ORDER OF MALTA ® FEDERAL ASSOCIATION, U.S.A. Annual Report 2009 ORDER OF MALTA ® FEDERAL ASSOCIATION, U.S.A.

Officers and Directors of Table of Contents the Federal Association President Vice President J. Paul McNamara (2012) Edward J. Festa (2012) President’s Message 3

Chancellor Hospitaller Gregory J. Granitto, Esq. (2012) Michele Bowe (2012) Treasurer’s Report 4–5

Treasurer Historian Robert Easby-Smith (2011) Henry Lane Hull Haiti Task Force Responds 6–7 to 2010 Earthquake Relief Principal Chaplain Chaplain to the Most Reverend Donald Wuerl Board of Directors Archbishop of Washington Rev. Msgr. John Enzler Lourdes Pilgrimage – 8–9 Grand Cross Conventual Chaplain ad honorem A Year in Retrospective

Board of Directors Columbus – Charles Mifsud Fra’ Thomas Mulligan 10 Term Expiring 2010 Dallas – Theresa Martter Professes Final Vows Eugene R. Croisant Hartford – Jean-Pierre Van Rooy D. Geoffrey Gamble, Esq. Houston – Robert Signorelli Federal Association 11–13 Patrick J. McCarthy, MD Jacksonville – Gerald Weedon Grants in Action Rowena Muller Morris Kansas City - John Massman Richard B. Perry, MD Lafayette, LA – Dan Bouligny A. Tronco, Jr. Lancaster, PA – Patrick Whalen From the Chaplain 14–15 Memphis – Robert Hutton Term Expiring 2011 Montgomery County, MD – Pro Merito 16–17 James K. Abney Conley Melitensi Awards Valencia Y. Camp New Orleans – Dr. Nicolas Bazan Edward J. Festa Northern Virginia – Bertha Braddock Six Chaplains, 65 New 18 Thomas C. Gaspard Pittsburgh – Thomas Celli Members Invested in 2009 Thomas E. Weiford Southern Maryland – Susan Malone St. Joseph, MO – Joseph Mazur Requiescat in Pace 19 Term Expiring 2012 Syracuse – Kathleen Mezzalingua John D. Becker Tallahassee – Gary Printy Thomas J.M. Freyvogel Washington, DC - Ann Fox Donors & Contributors 20–23 Robert B. Lively Wilmington, DE – Dorcas Gamble Margaret B. Melady, PhD Pauline Olsen, MD Office Staff James O. Pickard Joseph Dempsey – Margaret K. Riehl Executive Director Lourdes Iglesias – Regional Hospitallers Director for Hospitaller Programs Atlanta – Diane Festa Gretchen Koch – 2009 Annual Report Editorial Committee Baltimore – Patrick Monaghan Director of Development With grateful thanks to the members of the Order Charlotte – Jerry Schmitt Alaina Coffee – Karen Burgio Hoy, DM whose time, talent and treasure contributed to the Editor and Chair, Communications Committee works mentioned and photos included in Chicago – Fra’ Thomas Mulligan Administrative Assistant this publication Michele Burke Bowe, DM Hospitaller, Federal Association Order of Malta Federal Association, USA 1730 M Street, NW, Suite 403 Joseph Dempsey Washington, DC 20036 Executive Director 202.331.2494 www.orderofmalta-federal.org Printed on paper that is 10% Post Consumer recycled and is Joan Frawley Desmond, DM FSC Chain of Custody certified. This guarantees that trees used © Copyright 2010 to produce this publication were harvested from responsibly Margaret B. Melady, PhD, DM Order of Malta Federal Association, USA managed forests. Board Member; Communications Committee Member All Rights Reserved

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President’s Message

ear Fellow Members of the financial gift we make. Not only do Federal Association: we purchase pharmaceuticals at D cost to extend the contributions We each have heard it said to us, we make, but we members work in either at our parishes or when the clinics and volunteer hours of meeting acquaintances. Somehow, service in these same organizations. during the conversation some asks, These contributions serve the sick “I hear you’re in the Order of Malta. and the poor and provide support in What does the Order do?” many places where they would be none. Each of us has had that conversation, and explained the Another activity which touches history of the Order; the spiritual hundreds in our Association each and service work of the Order or year is the annual pilgrimage to the annual Lourdes pilgrimage. You Lourdes; we also include our special may have explained the work that efforts in response to the Haitian we do in your own community: the earthquake. Much of the work we do work of the Order in medical clinics, in our communities is done in a very in prisons, in hospital ministry, in quiet, unassuming way, with great nursing homes and the work of concern for the infirmed and poor the Federal Association is that the our international relief organization whom we serve. We do it with great work mentioned here is multiplied Malteser International. And you have generosity and with great humility, exponentially by our members talked about the defense of the calling upon the human model of our and the impact we make in our Catholic faith—work which the Order patron St. and the communities is significant beyond has done for over 900 years. way in which he served our Lord. these pages. And so, perhaps a For every story and photo which simple way we can explain our work This report to our members and appears in these pages there are to those who ask us about the work friends is a snapshot of our past hundreds of other servant leaders of the Order is by offering the words year; it is by no means a report in the Order whose names are not of our Daily Prayer: to promote on all of the activities our Federal mentioned and whose photos are God’s glory, the World’s peace and Association members have touched, not included. Each of us contributes all that may benefit the Order of St. and it provides a brief overview of to the work of our Order. Each of John of Jerusalem. the work of our members. We focus us needs to go beyond what we on the works which are supported have done thus far, always with With warmest personal regards, by our Annual Appeal through the mantle of humility in service, funds which are distributed by our because there is so much more member-led Grants Program. Every to do. dollar we contribute to our Malta- funded projects goes beyond the The true story of our Order and J. Paul McNamara, KM Treasurer’s Report

he Federal Association Operational Revenue 2009 finished 2009 in a good Dues $ 732,333 T financial position. With the Hurricane Katrina/New Orleans Home Rebuilding Program $ 49,862 economic headwinds still blowing Lourdes Pilgrimage $ 735,180 Investiture $ 148,020 from 2008, our Annual Appeal raised Investment Revenue $ 85,837 over $679,000. The Appeal was Merchandise/Other Sales $ 11,718 supported by 490 of our members Spiritual Activities $ 72,197 which represented 57% of our Total Operational Income $ 1,835,147 membership and the average gift was Operational Expense 2009 $1,500. Our goal is to have 100% Operations / Administration $ 655,012 participation of our membership in Spiritual Activities $ 103,754 the Annual Appeal; everyone’s gift is Hospitaller Committee $ 2,764 needed. We also welcome planned Lourdes Pilgrimage $ 718,949 giving gifts and our new Development Investiture $ 159,646 Director Gretchen Koch can assist Admissions/Formation $ 23,293 Assessment to Rome $ 116,988 members in this area. Publications/Communications/Distribution $ 87,510 Auxiliary $ 1,693 The Annual Appeal remains the Total Operational Expense $ 1,869,609 vehicle by which we support our Grants program—the Federal Net (operational revenue over expenses) $ (34,462) Association’s primary program Grants Program Revenue & Source of Funds 2009 to financially support our mission Annual Fund $ 679,064 of helping the sick and the poor International Projects $ 39,095 and defending our Catholic faith. Transfer from the Blessed Gerard Fund $ 481,185 In-kind Contributions $ 1,782,530 Fortunately, contributions to our Total Grants Program Revenue & Source of Funds $ 2,981,874 Grants program went farther than ever before because of the leverage Grants Program Expenses 2009 of our purchasing programs. This Grants $ 2,933,590 combination of at-cost and in-kind Total Grants Program Expenses $ 2,933,590 contributions of medicines and Net (grants program revenue & source of funds over expenses) $ 48,284 supplies is how we make our dollars work harder for the Order. In 2009, Other Revenue 2009 Testamentary/Memorial $ 255,000 our medical purchases had a market Change in Value (Charitable Trust) $ 9,674 value of almost $1,800,000, yet it cost Total Other Revenue $ 264,674 us only a quarter of that amount. This program permits us to serve more Total Revenue & Source of Funds in Excess of Expenses $ 278,496 in need. Investment Accounts 12/31/2009 Merrill Lynch-operating $ 11,605 In 2009, the Federal Association Lourdes Fund $ 858,595 received a testamentary gift of Blessed Gerard Fund $ 2,303,300 $250,000 from a deceased member’s Malta House Fund $ 94,498 estate—a gift which was designated Total $3,267,998

