The BULLETIN The Order of St John of Jerusalem Knights Hospitaller THE GRAND PRIORY OF AUSTRALASIA Under the Royal Charter of HM King Peter II of Yugoslavia THE PRIORY OF QUEENSLAND AND COMMANDERIES: BRISBANE, GOLD COAST, SUNSHINE COAST AND WESTERN AUSTRALIA THE PRIORY OF THE DARLING DOWNS THE PRIORY OF VICTORIA NOVEMBER 2018 Grand Master Profile 3 Investitures Darling Downs 4 Petit Conseil 11 Centenary of Armistice 12 Sunshine Coast: Malta 14 Vale Thomas Ledwidge 15 Two Commanderies: Malta 16 Victoria Church Parade 17 Western Australia Program 18 Life Flight Centre visit 19 Investiture Solemnity on The Darling Downs THE BULLETIN EDITORIAL CHEVALIER CHARLES CLARK GCSJ MMSJ New Prior for Queensland Chevalier Professor Emeritus From the Editor’s desk George Kearney AM RFD ED GCSJ has completed his term as Prior for Queensland. Chevalier As I write in preparation for the next Christian Denominations are Charles Clark GCSJ MMSJ has issue of the Bulletin, All Saints and All represented in the three persons in been elected to take his place. Souls Days have just been celebrated, the foreground: a Catholic Bishop, A formal ceremony of hand- and Hallowe’en is becoming as a former Moderator of the Uniting over will take place before commercial as Christmas and Easter. Church, and a Canon Emeritus of an the Brisbane Commandery But the ghosts and lighted Anglican Cathedral. What could be Christmas lunch on 6th pumpkins of Hallowe’en are no more illustrative of the ecumenical December and a full report will match for the solemn celebrations nature of the Hospitallers? Though be included in the February commemorating the names of dearly not present here, there is also 2019 issue of the Bulletin. loved departed, just as the gifts a strong representation of the passed out at Christmas time are poor Lutheran Church in the Order in May we be ever conscious of substitute for the gift of Christ to the Queensland. world. This year many greeting cards So our thoughts are guided as this year we wish each other will say: ”Happy Holiday”, not “Happy to those characteristics which Christmas“fide” in the Greetings. motto of the Order Christmas”. drive us forward in our charitable Have you noticed something endeavours and set us apart My wishes for a happy special about the picture on the from all other worthy charitable and holy Christmas front cover? Three of the major organisations. go to all our readers. PRO FIDE, PRO UTILITATE HOMINUM FOR THE FAITH, FOR THE SERVICE TO HUMANITY The Order of ‘The Bulletin’ is the official magazine Not signed up of the Order of St John of Jerusalem to the Members’ Saint John Knights Hospitaller, Grand Priory of Domain Yet? Australasia: ACN 147 338 501 The sign-up page comes of Jerusalem CORRESPONDENCE up at the beginning of Chevalier Charles Clark GCSJ MMSJ the Members’ Domain. Knights Hospitaller email: [email protected] Enter your email address as given in the Roll of THE GRAND PRIORY OF AUSTRALASIA EDITORIAL GROUP Honour and make up a The modern Order of Saint John of Chevaliers Charles Clark, Reverend Password which you will Jerusalem, Knights Hospitaller, is a Dr David Pitman, the Reverend use from then on to log in. Christian, chivalric, ecumenical, and Canon Emeritus Bruce Maughan When you log in, your (Prelate), Robin Kleinschmidt, Garry email address is your international community directly descended from the Hospitaller activities Page, Dames Dawn Goodall and Donna Fraser, and Serving Sister Leith accreditation, and no one at the Hospice founded before the turn Robinson. elsebona-fide can get membership in using it of the 12th century by Amalfi merchants, unless they know your for pilgrims in Jerusalem. PRINTED BY password. If you have HEANEYS: PERFORMERS IN PRINT any problems, refer to Jerusalem 1048-1291 Cyprus 1292-1310 07 5539 4911 www.hpip.com.au Dame Dawn Goodall or Rhodes 1311-1523 Malta 1530-1798 Chevalier Charles Clark Australia 1969 (contact details in Roll of Honour). @ Australasia: osj.org.au Sovereign Order: sosjinternational.org 2 THE BULLETIN SOVEREIGN ORDER PROFILE H.M.E.H. Grand Master Profile William Stein, GCSJ, MMSJ H.M.E.H. Grand Master resulting in the signing of the Memorandum William Stein, GCSJ, of Understanding with the Grand Priory of MMSJ was invested as a Australasia. Knight of Honor in the He has attended Sovereign Council Meetings Order at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, Vancouver, Malta, Scotland, in San Francisco, Washington D.C. as well as Budapest and California, in 1993. Investitures in Vancouver, Victoria, Cleveland, After being promoted to Knight of Grace, he Palm Beach, San Francisco, Budapest, Greenock, was appointed to the Supreme Court of the Order and Dunblane Scotland. and subsequently served for several years as its Grand Master Stein is a fourth generation Chief Judge. He has served as Commander and Vice native San