ANCIENT & ACCEPTED RITE FOR ENGLAND & WALES & IT’S DISTRICTS & CHAPTERS OVERSEAS. DISTRICT OF CORNWALL.
Inspector General. V∴Ill∴ Bro A.J.Evans 33°
District Recorder. Ill∴Bro R.Fisher 32°
Welcome to this short informative description of our beautiful Order, and the list of Rose Croix Chapters meeting in our District, we trust you find it interesting.
The Rose Croix Degree is the 18th degree of a the Ancient and Accepted Rite, promulgated under the titular direction of Frederick the Great with the Grand Constitution of 1786 under which all regular Supreme Councils throughout the world are formed.
The ruling body of our Order has the title “The Ancient and Accepted Rite for England and Wales and its District and Chapters Overseas” the headquarters are known as the ‘Grand East’ situated at 10, Duke Street, St James’s, London. The Order consist of thirty three degrees which enhance the teachings of Craft Masonry.
With effect from 1 March 2024, the Supreme Council for England and Wales has decreed that any Brother who has been a Master Mason in UGLE for at least six months and who is willing to join the Order by means of a degree based on the life and teaching of Jesus of Nazareth will be eligible for membership.
Within our Chapters the only degree worked in full is the eighteenth, it seeks the Perfection of Masonic virtues, its thought provoking and impressive ceremony enhances the Brotherly love on which the whole Masonic movement is founded. The beautiful regalia for the eighteenth Degree is both simple and spectacular, comprising of a rose pink collar decorated with gold embroidered symbols of the Order with a jewel appended to the collar. The District of Cornwall consists of ten Rose Croix Chapters , two of which have day time meetings and all are listed below, they meet three or four times a year with the meetings being friendly and relaxed, usually followed by dining on completion.
A full list of our Chapters can be found in the Cornwall Masonic Year Book, but we can be contacted direct through our District Recorder whose details are at the bottom of this page. ‘Come and join us in this beautiful Masonic Order.
Please click on the Chapter name for further information, meeting dates/time and directions to the venues.
| Cornwall Chapter | 61 | Redruth |
| Duchy Chapter | 289 | Liskeard |
| Earl of St Germans Chapter | 422 | Saltash |
| St Austell Chapter | 744 | St Austell |
| Penwith Chapter | 754 | Hayle |
| Falmouth Chapter | 770 | Falmouth |
| Helston Chapter Rose Croix | 1027 | Helston |
| Launceston Castle Chapter Rose Croix | 1037 | Launceston |
| Towan Blystra Rose Croix | 1052 | Newquay |
| Laurie Francis Rose Croix | 1137 | Redruth |
District Recorder
Ill Bro R.Fisher