ORDER OF MALTA® 4 FEDORDERERAL ASSOCIATION, OF U.S.A . MALTA – FEDERAL ASSOCIATION, USA ® The Order’s International Relief agency Malteser International set up emergency clinics in urban areas near the Haiti earthquake’s epicenter. to be used to support the Lourdes year over year. Listed on page 4 are pilgrimage. We are very grateful to all the revenues and expenses for the of our members who have included the Operations and Grants programs of Order of Malta – Federal Association as the Association. Also listed are the part of their planned giving. balances of our investment accounts as of December 31, 2009. The Association improved its financial position over 2008 because of the Councilor, Buchanan, & Mitchell correction in the stock market from conducted the audit of the Federal the previous year’s decline. The Association’s statement of financial Federal Association’s investment position and the related statements portfolio posted a market value of activities and cash flows for the of $3,267,998 at year end, which year ended December 31, 2009 and represents a gain of 17.4% for 2009. rendered an unqualified opinion of Our investment funds are earmarked those financial statements. Copies to help support our signature of the complete audited financial programs such as the Lourdes statements and supplementary Pilgrimage and our Grants program. information are available on the Our strategy is to have the investment Federal Association’s web site or at funds work much like an endowment the Federal Association’s office. so that the corpus continues to grow

ORDER OF MALTA ANNUAL REPORT 5 Haiti Task Force Responds to 2010 Earthquake Relief

ederal Association President of food, medicine, tents, and other Michael Fitzgerald and Margaret J. Paul McNamara appointed equipment. Fitzgerald did the heavy lifting. Knights F the Haiti Task Force of and Dames from throughout the members within weeks of the January Hopital Sacre Coeur in Milot—a small country helped connect us to supplies, 12th earthquake that leveled the northern town that was physically raise funds, and stay agile as the country’s capital, Port-au-Prince, killing unaffected by the earthquake—has situation continued to shift. Dr. William hundreds of thousands, injuring many been a well-traveled destination for Battle jumped in to organize the flow of more, and displacing an estimated the many physicians and nurses who medicines. Michele Bowe, an ex officio 1.5 million residents. For almost six had participated in medical missions member of the Task Force contacted months, the Task Force chaired by over the years, and quickly responded Jesuit Refugee Services for help with Kathryn Ruscitto, now President and to the calls for help after the disaster. emergency food supplies, which CEO of St. Josephs Hospital Health The hospital was founded in 1986 allowed the hospital to use more of its System in Syracuse, NY, conducted a by a Canadian religious order with resources for direct patient care. series of bi-weekly “virtual meetings” ties to St. Louis, MO, and has been that developed a strategy for raising described as “Haiti’s Mayo Clinic.” It is Dr. Fitzgerald was no stranger to $258,525 from Federal Association funded by the CRUDEM Foundation, Hopital Sacre Coeur. Over the years, members—during the Annual Appeal— of Massachusetts, and is a signature he provided on-site advanced training while coordinating the distribution of project of the American Association. for Haitian physicians and sponsored emergency supplies and distribution There is participation from each additional medical education for of funds to CRUDEM/Hopital Sacre US Association of the Order; three hospital staff in the United States. Coeur in Milot, the Daughters of members of the Federal Association But when Fitzgerald arrived to serve Charity, who work with mothers and serve on its Board. critically injured patients, he had children in Cite Soleil, Homes from to adapt quickly. “Normally, I give the Heart, a non-profit that builds In the chaotic aftermath of the lectures on gastroenterology, my area new homes for the displaced, and earthquake, the hospital’s patient of specialization. But when we arrived other Haiti projects. The committee population exploded from 74 beds after the earthquake, I worked as a also worked to coordinate medical to over 400, with the overflow cared general practitioner. My wife, Margaret professionals for Malteser International, for in tented facilities. Experienced a trained RN, served as the out-patient the Order’s International Relief Agency. volunteers and newcomers poured pharmacist,” recalled the physician. His into Milot, laboring for 20-hour days. daughter, Megan Fitzgerald, a pediatric The Order of Malta has a history of Volunteers closely collaborated with nurse practitioner, arrived in Haiti service to the Haitian people, and the patients’ families--most of them three days after the earthquake and Task Force made use of members’ homeless, and a hospitable local was among the first group of medical expertise to establish its mission community to advance the survivors’ volunteers to treat the flow of patients and assess the evolving situation recovery. As visiting medical teams that began arriving by car and military on the ground. The committee from the Federal Association rotated airlifts from the shattered capital. Once conferred with trusted contacts to in and out of the hospital, they brought the medical teams began to treat an develop a response, refine grant additional supplies and provided on- increasing number of patients with recommendations, identify generous going assessments that clarified the crush injuries that required amputation, corporations and non-profit groups focus and impact of the Task Force. plans were quickly developed to prepared to donate supplies for free establish a prosthetic clinic to advance or at-cost, and coordinate delivery In the early days, Drs. Richard Perry, patient rehabilitation.

ORDER OF MALTA® 6 FEDORDERERAL ASSOCIATION, OF U.S.A . MALTA – FEDERAL ASSOCIATION, USA ® While the Federal Association is not a disaster relief agency, the proximity of the “Haiti disaster to our own shores and our charism of charity led us to ask: What’s the best use of our talent and resources? The need was and is great. We sought to reduce the current suffering, but also to make a sustained, positive impact on the lives of the poor and sick into the future. – Kathryn Ruscitto ”

“From the beginning, the Task Force agreed that it would only spend Haiti Task Force funds for supplies that were sold at cost, discounted, or provided in kind. Grants We learned that there were many different ways to procure supplies In all, over $258,000 was donated to the Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund; so far $226,000 has been contributed to the following organizations: and equipment, and we didn’t spend money on anything we could get CRUDEM Foundation / Hopital Sacre Coeur – emergency medicines and supplies - $50,000 CRUDEM Foundation / Hopital Sacre Coeur – funds to establish prosthetics clinic - $60,000 for free. The Task Force distributed CRUDEM Foundation / Hopital Sacre Coeur – grant for 2 cardiology technologists - $2,220 hundreds of thousands of dollars, but Emergency medical supplies to purchase vaccines - $6,000 Daughters of Charity, Cite Soleil – grant to reconstruct Nutrition Center - $67,780 it also was responsible for delivering Homes from the Heart – truck to transport building materials - $30,000 a huge amount of goods for free to Matthew 25 House - Port-au-Prince - supplies for children’s center - $5,000 people in need,” said Bowe. Sisters of St. Paul Chartres – Port au Prince – funds for schools in Port au Prince - $5,000 Haiti Task Force members: Donors to the Haiti Relief Earthquake Dr. William Battle; Michele Bowe; Frank Butler; Carmen Egge; R. Admiral Frost; Karen Hoy; Martha Kendrick; Patrick Kennedy; Hon. Robert Livingston; Col. Susan Malone; Jim Fund are listed on page 20 Mead; Dr. Richard Perry; Charlotte Ponticelli; Robert Simmons; Tom Wessels; Pat Whalen. Joe Dempsey, Executive Director and Kathryn Ruscitto, Chair.

Chicago Area members packed medical equipment and sent it to Haiti

Syracuse nurse Margaret Fitzgerald helps a little boy at Drs. James Cirincione, Michael Fitzgerald and Richard Perry assist at HSC in Haiti Hospital Sacre Coeur ORDER OF MALTA ANNUAL REPORT 7 Lourdes Pilgrimage – A Year in Retrospective

