THE ORDER OF ST JOHN PRIORY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A MESSAGE FROM THE PRIOR

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1 FOR THE FAITH AND IN THE SERVICE OF HUMANITY Eyes on he Fuure THE ORDER OF ST JOHN PRIORY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Volume 5, Number 1 Winer Priory Officers A. Marshall Acuff Jr., KSJ Prior Margare Graham Coreh, DSJ Chancellor Sephen Baes Billick, MD, KSJ Vice-Chancellor COL (Re) D. Gray Heppner Jr., MD, CSJ Vice-Chancellor The Righ Rev d Peer J. Lee, OSJ Sub-Prelae Anne L. Coleman, MD, Phd, OSJ Hospialler Jack Marin Enoch Jr., CSJ Treasurer Karen Miller Lamb, CSJ Secreary COL (Re) Howell C. Sasser Sr., OSJ Hisoriographer John M. Shannon, CSJ Genealogis Chaper of he Priory in he USA A. Marshall Acuff Jr., Richmond Sephen Baes Billick, MD, New York Ciy Philip Ernes Bowles III, San Francisco Julian V. Brand III, Charleson Lawrence W. Clarkson, Alana Anne Coleman, MD, PhD, Sana Monica Margare Graham Coreh, Washingon, DC Thomas Riggs Cox III, Harford Paricia S. H. Dresser, Washingon, DC Jack Marin Enoch Jr., Richmond Theodore Rober Gamble Jr., New York Ciy A. Curis Greer II, Boson Palmer C. Hamilon, Mobile Dennis C. Hensley, Washingon, DC COL (Re) D. Gray Heppner, MD, Washingon, DC The Rev d Canon John W. Kilgore, MD, S. Louis Karen Miller Lamb, Washingon, DC William Morrison Mahews, Palm Beach William R. Miller, CBE, New York Ciy Douglas L. Paul, New York Ciy Kendall B.M. Squires, San Diego Priory Saff Ruh Ann Skaff Execuive Direcor Cheryl Hermes Lueck Evens and Member Relaionship Manager Samuel Gearhar Developmen and Technical Projecs Adminisraor 1850 M Sree NW, Suie 1070 Washingon, DC Tel: Fax: EIN #: prioryusa@sainjohn.org Websie: Newsleer Edior Karen Miller Lamb A MESSAGE FROM THE PRIOR I am pleased o repor ha $862,650 was sen o he Eye Hospial in Jerusalem during Unresriced funds oaled $700,235, compared o $650,000 in 2012 and $540,000 in Resriced funds represened $162, 420, compared o $94,000 in 2012 and $228,141 in In 2012 a oal of $1,044,000 was sen o he Hospial, bu his included $300,000 of ASHA/USAID funds. These funds were no available in On an adjused basis, 2012 oaled $744,000, compared o $862, 650 in We are opimisic ha ASHA/USAID funds will again be available in Invesiure Weekend in New York Ciy raised he bar for fuure Invesiure evens. New records were se in numbers in aendance, in new Members and promoees, and in ne receips. More specifically, over 400 Members and guess were in aendance. Many of he 114 new members and 124 promoees were invesed, and he weekend need over $205,000. Kudos o he New York region, financial underwriers, voluneers and our Washingon saff for an exraordinary weekend! The S John Voluneer Corps coninues o expand is presence hroughou he US. Acive voluneering is occurring in San Francisco, Charleson, and San Diego. In progress are Alana, Connecicu, Dallas, Mobile, New York, Richmond, and Washingon, DC. Planning is underway in S. Louis, he Mounain Saes and Palm Beach. Oureach is being performed by San Francisco in Seale, by Charleson in Durham, NC, and by San Diego in Long Beach. Monhly conference calls by Gray Heppner and Richard Souhby wih he Regional Chairs will coninue o be made in The Prelae of he Order, Bishop Jack Prior Acuff invess Evelyn Read Brand, a legacy Member, wih Cornelia Pelzer, MSJ, assising. Nicholls, is forming a Pro Fide Commiee for he purpose of discussing iner-faih maers. I have asked The Rev d Canon Nicholas Porer o represen he Priory in he USA on his commiee and he has graciously acceped. I am confiden we will hear more abou he deliberaions of he Pro Fide Commiee in he fuure. The Priory in he USA is no longer he younges Priory in he world of S John. Kenya and Singapore were insalled as new Priories in December and January respecively. Hong Kong is scheduled o become a Priory in While in Singapore for he insallaion of he Priory here, I me wih Lord Prior Anhony Mellows and his successor (effecive as of S John s Day), Dr. Neil Conn. Dr. Conn and his wife Lesley reside in Canberra, Ausralia. He holds a PhD in economics from Duke Universiy and was Chancellor of Ausralia for a number of years. Neil and Lesley will be aending he San Francisco Invesiure in November Speaking of Invesiures, he Priory will be holding is 2015 Invesiure in Dallas, Texas, a Sain Michael s and All Angels Church Ocober 30 November 1s. Pro Fide, Pro Uiliae Hominum. A. Marshall Acuff Jr., KSJ, Prior

