(Rivista Internazionale - December 1995: The Feast of Saint John - 1/1)

Spirituality

The Feast of Saint John

Rome. Magistral Villa on the Aventine Hill. H.M.E.H. Fra' Andrew Bertie (centre) with the Chancellor ad interim, Count Carlo Marullo di Condojanni (right) and the Master of Ceremonies, Prince Paolo F. Boncompagni Ludovisi (front) about to receive the greetings of the Diplomatic Corps (photo in the middle) immediately after the High Mass concelebrated by the Cardinalis Patronus, His Eminence Pio Laghi, and the Prelate of the Order, Msgr. Donato de Bonis with the chaplains.

On 24th June, for the occasion of the Feast of St. John the Baptist, Patron of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, H.M.E.H. the Prince and Grand Master, Fra' Andrew Bertie, with the members of the Sovereign Council and the Prelate, Msgr. Donato de Bonis, attended the Solemn Mass concelebrated by H.E. Cardinal Pio Laghi, Cardinalis Patronus of the Order, in the Magistral Church of St. Mary on the Aventine Hill, with the Order's Chaplains and the members of the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Sovereign Order. At the end of the religious ceremony, the ambassadors with their consorts and members of the Diplomatic Missions greeted the Prince and Grand Master and the Grand Chancellor ad interim, Count Carlo Marullo di Condojanni, expressing their best wishes for the Order's hospitaller activities and humanitarian action world-wide.