Sovereign Military Hospitaller
Order of St John of Jerusalem of
Rhodes and of Malta
Order of St John of Jerusalem of
Rhodes and of Malta
30/06/2026
Order of Malta volunteer doctors provide free care to people in need.
Volunteer doctors working with the Order of Malta’s Embassy in Antigua and Barbuda visit the homes of the elderly, the sick, and those in need. Most of these people do not leave their homes and cannot afford medical care. Volunteer doctors visit those in need in their homes and conduct basic medical examinations. They prescribe necessary medications, which are purchased at the expense of the Order of Malta’s embassy. For most of these people, the assistance provided by the Order of Malta’s volunteer doctors is their only access to medical care. In addition, the volunteers provide warm, high-calorie meals to those in need.
22/06/2026
Thanks to the acquisition of a professional minibus, our aid reaches every part of the island.
People in need are scattered across the island. Due to illness, most of these people do not leave their homes, so our volunteers have to deliver meals to their homes. A professional minibus is very useful, as it enables our volunteers to travel across the whole island. The distribution of meals is also combined with brief meetings and conversations between our volunteers and those in need. For the first time in a long while, smiles have begun to appear on the faces of those in need.
10/06/2026
Help for Benjamin, a blind man living in extreme poverty.
One of the people cared for by our Order of Malta volunteers is blind. He is a wonderful man named Benjamin. Unfortunately, due to illness and extreme poverty, he was living in conditions that were an affront to human dignity. A symbol of these dire conditions was the lack of a back door to his home and a floor that was completely destroyed and collapsing. Thanks to financial support from the Embassy of the Order of Malta and the work of our volunteers, we were able to repair the most damaged parts of his home, clean it up, and improve his living conditions. We thank all the volunteers of the Order of Malta for their commitment to helping Benjamin.
04/05/2026
The start of the next phase of construction of the St John Paul II Shrine in Antigua.
The SMOM Embassy in Antigua and Barbuda has commenced the next phase of construction of the St John Paul II Shrine. Volunteer construction engineers from Poland, working in collaboration with the embassy, were on the island. Together with Ambassador Przemysław Häuser-Schöneich and First Secretary Jakub Potrzebowski, they carried out a site inspection and the necessary measurements and assessments of the dilapidated church, which is ultimately intended to become a sanctuary. The measurements and assessments carried out are essential for drawing up the renovation and construction plan. Containers of building materials and construction equipment will be sent from Poland to Antigua as early as May. The head of the construction team is Mr Krzysztof Seredyński, owner and CEO of the Polish construction company NEXX. The project coordinator on behalf of the diocese in Antigua is Father Lawrence Malama, parish priest of the Cathedral of the Holy Family in Saint John. The main donors to the project are the SMOM Embassy in Antigua and Barbuda and Caritas of the Archdiocese of Poznań. The project is being carried out jointly by the SMOM Embassy and the Diocese of Saint John’s-Basseterre in Antigua.
15/04/2026
Easter Soup Kitchen for People in Need.
On Holy Saturday, volunteers from the Order of Malta, in collaboration with the SMOM Embassy, distributed hot meals to people in need throughout Antigua. This was an important gesture of solidarity and support for those in need, enabling them to celebrate Easter with dignity.
12/03/2026
The SMOM Embassy in Antigua and Barbuda is dynamically developing the Soup Kitchen project.
SMOM Ambassador to Antigua and Barbuda Przemyslaw Häuser-Schöneich personally participated with a group of volunteers in the distribution of hot meals to the sick, the needy, and the poor. Funded by the embassy, the Soup Kitchen project is one of the most important and ongoing projects carried out by the SMOM embassy. The volunteers pointed out that the meals are prepared in the volunteers' homes, which significantly complicates and limits the scope of the project. The ambassador declared that within a few months he would purchase a container in Poland and send it to Antigua, fully equipped with professional kitchen equipment. This will increase the number of meals prepared and professionalize the operation of the Soup Kitchen. The ambassador expressed his gratitude to Father Lawrence Malama, parish priest of the Holy Family Cathedral in Antigua, for his cooperation and assistance in implementing the Soup Kitchen project.
10/03/2026
Meeting in Antigua between Ambassador Przemyslaw Häuser-Schöneich, the Ambassador of Antigua and Barbuda to the Holy See, and the bishop of the local diocese.
On March 9, 2026, H.E. David Shoul, Ambassador of Antigua and Barbuda to the Holy See, H.E. Robert Llanos, Bishop of the Diocese of Saint John's–Basseterre, and H.E. Przemyslaw Häuser-Schöneich, Ambassador of SMOM to Antigua and Barbuda, met in Antigua. The topic of the meeting was the implementation of the SMOM embassy's project to build the Shrine of St. John Paul II in Antigua and Barbuda.
07/03/2026
Meeting between Ambassador Przemyslaw Häuser-Schöneich and Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz.
On March 4, 2026, a meeting was held in Krakow between Ambassador Przemyslaw Häuser-Schöneich and Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, former long-time personal secretary to Pope John Paul II. During the meeting, the ambassador presented the soup kitchen program implemented by the SMOM embassy in Antigua and Barbuda, thanks to which hundreds of sick and needy people receive free meals and medicines. Cardinal Dziwisz expressed his great appreciation and approval for the activities of the SMOM embassy in Antigua and Barbuda. In addition, the ambassador presented a report on the construction of the Shrine of St. John Paul II in Antigua. A John Paul II Charity Center will be built next to the shrine.
23/12/2025
Christmas parcels for sick people in St. Kitts and Nevis.
The SMOM Embassy in Antigua and Barbuda is also active in charity work in St. Kitts and Nevis. The Embassy organised the distribution of Christmas parcels to sick people in St. Kitts and Nevis. Volunteers working with the local parish of St. Teresa and SMOM went to the Flamboyant Nursing Home. There, they handed out parcels to patients and sang Christmas carols with them.