Ventura Scottish Rite
Salvador Lopez
Venerable Master
Raul Cifuentes
Wise Master
David F. Contreras
Commander
David Beaver
Master of Kadosh
Personal Representative
MW John F. Lowe
From The P.R.
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Welcome To Ventura Valley,
Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite
News of the Valley
On April 14 we will observe our Remembrance and Renewal Ceremony. Dinner is FREE, but you must make a reservation! Contact Harold Bogner at hbogner@smartsourcellc.com, or call (805) 218-1648 (leave message).
Following is a flyer for the New England Summer picnic. Note that this year we are using QR codes in place of tickets. All tickets/reservations MUST be made electronically by scanning the QR code on the flyer with your phone. Click on the QR code in the lower right hand corner of the flyer below to reserve tickets:
At our September 2024
stated meeting we had a zoom meeting with
Southern Jurisdiction Commander Illustrious
James D. Cole, who spent about an hour with us
going over recent changes made to the
organization and how they are impacting our
membership. They are working on many
interesting projects. One of them is an
online Scottish Rite petition (see below). If
you are a Master Mason in good standing and
you desire to petition for our Scottish Rite
degrees, you can use a smart cell-phone to
take a picture of the QR Code below. That
will take you to an online application for the
degrees. (The cost is $200, which will be due
after your election. The yearly dues are
$95.)
QR Code for Petition for
Scottish Rite Degrees
Grand
Commander's Statement on Grand Lodges
Grand
Commander's Statement on Visitation
Memorial
Service for James Craig
It is the mission of the Ventura Valley of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry to improve its members and enhance our community by teaching and emulating the principles of Brotherly Love, Relief, and Truth while actively embracing high social, moral, and spiritual values including fellowship, compassion, and dedication to God, family and country.
We achieve this mission by providing further enlightenment to our members through educational opportunities, our philanthropic efforts, and our involvement with the brethren of our Masonic lodges.
House of The Temple
The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of
Freemasonry is commonly known as the Scottish
Rite. It is one of several appendant groups of the
worldwide fraternity known as Freemasonry. Each
Valley has up to four Scottish Rite bodies, and
each body confers a set of degrees. In the
Southern Jurisdiction these are the Lodge of
Perfection (4° - 14°), Chapter of Rose Croix
(15°-18°), Council of Kadosh (19°-30°), and the
Consistory (31°-32°). The Supreme Council confers
the 33rd Degree of Sovereign Grand Inspector
General.
The Scottish Rite is one of the two major branches of higher-degree Freemasonry in which a Master Mason may proceed after he has completed the three degrees of Symbolic or Blue Lodge Masonry. The other branch is known as the York Rite, consisting of Royal Arch Masons, Royal and Select Masters and the Knights Templar.
The Scottish Rite
Creed - "Human progress is
our cause, liberty of thought our supreme wish,
freedom of conscience our mission, and the
guarantee of equal rights to all people
everywhere our ultimate goal."
Contact Valley of Ventura Scottish Rite
341 S. K Street
Oxnard, California
Secretary's Office
Newsletters and Correspondence
W. Andrew "Andy" Little, 33°
487 Appletree Avenue
Camarillo California 93012-5148
Tel: (805) 415-3776
Or (805) 484-5222
Email: vcscottishrite@gmail.com
Stated Meeting
(except July)
5:30 P.M., Social Hour
6:30 P.M., Dinner
7:15 P.M., Program
8:00 P.M., Stated Meeting