2 HOSPITALLER BREAKFAST OUTLINES FUNDRAISING INITIATIVES As Priory Hospialler, I organized he 2013 Invesiure Weekend s Hospialler Breakfas wih COL (Re) D. Gray Heppner Jr., MD, OSJ, he Priory s previous Hospialler. Aendees included Nicholas Woolf, Board Chairman of he S John of Jerusalem Eye Hospial Group, and he Group s CEO Brigadier Tom Ogilvie-Graham, MBE, OSJ. Afer offering a beauiful opening prayer, The Rev d Canon John Kilgore, MD, KSJ, spoke abou he Priory s Arab American oureach iniiaive, inroducing Dr. Elie Azrak, Presiden of he Naional Arab American Medical Associaion. Dr. Azrak expressed ineres in he work of he Eye Hospial, discussing poenial fuure collaboraions beween our wo organizaions. Brigadier Ogilvie-Graham gave a deailed presenaion on he Eye Hospial s needs and relaed funding opporuniies. He sressed he imporance of receiving unresriced funds from he Priory as he Hospial coninues o expand is oureach and care o hose in need in Palesine. In addiion o hree clinical sies, he Hospial has a mobile van ha brings docors o hose who canno visi one of he clinics, hus improving access for hose who require he mos care. As an example of a regional fundraising iniiaive, Priory Membership Chair Thomas Riggs Cox III, CSJ, repored on a nursing scholarship suppored by he Connecicu Region, of which he is chair. His sraegy was o guaranee he scholarship s funding wih pledges from a few individuals, wih he undersanding ha furher fundraising effors would aemp o broaden he base of suppor. (Thus, he early donors could cover a smaller proporion of he oal.) Vicoria Sheffield, DSJ, he Priory s represenaive on he Hospial Board, hen spoke abou he Hospial s curren and fuure research. Brigadier Ogilvie-Graham expressed enhusiasm for he research iniiaive as a way o solidify he Eye Hospial s ousanding repuaion. A closing discussion was led by Richard Souhby, PhD, (Med), CSJ, on he S John Voluneer Corps, coordinaed joinly by Dr. Souhby and Col. Heppner. Anne Coleman, MD, PhD, OSJ In 2013, The S John of Jerusalem Eye Hospial Group reaed a record number of 114,154 paiens, helping families and communiies across Eas Jerusalem, he Wes Bank, and he Gaza Srip. Once again, jus under a hird of paiens (37,157) were under he age of 18. The breakdown is: Jerusalem Hospial 42,176 (14,163 children) Anaba Cenre 21,512 (6,886 children) Hebron Hospial 11,631 (3,725 children) Gaza Clinic 25,769 (8,035 children) Oureach Teams 13,066 (4,348 children) AN INTERVIEW WITH NEW HOSPITAL CEO BRIGADIER TOM OGILVIE-GRAHAM, MBE, OSTJ In 2013, Brigadier Tom Ogilvie-Graham ook over he pos of CEO of he S John of Jerusalem Eye Hospial Group. He succeeded he longes-serving CEO of he Group, Rod Bull, who was recenly awarded an OBE for services o healhcare in he Occupied Palesinian Terriories. Here, Tom Ogilvie-Graham shares his background and goals for he Group, and suggess some ways he Priory in he USA can be of assisance in achieving hem. Wih a varied career in he miliary and beyond, why did you come o be involved in humaniarian work? My academic credenials include degrees in veerinary medicine, public healh, psychology and law. My goal has always been o help people (and animals) in disress, especially hrough medical suppor. I have a srong ineres in conservaion, wih a focus on communiy involvemen and susainabiliy. In he Army, I worked on humaniarian missions ranging from Bosnia, Kuwai and Afghanisan o cenral and easern Africa. Wha prepares you o be CEO of he Eye Hospial Group? I have a srong background in operaional level managemen. In he Army, I ook on big challenges a shor noice wihou much preparaion, managing eams of specialiss (ofen medical personnel) in less han ideal condiions. You mus be able o encourage discussion, o draw on each individual s knowledge, and o delegae. Familiariy wih medical research and fundraising is imporan. Saying resuls-oriened is essenial, making decisions and acing on hem vial. As wih many ex-army people, he word managemen o me means leadership working wih people, inspiring and moivaing hem and seing an example. This is far removed from mere adminisraion. I have been an Officer in he Order of S John for nearly 10 years, and grealy admire wha i A he Invesiure Weekend Membership Meeing (l. o r.) Nicholas Woolf, Dr. Anne Coleman and Tom Ogilvie-Graham. does and represens. Now I can work direcly for i. I sough a job ha would leverage my hands-on involvemen in public service in ou-of-he-ordinary circumsances, and I found i. Wha were your firs impressions of he Eye Hospial Group and have hey changed? Plunging ino he final sages of he JCI accrediaion process and several major rebuilds, I had o focus on he major issues of he momen no a bad way of geing ino he deails of how he Hospial works and why hings are done a paricular way. There is always considerable uncerainy, ranging from securiy problems o managing paiens from remoe areas. Planning ahead is essenial, bu you mus live in he presen Eyes on he Fuure Vol. 5, No. 1 2 THE ORDER OF ST JOHN

