{"id":4689,"date":"2025-05-06T11:21:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T08:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/romaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/?post_type=news&#038;p=4689"},"modified":"2025-05-06T11:21:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T08:21:06","slug":"67th-annual-order-of-malta-pilgrimage-to-lourdes","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/romaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/news\/67th-annual-order-of-malta-pilgrimage-to-lourdes\/","title":{"rendered":"67th annual Order of Malta pilgrimage to Lourdes"},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-4689","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"hidden_news":"no","evidence":"yes","focus_on":"no","breaking":"yes","news_cover":{"id":4690,"url":"https:\/\/romaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/05\/IMG-20250506-WA0008.jpg"},"news_content":"<div dir=\"auto\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">From 2 to 6 May 2025, a delegation of 35 people from Romania\u00a0took part in the Order of Malta\u2019s 67th\u00a0annual pilgrimage to Lourdes, France.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">This year, the Romanian delegation consisted of Knights and Dames of the Romanian Association (AROM), volunteers from the National Relief Corps (SAMR), and representatives of the Embassy\u2014as well as the most important attendees, the Malades (our Lords the Sick) and their companions.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Order of Malta Romania officials on the pilgrimage\u00a0included the Ambassador of the Order of Malta to Romania, HE Roberto Musneci KM; SAMR Secretary General, Mihaily D\u00e9nes KM; SAMR President, Tischler Ferenc KM; AROM Chief Chaplain, Fr. Gabriel Popa; as well as Communications Delegate for AROM and Communications Coordinator for the Embassy, James Michael Wilson KM.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Romanian Delegation took part in a wide range of events, Holy Liturgies, processions, and more. The Romanians had the particular\u00a0honour of leading the torch-lit\u00a0Marian Procession on the evening on Monday 5 May.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">At the end of the pilgrimage, Ambassador Musneci stated, \u201cLourdes proved once again to be a thoroughly spiritually renewing experience.\u201d Adding, \u201cThe annual pilgrimage is a cornerstone of our Order, and we are proud to have had one of the largest Romanian delegations to date join thousands of our friends from around the globe\u2014including Italy, Hong Kong, Kenya, Ethiopia, Canada, Australia, among many others.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The pilgrimage also saw the anniversary of the election of the\u00a0Grand Master of the Order of Malta, HMEH Fra\u2019 John T. Dunlap,\u00a0on 3 May. The whole membership and wider family of the Order of Malta Romania warmly congratulate Fra\u2019 John on this milestone.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","news_gallery":"yes","news_gallery_elements":[{"id":4692,"url":"https:\/\/romaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/05\/IMG-20250506-WA0001.jpg"},{"id":4694,"url":"https:\/\/romaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/05\/IMG-20250506-WA0002.jpg"},{"id":4696,"url":"https:\/\/romaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/05\/IMG-20250506-WA0003.jpg"},{"id":4698,"url":"https:\/\/romaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/05\/IMG-20250506-WA0004.jpg"},{"id":4700,"url":"https:\/\/romaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/05\/IMG-20250506-WA0005.jpg"},{"id":4702,"url":"https:\/\/romaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/05\/IMG-20250506-WA0006.jpg"},{"id":4704,"url":"https:\/\/romaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/05\/IMG-20250506-WA0007.jpg"},{"id":4706,"url":"https:\/\/romaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/05\/IMG-20250506-WA0009.jpg"},{"id":4708,"url":"https:\/\/romaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/05\/IMG-20250506-WA0010.jpg"}],"news_excerpt":"From 2 to 6 May 2025, a delegation of 35 people from Romania\u00a0took part in the Order of Malta\u2019s 67th\u00a0annual pilgrimage to Lourdes, France."},"news_categories":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/romaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie\/4689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/romaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/romaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/romaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie\/4689\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/romaniaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}