Ventura Scottish Rite
Salvador Lopez
Venerable Master
Roy Price
Wise Master
Mark Torrez
Commander
David Beaver
Master of Kadosh
Personal Representative
MW John F. Lowe
From The P.R.
Links
Welcome To Ventura Valley,
Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite
It looks like the Lodge Room in Oxnard Masonic Center is ready for our use, after months of cleanup and renovations.
At our September 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
In order to get our degree conferrals going again we are considering doing a 4th Degree conferral at our next stated meeting, which is Monday, October 14. We will keep your informed as this goes forward.
As noted, our next
stated meeting will be Monday, October 14.
The dinner menu has not yet been set; we will
let you know when that happens.
If you will be having dinner with us, please make a reservation with Illustrious Harold Bogner no later than Friday, October 11, by email to hbogner@smartsourcellc.com email, or by phone at (805) 218-1648 (leave a message).
We
will be discussing the progress on the
building repairs, as well as plans for our
RiteCare clinic, and plans for the new year.
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