3 and deal immediaely wih siuaions as hey arise. Tha is acually a rewarding and saisfying way o live, since i is possible o achieve quick resuls in he Hospial owing o he highly experienced, moivaed saff, and he supporive Board. Wha has been your mos moving experience so far? The saff s posiive aiude and eamwork never fails o impress me. Recenly, we had a snowsorm wihou precedence in Jerusalem. From my window, I saw wo nurses in uniform, an operaing heare assisan in an operaing gown, a securiy guard, a recepionis and wo cleaners all clearing away snow from he main enrance o make i easier and safer for paiens o ener. Many of hese saff had jus worked riple shifs and been in he Hospial over he weekend, as hey were unable o reurn home in he snowsorm and waned o care for he paiens who were also rapped. They were sill prepared o work a bi more, wihou being asked, and do i wih good grace and considerable good humor oo. Wha are he greaes challenges facing he Hospial? Our bigges problem is he income gap we face. Donaed income is sill our principal funding source, ye as of early 2014 we have no ye me our goals. Thus, we mus reduce mobile oureach eams from wo o one, alhough a nurse praciioner from he second eam will coninue o work in parnership wih he Order of Mala s Behlehem mobile oureach. We se up a dynamic new fundraising eam o address he siuaion, bu we mus also maximize paien income from he Palesinian Auhoriy and insurance firms while charging reasonable fees from paiens who can afford o pay. Overall managemen raining mus be improved, so ha saff are uilized o bes effec and he highes sandards of care mainained. Susaining a firs world service o over 114,000 people many in remoe or isolaed areas makes a huge difference o he region. Wihou funding, we simply can do i. Did your recen experience a he Invesiure change your percepion of he Priory and your plans o be involved wih i? I was a Fulbrigh scholar a Cornell Universiy, and have many American friends. I was predisposed o have an ineresing, enjoyable ime bu wha I didn foresee is jus how dynamic, well-run, well-regarded and well-recruied wih fascinaing, alened Confrères he US Priory would be! (The Invesiure ceremony in paricular was one of he mos memorable, dignified occasions of is kind ha I have ever winessed, and I ve seen quie a few.) One of my goals is o spend some more ime on fundraising and liaising wih he Priories. I hope o visi he US Priory several imes in The curren Prior, his successor and oher senior Members have been exremely supporive. Wha does he US Priory conribue o he Hospial and wha are your ideas for he fuure? Raising money is criical, bu acually he US Priory helps us in many oher ways. The range of alens voluneered is enormous and includes medical experise, informaion echnology and public relaions, as well as inroducions o poliical and governmen figures. Recenly, I was able o mee wih he US Consul General in Jerusalem for help in persuading he Israeli Defense Force (IDF) o allow us o sar shipping building maerials ino Gaza, a reques pending for 12 monhs. Learning how much Hospial suppor comes from he US Priory, he concluded he Hospial could be viewed as a US concern and made a whole-heared approach o he IDF. We received permission o move maerials wihin a week. One possibiliy for he fuure is for he Priory o ake ownership of a new clinic in Hebron s ciy cener, where we can beer serve more paiens. We would saff and equip i wih wha we already have in he curren (rened) locaion. The only cos would be he purchase and redesign of he new faciliy, which could be known as he US Priory s clinic. I am very graeful for any suppor you can give us, no maer how much or how lile. Jus knowing ha you are backing us makes a big difference o my saff and me. As a Confrère, wha is your message o he US Priory? The Hospial is imporan, no jus because we save he sigh of ens of housands of people every year and no jus because of he vas humaniarian (and economic) impac his has. We also build bridges, making hings a lile bi less black and whie poliically, and seing a good Chrisian-inspired example. When effors a peacemaking a a higher level do no produce immediae resuls, someimes i is he work underaken by a Hospial such as ours ha ha can build peace from he ground up. You will noice ha I used he word ours. Tha is how I wan you as Confrères o view he Hospial. I would like you o feel as I do ha you have a sake, hrough he Hospial, in Jerusalem iself jus as he Knighs of S John suppored a hospial here 900 years ago. You should feel ha you are following on and indeed enhancing heir work even now; Jerusalem