hile each year’s including Houston, Washington, their time in Lourdes. Even the 100 pilgrimage to Lourdes Kansas City and Northern Virginia. degree weather didn’t deter the W is a signature work faithful from attending Mass, nor of the Order of Malta, this year’s On March 13, 2010, 120 guests trips to the National Shrine Grotto 52nd annual pilgrimage by the attended the first ever Lourdes at the top of the hill to light candles members, auxiliary, volunteers, staff Benefit Concert at The and have private prayer time. Msgr. companions and, of course our John Paul II Cultural Center in John Enzler, Chaplain to the Federal blessed malades was different for a Washington DC, featuring Arnaud Association, celebrated Mass at few reasons: Never before had there Penet, Music Director and Choir the Glass Chapel, and participants been an Icelandic volcanic ash cloud Master of the Shrine of Lourdes. remembered the intentions of which threatened the transatlantic Maestro Penet was the featured pilgrims from current and previous trip. Never before had there been performer and volunteered his years, as well as chaplains and as many Masses of Anointing or services to coordinate the Concert friends of the Order. new fundraising efforts such as the for the Federal Association. Also Lourdes Concert. Yet, as always, performing were the Suspicious Mike McGarry, Lourdes Committee there were many miracles of the Cheese Lords, an a capella Chair, and Mary Noel Page, Malade heart during the week. choral group and soprano Kara Coordinator completed their Morgan. The evening’s highlight Pilgrimage leadership terms in 2010. The Federal Association pilgrimage was the premier of Bancks’ The Association is grateful for joined with members of the Angelus commissioned by the their service. Lindsay Gallagher will worldwide Order in the pilgrimage Benefit Concert Committee. The chair the 2011 Pilgrimage Committee led by Grand Master Fra’ Matthew Concert Committee was chaired by and Joan Cincotta is the new Festing, from 32 countries. Hugh Dempsey, Noreen Falcone, Malade Coordinator. Together, we joined in prayer, Suzanne DuFour; Peter and Kathie assistance to the sick and visits Schaumber; and the Concert to the places where Our Blessed contributed $28,000 to help fund Mother appeared to St. Bernadette. the costs of 2010 malades and The weather was colder and companions. Attending were wetter than usual – including some Knights and Dames of the Federal snow flurries – but nothing could Association, Joseph Metz, Regent dampen the spirits of those on the of the Subpriory and his wife Elissa, Pilgrimage. from New York and pilgrims from many past years. Preparations began nearly as soon as the wheels touched down at One of the last official acts of the BWI following the 2009 pilgrimage, 2010 Pilgrimage year for the Federal under Pilgrimage Committee chair J. Association was the Annual Reunion. Michael McGarry, Mary Noel Page, Nearly 100 pilgrims from the 2010 Malade Coordinator and Dr. Jacek and earlier Lourdes Pilgrimages Mostwin, Medical Director. Masses joined at Mt. St. Mary’s University of Anointing and orientation sessions in Emmitsburg, MD on Jul 22-23, were held around the country, to pray together and remember Rob Rogers confers with Pilgrimage Leader and Lourdes Committee Chairman Mike McGarry ORDER OF MALTA® 8 FEDORDERERAL ASSOCIATION, OF U.S.A . MALTA – FEDERAL ASSOCIATION, USA ® ORDER OF MALTA ANNUAL REPORT 9 Ad Multos Annos! Fra’ Thomas Mulligan Professes Final Vows

his past December 19th, All of us have witnessed many happily then Confirmation. And when you are surrounded by Knights and married couples who through their called into a deeper dimension in the T Dames from every corner of commitment, – “for better or for worse” Order, the Subpriory fosters mutual the Association and from many places – have become “one”. Likewise, many encouragement that leads to a richer around the world, I made my solemn priests and religious, through their vows, understanding and encounter with the vows as a professed member of the have grown deeper into their love for God customs, traditions, spirituality, laws and Order. As a Knight of Justice, I gave the and others. These are all signs that we the history of our Order. rest of my life to the service of the sick witness in our daily lives that a life long and the poor and to the needs of commitment is a process that is both It is with this deep gratitude to all of the the Order. very possible and truly rewarding. members of the Federal Association that I ask you for your continued support, I am the sixth person in the Western A vocation is a calling. Some receive through your prayers and the on-going Hemisphere to become a Knight of a vision or hear a message directed example of your dedicated service. I also Justice and the first ever from Chicago. uniquely to that person. My own ask you to invite those whom you feel It is my hope that many more members response to that call has been shaped by may have an availability and a possible will follow my pilgrimage. Pronouncing my experience in the Order. I have been calling to religious life as a Professed the evangelical counsels, the vows of given signs by witnessing the example Knight or have an interest in the Promise obedience, chastity and poverty are the of individual members, and what I have of Obedience to consider deepening their outward sign of a deepened commitment experienced in my own service to others. faith and broadening their commitment to to live as a religious in the world. My pilgrimage has been paved by the the Order by contacting someone in the continuous giving of self witnessed Subpriory of Our Lady of Lourdes. In some ways, the profession will change during local “hands on” service, as well little in my life. I will continue to support as the Rebuilding Together work in New God bless you and thank you! myself – the brothers do not live in Orleans, the Lourdes Pilgrimage, the community as they did centuries ago. spiritual formation of new members, the – Fra’ Thomas Mulligan The stola that I wear serves as an response to our Annual Appeal, the Haiti outward sign of my religious vows, and earthquake, and the Tsunami and Katrina I’m called Fra’. The KJ – indicating that outreach efforts. Come to think of it, I was a junior professed knight still in every opportunity for service that brings temporary vows – has been dropped. us together in “Malta” has deepened my The professed knights are present in religious calling. the sanctuary during liturgies as their privilege and duty. These are the visible There is often a misconception that signs of a deepened commitment that a Knight of Justice or the Promise of will shape my life as I face many of the Obedience is a “promotion” that lead to same challenges as before. a higher status within the Order. This is not the case. While practical obligations Today, many shy away from come with a stronger commitment to “commitment.” That term suggests the Order, the primary purpose of these permanence, while “change is good” vows or to the Promise of Obedience is seems to be very much in vogue. I ask to deepen one’s own faith – an obligation everyone to reconsider the importance of every member of the Order, in fact every religious commitment lived in the world. good Catholic, incurs at Baptism and

ORDER OF MALTA® 10 FEDORDERERAL ASSOCIATION, OF U.S.A . MALTA – FEDERAL ASSOCIATION, USA ® Federal Association Grants in Action The Association’s Clinics and Medicine Programs Improve the Health and Welfare of Thousands Across the US

embers of the Federal These health clinics serve patients, non medical volunteers serve by Association carry out our without regard to immigration status, answering phones, writing grant M mission to serve the poor who are uninsured and fall below proposals, sorting medicines and and the sick through hands on, in the federal poverty level. Most greeting patients. Additionally, kind and monetary support for at would use hospital emergency members of the Order serve as least 15 health care clinics located rooms as a last resort, but through members of the boards of these throughout our hospitaller regions. Malta supported clinics, they clinics. These clinics serve thousands receive immediate care as well as of uninsured patients providing appropriate preventive medical The Spanish Catholic Center, a access to primary, preventative and advice and follow-up. provider of medical, dental, legal specialized health care. and social services was founded As one of our doctor-members in the Archdiocese of Washington In addition to a medical describes, “We are the catalyst for in1967. It has provided volunteer appointment, patients who seek these clinics.” In some cases, local opportunities for members of the services at our participating clinics Malta members were instrumental Order for over 20 years. Under the receive free pharmaceuticals in establishing these clinics. Across sharp eye of Dennis DuFour, the through the Federal Association the regions, our members volunteer Order has painted the entire interior Pharmacy program. Through to provide both medical/dental and of the three-story building in a series a program initiated in 2000, non-medical assistance at these of weekend work days at the Center. the Federal Association sends local clinics. And all of us help by Dr. Joe Giere paints in old scrubs shipments of a wide variety of free financially supporting the purchase and sees patients in clean lab coats. medicines annually to selected of medicines worth millions of Dr. Gael Delany reports for dental health clinics located in the dollars over these ten years. duty with a box of donuts to share Association’s Hospitaller regions. with the staff and other volunteers. In addition to receiving He and his wife, Pat, chaired the We leverage the dollars we receive pharmaceuticals from the Pharmacy Gala for the Center in 2009. In from our members through the Program, four clinics received 2003, the Order of Malta was the Annual Appeal and make those grants from the Federal Association recipient of the Cardinal Hickey dollars work harder for the Order. from the member donations to the Award for its dedication to the sick Last year, the Pharmacy Program 2009 Annual Appeal. These are and the poor as demonstrated spent $200,000 to strategically Shepherd’s Clinic in Baltimore; through the members who volunteer purchase medicines at cost or well Malta House of Care in Hartford, CT; at the Center. below market price to distribute to San Jose Dental Clinic in Houston the participating clinics at a market and the Spanish Catholic Center in Jack VandenHengel, director of value at four times that amount. One Washington, DC. Shepherd’s Clinic in Baltimore clinic reports that the Malta stock of says, “Our clinic helps meet the ibuprofen and naproxen are the only These four clinics for the uninsured health care needs of Baltimore’s pain medicines it has for its patients. provide an opportunity for members growing uninsured through a small, “It’s like Christmas when we receive of the Order to serve the sick dedicated staff and the valuable the medications from the Order of and the poor in a hands-on way. donated services of hundreds Malta,” says one clinic administrator. Doctors, dentists and nurses work of volunteer physicians, nurses, directly with the patients while counselors, wellness specialists,

