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    HAPPY AND BLESSED EASTER!
    We all have reason to rejoice this Easter because Jesus has risen! We hope that this Easter brings you new hope. May the Risen Lord bless you and yours in this Eastertide. Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of...

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  • CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES


    Charity Dinner for Ukrainian Refugees
    Sadly, the terrible war in Ukraine continues and the weapons are so often targeted on people's homes, so although the trauma of fleeing their country is awful, their fate had they remained would perhaps have been even worse. The Order of...

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    SOLEMNITY OF PENTECOST - HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS
    Today the word of God shows us the Holy Spirit in action. We see him acting in three ways: in the world he created, in the Church, and in our hearts. 1. First, in the world he created, in creation. From the...

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  • WORLDWIDE ALERT


    The Pontifical Mission Societies, with the Pope, alongside the populations affected by the earthquake in Turkey and Syria
    According to the latest estimates, there are more than 41 thousand victims of the devastating earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria. A death toll that is...

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LIFE OF THE ORDER
HAPPY AND BLESSED EASTER!
We all have reason to rejoice this Easter because Jesus has risen!


We hope that this Easter brings you new hope.


May the Risen Lord bless you and yours in this Eastertide.<...
read more

CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES
Charity Dinner for Ukrainian Refugees
Sadly, the terrible war in Ukraine continues and the weapons are so often targeted on people's homes, so although the trauma of fleeing their country is awful, their fate had they remained would perha...
read more

CHRISTIANITY
SOLEMNITY OF PENTECOST - HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS
Today the word of God shows us the Holy Spirit in action. We see him acting in three ways: in the world he created, in the Church, and in our hearts.

1. First, in...
read more

WORLDWIDE ALERT
The Pontifical Mission Societies, with the Pope, alongside the populations affected by the earthquake in Turkey and Syria
According to the latest estimates, there are more than 41 thousand victims of the devastating earthquake that hit Tu...
read more


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CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES PRINCIPLESCharity is a virtue that leads us to desire to be a good neighbour. It is an act inspired by love of our neighbour.

Charity is one of the three theological virtues, defined by Saint Paul, along with faith and hope. It is the queen of virtues: the love of God and of the neighbour. Thomas Aquinas went so far as to say that it is the form of all the theological virtues.

The virtue of charity toward ones neighbour can be fulfilled through a work of beneficence, by making a donation, or by alms-giving. This is a private act, motivated by faith. It can be as simple as to decide to offer time, a service, love, money or something else to someone in need.

Acts of charity makes us say “My God, I love you with all my heart, and above all things, because you are infinitely good and infinitely lovable, and I love my neighbour as myself, out of love for you.”


Charity is to love as the Lord loved us.
It is to love unconditionally, without the possibility of being repaid.
Charity is not to pity, it is the willingness to love even our enemies.
The virtue of Charity urges us to do good for the sake of goodness.
The virtue of Charity is linked to that of Hope and Faith.


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