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TheMilitaryandHospitallerOrderofSaintLazarusofJerusalem
TheAnnualGrandHospitallerReport2012
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TableofContents
INTRODUCTIONBYTHEGRANDHOSPITALLER..................................................................................... 3
1THEHOSPITALLERACTIVITYOFTHEYEAR2012............................................................................. 4
2SUMMARYOFTHEHOSPITALLERREPORTS2012............................................................................. 5(1)GENERAL..............................................................................................................................................................................5(2)THEANALYSIS....................................................................................................................................................................5
3THEORDERSFLAGSHIPPROJECTS.................. ................. .................. .................. .................. ................ 8(1)THEGANDHIJISEVANIKETANLEPROSYSURGERYCENTRE...................................................................................8(2)RETURNTOJERUSALEMTHESAINTLOUISHOSPITAL.........................................................................................11REPORTONTHEVISITTOSTLOUISHOSPITAL,JERUSALEM,MAY22,2013BYPROF.CHEV.MIKEROSS,KLJ11
4ACTIVITYREPORTOFTHEGRANDHOSPITALLER2012TOTHEGEC/GMC.............................14
5OUTLOOK2013..............................................................................................................................................15
Editor:H.E.TheChev.Dr.med.AxelMittelstaedt,GCLJTranslations:GabiCox
Layout:Chev.ThomasPiontek,KCLJ
Articles:Chev.Dr.med.AxelMittelstaedt,GCLJ,Chev.ThomasPiontek,KCLJ,Chev.Prof.MichaelRoss,KLJ
IssuedbytheGrandHospitallerLogisticBoard
GERMANY
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IntroductionbytheGrandHospitallerDearConsoeursandConfrres,
Oneyear haspassed andherewe arenowwith thenew
hospitaller report for 2012. The international hospitallermeeting which took place during the pilgrimage in
Kevelaer in 2012 led to amotivation of themembers to
restructurethehospitalleractivities.
Manynewideashavecomeup,proposalsweremadeandprojectswere implemented.Amultitude ofyoung people
everywhereintheOrderhavegivenafreshimpetustoour
hospitallerwork.Itisveryencouragingtoobservethatnotonlyhascharitableworkbeencarriedoutbutreportshave
beendrawn-upinthisregard.Therefore,therewillbean
evenbroaderportfolioofreportstoconsultnowthanwasthecaselastyear.However,itisofparticularimportance
that the Grand Master, the Grand Commander and the Grand Chancellor have activelysupportedthisphenomenonbycontributingtheirownideas.
Myesteemedcolleaguefromthehospitallerboard,ProfessorDrMikeRoss,hascomeupwiththethreeCsasournewmotto:christianity,charityandchivalry.Undertheseguiding
principlestheideawasjointlydeveloped,alsoinordertoemphasisethebasicdrivingforceoftheOrder, i.e. toaddressleprosy thusgoingbacktotheroots.Onlyrecentlynow, the
Ordersgovernancehasdecidedtocarryoutjointprojectsasso-calledflagshipprojects.
FirstofallthereisthecontinuoussupportfortheleprosyclinicofDrRmyRousselotin
Bhubaneswar, India and second, the envisaged support for the Saint Louis Hospital inJerusalem, erected on the foundationsof the first leprosariumof the Order in the HolyLand, the latter being a historical opportunity for the Order to mark its presence in
Jerusalem.
Theinternationalhospitallerteamwouldliketothankthejurisdictionsthatsentintheir
reports for 2012. This time we could base our facts on the individual reports of 32
jurisdictions.
Myspecial thanks goout toDameMarnyGilluly,Chevalier Drs RonHendriks, Chevalier
ProfessorDrMikeRoss,ChevalierThomasPiontek,ChevalierStephanHenhapland,foralltranslations,GabiCox,thatthisreportcouldbecompiledasquicklyasthis.
