General Information
Date and Time of Regular Convocation: Third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 P.M. Dinner generally precedes convocation at 6:00 P.M.
Excellent High Priest: Ex. Vincenzo Catrambone
King: Comp. Timothy A Maxwell
Scribe: Comp. Robert D MacNeil
Treasurer: Comp. Terenzio A. Volpicelli
Recorder: Comp. Edward J. Newton Jr.
What is a Royal Arch Mason?
The Royal Arch is part of the York Rite system of additional Masonic degrees. Royal Arch Masons in the York Rite also meet as a Chapter, but the Royal Arch Chapter of the York Rite confers four different degrees: ‘Mark Master Mason’, ‘Virtual Past Master’, ‘Most Excellent Master’, and ‘Royal Arch Mason’. While the York Rite degree of ‘Royal Arch Mason’ is roughly comparable to the Supreme Order of the Holy Royal Arch as practiced in England and Wales, the other degrees may have equivalents in other appendant orders. Candidates for Royal Arch Chapter are required to have been a Master Mason. This is your first step in the York Rite degrees.
The Mount Lebanon Royal Arch Chapter was formed in 1824. We met in the Milford Masonic building located at 155 Main Street in Milford MA 01757. Our meetings are on the third Thursday of the month, with dinner at 6:00 and the meeting starting at 7:00
Similarly to Craft Freemasonry, the Royal Arch conveys moral and ethical lessons. In the four degrees of the Craft, the candidate is presented with a series of practical principles of service to his fellow man. But as man is not simply a practical being, he also has an essential spiritual aspect to his nature. The Royal Arch further develops this latter aspect by a contemplation of man’s spiritual nature, not replacing but supporting what the candidate has learnt from his own religion. In the Chapter, the teachings of the Royal Arch are conveyed using a ritualized allegory based on the Old Testament telling of the return to Jerusalem from the Babylonian captivity to rebuild the City and Temple. In clearing the ground of Solomon’s Temple for the foundations of a new temple, the candidate makes important discoveries. By adding a further explanation to the practical lessons of Craft Freemasonry, the Royal Arch is seen as an extension of the preceding degrees and the philosophical lessons conveyed are appropriate to that stage in a candidate’s Masonic development.
Source: Wikipedia
About Mount Lebanon Royal Arch Chapter