Freemasonry Today

The Official Journal of the United Grand Lodge of England

Friday 24 May 2013

SGC

The Supreme Grand Chapter of England is the governing body of Royal Arch Masons in England, Wales and the Channel Islands.
Its headquarters are at Freemasons’ Hall, Great Queen Street, London WC2B 5AZ.

W: http://www.grandchapter.org.uk

First Grand Principal's address - April 2013

ANNUAL INVESTITURE25 APRIL 2013AN ADDRESS BY THE ME First Grand Principal HRH The Duke of Kent, KG Companions, I congratulate all of you who have been invested today with Grand Rank. This accolade is not…

A matter of patients

As the Royal Arch marks its two-hundredth anniversary in 2013, Sophie Radice looks at how members and the chapters have been supporting the Royal College of Surgeons in groundbreaking medical research At the Blizard Institute of Cell…

A degree of latitude: the Royal Arch and international relations

With the spread of the Royal Arch across the world creating different rituals in each of the countries it has touched, John Hamill explains why international relations can be complex In the news section of…

Pro First Grand Principal's address - November 2012

Regular Convocation14 November 2012An address by the ME Pro First Grand Principal Peter Lowndes Companions After Supreme Grand Chapter has been closed we will be receiving presentations from Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons…

Details of the bicentenary celebratory Convocation of Supreme Grand Chapter in October 2013

Bicentenary celebratory Convocation of Supreme Grand Chapter Wednesday 16 October 2013 To mark the bicentenary of the formal recognition of the Holy Royal Arch as part of pure antient Masonry and the culmination of the appeal…

Coming together

Would the of the two Grand Lodges have gone ahead in 1813 if the Royal Arch had not been recognised? John Hamill takes a whistle-stop tour through Antient history The earliest documentary evidence for the…

Pages from a new chapter

Today the formation of a Grand Chapter would be widely reported. As John Hamill explains, such was not the case for the Excellent Grand and Royal Arch Chapter of England As I wrote in the…

Extending the arch

Pro First Grand Principal Peter Lowndes discusses the mechanisms that have been put in place to promote the Royal Arch within Freemasonry As we move towards the bicentenary of the Order in 2013 we have…

Pro First Grand Principal's address - April 2012

ROYAL ARCH INVESTITURE 28 APRIL 2011 An address by the ME Pro First Grand Principal Peter Lowndes Companions This is a special day for those of you who have been appointed to Grand Rank…

The Lord Blayney mystery

As the bicentenary of the inclusion of the Royal Arch chapter into ‘pure antient masonry’ draws near, John Hamill examines the mystery behind its formation On 22 July 1766, the first Grand Chapter in the…

MAKING exaltation RELEVANT

Pro First Grand Principal Peter Lowndes explains the importance of the Royal Arch in the completion of pure ancient masonrySince the Royal Arch Masons 2013 Bicentenary Appeal for the Royal College of Surgeons was launched…

Report of the Committee of General Purposes - 9 November 2011

Meeting of Supreme Grand ChapterWednesday 9 November 2011Report of the Committee of General PurposesMinutes of the Regular Convocation of 28 April 2011 were confirmedCommittee of General PurposesMeetings in 2012: The dates upon which the Committee…

Pro First Grand Principal's address - November 2011

REGULAR CONVOCATION9 NOVEMBER 2011An address by the ME Pro First Grand Principal Peter LowndesCompanionsI am delighted to report that the Royal Arch Masons Bicentenary Appeal for the Royal College of Surgeons, launched last November, is…

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