Manassas Royal Arch Chapter No. 81

07/09/2021

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10/08/2020

It is with a profound sense of sadness that we report that Most Excellent Companion James Milton Scearce, Jr. was called to the Celestial Lodge above on October 7, 2020. Please keep his family in your prayers.

Most Worshipful Brother and Most Excellent Companion Jim served as Past Grand High Priest of Royal Arch Masons in Virginia in 2016, and served as Past Grand Master of Masons in Virginia in 2004.

03/16/2020

From the Grand High Priest of Royal Arch Masons in Virginia:

To: All Companions Grand Chapter Royal Arch Masons in Virginia

Re: Response to the Corona Virus (COVID-19) Outbreak

Companions:

After receiving the information from the Most Worshipful Grand Master, I concur and I also take the necessary steps for the safety of our Companions.

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, all stated convocations are suspended until April 30th, 2020. I set aside Section 97 of the Digest of the Laws, Rules and Regulations of the Grand Chapter Royal Arch Masons in Virginia. No further paperwork or dispensation is required.

If your meeting is tonight and it is not practical to cancel at the late hour, you may proceed.

Sincerely and fraternally,
Raymond D. Steele
Grand High Priest

11/22/2019

Yay!!! Grand Chapter!

10/18/2019

From our dear Companion Paul Lockhart:

We are only $1,725 short of raising $15,000 between now and the end of Grand Chapter (Nov 21, 2019). Please talk with your neighbors, friends, relatives, co-workers and ask them to join us on the walk, or make a donation.

The link below will take you to our team. If you haven't done so, please join.

At the end of the walk, We will be heading across the street to Foster's Grill for lunch. There, they will add 20% of my ticket to helping to find a cure for Alzheimer's.

I hope to see you there.

Sincerely and Fraternally yours,

Paul Lockhart, PHP, PDDGHP

Royal Arch Masons 86 has joined the fight to end Alzheimer's. Donate today and help us reach our goal.

10/13/2019

On this day in 1307, King Philip IV of France, who was heavily indebted to the Knights Templar, ordered some 5,000 Templars arrested and their property seized.

The grand master of the order, Jacques de Molay, and several other high-ranking members. were imprisoned. The Templars were charged with heresy, worshiping false idols, so**my, and other crimes against the church. Many were tortured until they confessed to their "crimes."

Ultimately, the king, with the cooperation of the pope, ordered de Molay and a few top Templar officers executed.

Interestingly, prior to the ex*****on, a church inquisition found the Templars innocent of the charges and lifted their excommunication, but the records of the inquisition were "misfiled." After the documents were rediscovered in the Vatican Secret Archive by a researcher in 2001, the Roman church made public the information clearing the name and reputation of the Knights Templar.

Our Potomac Commandery No. 3, K.T., joins today in remembering the order which is the inspiration for the modern-day Masonic Knights Templar.

Photo: 19th century print. Reproduction in An Illustrated History of the Knights Templar, "The Interrogation of Jacques Demolay", James Wasserman.

09/28/2019

Five D. C. Masons were amongst 55 exalted as Royal Arch Masons this afternoon at the Multi-Jurisdictional York Rite Festival in Fredericksburg, Va. Pictured here are four of our new Royal Arch Masons with M. E. Byron Goodwin, Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter of Virginia, who presided over the degree.

08/02/2019

Companions, your August Chronicle

Website for the Manassas Chapter 81, Royal Arch Masons in the Commonwealth of Virgnia, located in Manassas, VA

06/05/2019

Good times had and much merriment at the District 17 Table Chapter to end Alzheimer’s!

04/02/2019

Highly qualified researchers invited to apply for funding of a pilot study and a fellowship dedicated to understanding and treating auditory processing disorders

03/15/2019

A moment of silence for our dear Brother and Companion Tom Nofsinger, who laid down his working tools on March 11, 2019

03/12/2019

Companions, deeply saddened to inform you of the untimely passing of our very own Companion Thomas Nofsinger on March 11, 2019. Please keep his family in your thoughts and prayers.

Manasseh Family, it is with our deepest and most heartfelt regret that we inform you that Brother Thomas Nofsigner, dear friend on the Lodge and of Virginia Masonry, has been called to the Celestial Lodge Above last night, March 11, 2019. Please keep his family in your prayers and devotions. Details to follow when we receive them.