April - Grand Encampment of Knights Templar, USA

The work of the R.E.R. will be donein full form and will follow along thelines intended by those who establishedthese degrees. An initiate will remain ina Lodge of St. Andrew for at least threeyears before being advanced as a SquireNovice and a minimum of another threeyears before being admitted to theC.B.C.S. order. By so doing, a Knight mayhave the full R.E.R. experience.The Grand Priory of the Reformedand Rectified Rite of the United States ofAmerica began with one Prefecture knownas the Grand Master’s Prefecture and initiatedits first members on February 9, 2011,at 8:00 PM at the Alexandria Hilton MarkCenter as a part of the Masonic Week festivities.Following this initial group, theGrand Encampment hopes to establishPefectures in several parts of the UnitedStates. The plan is to eventually form eightPrefectures operating within the eightDepartments of the Grand Encampment.This will take time and will be done in aslow and deliberate manner.There has been considerable interestin the practice of the Rectified Riteknight templarhere in the United States by good menand Masons who are interested in aspiritual, esoteric, and strictly Christianform of Templary. The Grand Encampmentof Knights Templar has listened tothose who have had interest and actedon their wishes. The R.E.R. has beenspread throughout much of the Englishspeaking world by the Great Prioryof England and Wales through theirK.B.H.C. (an anglicized C.B.C.S.) and theGrand Priory of Belgium. The time forthe R.E.R. for Americans is at hand, andwe are excited about the prospect.13