ORDER OF MALTA ANNUAL REPORT 11 and others. When combined with loaned clinic on wheels with a brand José Clinic has provided healthcare the ongoing financial support from new clinic on wheels. The new clinic to the uninsured since 1922. It is the friends like the Order of Malta has two examination rooms, on line only full-time clinic in the Greater such as the $24,000 grant we medical records and a beautiful red Houston area dedicated exclusively just received, the building blocks cross of the Order emblazoning the to serving the uninsured. This clinic of a creative, cost-effective, and white van. Seventeen members of provides both medical and dental comprehensive nonprofit medical the Order volunteer on a regular services to an estimated 5,000 practice for the underserved are basis in a number of different clients each year. Bob Signorelli, in place. The Order of Malta’s capacities. In fact, the clinic the hospitaller for the Houston specific grant enabled us to provides over 4,000 patient visits a area says, “Our members, families, improve patient care by providing year with a part time paid Medical candidates and those considering basic medical supplies, upgraded director physician and two paid an application, work there the first hemoglobin, nebulizer, and blood medical assistants. These staff Wednesday of each month, in the draw equipment, much-needed members are complemented by 50 pharmacy, organizing medicine practice management, medical volunteer medical professionals who received and what goes out. We diagnosis, and pharmacy assistance volunteer at the clinic regularly. The inventory, and take all outdated software licenses, and a year’s program has been so successful; medicine off the shelves and keep worth of glucose test strips. What a a second clinic is being launched the computer records up to date. marvelous gift!” to provide service to Waterbury, The Pharmacy is actually larger Connecticut. than a Walgreens or CVS. Cardinal Malta House of Care in Hartford, DiNardo, our chaplain, is also on Connecticut celebrated its fourth One of the oldest not for profit the board and provides diocesan year of service by replacing its clinics in the United States, San funding as needed.”

Two nurse volunteers help patients in the Malta House van

Board Member Dr. Pauline Olsen at Malta House of Care

ORDER OF MALTA® 12 FEDORDERERAL ASSOCIATION, OF U.S.A . MALTA – FEDERAL ASSOCIATION, USA ® Roxana Alfara with her daughter Gabriela at Centro Teypeyac Photo by Bob Roller, CNS (Used with permission)

Grants to Natural Family Planning Organizations Assist with Pro Life Decisions Pope Benedict XVI recently confirmed that help with an annual fundraiser held in the abortion recovery.” Women experiencing an “even in the most difficult circumstances same courthouse where Roe v Wade was unplanned pregnancy are offered the facts human freedom is capable of extraordinary decided. The former Dallas Hospitaller who on the risks and effects of abortion. The acts of sacrifice and solidarity to welcome first proposed a diocesan-wide NFP program, center’s prenatal and parenting classes, the life of a new human being.” The Federal Hoag now directs the center. “We’re in more support groups, and relationship counseling Association’s 2009 grants to the Natural than half of the parishes here, educating draw both the poor and the affluent, including Family Planning Center in Dallas, and two couples who do not know their faith,” said Hispanic women who work with bi-lingual Washington, D.C.-based institutions – Centro Hoag. Conventual Chaplains of the Federal counselors. “We plant the seed and show Tepeyac, a crisis pregnancy counseling Association Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of them the way,” said Hamm. “Our counselors center, and W.A.K.E.U.P., a pro-life youth Houston and Bishop Kevin Farrell of Dallas have a strong spiritual life; otherwise, they ministry—signaled members’ on-going are strong supporters, along with James couldn’t do this work.” commitment to the defense of unborn human Abney, Dan Hennessy, Susan “Batina” life and Catholic sexual ethics. Hennessy, Dr. Jim Patrick and Pringle W.A.K.E.U.P. (Women Against the Killing and Patrick, Judy Mead and Nancy Cheney and Exploitation of Unprotected Persons) received The Natural Family Planning Center of Dallas American Association members Joe Boyd $10,000 for a series of chastity education received $10,000 for educational materials and Nancy Neuhoff. events held at the John Paul II Cultural Center that advance its outreach to Catholic couples in the Nation’s capital. While “abstinence- and others that seek help with spacing births Centro Tepeyac offers “bi-lingual pregnancy only” sex education primarily focuses on or achieving pregnancy. Natural Family counseling and crisis intervention for the strategies for avoiding risky sexual contact Planning helps couples learn systems of 2,000 women who visited our center last and unplanned pregnancies, chastity fertility awareness that rely on observation of year,” confirmed Mariana Vera, executive education is presented as a holistic approach changes in the woman’s menstrual cycle. director of Centro Tepeyac in Silver Spring, centered on the dignity of the human person. MD. There are a number of “crisis pregnancy It’s designed to build human and Christian Over the past forty decades, on-going centers,” in the Washington-Metro area, virtues that create a life-affirming ethos of research has made NFP a more predictable but Centro Tepeyac’s three-fold mission service to others. “Our Chastity Teaching system for Catholic couples looking to remains unique: “Save the life of the unborn Training Seminar featured nationally known practice “responsible parenthood” according child, address the social problems that speakers that helped prospective chastity to Catholic teaching and their own family’s bring about unplanned pregnancies, and, teachers to reach out to young people.” needs. But many Catholics know little when possible, bring the woman back into reported Marjorie “Missy” Reilly Smith, the about NFP—a problem the Dallas center the sacramental life of the church. We also director and founder of WAKEUP, which seeks has worked to remedy, with the Order’s teach NFP to those in stable relationships,” to defend the rights of pre-born children, the assistance. The center provides NFP training, explained Mary Hamm, the center’s former mentally and physically impaired, and the and offers Catholic couples the opportunity director. The $10,000 grant proposal elderly. Founded in 1999, as a response to to learn more about the church’s vision of submitted to the Federal Association asked media reports on the trafficking of fetal body marriage and human sexuality. “Thanks to the for help with salaries for counselors, who parts, the organization moved into chastity Order of Malta, we’ve been able to develop address immediate practical needs, but also education, which Smith describes as “the key and distribute materials on matrimony and help clients reconnect with a local parish to transforming the current culture of death to sexuality—including the fundamentals of community and return to the sacraments. a culture of life. Without a return to chastity, NFP and Humanae Vitae,” said Bette Hoag, unborn children will still be killed.” DM. Three members of the Order assist with The Center offers a broad spectrum of the center’s administration, and many more services from free pregnancy tests to “post-

ORDER OF MALTA ANNUAL REPORT 13 From the Chaplain

ear Knights, Dames and group, I believe we sense an inner Order of Malta. I had three lengthy Chaplains, need for greater spirituality in our discussions with young soldiers who D daily lives, and we try to live out the have recently returned from country I am enjoying my first year as fullness of our commitment to grow in Afghanistan and Iraq. They are Chaplain to the Board for the Order closer to Jesus through daily prayer now struggling with spiritual issues of Malta, and I am looking forward and our own personal spirituality that affect their spouses and families. to working with the Order, the that flows from our association with Executive Committee, the Board and the Order. On Monday morning, I saw a number many of you as individuals in the from the Order at Nick Antonelli’s years to come. Together, we strive One weekend in July was a good funeral, one of our members who to grow in our relationship with the example of what the Order of Malta went home to God. Thank you to Lord. What I already knew has been means to me. On Saturday, I was those who provided the honor guard reinforced! The Order of Malta is blessed to participate in the Lourdes for Nick at St. Matthew Cathedral. made up of a very special group of reunion at my alma mater, Mount St. It made me realize how Knights Catholic people. All of us have been Mary’s, for the visit to the Grotto and and Dames honor each and every blessed with the gift of successful the Mass. For those who have been member and make the Order a careers in our chosen field, and it to Lourdes, either this past May or priority in all we do throughout seems all of us have been drawn to in previous years, being together the year. This past year, members the Order as a way of sharing our reminds us we are all malades, we of the Order spent a week in New blessings with others, particularly all truly need the Lord. Honoring Orleans doing the work of the Lord. with those who are sick and need Mary on her mountain in her Others went to Haiti and spent a the Lord’s healing hand. As a special grotto was a truly spiritual week caring for people with terrible experience for all of us. wounds caused by the devastating earthquake. These opportunities The next day, I joined the Order allow me to see the Order at work, to celebrate with our “Wounded and frankly, it heightens my own Warriors” at Walter Reed Army desire to become a better priest as, Medical Center. I watched as our in this case, the laity lead the way. members and their children and All of us are reminded that the work friends, cooked, served, greeted, of the Church is not only for priests welcomed and provided hospitality and sisters, but also for each and to so many who have served our every one of us responding to the country in Afghanistan and Iraq and call of our Baptism. are now back in the States with wounds that are being treated at As I write this, I ask myself these Walter Reed. It was a truly a unique questions: am I any different as a experience to see these “Wounded priest since I became a Chaplain Warriors”, both men and women, of the Order? Do people sense a with their families, and to see how different spirituality from me? Do much they appreciated the care and my parishioners sense a greater concern of the Order. Many asked commitment to the sick and about the Maltese Cross on our less fortunate in our midst? Are flags, and many asked about the acquaintances able to tell that I am