AtavisetArmis,
DrAxelMittelstaedt,GCLJGCMLJMD
GrandHospitaller
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1TheHospitallerActivityoftheYear2012Every year, it is a great honour for me topresent an outstanding hospitaller activity,
i.e. following last years excellent program
conductedbytheGrandPrioryofAustraliaIwouldnowliketopresenttheactivitiesofthe
pastdecadescarriedoutbytheHDZ.
WithgreatpleasureandrecognitionIwould
like to congratulate the HDZ HilfswerkDeutscherZahnrzte(GermanDentistsRelief
Organization)on their 25th jubilee.TheHDZ
isheadedbyDrKlausWinter,whosetirelesseffortsarededicatednotonlytotheHDZbut
alsotoourOrder.Thedestitutepeopleinthe
worldcanregardthemselvesveryluckytobegiven the tremendous support by this
organization.ChevalierDrKlausWinterGCLJGCMLJ, GMLJ, has organized everything,
startingfromfundraisingviacarryingoutthe
planning activities for special projects and subsequently reviewing the implementedprojects.
ChevalierDrKlausWinterisamemberoftheOrderwhoisarolemodelwithregardto
hospitalleractivities.Therefore,allmembersowehimspecialthanks.MayheandtheHDZstillcontinuetogiveustheirsupportintheyearstocome.
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2SummaryoftheHospitallerReports2012
(1)General
The number and analyses of the individual national hospitaller reports that weresubmitted to the Vice Grand Chancellor Administration, Dame Marny Gilluly, and the
Grand Hospitallers Office have fortunately increased; however, we are looking forwardto reach the 100%-level. By these reports we have once again received an impressiveoverview of the charitable initiatives carried out by the Orders jurisdictions.Nevertheless, as indicated above, both number and quality lead us to the conclusionthat there is some room for improvement:
32 out of 50 jurisdictions have submitted their Hospitaller Report 2012once again several reports did not contain figures or only in part
We very much regret that some reports have only reached us after the editorial deadlineand could thus not be considered in this years report. Consequently, we can conclude
that we may be proud of the voluntary and charitable work carried out by the membersof the Order.
(2)TheAnalysis
The following 32 jurisdictions have sent in their reports to the Grand HospitallersLogistic Board:
Grand Priory of America (incl. Mexico)Grand Priory of AustraliaGrand Bailiwick of Austria (incl.Lazariter)
Grand Priory of Austria (Pia Unio)Priory of BelgiumGrand Commandery of BoignyGrand Bailiwick of British Columbia
Grand Priory of CanadaGrand Commandery of the CastelloGrand Bailiwick of the Czech RepublicGrand Priory of England & WalesGrand Priory of FinlandGrand Priory of France
Grand Bailiwick of GermanyGrand Priory of GreeceHereditary Commandery of
SighartsteinHereditary Commandery of Wallendorf
Grand Priory of HungaryGrand Priory of IrelandGrand Priory of ItalyDelegation of Japan
Priory of LiechtensteinGrand Bailiwick of the Low CountriesPriory of Macedonia (FYROM)Grand Priory of the Maltese Islands
Grand Priory of New ZealandGrand Priory of PortugalGrand Bailiwick of ScotlandGrand Bailiwick of SlovakiaGrand Priory of SlovakiaGrand Priory of Spain
Grand Bailiwick of SwitzerlandGrand Priory of Sweden
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3TheOrdersFlagshipProjects
(1)TheGandhijiSevaNiketanLeprosySurgeryCentre
Inthefollowing,youwillbeinformedabouttheflagshipprojectoftheInternationalOrderinBhubaneswar/India.
AllfurtherdetailscanbederivedfromtheletterbyDrRmyRousselot,headphysicianofthe leprosyclinic inBhubaneswar. It is theGrandHospitallers intention tosupport this
projectonapermanentbasis.
