Knights' Ball - Saturday February 25th 2012

http://www.prestonfield.com

The Knights' Ball, the main fund-raising event of the Order of Malta in Scotland, will take place in the glamorous Prestonfield House, Edinburgh, on Saturday 25th February 2012 Tickets are available now via the Knights' Ball website.

Dundas Castle Conversazione

The Christmas Conversazione, graciously hosted by our Companion, Lady Stewart-Clark. was a huge success and has already raised more than £7000 with money still coming in. The professionals, actress Lorraine McIntosh, opera singer Ann Archibald and reader Lofty Buchanan were joined by a group of Sixth Formers from St Aloysius' College, Glasgow, to start Christmas with a bang. Many thanks to all and to Lady Bruntisfield who masterminded the ticket-sales so successfully. The money is now going to two of our Kenyan projects, the Marsabit Famine Relief programme run by Malteser International from Nairobi and the village hospital at Lamu. Many thanks to all who supported the evening in any way,especially our principal sponsors, C.R.Smith, and Margaret and Matthew Reilly of Suburban Taverns, Glasgow, who donated the wine.

Hay of Seaton Memorial Lecture

Matthew Festing, Grand Master of the Order of Malta, will give the Hay of Seaton Memorial Lecture at Aberdeen University on Monday 16th April. The lecture will be repeated on Wednesday 18th April in London. Further details to follow - the website has some background to the lectures, albeit very out-of-date: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/​hayofseaton/background.php

Christmas Conversazione - 12th December 2011

The Christmas Conversazione in Dundas Castle on Monday 12th December is fast-approaching and all the seats have been sold. The readers will be the ever-green Lofty Buchanan and the delightful Lorraine McIntosh. As well as her fame as a singer/song-writer with Deacon Blue, Lorraine is the star of Ken Loach's film "My Name Is Joe", and Lone Scherfig's "Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself", as well as several episodes of "Taggart" and "River City"; she has just finished a highly-acclaimed run of "Men Should Weep" with the National Theatre of Scotland. The carols will be performed and led by this year's Kibera Companions of St Aloysius' College Sixth form, and Ann Archibald, a former principal soprano with Scottish Opera, E.N.O. and Royal Danish Opera will perform some arias. The event is generously sponsored by C.R.Smith.

Directions to the Castle, kindly lent to us for the evening by one of our Companions, Lady Stewart-Clark, can be found HERE.

Kibera Ceilidh

Many thanks to all who supported the Kibera Ceilidh on November 25th in Glasgow. More than £2000 was raised after expenses and this will be a substantial donation to the rebuilding of Laini Saba Primary School in Kibera.

Monday 12th December 7.30 p.m. Dundas Castle

A Christmas Social Event with cabaret, music, wine, carols and light supper will be held at Dundas Castle, South Queensferry, Edinburgh, EH30 9SS by kind permission of Sir Jack and Lady Stewart-Clark in aid of Lamu District Hospital, Kenya and Marsabit Famine Relief
Ticket: £30 (contact Liam Devlin or Jan Bruntisfield)

Sunday 4th December 2011 Day of Recollection

The Delegation's Day of Recollection will take place on Sunday 4th December 2011 from 10.30a.m. – 4 p.m. at Traquair House, Innerleithen, Peebleshire, EH44 6PW by kind permission of Catherine Maxwell-Stuart.

The cost is £25 and places are limited to 30. (contact: Philip Scrope)

Friday 25th November 7.30 p.m.

Ceilidh for Kibera 7.30 p.m. in Christ the King Church Hall, 220 Carmunnock Road, Glasgow, G44 5AP. Run by the young people going to Kibera in February 2012 in aid of the Community Health Workers of the Order of Malta and Laini Saba Primary School, Kibera. Tickets £10 each from Liam Devlin

Thursday 10th November 6.15: Order Requiem

The Annual Requiem Mass for the Delegation will be celebrated on Thursday 10th November, at 6.15 for 6.30 p.m. in St Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral, Edinburgh.

The Cathedral has excellent wheelchair access and there will be a reception afterwards in the Cathedral Hall.

Wednesday 9th November 6 p.m. Duns Castle

A lecture by Angus Hay on the History of the Knights of Malta, followed by supper in Duns Castle, Berwickshire, TD11 3NW by kind permission of Mr & Mrs Alexander Hay of Duns

Tickets £15 (contact Liam Devlin for tickets "petrasancta "at" gmail.com

African Fayre - Thursday 29th September 2011

There will be an AFRICAN FAYRE in St Aloysius' College, 45 Hill Street, Glasgow G3 6RJ on Thursday 29th September at 7 p.m. The Osiligi Maasai Warriors will entertain, with audience participation, the food will be an African buffet by Karibu, and there will be stalls selling African artefacts, as well as drum workshops and other activities.

The event is in aid of Malteser International famine relief for the Marsabit district of Northern Kenya. Tickets are £10 each from College reception, (0141 331 9222)

Walsingham Pilgrimage 16-18th September

There are still places available for helpers on the Walsingham Pilgrimage.