ORDER OF MALTA® 14 FEDORDERERAL ASSOCIATION, OF U.S.A . MALTA – FEDERAL ASSOCIATION, USA ® a spiritual man without the need to to be different because of your wisdom, his sense of humor and talk about it? To be honest, I doubt commitment to the Order of Malta? his love for the Lord. Please offer a people notice what the Order means special prayer to him on a regular to me, and what it should mean in Can each of us renew our basis. Monsignor loved the Order, my daily actions and my own daily commitment, not just to helping and I am sure he watches over it spirituality. As I try to do a better others, but to ensuring our own from a special place is heaven. We with my spirituality, is it evident spiritual journey is somehow were blessed to have such a godly to the members of the Order and different, more focused and more man guide and lead the Order for so to my parishioners? Do they sense evident for all to see? Does our many years. His are big shoes to fill, something different about me since I effort to reach out to those less but I will continue to try to live up to have taken on this responsibility? fortunate translate into a closer his confidence in me and his desire relationship for each of us that I do my best to support each I ask the same questions of you, with Jesus? of you with commitment, dedication our members. Do people sense and love for the Order of Malta. something different about you I can’t conclude this brief letter because of your participation in without a reference to my mentor, May God bless you! the Order? Are they able to tell my friend and my inspiration: that you have a spirituality that is Monsignor Louis Quinn. What – Msgr. John J. Enzler different from others in your parish? a great priest he was for the Magistral Chaplain and Chaplain to If you didn’t wear the robe, the Archdiocese of Washington for over the Board of Directors cross, or a pin that identifies your 65 years, and what a great gift he participation, would they know that was to the Order for the last two you are different, or at least striving decades. I miss his guidance, his

ORDER OF MALTA ANNUAL REPORT 15 Nineteen Federal Association Members Receive the Order’s Pro Merito Melitensi Awards his Knightly Order of October 13 the feast of Blessed In 2008 the Federal Association Merit or Order Pro Merito Fra’ Gerard, the Order’s founder. established a Committee on Awards T Melitensi, established in The Grand Master can also grant and Decorations, chaired by Hon. 1920, recognizes those whose these awards motu proprio. The James A. Belson, to identify and activities have conferred honor honor is awarded in three classes: recommend to the Association’s and prestige on the Sovereign Collar, Cross and Medal. The Collar President those persons deemed Military Order of Malta. The is reserved for Heads of State. most worthy of special recognition Order’s Sovereign Council confers The Cross is awarded to laymen, by the Order. Accepting the these awards to members and laywomen, and military, each Committee’s first recommendations non members of the Order of containing six grades. The Cross is in 2009, the President sent petitions Malta on three established annual specified for ecclesiastics containing to the Grand Chancellor of the dates: February 2 Candlemas two grades. There is also a Medal Order for consideration by the Day (Presentation of the Lord and given to laymen, laywomen and Sovereign Council. “Prior to 2009, Purification of the Blessed Mother), military, each containing our Association had no systematic June 24, John the Baptist; three grades. way of presenting candidates for the Pro Merito honors,” says Judge Belson. “Our committee looked into 2009 Recipients of The Order of Merit the past as well as the present to Pro Merito Melitensi make sure that we recognized those who rendered extraordinary service over and above what is expected of Grand Cross Pro Piis Meritis Cross of the Order every Knight and Dame.” The first Rev. Msgr. W. Louis Quinn, Harry J. Grim, Esq., KM to be granted an award through this Conventual Chaplain ad honorem Margaret Headley, DM Committee’s recommendations was Elizabeth A. Hoag, DM Monsignor Quinn who received the Cross Pro Piis Meritis John T. Massman, KM Grand Cross of Merit Pro Piis Meritis Most Reverend William Curlin, Sergio Micheli, KM Conventual Chaplain ad honorem John T. Miller, Jr., Esq., KM on his 90th birthday. Rowland A. Morrow, KM Cross of Grand Officer Barbara P. Murphy, DMOb The Committee on Awards and Dr. John Griffith, KM Paul A. Nalty, Esq., KM* Decorations also facilitates the John Collins Harvey, M.D., Ph.D., KMOb W. Dennis Owen, KM awarding of medals to those who Mary Noel Page, DM assisted in specific relief efforts, Cross of Commander Joseph P. Swift, M.D., KM such as the Hurricane Katrina James E. Murray, Esq., KM Jean Pierre van Rooy, KMOb disaster in New Orleans and the Fra’ James-Michael von Stroebel *Awarded posthumously earthquake in Haiti. These medals

are given through the Sovereign Order of Malta’s worldwide relief Awards & Decorations Committee Hon James Belson, Chair; G. Patrick Clancy; Sue DuFour; Jackie Gallagher; Geoff agency, Malteser International. Gamble; Leona McCarthy; Greg Granitto, Chancellor ex-officio; Henry Lane Hull, Historian, ex officio.

ORDER OF MALTA® 16 FEDORDERERAL ASSOCIATION, OF U.S.A . MALTA – FEDERAL ASSOCIATION, USA ® Awards and Decorations Committee Chairman Hon (Left to Right) Awards Committee Chairman Jim Belson; 2009 President Noreen Falcone; award recipient Mary Noel Page; James Belson with Bette Hoag 2009 Vice President J. Paul McNamara

Rowland Morrow receives his award

John T. Miller receives the Cross of the Order Pro Merito Militensi Dr. Joseph Swift with President Noreen Falcone

ORDER OF MALTA ANNUAL REPORT 17 Six Chaplains, 65 New Members Invested in 2009

n October 24, 2009 the Federal Association the Principal Chaplain of the Federal Association, invested six new chaplains, 21 Dames and was the principal Celebrant and homilist. The newest O 44 Knights of Magistral Grace at its annual members of the Association were recognized at the Investiture Mass and Ceremony at St. Matthew’s Annual Luncheon following the Mass and at a white tie Cathedral in Washington, D.C. The Most Reverend reception and dinner at the Mayflower Hotel. Donald Wuerl, the Archbishop of Washington and

Conventual Chaplains Pamela R. Krygiel Clinton R. Daly Ronald F. Riesmeyer ad honorem Marietta, GA Brooklandville, MD Katy, TX Most Rev. Barry Knestout Barbara L. Laughlin David M. Davenport, Esq Stephen F. Schneck, Ph.D. Auxiliary Bishop Charlotte, NC Fairfax, VA Kensington, MD of Washington Anne C. Lee Paul B. David, Esq. William Schoeffield Right Rev. Gregory Smyrna, GA Lafayette, LA Houston, TX J. Polan, O.S.B. Margaret E. Letteer Brett M. Decker Michael J. Schreyer, Esq. Abbot, Conception Abbey Lancaster, PA Alexandria, VA LaPlata, MD Conception, MO Michele A. Malloy, Esq. Paul A. Drescher John P. Shine Most Rev. J. Terry Steib Houston, TX Liverpool, NY Darien, IL Bishop of Memphis Glory A. T. McKean Tristan C. J. Elbrick Robert M. Simmons Most Rev. David Zubik Arlington, VA London, England Washington, DC Bishop of Pittsburgh Michelle P. Miller Kevin G. Gardner Stephen R. Sleezer New York, NY Houston, TX Cypress, TX Associate Chaplains Kathleen C. Schaumber William L. Gaudreau Gerald M. Tierney Rev. Msgr. William E. English Washington, DC Ruxton, MD Lake Bluff, IL Our Lady of Mercy Church Potomac, MD Cmdr. Bernadette Hon. Reno L. Harnish Edward W. Treacy M. Semple, USN Arlington, VA Potomac, MD Rev. John J. Hourican Washington, DC St. Ann Randy K. Haynie James E. Turner Memphis, TN Sheila M. Weiford Lafayette, LA Hickory, NC Overland Park, KS Richard G. Hoefling William K. Walsh, M.D. Dames of Magistral Grace Dorothy Zolandz, Ph.D. Charlotte, NC Memphis, TN Washington, DC Ellen L. Barrosse Stanhope M. Johnson Austin T. Welsh, M.D. Hockessin, DE Greensboro, NC Overland Park, KS Knights of Magistral Grace Linda A. Budney William J. Kane Collins P. Whitfield, Esq. Potomac, MD Brock Akers, Esq. Dayton, OH Oak Brook, IL Houston, TX Mary Agnes Callaway Richard L. Klein Gary E. Young Lafayette, LA Denes I. Bardos, Ph.D. Orland Park, IL Washington, DC Germantown, TN Helen Hanna Casey John F. Lemker Pittsburgh, PA Robert B. Branand, Esq Des Plaines, IL Washington, DC Nancy Ripp Clark, M.D. Hon. Robert L. Livingston Potomac, MD Patrick J. Caulfield New Orleans, LA Potomac, MD Aisha Davis James P. McCleneghan Washington, DC Robert T. Cawley Plano, TX Lutherville, MD Mary Rosa Duncan Joseph W. McPherson Chicago, IL Michael R. Cesarz Silver Spring, MD Mequon, WI Christy Lou Frazer Jay G. Merwin, Esq. Dallas, TX F. James Cirincione, M.D. Towson, MD Skaneateles, NY Jennifer F. Giordano Willis McCook Miller, Esq. San Francisco, CA Steven C. Cortes Pittsburgh, PA Chicago, IL Susan M. Herbert John P. Miller Potomac, MD Michael C. Culhane Wukwonago, WI Middlebury, CT

