This organization has no connection to the Vatican.
See Rhodes: Papanicolaou and Jerry Boykin Induct Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff Into Chivalric Order
Posted on October 12, 2011 by Richard Bartholomew;
and see "Sovereign Military Order of Malta Loses US Trademark Case; Accused of “Fraud” in Application Process, posted on October 13, 2011 by Richard Bartholomew.
I reiterate: The Florida Priory of Knights Hospitallers of the Sovereign Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Knights of Malta, the Ecumenical Order has no connection with the Vatican. The name just makes it sound like it does. What do the donors pay for?