One Step Beyond the Craft

You may not realise that Freemasonry is made of a number of different 'Progressive Orders'. This series will explain these various Orders and how they are linked.

Rose Croix
The full title of this Order is The Supreme Council 33rd Degree of the Ancient and Accepted Rite for England and Wales and its Districts and Chapters Overseas. It is more familiarly known as ‘Rose Croix’.

Meetings are held in Rose Croix chapters.

Qualification for joining is that a candidate must have been a Master Mason for a year and believe in the Trinitarian Faith with membership usually being by invitation. The joining ceremony is called ‘Perfection’.

The regalia consists of a pink collar with higher degrees having different coloured collars along with a sash and the highest degree also includes a cap.

There are 33 degrees within the Rite with the Chapter taking candidates up to the 18° Perfection.

If you are interested in joining this order within Buckinghamshire, please message us.

Next time we will introduce you to The Red Cross of Constantine.
Provincial Grand Masters Annual Address 2024
OCTOBER DIARY OF MEETINGS

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