ORDER OF MALTA® 18 FEDORDERERAL ASSOCIATION, OF U.S.A . MALTA – FEDERAL ASSOCIATION, USA ® May They Rest In Peace Members and Chaplains who have died since July, 2009

2009 2010 Paul A. Nalty, Esquire – Metairie, Louisiana Gen. Edward L. Rowny – Washington, DC Patricia Grady – Silver Spring, Maryland David C. Murchison, Esquire – Easton, Maryland Hon. Julian Niemczyk – Annandale, Virginia John A. Brogan – Hamburg, Germany Most Rev. Michael Saltarelli – Wilmington, Delaware Rev. Msgr. Louis W. Quinn – Bethesda, Maryland James Sinclair – Reisterstown, Maryland Milan C. Miskovsky, Esquire – Washington, DC Dominic F. Antonelli – Potomac, Maryland Elizabeth R. Callaghan – Rockville, Maryland Rev. Lawrence E. Boadt, C.S.P. – Mahwah, New Jersey Hon. Carlos C. Villareal – Bethesda, Maryland John J. Ring, M.D. – Mundelein, Illinois J. Carter Beese – Pompton Plains, New Jersey Joseph A. Barrett, Sr. – Bethesda Maryland Maureen M. Boland – Rockville, Maryland Requiescat in Pace Monsignor W. Louis Quinn

ederal Association members Order was a central part of his life. gathered to celebrate the life In May 2009 on the occasion of his F and say a final goodbye to 90th birthday, the Grand Master their beloved chaplain, Monsignor awarded him the Grand Cross Pro W. Louis Quinn at his funeral Mass Piis Meritus. In an interview for the at St. Matthew’s Cathedral, March (Washington) Catholic Standard just 24, 2010. A conventional chaplain prior to his 90th birthday, Monsignor of the Order for nearly 30 years, Quinn reflected, “What really is the Monsignor Quinn also served as highlight of a priest’s life is the way Principal Chaplain for several years families let you enter their lives.” until the appointment of Archbishop Monsignor Quinn entered our lives Donald Wuerl of Washington and became a much loved member as Principal Chaplain in 2007. of our Federal Association family. He Monsignor Quinn then served as died Thursday, March 18, a day after Assistant Principal Chaplain until the 65th anniversary of his ordination. the end of 2009. Many remember Monsignor Quinn had remained him from his participation for many active until only a few months before years in the Lourdes pilgrimage. he died, following the advice of his Monsignor Quinn served as a parish seminary director who told him, pastor, rector of St Matthew’s “You’ll have plenty of time to rest in Cathedral, and as a spiritual director heaven.” May he rest in peace. of many Catholic groups, but the

ORDER OF MALTA ANNUAL REPORT 19 Donors & Contributors

These members of the Federal Association contributed to the Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund between January and July, 2010

$50,000 David Stevenson Ann Fox Hon. Tim & Barbara Murphy Contributions by Non-Federal

Robert & Elizabeth Sullivan Col. H. Minton Francis Jane Nalty Association Members Holy Spirit Catholic Church Hon. Joseph Weis Stephen Diaz Gavin James Nolan (Atlanta, GA) Hessie Bannon Hon. Francis Gembala Patricia Normile John Bashista $999 and below William Geoghegan Milton Nottingham $10,000 Dennis Bechara Daniel Kerns Thomas O’Hara Christopher Abell Loren Biegler Blessed Sacrament Church Mary Gibbons Dr. Pauline Olsen James Abney G. Bingham (Wash DC) Gerrald Giblin Christine Page Albert Abram Anthony Braddock Peter Forster Kathy Gilbride Barbara Patocka Dominic Antonelli Edward Burke Sandra McMurtrie Tracy Graham Anne Petera Thomas Baldwin Michael & Patricia Burke Daniel Meehan Dr. John Griffith John Pikarski Mary Glover Bastin Mary Cannon William & Mary Noel Page W. Peter Haas Gary Printy Dr. Nicolas and Haydee Bazan John Chessnoe B. Francis Saul James Haberman Hon. Edward Reilly Scott Belliveau Benjamin Chew Thomas Wilbur Terese Hartman John F.X. Reilly Hon. James Belson Dennis Cortes Louise Hartz Dr. William Rice Dr. Thomas Belson Michael Dellapa $5,000 Thomas Havey Eleonore Rickover Paul Besozzi Henry Dworshak Margaret Headley Hilda Rivas Dr. Nancy Ripp Clark Michele Bowe Christopher Eck Dr. Henry Heim Christopher Rolland Frank Johnson Ty Boyd James Flaherty Werner Hein Raymond Ruppert Denman Long Anthony Braddock Dolores Fritz Daniel & Susan Hennessy Douglas Sandvig Dr. Hugh McGrath Agnes Brown Richard Gannon Susan Herbert Terrence Scanlon Jean-Pierre van Rooy Dr. William Byrne Robert Gladwell Joan Luke Hills Robert Schaff John Cady Elizabeth Gorman Neal Howard James Schaller $2,500 Daniel Callahan Albert Gravallesse Paul Interdonato Jerry Schmitt Mary Agnes Callaway Norman Hardee W. Shepherdson & Kathryn Abell Janice Jacobs Randolph Schools Carlo Capomazza di Alice Heydinger Joseph Doyle Col. John Jeszenszky Philip Schulz Campolattaro Adriano Hrvatin Kathleen Mezzalingua William Joos Hon. Gerald Scott David Carradini Mary Ismay Dr. Donald & Carmel Joyce Elaine Scuderi Joan Cassedy Marylin Jackson $1,000 - $2,499 David. Karam John Sindoni Thomas Cherubini Celli George Karfiol John Kelly Rev. Msgr. Thomas Smith Nathan Accardo Dr. Sam Ciccarelli Kerry Keenan Jonathan Kerr Dr. Edward Soma Dr. Maria Acosta-Rua Joan Cincotta John Kugler Jay Killeen Gerard Souser Joan Fiske , Ph.D. Dr. James Cirincione Dorothy Ladd James Knutzen Sid & Frances Spencer Adm. William Callaghan Dr. William & Margaret Colliton John Latulippe John Lane John Sroka G. Patrick & Mary Anne Clancy Michael & Joan Conley Betty Jean Lavagnino Lisa LaPoint James Stalder Steven Cortes Janice & Edward Connell Lars Liebeler Matthew Lawlor Susan Stanton Dr. Ivan Garcia Hon. Joy Conti Robert Lord Matthew Lee Susan Stanzel Norman & Joan Norman Thomas Cormack Carol Maiden John Lemker Maureen Steinbach Glasgow Jane Corrigan Judith McNamee Robert Liepold Fra’ James-Michael von Stroebel Mary Ann Grace James Costantino Estrella Mendoza Terry & Jeannie Lindsay Jeanne Allen Strother Norman & Anne Harrison Albert & Margaret Counselman Lorraine Menough Ronald Linton Celia Sullivan Robert Hutton Joseph Cox Marcus Menough Hon. Robert Livingston Peggy Sullivan B. Larry & Katherine Jenkins Neil Curran Viola Muller James & Georgia Lynch Dr. Joseph and Mary Swift Peter Kelly John Danko Michael Mulligan Louise Lynch Judi Teske Martha Kendrick David Davenport Norman Odyniec Arthur Malinowski, Ph.D. Betsy Toland Reverend Paul Lamb Paul David Brendan Owen Thomas Mancini Edward & Lita Treacy Hans Lengers Emilie de Brigard Kathleen Pisani Rocco & Barbara Martino James Turner Robert Lively Col. John Deaver Paola Pizzano Theresa Martter Philip Ward Timothy May L. Patrick Deering Monique Portelli Therese Matan Adm. James Watkins C. Clair McCormick Eugene DeMuro Virginia Pozzetto Joseph & Imogene Mazur Gerald & Kathryn Weedon J. Paul McNamara Martha Deschmertzing Hilda Rivas Betsy McGeady Thomas & Sheila Weiford Dennis & Rita Meyer Christine Diffenderffer Katherine Rurka Thomas McKiernan Patrick Whalen Sergio & Pilar Micheli Emily Donahue Douglas Sandvig Brian McManus Margaret Wheltle Glenn Mitchell Christopher Dorment Jackson Szczyrbak John McMeel Charles Whitney Thomas Moreland John Douglas John Tagle Dr. Joseph Mead Colleen Witt Janice Obuchowski G. Maurice & Susanne Dufour Steven & Erin Thomas Hon. Thomas & Margaret Melady Charles Wolf Jayne Plank Robert Easby-Smith Chester Verchuk John T. Miller James Worsley Robert Reintjes Michael Easterday Susan Wolf Ted Milos Dorothy Zolandz Margaret Riehl William Edwards Charles Yost Patrick Monaghan Francis Ryan Thomas Fink Rowena Morris John Ryan James Fitzsimmons Fra’ Thomas Mulligan Robert Simmons Dr. James & Alice Foster Florine Mullins

