Joseph Sciame, president of the American Foundation of Savoy Orders, presented a check for $4,000 on Tuesday to Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA) Chair Timothy Cardinal Dolan of New York, and CNEWA President Msgr. Peter I. Vaccari, at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan, to help support CNEWA’s humanitarian activities in Ukraine.

The charitable, educational, and humanitarian arm purposes of the foundation are in keeping with the centuries-old hospitaller traditions of the dynastic chivalric orders of the Royal House of Savoy, particularly that of the Order of SS Maurice and Lazarus. The Savoy dynasty governed a unified and modern Italy from 1861 until 1946. 

While deeply rooted in the past, the Savoy orders are “actively engaged in the challenges of modern society,” Sciame stated. The foundation in the United States supports the humanitarian concerns of the dynasty as well as promotes causes of particular concern, from emergency relief to the welfare of children.