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Supreme Grand Chapter
Report of the Committee of General Purposes
29 April 2004
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Royal Arch Strategic Working Party
The proposals of the Royal Arch Strategic
Working Party were explained in outline
by the ME Pro First Grand Principal at the
Convocation of the Grand Chapter in
November 2003, and fuller details were sent
to Metropolitan, Provincial and District
Grand Scribes E for onward transmission
to all Companions in January of this year.
The proposed changes, which are set
out in detail in the Annex to the paper of
business, fall into two categories, the removal
of the requirements:
(a) that the Third Principal (and other
Principals) of a Chapter must have been
installed as Master of a Lodge, and
(b) that a Chapter must be sponsored
by and remain attached to a Lodge, which
require amendments to the Royal Arch
regulations; and changes to the general
practice (i.e. the ritual) of the Royal Arch,
which require the sanction of the Grand
Chapter following previous notice of motion.
A Notice of Motion in two parts gives
effect to the proposals detailed in the
Annex. The Committee wishes to stress
that, as the process of consultation is still
continuing and will not be concluded until
the summer, the precise content of the
Annex will be subject to further changes
before the proposals come before the Grand
Chapter for debate and final decision at the
Convocation in November.
Petitions for new Chapters
The Committee has received the following
petitions for new Chapters:
(a) For a new Chapter to be attached to
Lodge Stewart No. 4261, to be called Vane
Tempest Chapter of Installed First Principals
and to meet at the Masonic Hall, Seaham
Harbour (Durham);
(b) For a new Chapter to be attached to
Kinabalu Lodge No. 7047, to be called
Kinabalu Chapter and to meet at Kinabalu
Masonic Hall, Kota Kinabalu, Saba (Eastern
Archipelago).
The petitions were approved.
Charter of Confirmation
The Committee received a petition for a
Charter of Confirmation from the Concordia
Chapter No. 5131 (London), the original
Charter having been lost.
The petition was approved.
Bi-Centenary Charter
Prayers were granted from 20 October 2004
to St. Luke’s Chapter No. 225 (Suffolk),
praying for a Charter authorising the
members to wear the Bi-Centenary Bar on
the ribbon of the Centenary Jewel.
Transfers
The Committee received the following Memorials:
(a) From Culminatum Chapter, No. 5709
(London) praying that following the closure
of Culminatum Lodge it be permitted to be
attached to Desaguliers Lodge, No. 8324
(London), and that with the permission
of the ME The First Grand Principal it be
known as Culminatum Chapter, No. 8324;
(b) From West Smithfield Chapter, No.
1623 (London) praying that it be detached
from West Smithfield Lodge and attached to
Justice and Liberty Lodge, No. 5923
(London) and be known as Justice and
Liberty Chapter, No. 5923.
The Memorials were approved. The ME
The First Grand Principal has acceded to the
request of Culminatum Chapter to keep its
existing name.
Centenary Charters
Prayers were granted to the following Chapters, praying for Charters authorising the
members to wear the Centenary Jewel:
| Chapter
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(a)
| Star in the East No. 650 (Essex)
| 18 December 2004
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(b)
| Fitz Alan No. 1432 (Shropshire)
| 7 October 2004
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(c)
| Carnarvon No. 1735
| 29 April 2004
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| (South Africa, Western Division)
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(d)
| Earl of Lathom No. 1922 (London)
| 2 June 2004
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(e)
| Cheselden No. 2870 (London)
| 28 January 2004 (retrospectively)
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