Welcome To Ventura Valley,

Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite


Latest Newsletter (November 2023)

Latest News From The Valley   

  

At our November 13 stated meeting we welcomed our newest members into our Valley:  Tony Thomas, Gary Adkinson, and Ruben Cabrera (who was unable to make it due to an emergency).  The officers did a Cap and Ring Ceremony for our new members.

 

Our next stated meeting will be December 11 at the Masonic Center in Oxnard. Dinner will be at 6:30 PM. We will be making a 50-year Presentation to Brother Rob Frost.  That will be followed by our stated meeting.  The business will include electing our officers for next year.  Because of the asbestos problems all the activities that evening will be held in the dining room.

We hope that you can join us for dinner.  The menu will be:

If you will be having dinner with us, please make a reservation with Illustrious Harold Bogner no later than Friday, December 8, by email at 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 next year.  

      


Grand Commander's Statement on Grand Lodges
Grand Commander's Statement on Visitation
Memorial Service for James Craig

Mission Statement

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 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."

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Contact Valley of Ventura Scottish Rite

Oxnard Masonic Center
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

Second Monday of Each Month 
(except July and August)
5:30 P.M., Social Hour
6:30 P.M., Dinner
7:15 P.M., Program
8:00 P.M., Stated Meeting

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