Honours at Last
At the October 2024 Meeting of the Chapter the Inspector General, having conducted some valuable research, with grateful thanks to the management team at Halesowen an old, now defunct Rose Croix Chapter Honours Board was found, surveyed by Meg, the renowned Stourport signwriter and an estimated cost given.
The Inspector General therefore at the meeting proposed that the Chapter, being the most senior Chapter in the District, should indeed have an Honours Board and, whilst it meets in two locations, Halesowen in March and Worcester in October it was Consecrated on 23rd March 1987 at Halesowen and that therefore should be its home. The proposition was approved, and the Inspector General took the task on as a project.
The management team at Halesowen agreed with the proposal and stated that as the Chapter was Consecrated at Halesowen they would find an available slot in the main temple to affix it.
Having submitted the draft to Meg the IG then waited nervously to view the finished result and on Monday 17thMarch met Meg and the management team at Halesowen and was deeply impressed with the result. This was achieved with an exceptional amount of unforeseen additional preparatory work, but the end result is very good.
Unfortunately, at the Chapter Enthronement meeting on 31st March 2025, the IG was attending the Inspectors General National Conference at Duke Street so the former Inspector General, V\ Ill\ Bro Dr Richard Hoare 33°, a Past Sovereign of the Chapter, was delighted to attend and act as the Presiding Officer and be given the opportunity of unveiling it, and it now publicly identifies those Past Sovereigns of this prestigious Chapter.
Much credit should go to Meg for the quality of her work, indeed such now is her reputation amongst the masonic fraternity she is now updating Honours Boards in at least four masonic locations.
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