Franciscan, educated in the City’s Commander of the San Francisco Commandery. parochial and public schools. He received his As Chairman of the Rules Committee, he B.A. degree from San Francisco State University reformatted the Rules of the Sovereign Order of in 1962 and his J.D. degree from the University St. John, Knights Hospitaller, to make them more of California, Hastings College of the Law, in accessible and easier to use. 1965. After graduation, he joined the California His late wife, H E Conventual Bailiff Grand served as the Chief Deputy Attorney General in chargeAttorney of General’sits entire OfficeCriminal where Division. he ultimately PetitHospitaller Counseil. Janice M. Stein, GCSJ, was the first Dame As an attorney, he specialized in appellate to becomeHis wife, a DameBailiff Commanderand the first ofDame Grace to Suzanneserve on LeG. cases, appearing before the United States Tognazzini Stein DCSJ, serves as the Secretary on Supreme Court, the United States Court of the Priory Council for the Western United States Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the California and for the San Francisco Commandery Council. Supreme Court and the California Court of Appeal. In 1984 he was appointed by the at the 2016 Sovereign Council meeting in Cleveland, Governor of the State of California to the ConventutalPrior to his election Bailiff Stein to the served office as of aGrand Lieutenant Marshal Superior Court for the City and County of San to the Grand Commander. In that capacity he Francisco and in 1988 was elevated to the travelled to London for meetings with the Grand California Court of Appeal. Prior of Great Britain and the Priors of Scotland He retired from that court in 2008 and and England. continues to practise law as an Arbitrator, He was also involved in the negotiations Mediator, and Consultant. @ NOTE The proceedings of the Sovereign Council Meeting of the Sovereign Order of St John were fully reported in the August 2018 issue of the Bulletin. A very important item of business at the meeting was the election of a new Grand Master. Conventual Bailiff William Stein, formerly the Grand Marshal, was elected Grand Master in succession to the late Grand Master David Rolfe. The above, submitted by Conventual Bailiff David Petitpierre from Vancouver, gives us biographical details of the new Grand Master. See Page 11 for the newly-elected Le Peit Conseil. NOVEMBER 2018 3 DARLING DOWNS PRIORY DAME DONNA FRASER DSJ ST PATRICK’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL, TOOWOOMBA, 7 SEPTEMBER, 2018 Order remains relevant The Order of Saint John in modern era of Jerusalem, Knights Hospitaller is as important “Our Order today is a vibrant, Victoria in attandance together with today as ever Darling international, Christian non- the Commander of Sunshine Coast. Downs Prior Dr Jeff Prebble denominational group of men and told the September women who share fellowship and Grand Priory of Australisia Chevalier Dinner celebrating the serve the poor and the sick,” Prior The ReverendOfficiant was Canon Prelate Emeritus of the Bruce Jeff said in his Toast to the Order. Maughan OAM GCSJ MMSJ RFD. investiture of eight new He defined “Order” as “arrange- The Allocution was delivered by Knights and Dames. ment of things to each other, a Conventual Chaplain and Sub-Prelate command or instruction”. of the Priory of Quensland Chevalier Acclamation by the Grand “Our Order, however, is defined The Reverend Dr David Pitman AM Prior. The choir “After Five” was as a group of people of similar GCHSJ. accompanied by Abi Bunch under religious, social and moral beliefs, In the absence, due to illness, of Choral Director/Cantor Calisa united in a formal way after taking Conventual Chaplain Chevalier Dr Walters. solemn vows.” Brian Sparksman, Chevalier The Chevalier Bill Barrett KSJ was The Prior congratulated new Reverend Fr Kerry Costigan KSJ Master of Ceremonies for the Knights and Dames, Rev. Rob attended as Deputy Chaplain. The Investiture Dinner at Picnic Point Callow, Graham Cooke, LT COL assembly was welcomed by Bishop of attended by 92 members of the OSJ Julian Turner, Dr Patricia Gillespie, the Catholic Diocese of Toowoomba, together with friends and family of Mary Woods OAM, Peter Brodie, The Most Rev. Robert McGuckin DD the eight new Knights and Dames. Horst Brosi and Joe Wagner, on MCL JCL and attended by St Patrick’s Responding to Prior Dr Jeff their investiture to the Priory of the Cathedral Administrator, the Prebble’s Toast to the Order, Darling Downs. Reverend Fr Michael O’Brian. Grand Prior Victor Feros gave Grand Prior HE Bailiff Adjunct The First Reading was given by an illuminating history of the Professor Victor Feros OAM GCSJ Investee LT COL Julian Turner and Order and spoke of its role and CMSJ, conducted the Friday evening the Second by Dame Sally Bligh DSJ. responsibilities in the modern era.