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Rose
of Lancaster Preceptory No. 157
Meets at Garstang Masonic Hall, Garstang on the 1st Monday
in October, December,
February and April at 6:30pm. Installation is October.
Qualification for Membership: Craft, Royal Arch and must
be a Christian
The Order comprises two degrees:
the Order of the Temple and the
Order of Malta, with a short degree between the two.
The Order is based on the story of the Templars of
old who protected the Christian pilgrims on their way
to the Holy sites in Jerusalem. It is intertwined with
the
Crusaders and the Malta degree explains the wanderings
of the Hospitallers
Alms are collected at each meeting,
the proceeds going to the Ophthalmic Hospital
in Jerusalem which is entirely supported by voluntary
aid
For further information, please
contact the Registrar:
November 28, 2008 6:33 PM
. Rhodes P.Gt.Std.B.(V.B.)
Kimberley Lodge
Walker Lane, Fulwood
Preston, PR2 7AP
e_mail: DKR333L@aol.com
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