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QLD Coats for the Homeless Breakfast 2017

03/04/2017 


More than 170 enthusiastic supporters joined Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge in braving the elements to attend the Order of Malta’s Coats for the Homeless Breakfast on 30 March.

The Coats for the Homeless program – an initiative of the Order of Malta – will see some 2000 specially designed winter coats distributed to the homeless of South East Queensland over the coming months.  The coats are distributed directly to the homeless with the assistance of outreach organisations such as Rosies.  General Manager of Rosies, Andrew O’Brien, eloquently described the very practical assistance which the coats provide to those in need.

Guest speaker Damien Frawley, Chief Executive of the Queensland Investment Corporation, provided an overview of QIC’s operations, with special emphasis on its commitment to ethical investment and encouragement of philanthropy.  Order of Malta Queensland Branch Chair, Justice Martin Daubney, thanked attendees for their generous support, with more than $10,000 raised at this year’s breakfast.

For further information about the program, or to make a donation, go to our Coats for the Homeless page.

View our Gallery of pictures from the Breakfast:

The Australian Association

The Australian Association, formed in 1974, currently has in excess of 300 members and aspirant members across every State and Territory of Australia. We also have ongoing and strong links with the Order’s National Associations throughout the Asia Pacific Region including in Singapore and the Philippines and with members of the Order in New Zealand, Hong Kong SAR, Thailand and Korea. The Order of Malta is committed to serving Our Lords the Poor and Sick worldwide and has done so for over 900 years. This website shares with you the history, mission and current activities of the Order of Malta in Australia, and provides links to the work of the Order world-wide.