Established in 2007 by the Order's first Grand Master, Geoffrey Rowell,[1] the Order's objective is to support dialogue between religions,[2] carry out charitable and cultural activities.
[3] Mainly the Order expanded in Italy starting from the Church of Ognissanti in Rome.
At the beginning of 2017, thanks to the research of some knights of the Order, a relic belonging to Sant'Albano, one of the patron saints of the Order, was found in the Anglican Church in Naples.
[4][5] Also in 2017 in Rome the knights, together with the Anglican community of Rome, received Pope Francis to strengthen the ecumenical bond between the Catholic and Anglican churches.
[6] In February 2018 David Hamid was appointed Grand Master of the Order, a title he still possesses, after the death of his predecessor.