belongs o he enire world bu we in he Order have a greaer and more imeless connecion han mos! REEM COMES INTO THE LIGHT As Jesus said, Suffer lile children, and forbid hem no, o come uno me: for of such is he kingdom of heaven. (Mahew 19: 14) The mission of The S John of Jerusalem Eye Hospial Group is o preserve and resore he sigh of is paiens of all ages, bu he children i reas are especially precious ones. Reem is one such sory. She is a hree-year-old child from he Wes Bank who suffers from eye problems. When she was only five monhs old, her moher noiced he problems and she ook her for an eye exam o he Eye Hospial. I was quickly deermined ha Reem had a Squin and Myopia, a condiion in which he eye does no refrac ligh properly o focus and see images clearly. Reem was prescribed glasses and paches o help rain and srenghen her eye muscles, ye she refused o wear he glasses and her eye condiion became worse. Urgen surgery was he only opion. She underwen successful surgery and her condiion improved. Reem s parens are delighed ha heir only child s vision had improved and laer said We are graeful o S John Eye Hospial for resoring our child s sigh. THE ORDER OF ST JOHN 3 Eyes on he Fuure Vol. 5, No. 1

4 FULFILLING THEIR PROMISES: HOW A PILGRIMAGE OF PARTICIPATION: THE WAY TO GO For any Confrère seeking o fully live ou his or her vows, hands-on paricipaion in he daily life of The S. John of Jerusalem Eye Hospial can be ransformaive. I was forunae enough do so in May Alhough well-ravelled in Israel and he Wes Bank, I had never visied he Hospial. Now, I can say wihou quesion ha my four-day pilgrimage of paricipaion affirms he vial naure of he Hospial s work and our Order s obligaion o suppor i wih annual oblaions and even sponsorship. Joe Dealey (r.) wih his newly invesed daugher and son-in-law Beverly and Drury Ensslen. Eyes on he Fuure Vol. 5, No. 1 Working wih he Hospial, Execuive Direcor Ruh Ann Skaff arranged my pilgrimage and crafed my iinerary. I arrived bearing a duffle packed wih knied baby blankes and caps, gifs from former Priory Hospialler Laird Morimer, KSJ, and friends for he liles and by any measure mos vulnerable paiens. Afer meeing he new Hospial Group CEO and he Nursing Direcor on he firs day, I arose on he second, walked o he Hospial, and climbed ino a convoy of vans ha hreaded is way hrough Jerusalem s rush hour raffic, connecing wih he highway for a 90-minue drive o Anaba. My companions on his and all he Wes Bank visis were Hospial ophhalmologiss and nurses, wo UK S John Ambulance Corps cades and a Hospial Trusee. In Anaba, we oured he Hospial, assised as we were able, and lisened o paien/docor consulaions. Day rips ino he Wes Bank are long and iring bu also exhilaraing and uplifing, and I slep solidly unil my wake-up call from a nearby mosque. My desinaion he nex day was a small clinic in Halhoul, Palesine, in a remoe region known for grapes used in wine producion. Our challenge was o ranspor on unimproved roads he delicae, expensive ophhalmic equipmen needed o se up a four- o six- hour oureach clinic. When i urned ou ha he downown clinic wouldn be available for our use, we were sen o a Red Crescen Hospial sill under consrucion on he ciy s ouskirs. Before seing up, we enjoyed a picnic-syle breakfas a a local amusemen park; he animaed able conversaion demonsraed ha differences in culures, languages and naionaliies don really maer. Evenually, we unloaded and arranged he diagnosic and screening equipmen a he hospial. Relocaing he clinic on such shor noice undoubedly posed 4 commuing problems for paiens, ye he docors and nurses saw nearly 90 paiens, one of whom was he local Palesinian Auhoriy commander. Assising when and where we could, we hree pilgrims escored paiens o and from diagnosic, examining, and screening rooms. We closed and opened window blinds and doors and generally assised he ophhalmic pros o do heir jobs. We were able o observe paien exams hrough a side mouned scope aached o he slilamp insrumen, seeing wha he docor was seeing and lisening o his explanaion o paiens and recommendaions. A he end of he clinic, Dr. Hamzh Albab, a Hebron area denis seleced o head he Red Crescen Hospial, hosed a recepion for us and surprised me wih a radiional Palesinian keffiyeh as a gesure of appreciaion and friendship. I now has a special place in my hear and Texas home. The hird day s rip o Hebron afforded he opporuniy o mee oher members of he S John Eye Hospial Group family. Among hem was Hospial accounan Mohammed Musa, who has an exraordinary connecion o he Hospial: He has an eyeball crafed by a Jerusalem-based Hospial echnician o replace he one he los o disease. My pilgrimage of paricipaion grealy increased