ORDER OF MALTA® 20 FEDORDERERAL ASSOCIATION, OF U.S.A . MALTA – FEDERAL ASSOCIATION, USA ® Yellow team members gather for dinner at Lourdes

Contributors to Lourdes Pilgrimage 2010 Members and friends of the Order who contributed to the 2010 Lourdes Pilgrimage through the Benefit Concert and/or support for malades, companions and the clergy.

W. Shepherdson & Kathryn Abell Hugh Dempsey Neal Howard Dr. Jacek Mostwin Brendan Sullivan Joseph Abely Eugene DeMuro John & Karen Hoy Fra’ Thomas Mulligan Frances Swanson Dr. Maria Acosta-Rua Joan Desmond Robert Hutton Florine Mullins Dr. Joseph & Mary Swift Joan Fiske Adams, Ph.D. Christine Diffenderffer Ronald Jarvis Rev. Richard Mullins Syracuse-Area Knights and Charles Anderson Rev. Msgr. Edward Dillon David Kane Hon. Tim & Barbara Murphy Dames Anonymous Emily Donahue Richard Kane Thomas & Evelyn Murray Judi Teske Dominic Antonelli Joseph Doyle William Kane Jane Nalty Erin & Steven Thomas Rev. Msgr. Robert Armstrong Paul Drescher Martha Kendrick James Nolan J. Patrick Thornton Atlanta-Area Knights and Dames Mary Rosa Duncan Catherine McGinn Kinsella John O’Brien Dr. Richard Toussaint Drs. Nicolas & Haydee Bazan G. Maurice & Susanne DuFour Matthew Lawler Andrew O’Keefe Trautschold Thomas Beeman Rev. Msgr. John Enzler William Lawler Dr. Pauline Nagle Olsen Lawrence Travers Kevin & Jane Belford Noreen Falcone Matthew Lee Evangeline Ordinario Jean-Pierre van Rooy Scott Belliveau Dr. Paul & Patricia Fallon Ron Linton Christine Page Fra’ James-Michael von Stroebel Hon. James A. Belson Dr. Richard Feely Robert Lively Bill & Mary Noel Page Hon. George Walsh Dr. Thomas Belson Dr. Michael & Margaret Fitzgerald James C. Lorenzi Bill & Katie Page Dr. Patrick Walsh Bertha Braddock Dr. Daniel Finklestein Most Rev. Paul Loverde Franco Palazzuoli Philip Ward Fred Brinkman Thomas & Katherine Freyvogel Thomas Mancini Barbara Patocka Nicole Wartchow Raymond Brophy H. Minton Francis Ronald Marchessault James Pickard Patrick Whalen Agnes Brown Robert & Jacqueline Gallagher Thomas Maronick William Pietragallo Collins Whitfield David Brown Thomas Gaspard Clarence E (CEM) Martin Peter Plamondon James Willcox Thomas Brown William Gaudreau Theresa Martter Charles Queenan Agnes Williams Michael & Patricia Burke Dr. Rene Genadry Therese Matan Dr. John Quinn Bill Williams John Butler William Geoghegan C. Clair McCormick Edward Reilly Gary Young Daniel Callahan Gerrald Giblin Patrick & Barbara McGahan Joseph Reyes Dorothy Zolandz, Ph.D. Joan Cincotta Mary Ann Grace J. Michael McGarry Hon. Paul Russo G. Patrick & Mary Anne Clancy Tracy Graham Daniel McGrogan Dr. James & Priscilla Ryan Contribution to the Lourdes Michael & Joan Conley Peter Haas E. Burns McLindon Frank Ryan Investment Fund

Edward & Janice Connell James Haberman Sandra McMurtrie Margaret Riehl Eugene I. Kane Foundation Hon. Joy Flowers Conti Hon. Reno Harnish J. Paul McNamara Hon. Peter & Kathie Schaumber John Conway Louise Hartz Dr. Joseph Mead Dr. Frank Schmidt Jane C. Corrigan Randy Haynie Jay Merwin L. Charles & Sally Scholz Skip & Margie Counselman Margaret Headley Joseph Metz James Sebolka John Danko Hon. Margaret M. Heckler Kathleen Mezzalingua Truman Semans David Davenport Susan Herbert Sergio & Pilar Micheli John Shine John Deaver Mary-Ellen Hibey John T. Miller Bob & Kate Signorelli Brett Decker Joan Luke Hills Richard & Bernadette Miller John Sindoni L. Patrick Deering Bernard Hirl Glenn Mitchell Bill & Mary Soltesz Larry & Debby Demaree Mary Hosford Patrick Monaghan Gerald Souser

ORDER OF MALTA ANNUAL REPORT 21 Annual Appeal Donors

Founders Circle Thomas Fink Dr. James Cirincione David Kane Deacon Donald Poirier ($25,000.00 and up) Dr. Michael and Margaret John Clark Loretto Kane Charles Queenan

Fitzgerald Dr. Nancy Ripp Clark William Kane John Reilly Noreen Falcone H. Minton Francis Beverly Clemens Hon. Frank Keating Eleonore Rickover Agnes Williams Paul Franz Suzanne Congel John Kelly John Robertshaw

Thomas and Katherine Edward and Janice Connell Michael Kelly James Rohr Presidents Circle Freyvogel RAdm. Thomas Connelly Martha Kendrick Hon. L. Francis Rooney ($10,000.00 to $24,999.00) Henry Gailliot, Ph.D James Costantino John Killeen III Raymond Ruppert W. Shepherdson and Kathryn Abell Harry and Gail Grim Skip and Margie Counselman Charles Knudsen Francis Ryan G. Patrick and Mary Anne Clancy James Hamill Joseph Cox Camille Kopielski Dr. Catherine Schanzer Sergio and Pilar Micheli Ronald Jarvis W. Carroll Coyne Linda Kuczma Peter and Kathie Schaumber Bill and Mary Noel Page Richard Kane Clinton Daly Michael Lanahan Dr. Frank Schmidt Warren and Joanne Powers John Koelemij Paul David William Lawler Jerry Schmitt B. Francis Saul Leonard Liggio Emilie de Brigard Rose Bente Lee Charles and Sally Scholz Thomas Wilbur Hon. Robert Livingston L. Patrick Deering John Lemker Hon. Gerald Scott Joseph and Imogene Mazur Lawrence and Deborah Demaree Hans Lengers Vincent Sheehy Federal Circle J. Michael McGarry C. Maury Devine Robert Lighthizer Gary and Diana Shertenlieb ($5,000.00 to $9,999.00) Daniel McGrogan G. Edward Dickey Donald Lincoln Robert Shircliff John Arness J. Paul McNamara James Donahue Terry and Jeannie Lindsay Bob and Kate Signorelli Hon. Jan Baran Dennis and Rita Meyer Dr. Frank and Marilyn Dono Francis Locke John Sindoni Thomas Brown John T. Miller, Jr. Christopher Dorment Denman Long Andrea Roane Skehan Collins Robert Moore John Douglas Antonio Lopez-Ibanez Stephen Sleezer Michael and Joan Conley Rowland Morrow William Drew James Lorenzi Robert Smith John Donahue Raymond Page John Duffy James and Georgia Lynch Dr. Edward Soma Louis Donatelli Barbara Patocka G. Maurice and Susanne Dufour Louise Lynch Warren Stoughton Thomas Egan James Pickard Robert Easby-Smith Thaddeus Makarewicz Fra’ James-Michael von Peter Forster Peter Plamondon William Edwards Clarence Martin Stroebel Gerald Ganse Paul Polking Lawrence Ellis Margaret Martin Charles Sullivan David and Kim Hanna Charles Reeves Dr. Alfred and Francoise Falcone Dr. Rocco and Barbara Martino James Sullivan B. Larry and Katherine Jenkins Joseph Reyes Dr. Daniel Finkelstein Theresa Martter Tom and Glory Sullivan Dr. Janice Klich Margaret Riehl Dr. Michael Fleming Dr. Patrick and Leona McCarthy Dr. Joe and Mary Swift Philip Lacovara Elaine Scuderi James Fusting James McCleneghen Richard Teahan Robert Lively James Stalder John Gaffigan Pat and Barbara McGahan Judi Teske Norma Longwell David Stevenson Kevin Gallagher Glory McKean J. Patrick Thornton Joseph Lynott Brendan Sullivan Thomas Gaspard E. Burns McLindon Lawrence Travers Kathleen Mezzalingua Jerome Trautschold Stephen Diaz Gavin Brian McManus Ed and Lita Treacy John O’Brien John Tydings Hon. Francis Gembala John McMeel James Treanor Scott Pastrick Jean-Pierre van Rooy Christiane Georges Dr. Joseph Mead Joe and Kathy Tronco Jayne Plank Dr. Patrick Walsh Norman and Joan Glasgow W. Ted Middendorf Mark Tuohey Karl the Losen Collins Whitfield C. Wayne Godsey Charles Mifsud John Veihmeyer Gary Young Mary Ann Grace John P. Miller St. Denis and Margaret Villere Sovereign Circle Dr. Tracy Graham Ted Milos William Wallace ($2,500.00 to $4,999.00) Patrons Dr. John Griffith Glenn Mitchell Agnes Walsh ($1,000.00 to $2,499.00) Deacon Edmund Gronkiewicz Patrick Monaghan Philip Ward