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(2)ReturntoJerusalemTheSaintLouisHospital
Thanks to the excellent investigations of Confrres Professor
Dr Mike Ross and Professor Dr Charles Savona-Ventura, adiscovery was made of the historical site where the Order of
Saint Lazarus started its original hospitaller activities: theleprosariuminJerusalem.Today, a hospital can be found on the foundationwallsof this
historicalsite:theSaintLouisHospital.All further details can be taken from the report drawn up by
ConfrreProfessorDrMikeRosswhovisitedthehospitalinMay
2013. In the course of the necessary refurbishmentworks, the Order has the historicalopportunitytoreturntoitsroots.ItwasthereforedecidedduringthelastGECmeetingto
adoptthissecondflagshipprojectfortheOrder.
ReportonthevisittoStLouisHospital,Jerusalem,
May22,2013byProf.Chev.MikeRoss,KLJ
I visited the St LouisHospital,justoutsidetheNewGateinthe
wallsofJerusalemonMay22nd,
and was received by SisterMonikaDllmann, thehospital
director, and Bassam Obeid,her assistant and Director of
Administration. SisterDllmann is a member of theSisters of St Joseph of the
Apparition, a Catholic order
founded in France, who haverun the hospital since its
foundation in 1890. Thehospital stands on the site of
the St Lazarus Leprosarium,
datingfromCrusaderdays,atthenorthwestcorneroftheoldwallsofJerusalem.
Fig. from left toright:DrAxelMittelstaedt,SisterMonikaDllmann,FatherWalter Eitel(ChaplainoftheOrderoftheHolySepulcre)
HospitalHistoryTheStLouisHospital(namedfortheCrusaderKingStLouisIXofFrance)isonthesiteof
themedievalOrderofStLazarus Leprosarium, just outside the walls of Jerusalem. The
presenthospitalwasfoundedbytheFrenchBarondePiellat(d.1925)in1889.TheBaronwasacelebratedartistandthemagnificenthospitalchapelwasfullyfrescoedbyhiminan
art-nouveaustyle. The chapel had tobepainstakingly repainted byhim in 1918 as theOttomanshadpaintedoverallthefrescoesduringtheFirstWorldWar.In1948-1967the
hospital was the front line between Israel and Jordan: the stained glass window of StFrancishasabulletholethroughhisheartandtheoutsidewallisalsobullet-pocked.The
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chapel isuseddailybyallChristiandenominations, including theWhiteFathersand the
GreekOrthodox.
HospitalStaff
ThehospitalwasfoundedandisstillrunbytheSistersofStJosephoftheApparition,an
orderoriginatinginFrancein1651andnowwithsignificanthousesintheHolyLand,theUnitedStates,Germany,Malta,andotherpartsofEurope.TheSistersliveonthetopfloor.
TheHospitalalsohasupto27volunteers,mostcommonlyfromFranceandGermany,whostayforaminimumof3monthsandmostcommonlyayear.Thereisaphysicianoncallat
alltimes.
HospitalandPatientCharacteristics
Thehospitalhas50beds,ofwhichaboutathird are palliative oncology (active
treatment oncology patientswho cannot
be at home). About one third are long-term coma patients (often post-stroke)
and with complicated health care (for
example, bed sores and open woundcare).Afurtheronethirdisadvancedcare
foroldpeople.WhileforIsraeliresidentsthere is health insurance payment, for
foreign patients there is no insurance:
foreignpatients includerefugees, foreignworkers,andthosewhoresideintheWestBank.Patientsareacceptedonthebasisofneed
and not on insurance basis or residence and the patients are mixed Jewish, Arab
Christian,Muslim,residentsofIsrael,theWestBank,Sinai,Eritrea,andothers.Asignificantnumberhavenoinsuranceandarethosewhofallthroughthegapsinthesystemfor
example,arefugeewhowasshotattheborderbyEgyptianguards,andfellintoIsraelwithabullet inthe hip.Upto1990,thehospital alsoserved patientswithHIV.Nopatient is
turnedawayandcareforthemostneedyandthosewhoarenotservedbyotherfacilities
(forexample,thosewithnoinsurancecoverage)isacentralpartofthemissionoftheStLouisHospital.
