Templar Edification

 Gothic Bible Fragment from “Parallel Pronouncing Bible”, John Williams & Co., N. Y., 1890 “Father our thou in heaven, blessed name, thy come kingdom, thine become, will thy as in heaven so on earth. Loaf our this daily, give us this day, and forgive us, that sinful are just as also we forgive those sinful to us. And not bring us into temptation, but lead us from this evil, for thine is kingdom and might and glory into eternity. Amen.” A 19th Century Gothic Bible facsimile of the Lord’s Prayer found within the Minneapolis Scottish Rite Center is reminiscent of versus, signs, tokens & ideals observed in York Rite Masonry. Kudos to Dawson College for translating select passages into English a few decades ago, that is greatly appreciated and perhaps even more so for those of us who regularly recite the Lord’s Prayer when an Asylum or Conclave of Knights Templar is opened in due form. It is rare to happen upon art or written word that predates its 6th Century origins, which is ...

  An introduction to  The Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of Minnesota. 2022-2023 SK David John Dumonceaux, KCT, KYCH was born in March of 1964.  He attended Cold Spring Elementary and Junior High.  He graduated from St. John’s Preparatory School in 1982.  He graduated from St. John’s University in 1986 with a major in German and a minor in computer science. He has 4 brothers and 2 sisters.  His Parents are Dr. Robert and Evelyn Dumonceaux. In 2002 he married the love of his life Carol, and they reside on her family farm in Clitherall, MN. He has 2 children from a previous marriage and 3 grandchildren. SK David was raised to the sublime degree of a Master Mason on January 19, 2008.  In 2013, He was Exalted to the degree of Royal Arch Mason and was Greeted as a Select Master and in 2014 he was Knighted.  He was Master of Corner Stone Lodge, Fergus Falls, MN in 2014.  In 2016 he was installed as a District Representat...

We learn in Order of the Temple that it is largely up to Commandery to recognize and celebrate the accomplishments of ALL of our Savior’s Apostles with equal weight upon the table.  Granted, one taper flickered by an act of evil, but it was later rekindled and the 12 were restored.  That’s a separate story from this one. All twelve Apostles and remembrance of them may too rekindle our appreciation for the religious infrastructure they constructed for us long term.  Especially considering nearly all of them suffered horribly at the ends of their lives, they did not forfeit their pledge to our Savior, rather they gave up their lives by stonings, beheadings, skinnings and crucifixions… where but one, only one of them, passed in God’s natural time due to old age… St. John the Apostle General.  It is not fun remembering the suffering and treachery they experienced, but it is necessary for us to remember and be thankful for them, as much as we are able with ...