my faih in our Order s mission and work; every year since he Invesiure Service of Rededicaion will have even more meaning. I invie every Confrère o consider a fuure pilgrimage o he Holy Land. Visi Jerusalem. Tour your Hospial. Then you also can bear winess o and unhesiaingly suppor he work of he dedicaed men and women who live daily he mission of our Order of S John: Pro Fide (For he faih), Pro Uiliae Hominum (For service o mankind). THE RIGHT THING TO DO: VIVIAN DAVIDSON HEWITT, CSTJ Joseph MacDonald (Joe) Dealey, Jr., CSJ Chair, Souhwes Region The full accoun of Joe Dealey s memorable week can be read online a www. sainjohn.org/eye-hospial/hospial-sories. All Confrères are encouraged o visi he Eye Hospial eiher independenly or wih he Priory s bi-annual pilgrimage o he Holy Land (see page 7). Opimal imes o visi are weekdays beween 7:00 am and 1 pm, when he oupaien clinics are in full operaion. Before you go o Jerusalem, conac Execuive Direcor Ruh Ann Skaff a raskaff@sainjohn.org or o make arrangemens for a visi. My passion for ar collecing began on our honeymoon in New York in December Wih money received a our wedding we purchased good prins from he Whiney Museum and he Museum of Modern Ar. My lae husband John was eaching a Morehouse and I was eaching a he School of Library Service, Alana Universiy. We coninued o collec when we moved o NYC a few years laer, buying wha we loved and waned o live wih. On our second honeymoon, o Haii in1960, we fell in love wih THE ORDER OF ST JOHN

5 CONFRÈRES TURN THEIR VOWS INTO REALITY is ar and visied Haii ofen, purchasing Haiian ar from 1960 hrough We became firmly enrenched in Haii s hird generaion ar esablishmen. We became very friendly wih Bishop Voegeli, he Episcopal Vivian Hewi (c) sharing a laugh wih Dr. George Howard and Marcia Mayo, CSJ, a he Invesiure s Friday nigh recepion. Bishop of Haii, credied wih making he church a major paron of Haiian ar. For many years, he bishop held a yearly fundraiser a S. James Church in Manhaan, selling Haiian painings for he benefi of he Episcopal Church in Haii. During our firs visi o Haii we learned abou Hôpial Alber Schweizer in Deschapelles, co-founded by Dr. Larimer Mellon and his wife Gwen, of he Pisburgh Mellon family. We began o suppor i, and I sill do. I am friendly wih Mrs. Mellon s son and daugher-in-law, Dr. Ian and Lucy Rawson. Tha jus seemed he righ hing o do, being ha I am a Pisburgher. My suppor of he Schweizer Hospial in Haii led me o learn abou he Order of S John, which suppors The S. John of Jerusalem Eye Hospial. I me Nancy Howard, DSJ while aending a lecure series a he Meropolian Museum of Ar. She and her husband, Dr. George Howard, FRSMOphh, KSJ, sponsored me for he Order of S John. My son, Dr. John Hewi III, visied he hospial in Jerusalem on wo occasions, in 2004 and in He was very impressed wih he hospial, is saff, and wha hey were accomplishing. I was pleased o become one of he founding members of he Murisan Sociey. I assures my commimen o he Hospial and is good works. I have had an eye condiion for several years and I am in he wachfulness of former Priory Chancellor Joseph B. Walsh, MD, FRCOphh, KSJ, a he New York Eye and Ear Infirmary. Problems wih my eyesigh make my conribuion o he Murisan Sociey even more meaningful. Whenever I can, I encourage ohers o consider paricipaion in his grea cause. Vivian Davidson Hewi, CSJ In her own words, Mrs. Hewi recouns her lifelong commimen o philanhropy, her love of ar, her journey o he Order of S John, and why she is a founding member of he Murisan Sociey. She relaed his message a he November 2, 2013 Murisan Breakfas and we wan o share i wih all of our readers. She will be 94 years young in February SHARING ST JOHN S DAY: FROM ST. LOUIS TO LONDON The annual observaion of S John s Day is a bond among Confrères, reminding all of us of he foundaions of our Order and he vows we ook upon Invesiure. Annually, we in S. Louis have hosed for several years an evensong and rededicaion o commemorae his special day, and will do so again in Las year, a service was held on June 13h, a he Church of S. Michael & S. George. Two original anhems by composer Rober Lehman were debued, having been commissioned by Brian Abel Ragen, KSJ, who has coordinaed he S John s Day even many imes. More han 100 people aended, including he Norh American Presiden of he Naional Arab American Medical Associaion and several of his colleagues, who were invied as par of he Priory s oureach o he Arab American medical communiy. All were inspired by gues preacher The Rev d Canon Nicholas Porer, KSJ. Nicholas spen he enire weekend in S. Louis, speaking abou he Order, he Hospial, and his Kids for Peace camps, an