1 comment.Nadur Chevaliers elevated to Grand Priory at investiture
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The investiture of the Knights of St. Peter and St. Paul took place on Wednesday evening at the Nadur Town Hall . The Grand Master of the Confraternity Peter Paul Portelli started the ceremony by elevating the branch in Nadur to Grand Priory.
In his opening speech the Grand Master said that “the seat of the priory on the Maltese Islands is in Nadur, which is his birth place and he wanted to raise it to Grand Priory.” He also thanked the Nadur Local Council for providing the Town Hall for the investiture.
The candidates for the investiture were the Minister for Gozo, Giovanna Debono, Ms. Maria Natoli a local Pharmacist, Michael Camilleri Cauchi and Adonai Camilleri Cauchi local artists, Andrew Muscat a tireless local community leader, Carmel Saliba of Victoria Public Relation Officer of the Emergency Responce and Rescue Corps (ERRC) and regular contributor for – http://nadurjana.com/ and Charlie Borg of Fontana who resides in Melbourne and he is the Coordinator of the Marian Centre of Ta’ Pinu in Bacchus Marsh.
These candidates were anointed Chevaliers of the Confraternity of St. Peter and St. Paul and presented with a medal and a certificate. The ceremony was attended by Chev. Joseph Zerafa and Chev. Andrew Muscat Pisani.
The Grand Prior, Dr. Chris Said was not able to attend the ceremony. After the investiture the Minister for Gozo, Dame Giovanna Debono, made a speech. She said “Peter Paul Portelli left Malta many years ago but his heart is still here in Nadur.” The Minister then thanked him for his initiative “to keep us close with the Maltese and Gozitans especially Nadurin in Australia and other parts of the world by establishing the Confraternity of St. Peter and St. Paul.”
Dame Maria Natoli a local Councillor and Pharmacist spoke on behalf of the Nadur Local Council. She said that “through the twinning with the towns of Cicciano and Bevano we could establish priories in Italy.”
The Grand Master, Peter Paul Portelli, ended the ceremony by congratulating the new Chevaliers and thanking the audience for their attendance.
Photo by Mario Saliba – From the left: Chev. Michael Camilleri Cauchi, Chev. Andrew Muscat, Chev. Charlie Borg, Chev. Carmel Sailba, Dame Maria Natoli, Grand Master Peter Paul Portelli, Dame Giovanna Debono, Chev. Andrew Muscat, Chev. Joseph Zerafa and Chev. Adonai Camilleri Cauchi.
I would like to heartily congratulte all of you and pray that you will be blessed with new strength and courage so as to be able to live the true vocation of Knighthood which I believe is to help those in need and thus ‘Create a better World’, starting at Home and scatter to far away land as the Selva of Peru where Fr. Raymond Portelli (and other missionaries) are practicing their special vocational Knighthood.