Grand Commander Newsletter

Grand Commander’s April Message

Spring is Here?

 April make us aware that Spring has finally arrived as we look around and see every thing beginning to grow and turn green as Mother Nature is performing her duties. Your Grand Commandery Officers having returned from their travels to the East central Department Meeting in Fort Wayne Indiana and to the Annual Easter Pilgrimage at Alexandria, Virginia are finishing up their assigned inspection and preparing for the Annual Conclave to be held in Peoria, Illinois on August 2, 2008.

 Now is the time for ALL THE Recorders and Committee Chairman start getting their year end reports ready to send into the Grand Recorder so he can get his reports ready for the Grand Conclave. The Cross and Crown Award form should be sent to Walter A. Dement, 9257 Oak Street, Orland Park, Ill 60462. The recorders should have been sending their Knighting cards and monthly reports to the Grand Recorder at: Robert k. Cronk, EGR, PO Box 37, Rock City, Illinois 61070. The Eminent Commanders should be looking over their Recorders shoulder to see that they get their reports in on time. The success of a Commandery depends upon whether the recorders get his reports in on time.

 The Inspections have been going very well this year and a lot of the Commanderies having or will met their membership goal that I set for them this year. I congratulate them. That does not mean the year is over. You still have time to meet your goal and you still should be Knighting more than one candidate a year.  

As of this Date (March 3, 2008) Illinois is 11^th in the Cumulative Total wit $10,540.20 the and 27^th in the Per-Capita Rank with 2.04 for 40^th Annual Voluntary Campaign

 EVERY CHRISTIAN MASON SHOULD BE A KNIGHTS TEMPLAR

Inspections for April

April 5           Belvidere Commandery No. 2, Joint                          Fifth Division

                      with Tancred Commandery No. 50 @ Belvidere

April 12         Ottawa Commandery No. 10, Ottawa                        Second Division

      April 12         Chicago Heights Commandery No. 38, Homewood First Division

                            to be held @ Joliet

       April 12         Gethsemane Commandery No. 41, Joint @

                            Beauseant Commandery No. 86, @ Murphysboro     Fifth Division

      April 19         Freeport Commandery No. 7, Joint @

                            Sterling Commandery No. 57, @ Sterling                  Second Division

      April 26        Peoria Commandery No. 3, Peoria                         Third Division

                            DAIS INSPECTION OF THE R.E.G.C. the Final Inspection of the

                            2007/2008 Templar Year

Events for the Rest of the Templar Year 2007-2008

      June 22           Pilgrimage to Delavan, Illinois to attend church with the Grand  

                             Officers and there Ladies at the Delavan Presbyterian Church, this

                             event is open to ALL SIR KNIGHTS IN ILLINOIS.

     July 13           Annual Pilgrimage to The Illinois Knight Templar Home in Paxton,

                            Illinois

     July 31            Grand Council – Pere Marquette Hotel, Peoria

                            Open to Sir Knights who are Cryptic Masons

   August 1          Grand Chapter – Pere Marquette Hotel, Peoria

   August 2         Grand Commandery – Pere Marquette Hotel, Peoria

   August 3         Grand Commandery Sunday Service – Pere Marquette Hotel, Peoria

                           Open to all York Rite Masons and their family and friends

SHOW YOUR YORK RITE SOLIDARITY

Human Malta Cross Photo Taken by Paul Scheeer at Downers Grove

Knight Templar Day at Goring Commandery 4/19/08
Photo by Bill Hussey