Proceedings of the Supreme Council of Canada Annual Session for 2008

2008·2 MB·English

by  Supreme Council of Canada

PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
SUPREME COUNCIL
OF THE
THIRTY-THIRD DEGREE
OF THE

ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED
SCOTTISH RITE OF FREEMASONRY
OF CANADA

134TH
ANNUAL SESSION
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA
ELEVENTH, TWELVETH AND THIRTEENTH
OF SEPTEMBER
2008

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Mission and Vision Statement 4
SGC, LGC, GC, GTG, GSG 5-8
New Officers and Actives of Supreme Council 8

Deputies’ Meeting
Deputies Reports
- Alberta and Northwest Territories 132
- British Columbia and Yukon Territory 135
- Manitoba and Nunavut Territory 137
- New Brunswick 139
- Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland / Labrador 141
- Ontario – J. C. Fairthorne 143
- M. Hrycyk 149
- D. D. Thornton 153
- D. R. Thornton 157
- Quebec 162
- Saskatchewan 164

General Data and Statistics
Active Members Since 1874 236
Active Members contact information 203
Past Active Members contact information 208
Annual Sessions – Past and Future 200
Annual Session – Summary 262
Committees – Standing and Special 239
Constituent Bodies – Lodge, Chapter, Consistory 246
Grand Representatives 255
Honorary Inspectors-General by Province 214
Honorary Members from Other Supreme Councils since 1874 234
Membership - Annual Returns 241
Officers Supreme Council since 1874 254
Officers Supreme Council Current 202
Registration and Attendance 117
Sovereign Grand Commanders Since 1874 199
Sovereign Grand Inspectors-General – Active by seniority 212
Sovereign Grand Inspectors-General - Past Active by seniority 213
Supreme Councils and Grand Lodges in Amity 251

General Sessions
I - Wednesday P.M. 18
II – Thursday A.M. 53
III – Friday A.M. – Guest Reception and Allocution 81
IIII – Saturday A.M. – Reports, Installation of Officers and Formal Closing 112
Allocution – Sovereign Grand Commander 89
Banquet – Sovereign Grand Commander 104
Dinner – Lieutenant Grand Commander 77
Get Acquainted Night 53

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Reports
Finance
- Auditor’s Report 118
- Board of Trustees Report 117
- Budget 127
- Financial Statements 119
- Grand Treasurer-General’s Report 39
- Grand Secretary-General’s Report 23

Special Committee Reports
- DeMolay 70
- Honorary Entitlement 19
- Library and Archives 69
- Membership Awareness and Community Relations 70
- Special Awards 22
- Joint Publication 67
- Unfinished Business 21
- Valley Publications 71

Standing Committee Reports
- Audit and Finance 54
- Dispensations 21
- Fraternal Relations 58
- General State of the Rite 47
- Jurisprudence and Legislation 42, 111
- Membership Nominations – Honorary Inspectors-General 19
- Ritual 44

The Scottish Rite Charitable Foundation
- Executive Directors Meeting – Tuesday P.M. 11
- Members Annual Meeting – Wednesday P.M. 15
- Executive Directors Meeting – Wednesday P.M. 18
- Executive Directors Meeting – Saturday P.M. 108
- Luncheon – Friday Noon 101
- President’s Report 112

Thirty-Third Degree
- 2008 Class 74, 258
- Formal Opening and Degree 73
- Address – Newly Coroneted Honorary Inspectors-General 77
- Introduction of Candidates 76
- Parts and Personnel 257

Vesper service and Sermon 75

Obituaries 167

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Vision Statement

Scottish Rite Freemasonry in Canada must be an organization that is well
managed by highly motivated men with vision and leadership skills, which is
attractive to interested Masons of good character, is well understood, is embraced
by the family, and makes a positive impact on the quality of life through the
reinforcement of high moral values.

Mission Statement

Scottish Rite is a fraternity of Master Masons whose Mission is to teach, to train
and to encourage members to practice the important lessons of truth, of honour,
and of virtue.
It promotes belief in a Supreme Being and brotherly love amongst all people
regardless of race, colour, or creed.
It improves the individual character through the lessons taught in the degrees and
through leadership training and relevant programs.
It seeks to make a positive impact on the welfare of mankind through its charitable
foundation.
It is a financially sound organization, which leads by example.

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ILLBROCHARLES ROBERT TOWNSHEND, 33º
SOVEREIGN GRAND COMMANDER

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ILLBROMATTHEW FRANCIS TODD, 33
LIEUTENANT GRAND COMMANDER

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ILLBROALLARD BOUDEWIJN LOOPSTRA, 33º
GRAND CHANCELLOR

ILLBROTHOMAS EDWARD LEWIS, 33º
GRAND TREASURER-GENERAL

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ILLBRODONALD NORMAN CAMPBELL, 33º
GRAND SECRETARY-GENERAL

ILL BRO. TERRY ALLAN MCLEAN, 33°
Sovereign Grand Inspector-General

Ill.Bro. McLean was born in Toronto, Ontario on March 15,
1948 and raised in the Etobicoke area. He attended
elementary and high school there and graduated from York
and Guelph Universities with a Degree in Economics.

Employed with two companies Goodyear Canada and
Kodak Canada Inc. for approximately 30 years, engaged in
Industrial Engineering, Human Resources and Quality. He
retired from Kodak Canada in April 2004. He is currently
employed part time with Jobstart and serves as our Chief
Operating Officer (Executive Secretary) in the Supreme
Council Office located in Hamilton.

In 1973 he married Bonnie Ruby Chalmers and has two
children Douglas and Kevin. Today, Terry and Bonnie
enjoy spending time at the cottage with their grandchildren
Justin and Alexander. The family attends and supports the Morningside High Park
Presbyterian Church. Terry's get-aways include a cottage in Havelock, rounds of golf, and
various charitable endeavours.
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In Craft Masonry, Terry was initiated, passed and raised within The Sunnylea Lodge #664
in Etobicoke in 1979. Terry became Worshipful Master in 1985. In 1990-91, Terry served
as DDGM in Toronto District 2. In 1996, he received an appointment to the Board of
General Purposes and is currently still serving as an elected member.

In Grand Lodge, he has been an active member on several Committees...Communications,
Friend-to-Friend, Brother-to-Brother, Membership Resources and Long-Range Planning.
Terry chaired the committee for the 150th Anniversary Celebration of the Grand Lodge in
2005. Currently, Terry serves on the Grand Lodge Management Committee.

Terry became a Scottish Rite Mason in 1988 in the Lodge of Perfection, Valley of Toronto,
was Most Wise Sovereign, Rose Croix, Valley of Toronto in 2003, currently serves as
Chairman of the Officer Nominating Committee, he is an Officer in the Valley of Barrie, Spry
Consistory, a member of the Royal Arch Mason's Occident Chapter No.77, was the Grand
Chapter’s 150th Chairman for 2008, Holy Trinity Conclave No.34...and a Rameses Shriner
in the Tecumseh and Trent Valley Clubs.

Terry was coroneted a 33° Honorary Inspector-General in Toronto, September 2005. In
October 2008 he was inducted into the Royal Order of Scotland.

At the 134th Annual Session of Supreme Council in Vancouver, British Columbia in
September 2008, he was elected Sovereign Grand Inspector-General 33°, Active Member
of Supreme Council.

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SESSIONS

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