FuturePlans
Whilethe hospital has50beds, its fabric datesto1890and all
hospitalsneedtomeetnewIsraelihospitalregulationsby2016.
Theseregulationsrequirebringingthebuildinguptocodewithregard towiring,oxygenandsuctionprovision, fireregulations,
andhavingnomorethan2patientsperroom(someroomsarecurrently triple occupancy). One wing is being completely
renovated(seephotographs)andanadditionalelevatorisbeinginstalled as required by the new regulations. Following these
renovations,theSistersaremakingprovisionforanewwinginto
the parking space. Sister Dllmann notes that the break evensizeforahospitalinIsraelisabout72beds,althoughtheSisters
havemanagedwithless.Thehospitalisafullylicensedfacilityandnotaspecialistunit,and
thusisrequiredtomeetallnationalhospitalregulationsandcodes.
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PersonalComment
Iwastakenalloverthehospital,fromtheadministrationofficeonthegroundfloortothe
Sistersaccommodationonthethirdfloor,andhadtheopportunitytoseetherenovationsinprocess,unrenovatedrooms,andmeetpatients.Iwasextremelyimpressedbythestaff
andbythewonderfulspiritofthefacility.SinceanumberofpatientsfromtheWestBank
cannothavefamilyvisits(theirfamilyarenotabletoenterIsraelthroughtheborderwall)it serves as a home as much as a hospital to many patients and its warm atmosphere
reflectsthat.
When we were received by the Greek
Melkite Apostolic Vicar, Archbishop Jules,beforeMassonthePilgrimage,wenoticed
(toourembarrassment)theStLazarusflagof Piccapietra flying a few blocks away. I
believethattheopportunitytore-establish
a legitimate flagship project in Jerusalem,especially on the site of our original
Leprosarium,isbothtimelyandhistorically
highly significant on this specific site. Itspeaks toourhistoricmissionasanOrder
and assists an important church palliativecare hospital at a timewhen it has avery
specificneedtorenovateitsfabric.Indeed,failuretobringthebuildinguptocodewould
almost certainly see the hospital closed. Imost stronglyrecommend our immediate andlong-termsupportforthisprojectasanOrderflagshipproject.
Ibelievethatinthefuture,wecouldhaveahistoricalplaqueaffixedtothehospitaloutsidewallcommemoratingitasthesiteoftheOrdersoriginalLeprosarium,perhapsunveiledby
theGrandMaster.
Iwouldgofurtherand suggest thatweunderscoreour status asaHospitallerorder by
institutingaSpecialAppealwhichwecouldcalltheReturntoJerusalemAppeal.SuchaSpecialAppealcouldbeaprojectoftheGrandHospitallerunderthePatronageoftheGrand
Master and perhaps chaired by the Duchess of Brissac since this is a French-foundedhospital.WehavetothebestofmyknowledgeneverhadsuchanAppeal.Itcouldforma
special project to underscore our status as a Christian and Hospitaller Order which
originated on this very site in the Holy Land over 8 centuries ago and is part of our
continuinghistoricmission.Eachjurisdictioncouldbeaskedtohostaspecificfund-raisingevent (e.g.a special dinner or fundraiser) toraise fundsand bestronglyencouragedto
contribute.Ihavetakenthelibertytodesignalogo(seeheadofreport)fortheproject!
