation of 50.000 Euros from the Constantinian Order Charity Onlus to the hospital Cotugno. “We hope we will be able to intervene again to meet the doctors’ needs and our donation, in this second phase of the epidemic, will help creating 4 beds in the intensive care unit dedicated to Covid-19 patients at the section G the hospital”– explains Prince Charles, founder of the Constantinian Order Charity Onlus.
“According to the terrible situation that hospitals had to face in northern Italy, the hospital’s strategic management immediately realized that the problem was severe. It was therefore necessary to act quickly to mitigate its effects and avoid the use of intensive therapy”– said Maurizio di Mauro, General Director of the hospital and Giovanni De Masi, Administrative Director of the hospital, who stress: “This approach has had clear results, as evidenced by the figures we have recorded to date”. “The donation received from the Constantinian Order, as well as the others we had received, will allow us to begin the construction of the new Intensive Therapy unit dedicated to patients affected by Covid-19 at the section G of the hospital Cotugno which is now mainly used for sub-intensive therapy and this will also allow us to take care of patients who suffer from other serious infectious diseases such as meningitis, tuberculosis, etc.“.
SICILY: THE PROJECT “BRICIOLE DI SALUTE” IN CATANIA, SAN MARTINO DELLE SCALE AND PALERMO
On April 10th, Good Friday, the commander of the Carabinieri in Grottole, Mr. Claudio Colucci, who was already given a medal of merit of the Order, decided to promote a fundraising campaign among the policemen of the station, to allow the purchase of Easter eggs that will be offered to needy children of the community. This is another sign of closeness and concrete commitment from the members of the Constantinian Order towards the needy.
The current government regulations have increased requests for assistance to all those structures in Catania which support the needy people of the city. For this reason, Massimo Putrino, Giuseppe Longo, Salvatore Dell’Aria and Antonino Amato distributed food to the Missionary Sisters of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, who serve hot meals to the needy and to the Vincentian Sisters, who help several families in difficulty.
On April 11st, the vice delegate handed over many products (diapers, homogenized products, canned tomatoes) to Father Vittorio Rizzone and to Father Giuseppe La Rocca. These products will be distributed to needy families. Several protective masks were also delivered.
On April 15th the vice delegate accepted the request for help from the parish priest Francesco Di Pasquale by offering him some products of the project “Briciole di Salute”. Homogenized, baby pasta, diapers and some candies were delivered at the Church of Saint Anthony, located in Palermo.
On April 20th the vice delegate and Mr. Vincenzo Nuccio delivered around fifty washable and reusable masks to Father Saverio Maria Cento.