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ROYAL AND SELECT MASTERS

 

 

The Grand Council of Royal & Select Masters of England, Wales and its Districts and Councils overseas was set up in 1873 under a Charter issued earlier by the Grand Council of New York, and is administered from Mark Mason' Hall, London. Membership is open to all Mark Master Masons who are also Holy Royal Arch Masons, as the Order forms the link between these two Degrees. The regalia is a unique triangular Apron and a Breast Jewel. There are a total of four Degrees within the Order of Royal & Select Masters, sometimes known as the Cryptic Degrees.

 

The Degrees are as follows:


 

1. Select Master - Is concerned with the steps taken by the Three Grand Masters to preserve the form of the genuine secrets of a Master Mason should the Holy Temple be sacked

2. Royal Master - Refers to the attempts of a certain fellow craft to obtain the secrets. Shortly before his death, Hiram Abif explains that with patience and industry he will, in due time, receive them. This discourse is widely regarded as one of the most beautiful pieces of ritual in any Masonic Degree
 

3. Most Excellent Master - The completion of the Temple and the installation of the Ark of the Covenant in the Holy Place.
 

4. Super Excellent Master - The destruction of the first temple by Nebuchadnezzar and the burial of the secrets under the rubble.

 

There are five Councils meeting within the area of the Masonic Province of East Kent.

 

Contact Details  
Name: Ray Hudson
Position: District Recorder
Telephone: 01322 551969
Email:
Website: None

 

Number

Council Name

Centre

14

Invicta

1st Monday March, June and December.    

Canterbury

38

Kit's Coty

2nd Tuesday May, 2nd Monday July, 1st Thursday

Manor Road,

Chatham

39

Godwyne
3rd Wednesday, April, June, November

Ramsgate

180

Octavian
2nd Saturday, February and November, 3rd Saturday July

Sandgate

239

Golden Jubilee
2nd Monday, March, May and October. Morning Council

Tovil

 

Other Councils in the Kent District meet at Bromley, Wrotham and Sidcup.

 

For information about the Centres where meetings are held within the boundaries of the East Kent Craft Province and how to get there see ‘Centre and Lodge Information’

 

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