Latest
Newsletter (September 2023)
On September 9 two of
our members will be honored. Sir Knight
Harold Bogner will receive the 33 Degree while
Brother Roy Price will be created a Knight
Commander of the Court of Honor (KCCH). The
ceremonies will take place at Long Beach
Scottish Rite. Congratulations to these two
outstanding Scottish Rite Masons.
Our next stated meeting
will be September 11 at the Masonic Center in
Oxnard. Dinner will be at 6:30
PM. Because of the asbestos problems the
stated meeting 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 Sir Knight Harold Bogner no later than Friday, September 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, on needed repairs to our
Conex boxes, and plans for the rest of the
year.
Grand
Commander's Statement on Grand Lodges
Grand
Commander's Statement on Visitation
Memorial
Service for James Craig
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."