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4ActivityReportoftheGrandHospitaller2012totheGEC/GMCAppointmentasGrandHospitallerbytheGrandMasterduringtheGEC/GMCmeetingin
Madridon3rdMarch2012
Personalcontactstotheindividualjurisdictions: London(firstencounterwiththehospitaller),GrandPrioryofEngland&Wales,9
10March2012
Berlin(talkswiththehospitallerspresent),GrandBailiwickofGermany,2728
April2012
Maastricht(talkswiththehospitaller),GrandBailiwickoftheLowCountries,6May
2012
PersonaltalkswithDrRousselotattheFranciscanMonasteryinDsseldorfon18
May2012
InternationalHospitallerMeetinginKevelaeron25May2012
Paris(meetingwithGMCmemberChristiandAndlau-Hombourg)on16June2012 Heilsbronn(presentationofhospitalleractivities),GrandBailiwickofGermany,15
16September2012
Hannover,(CancellationofaddressattheHDZs25thjubileecelebrations),Chev.
ThomasPiontekstoodinforme.
Paris(encounterwiththehospitallerduringthegeneralmeetingoftheGrandPriory
ofFrance),1718November2012.
Dublin(encounterwiththehospitallerandmembersofthelogistics,board/
celebrationofthe50thanniversaryoftheGrandPrioryofIreland),2425
November2012 TheInternationalHospitallerReportfor2011waspublishedintimeforthemeeting
inKevelaer.Wewereabletomeetthedeadlinedespitetheextremelyshorttimefor
preparingtheinternationalhospitallermeetinginKevelaer.
Untilmid2013
Roermond(encounterwiththehospitaller)GrandBailiwickoftheLowCountries,
12January2013
London,RequiemforthelateRtHonourableTheEarlFerrers,19January2013
EncounterwiththeGrandCommanderandChev.ThomasPiontekoftheLogisticsBoardinDsseldorf,7March2013
Malta,GECmeeting,1115May2013
Closecontactwaskeptwithalljurisdictionsviae-mail.Theneworganizational
structure,and,inparticular,thenewlyappointedlogisticsboardhasproved
successful.
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Alookintothefuture(2013/2014)
Autonomyofeachnationaljurisdictionwithregardtohospitalleractivities
JointflagshipprojectsbytheInternationalOrder
Returntotheroots(helpingillanddestitutepeople/thosesufferingfromleprosy)
Alreadyinitiatedjointproject:leprosyhospitalBhubaneswar/India(DrRmy
Rousselot)
Plannedjointprojects:SaintLouisHospitalinJerusalem(SrMonikaDllmann),
formerleprosariumofourOrder;and
TranslationanddistributionoftheCaregiversGuide
PR-activities:Continuouspublicationofcurrenthospitalleractivitiesofeach
nationaljurisdiction
PreparationofnextinternationalhospitallermeetinginWalsingham/Norfolk
(June2014).
5Outlook2013FollowingthefirsthospitallermeetinginKevelaer,agreatdealhashappenedwithregardto the hospitaller work of the Order. 32 national jurisdictions have submitted their
hospitaller reports for 2012. Individual copies may be obtained via Dame Marny
Gilluly.Important resolutions were adopted during the GEC meeting in Malta. There will be
continuouspublicationofcurrenthospitalleractivitiesofeachnationaljurisdiction,namelythe
PR-activities. The resolution regarding two flagship projects to be carried out by theInternational Orderwill be implemented. The following projects will fulfill the Ordershistoricalmission:caretolepersandrelatedpalliativecare:
Already initiated joint project: leprosy hospital Bhubaneswar/India (Dr Rmy
Rousselot)
Returntotheroots(helpingillanddestitutepeople)
Planned joint project: Saint Louis Hospital in Jerusalem (Sr Monika Dllmann),
formerleprosariumoftheOrder.
InpreparationforthenextInternationalHospitallerMeetingitisverydesirablethatthe
nationalhospitallerreports for 2013shouldreachus latest by28February2014.Andnow, Iwould like to inviteyouto the Second InternationalHospitallerMeeting
duringtheInternationalPilgrimageinWalsingham/Norfolkfrom6to8June2014.
TheOrderofSaintLazaruswithitsworldwidefamousGreenCross,
symbol of ecumenism and tolerance, which is so important for our
dailylifeinOdissa.(DrRmyRousselot)