inernaional projec o bring ogeher Palesinian and Israeli youngsers as friends, no adversaries. Only a few days laer, several S. Louisans joined oher Priory Members in London for he annual S John s Day observance in S Paul s Cahedral on June 22nd. Besides he service, wih is specacular display of he liurgical pageanry ha he Briish do bes, he American coningen enjoyed a privae our of he newly resored museum of he Order of S John and a recepion a S John s Gae hosed by he Priory of England. They also aended he annual meeing of he Priory of England and he Islands a he Lord Mayor s official residence, and ook par in oher evens as well, including he Trooping of he Color and he Garer service a S George s Chapel, Windsor Casle, where many S John Ambulance voluneers were on duy. One of he bes and mos enjoyable ways for us o live ou and reaffirm our vows is o aend evens, no only in he USA, bu overseas. Maching your personal ravel calendar wih Order evens worldwide will allow you o learn more abou he Order, o form and renew bonds of fellowship and friendship wih oher Confrères, o serve our lords, he sick and he poor as a voluneer and o have grea fun in he process! The Rev d Canon John Kilgore, MD, KSJ, and Sheryl Meyering, PhD, DSJ The Priory in he USA is a The worldwide Order websie is a THE ORDER OF ST JOHN 5 Eyes on he Fuure Vol. 5, No. 1

6 INVESTITURE WEEKEND 2013 HITS IT OUT OF THE PARK The erm weekend of firss sums up he 2013 Invesiure Weekend, New York Ciy. A record amoun of money over $205,000 was garnered. The New York Commiee of hardworking, dedicaed voluneers, chaired by Sephen Soren, CSJ, and Kenneh Koen, OSJ, pulled ou all he sops o ensure ha underwriing was secured for mos of he evens. Thus he profi column was grealy enhanced, increasing he amoun we conribue o he S John of Jerusalem Eye Hospial Group. Anoher record-seer was he number of new Members and promoees presen a he Invesiure service and oher evens. From he overflow crowd of 450 a he New York Yach Club cockail recepion, o he 415 subscripions for he Universiy Club gala, o he sold-ou Chivalry Breakfas, he Invesiure was a solid success. The service was held a Sain Thomas Church, he revered home parish of many of our Members. Invesing of 150 promoees and new Members (ranging in age from 27 o 81) was compleed in under wo hours, hanks o he precise organizaion of COL (Re) Howell Sasser Sr., CSJ; The Rev d Canon John Kilgore, MD, KSJ; he Rev d William Hague, DMin, OSJ, he Priory s Direcor of Ceremonies; and Anhony Coe, MSJ. One highligh of he Weekend was he well-aended Saurday morning Membership meeing, wih he announcemen of Palmer C. Hamilon, CSJ, as he Priory s nominee o be he nex Prior, pending he Grand Prior s Mandae. (He was profiled in he February 2013 issue of Eyes on he Fuure.) Also announced was he appoinmen of Ausralia s Dr. Neil Conn, GCSJ, o succeed Anhony Mellows, OBE, TD, as Lord Prior. Boh he new Prior and Lord Prior will assume heir roles on S John s Day Presenaions of gifs of appreciaion were made o boh Mellows and his wife Elizabeh, who have been so supporive of he Priory in he USA. In his remarks, Lord Prior Mellows spoke of he US Priory s ransformaion over he las six years. He complimened Prior Acuff on a superb job and hanked he enire Priory membership for heir help. Prof. Mellows said, Were i no for he suppor he US Priory has given, he Hospial would have ceased o exis. Thanking he Priory for is creaive iniiaives, Order Hospialler Nicholas Woolf oulined he curren sae A he Friday recepion (l. o r.) Dr. James Finklea; Marily Finklea, CSJ; Lillian Clage, CSJ; James Finklea II, MSJ. of he S John of Jerusalem Eye Hospial Group, sressing he need o se sraegic prioriies, raise funds globally and creae fundraising opporuniies owards susainabiliy. He inroduced he Group s CEO, Brigadier Tom Ogilvie-Graham, and led a spiried Q&A wih Confrères. Anoher popular even was he Chivalry Breakfas, in is hird year. Four disinguished paneliss oulined chivalry s background and enes, is relaionship o he Order, and is relevance o he 21s cenury. The quesion of how o arac younger Members provoked a consrucive discussion. The subjec is addressed by Carolyn Seipp Golra in his issue. Invesiure Weekend 2013 is now hisory, bu we look forward o Ocober 31 - November 2, 2014, when he Invesiure, chaired by Nigel Heah, OSJ, will reurn o he glorious Ciy by he Bay, San Francisco, California. As Confrères know, Invesiures are no a compeiion, and firss are no he deerminan of rue success. Ye he overriding moivaion, o raise money for our grea mission, is jus and unies us all. In he words of S John Voluneer Corps co-coordinaor COL (Re) D. Gray Heppner Jr., CSJ, he real quesion is How can