New Jersey Area Home | Order of Malta

About the Order The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and Malta is one of the oldest institutions of Western and Christian civilization. The 13,500 Knights and Dames remain true to its principles – nurturing, witnessing and protecting the faith and serving the poor and the sick.

New Jersey Area

2021 Mass for the Feast of Saint John the Baptist
The new Order of Malta Mobile Ministry Van
Members at the 2024 Investiture Weekend

Welcome to the New Jersey Area of the Order of Malta. The Order of Malta is a lay, religious order of the Roman Catholic Church that seeks to glorify God by promoting the sanctification of each member through his or her work with the sick and the poor and witness of the Catholic faith. This is one of 30 Areas of the Order of Malta, American Association USA, created in 1927.

We are an active and growing Area with 149 members across the 5 Dioceses of the State who fulfill the Mission and Charism of the Order through our acts of mercy performed and accomplished in our many services and ministries. Funded by American Association and NJ Area grants, those services and ministries mainly include food backpack programs, flu vaccination clinics, ID issuance programs, van pickup/delivery of food and material, and prison ministry. Guided by our dedicated Chaplains, we periodically gather to spiritually enrich our lives and others through Advent and Lenten recollections, rosary walks, eucharistic processions, Pilgrimages for Life, and serving the sick with our annual Pilgrimage to Lourdes.