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.
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.
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.
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.
