Your birthday gifts are greatly appreciated. The German Malteser-Hilfsdienst has somehow adopted our Brotherhood as its godchild. We are very grateful to the Executive President of Malteser-Hilfsdienst, our member, Johannes Freiherr Heereman, for having organised that. G rard went on leave this year, he also visited the Irish Association of the Order of Malta in Dublin. They were very interested to hear about our projects and promised to assist us in the training of trainers.
Further details are still to be finalised.
A highlight of Fr. G rard's overseas tour was an audience with His Most Eminent Highness the Prince and Grandmaster of the Order of Malta in Rome. He was very appreciative of what we have initiated and achieved. We consider it a great honour that Fr. G rard was presented the Missal of the Order of Malta by the Grand Commander Fr Ludwig Hoffmann and that he was most cordially received by the Master of Ceremonies Fr Carl Paar.