each of us be a Knigh Hospialler? Karen Miller Lamb, CSJ NEIL CONN GCSTJ: OUR NEW LORD PRIOR Dr. Neil Conn has a maser s degree in economics from he Universiy of Sydney, where he lecured, earned his docorae phi bea kappa a Duke Universiy in he US. He spen 12 years as Chief Execuive of he Norhern Terriory Treasury and has been involved wih many Ausralian civic and chariy organizaions. His S John service daes from 1997, when he became Adminisraor (effecively Governor) of he Norhern Terriory and consequenly a Depuy Prior of The Order. Dr. Conn served as chairman of S John Ambulance Ausralia (NSW) from , and was appoined Chancellor of S John Ambulance Ausralia in For hree years he was invied o serve on he Seering Commiee of Grand Council. He became a Bailiff Grand Cross of he Order of S John in April He and his wife Lesley, DSJ, have hree adul children and nine grandchildren. He is a golfer and oneime ennis and squash player, and recenly devoed his energies o he Diamond Jubilee Trus se up o honor he Queen s long service in a lasing way. A MESSAGE FROM LORD PRIOR AND MRS. MELLOWS Elizabeh and I are sill overwhelmed by he warmh and generosiy so many Priory Members showed o us during he recen Invesiure weekend in New York. We are enormously graeful o everyone, paricularly o hose who so kindly wroe ribues o Elizabeh. We are humbled, and hank you very much indeed. We fel very honoured ha his Invesiure weekend, he las we will be able o aend while I am sill your Lord Prior, araced he larges-ever aendance. We have always had a special regard for he US Priory and his will coninue as we remain in ouch wih our many friends in he Priory. Thank you again for all he many kindnesses shown o us over so many years. Professor Anhony R. Mellows, OBE, TD, Lord Prior Eyes on he Fuure Vol. 5, No. 1 6 THE ORDER OF ST JOHN

7 CHIVALRY AND THE NEXT GENERATION The New York Invesiure s Chivalry Breakfas panel addressed he place of chivalry in modern sociey and queried Members o ponder how we migh moivae he nex generaion of young people o become involved wih he Order of S John. In my experience as a professional fundraiser, young people do care abou heir communiies. Ye one of he mos common quesions in more esablished philanhropic groups is how o involve he youh as if hey do no care a all. Ofen, in conversaions abou growing he nex generaion of philanhropiss, I almos expec o hear he phrase hose young whipper snappers! when referring o he youh. I is rue ha he Millennials and Generaion X youh have a myriad of differences due o growing up in a globalized, faspaced world awash wih racing echnological advances. However, when asked, I find i comforing ha when i comes o philanhropic rends he world has no changed. Humans need humans. We yearn for communiy, leadership and inspiraion, and he rising generaions feel his more han mos. They have leap forward o harness he world and found ha hey have los human conneciviy. The creaion of social media demonsraes he collecive desire o find wha has been los o remain close while far away, and o regain connecion. I became involved in he Order because of is connecion o my own ideals and hrough my family. I consider myself lucky, I have family ha have held igh o heir values and radiions. Addiionally, hey invesed effors oward showing me he benefis and joys of having such ideals. A he ime, according o a recen sudy by he Chronicle of Philanhropy, I was similar o 75% of my fellow peers in heir 20 s and 30 s: I gave philanhropically, I was casually involved in several organizaions and I was looking for somehing bigger o inspire me and hrough which I could become meaningfully involved. Then my aun and uncle brough me along on a rip o Israel. Facebook could no have shown he beauy of he people, he good and essenial work of he Hospial, and he moivaing leadership of hose in he Order. I was inspired no by pamphles, websies or an app on my phone bu hrough conversaions, acions and human connecion. My inroducion o he Order can be seen as a case of involvemen hrough legacy. I can also be viewed as a sudy of grass roos oureach on a person-o-person basis, which allows a conversaion o develop on a more inimae level. Young people Carolyn Golra (c.), wih her uncle and aun, Peer Golra, KSJ, and Gail Golra, DSJ, in fron of a bed donaed in memory of Carolyn s grandmoher a he Eye Hospial in Jerusalem. oday are looking for role models in his chaoic world. They crave involvemen in somehing ha maers under he wing of someone who maers o hem. When reviewing our hisory as a Priory in he Unied Saes, we can see ha his is no a new idea. As wrien in he Priory hisory, our founders became acquained wih he Order hrough heir influenial Briish peers. Jus as