The Polish Knights of Malta, Inc.
The Polish Knights of Malta, Inc. is an affiliate of the Polish Association of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem and of Malta. The Polish Knights of Malta, Inc. was established on October 21, 1986 by Mr. and Mrs. Witold S. Sulimirski.
Polish Knights of Malta, Inc. role is to support works and activities of the Knights of Malta in Poland and Worldwide.
Benefactors
Lady Blanka A. Rosenstiel
Mrs. Rosenstiel was born in Warsaw, Poland. After World War II, she studied art in Brussels, Belgium. In 1956 she moved to the United States and decided to make it her home.
Her avid interest in the arts, dedication to helping young artists, and desire to promote Poland’s heritage while fostering culture in her American homeland, prompted Mrs. Rosenstiel to establish, in 1972, The American Institute of Polish Culture, Inc. (AIPC) in Miami. The Institute shares with American society the rich heritage of Poland. It also serves as a center of educational facilities and resources for the encouragement and promotion of the scientific and aesthetic endeavors of Americans of Polish descent.
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Patrons
Partners
Board of Advisors
Honorary Members
Zbigniew Brzezinski
March 28, 1928 – May 26, 2017
CSIS Counselor and Trustee
Founders of the Polish Knights of Malta, Inc. – Mrs. Teresa Sulimirski, Dame of Honour and Devotion and Mrs. Witold S. Sulimirski, Knight Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion
Lady Blanka A. Rosenstiel
Hon. Consul to the Republic of Poland
Mrs. Rosenstiel was born in Warsaw, Poland. After World War II, she studied art in Brussels, Belgium. In 1956 she moved to the United States and decided to make it her home.
Members
Mrs. Mariola Haggar
Nov 5, 1956 – Sep 19, 2021
Chaplain
Rev. Canon Regis Barwig, O.S.B.
Father Barwig, was ordained to the priesthood on May 30, 1959. He pursued graduate studies in government and political science at Georgetown and Notre Dame Universities and Sacred Theology at the Pontifical Lateran University Rome. He has traveled widely throughout Europe and the Middle and Near East in the interest of the ecumenical movement, and was organizer and secretary of three Congresses for Christian Unity and several other religious conferences. He has written and lectured extensively on the ecumenical movement, spirituality and religious life, both in the United States and abroad.
Father Barwig pursued special research at the British Museum, London, and is translator of numerous works, among these the official Italian life of the Servant of God Mother Mary of Jesus the Good Shepherd, Foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth.
In 1959, Father Barwig was decorated by the Spanish Government as Knight Commander of the Order of Isabel la Catolica, in recognition of his efforts to improve relations between the United States and Spain.
Member of the Knights of Malta since October 1974. Since 1989 Fr. Barwig was the Principal Chaplain of the Polish Association of the Knights of Malta and Since 2007 Honorary Chaplin of the Order. He is also the Chaplain of the Polish Knights of Malta, Inc. an affiliate of the Polish Association of the Knights of Malta.
Board of Directors
Founders
Mr. Witold S. Sulimirski
May 18, 1933 – February 10, 2016
and Mrs. Teresa Sulimirski
Founders of the Polish Knights of Malta
Founders of the Polish Knights of Malta, Inc. – Mrs. Teresa Sulimirski, Dame of Honour and Devotion and Mrs. Witold S. Sulimirski, Knight Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion
Members
Mrs. Teresa Sulimirski
Mrs. Teresa Sulimirski, Dame of Honour and Devotion
Mr. Robert Niziol
Knight of Magistral Grace