James Abney Frank and Christine Guyol Robert Moore Adm. James Watkins Christopher Abell Dr. Joseph and Marilyn Allegra Denise Hattler Ellen Morrell Hon. Joseph Weis Dr. Maria Acosta-Rua John and Mary Jane Becker Michael Haverty Rowena Morris Thomas Wessels Joan Fiske Adams, Ph.D. Kevin and Jane Belford Thomas Havey Florine Mullins Margaret Wheltle Dominic Antonelli Hon. James Belson Randy Haynie Hon. Tim and Barbara Murphy Hon. Jean Wilkowski David Archer Dr. Thomas Belson Margaret Headley Jane Nalty John Williams Thomas Baldwin Charles Berkel Thomas Healey James Nolan Charles Wolf Joseph Barrett James and Michele Bowe Mary-Ellen Hibey Patricia Normile James Worsley Thomas Beeman Bertha Braddock Joan Luke Hills Michael Novak Edgardo Yordan Louis Boland Raymond Brophy Grace Hobelman Daniel O’Connell Michael Zambetti John Bouchard Daniel Callahan John and Karen Hoy Terrence O’Donnell Dr. Thomas Zimmerman Fred Brinkman Ronald Cambre Hon. G. Philip Hughes Francis O’Malley Dorothy Zolandz, Ph.D. Agnes Brown Patrick Caulfield Robert Hutton Janice Obuchowski Hon. Miomir Zuzul David Brown Joan Cincotta Gene Jankowski Dr. Pauline Olsen Hon. John Bryant Jane Corrigan Craig Jarchow W. Dennis Owen Contributors Patrick Buchanan Eugene Croisant Dr. Clarion Johnson Kirth Paciera ($999.00 and below) Lawrence and Cynthia Busch Alan Crone Frank Johnson Donald Patteson John Butler Howard Adler John Danko Dr. Harry Johnson Dr. Richard Perry Helen Hanna Casey Brock Akers Dr. Paul and Patricia Fallon Dr. Donald and Carmel Joyce Anne Petera Dr. Timothy Fallon John and Dorothy Charbonnet Kathleen Andrews

ORDER OF MALTA® 22 FEDORDERERAL ASSOCIATION, OF U.S.A . MALTA – FEDERAL ASSOCIATION, USA ® Hartford’s Peter Kelly, Hospitaller Michele Bowe and Hartford Hospitaller Jean-Pierre van Rooy at the dedication of Malta House of Care, supported by a Federal Association Grant

Dr. Constance Battle Christine Diffenderffer Richard Hoefling John McCormack Randolph Schools Dr. William Battle Emily Donahue Brien Horan C. Clair McCormick Truman Semans Drs. Nicolas and Haydee Bazan Joseph Doyle Mary Hosford Mary McGeady Vincent Shaw Scott Belliveau R. Damian DuFour Neal Howard Hon. Raymond McGrath Robert Simmons Paul Besozzi Mary Duncan Henry Lane Hull Dr. Paul McHugh Sidney Simmons Hon. Thomas Bliley Michael Easterday Anthony Interdonato Thomas McKiernan Cynthia Smith James Boland George and Carmen Egge Paul Interdonato William McSweeney Mary Smith Edward Bolen Charles Fagan Fred Isaf Hon. Thomas and Margaret Thomas Snider Robert Branand Anthony Falcone Barbara Jones Melady Gerard Souser J. Robert Brown Lopez Fernandez Col. William Keegan Derek and Betsy Minno Sidney & Frances Spencer Dick and Pat Browne Dr. Edwin Feulner James K. Kelley Thomas Moore Susan Stanton Francis Butler, Ph.D. James Fitzsimmons James R. Kelly Dr. Chester Morris Susan Stanzel Dr. William Byrne Edwin Foulke Michael Kerrigan Hon. Gerald Mossinghoff Deacon Stanley Strom Valencia Camp Ann Fox Catherine Kinsella Fra’ Thomas Mulligan Jeanne Allen Strother Anthony Cancelosi Gerald Fox Stephen Klimczuk Dr. Francis Murray Margaret Sullivan Dr. Robert and Anna Cangelosi Betty Frank Charles Knudsen James Murray Mary Alice Swengros Carlo Capomazza di D. Geoffrey and Dorcas Gamble Edward Kouri Milton Nottingham Mary Elizabeth Toland Campolattaro Thomas Gaspard Reverend Paul Lamb Christine Page Joan Trandel Thomas Celli William Gaudreau Dr. Benjamin Lee Monsignor Joseph Rebman Hon. Fred Ugast Michael Cesarz Burton Gerber Dr. Michael Lemp John Pikarski Stephen Urbanczyk Ralph Chiocco Margaret Ann Giangiulio John Lenczowski, Ph.D. Gary Printy Jeanne Vass Bret Clesi Gerrald Giblin Lee Leonhardy Raymond Pushkar Alan Veeck Ronald Cobb Dr. Joseph Giere Robert Liepold Dale Putman Damian von Stauffenberg Barbara Colby Joan Gillespie Dennis Lucey Joshua Quail Jerry and Kathy Weedon Dr. William and Margaret Colliton Julia Gomez-Rivas Dr. John Lucey Peter Quirk Clyde Wendel Hon. Joy Conti Edward Gordon Edward Maher Hon. Edward Reilly Howard Westerman Robert Conwell Tracy Graham Arthur Malinowski, Ph.D. Patrick Reilly Patrick Whalen Thomas Cormack Andrew Greene Michele Malloy John Reiner John Whitaker Neil Curran W. Peter Haas George and Susan Malone Dr. William Rice James Willcox Michael Curtin Col. John Halloran Thomas Mancini Craig Richardson Harold Williams Hon. Edward Damich Therese Hartman Dr. Lorenzo Marcolin Ronald Riesmeyer Helen Young John Danser Louise Hartz John Massman Stephen Riley Robert Young Brett Decker Dr. John Collins Harvey Dr. N. Anthony Mastropietro Edward Ruff Dr. Gael Delany Dr. Henry Heim Therese Matan Terrence Scanlon Eugene DeMuro Dan and Susan Hennessy Mercedes McCarthy James Schaller John Di Lorenzo Susan Herbert J. Laurence McCarty Dr. Catherine Schanzer Bernard Dierks Marie Hilliard, Ph.D. Blanche McCloskey William Schoeffield

ORDER OF MALTA ANNUAL REPORT 23 Give me the strength I need to carry out this my resolve, forgetful of myself, learning ever from thy holy Gospel, a spirit of deep and generous Christian devotion, striving ever to promote God’s glory, the world’s peace and all that many benefit the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem.

– from the Daily Prayer of the Order

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