young people oday, hey desired o become involved wih somehing ha had grea weigh and imporance. The American Sociey was grown hrough he leadership of hose individuals. I has flourished in urbulen imes by people connecing o people by a need for a beacon of ligh garnered from personal involvemen and inspiraion. Today more han ever, our sociey is devoid of inspiraion from public figures. I believe ha he srengh of characer wihin our membership can lead he nex generaion. We can undersand heir ineress and moivaions hrough inrospecion and each lend ourselves o lay he foundaion for he fuure. Carolyn Seipp Golra, OSJ VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY: PRIORY PILGRIMAGES DID YOU KNOW ha he Holy Roman Emperor Charles V of Spain offered he Knighs of S John he sraegic island of Mala for he oken paymen of a single falcon in 1530? The Knighs defeaed he Ooman Empire afer a four-monh siege in 1565, building he model European ciy of Vallea in Called A ciy buil by genlemen for genlemen, Vallea wih is palaces, churches, auberges and forificaions is an archiecural maserpiece. DID YOU KNOW ha only limied space now remains on he 2014 Priory pilgrimage o discover Mala, Rome and Tuscany? Led by Execuive Direcor Ruh Ann Skaff and The Rev d Canon Nicholas T. Porer, KSJ, he pilgrimage begins April 1s and ends April 12h jus in ime for pilgrims o be wih heir families for Palm Sunday, Holy PILGRIMAGES CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE The Rev d Porer and 2012 Priory pilgrims in he Holy Land. THE ORDER OF ST JOHN 7 Eyes on he Fuure Vol. 5, No. 1

8 ABOUT THE ORDER OF ST JOHN The Mos Venerable Order of he Hospial of S John of Jerusalem is a serving Order of Chivalry under he Briish Crown. The honor of membership is besowed by warran of is sovereign head, HM Queen Elizabeh II. The Grand Prior of he Order is HRH The Duke of Glouceser, KG, GCVO. The Order of S John 1850 M Sree, NW, Suie 1070 Washingon, DC The Priory in he Unied Saes of America, consiued in 1996 by auhoriy of Her Majesy, is one of he Order s en inernaional priories. Is primary mission is o suppor The S. John of Jerusalem Eye Hospial Group in Eas Jerusalem, Gaza, and he Wes Bank. American Members have raised millions of dollars and provided subsanial donaions of medical supplies o suppor he work of he Hospial. For over 130 years, he Hospial has provided firs-qualiy ophhalmic care o hundreds of housands of people in he Holy Land, wihou regard o gender, race, creed, or abiliy o pay. PILGRIMAGES CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE Week and Easer. Our goal is o discover he sunny beauy of Mala, Rome and Tuscany while deepening our connecions o he Order and our service o God and humankind. To open our eyes o Mala s arisic reasures, renowned Ialian ar exper John Spike, MSJ, will accompany us. Anoher Confrère, Siena residen Nevin C. Brown, OSJ, will also share his wisdom as we reurn o Ialy, where we ravel a specacular porion of he Via Francigena, a roue along which he Order had a vibran presence. Visis o Siena and Florence will be feaured, along wih ones o Vierbo, he one-ime headquarers of he Order, and oher imporan sies. DID YOU KNOW THAT PARTICIPATION IN THIS UNIQUE VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY IS PRICED AT $5,500 PER PERSON, BASED ON DOUBLE OCCUPANCY? Land ravel arrangemens and he fligh o and from Mala are included, bu no airfare o and from Rome. For full deails of he iinerary and pricing for Mala, Rome and Tuscany: Heroes, Hisory and Faih, please visi he Priory s websie a You can also call Ruh Ann Skaff ( ) or Canon Porer ( ) direcly. FINALLY, DID YOU KNOW ha he Priory is planning anoher pilgrimage o Jerusalem and he Holy Land in 2015? The daes are April 21-May 1, here will be a day a The S. John of Jerusalem Eye Hospial, in-deph ime a he holy places of he Church of he Holy Sepulchre, visis o he Wesern Wall and he Dome of he Rock, and hree days in he Galilee. Our voyage of discovery coninues! NELSON MANDELA S DEATH The Priory in he USA marks and mourns he December passing of Confrère Nelson Mandela, beloved former Presiden of Souh Africa. He was invesed as a Bailiff Grand Cross of he Order of S John in November 2004 by Grand Prior HRH he Duke of Glouceser. Requiesca in pace. HONOR AND MEMORIAL TRIBUTE GIFTS The Priory acceps gifs in memory of someone who has died or in honor of a special occasion such as a birhday, anniversary or graduaion. Members may also a give a gif jus o say hank you. The Priory will promply send a card o he honoree or he family of he deceased. Please consider his houghful way o honor Confrères, friends and loved ones and o suppor he Priory. The Rev d Canon Nicholas T. Porer, KSJ