District Grand Chapter

Seasons Greetings
The ME Grand Superintendent, E Comp Tony Strong wishes all Royal Arch Masons and their families a happy festive season and every success with whatever they may endeavour during 2011. May the New Year usher in a period of peace and tranquility for everybody.

Past & Future Newsletter
The newest edition of Past & Future, plus the previous editions, are available on the website. Number 5 is missing. If anyone has a copy please contact Tony Leeson.

Select [Past & Future] from the menu on the left.

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Previous News

New District Grand Scribe E
The ME Grand Superintendent has appointed E Comp Cedric Stembridge to the office of DGScribeE.

Companion Stembridge replaces E Comp Mike Balkwell who has moved to the UK to be closer to his family. We wish Comp Mike Balkwell every success in his new home and thank him most sincerely for the excellent wotk he did for so many years on behalf of this District. Thanks Mike.

"Past & Future " Newsletter Launched
The Grand Superintendent has launched a newsletter for all Royal Arch Masons in the District. The purpose is to improve communication and to allow every Companion to be informed and aware of out Grand Superintendent's thoughts. The newsletter will be distributed by email and to ease that task, as well as making it simple to print, it is in pdf format.

Scribes E are asked to distribute the newsletter to all their members, and to be kind enough to print a copy or two for those members who do not have email or PC's.

In addition it is on this website, so you can read, save and print it directly from here! All you need to do is

Select [News & Events > Past & Future Newsletter] from the menu on the left.

The newsletter should pop up if you have Adobe Reader installed on your computer. You can save the newsletter to your PC, and/or you can print it out on any A4 (colour) printer. If you want to print it, it is set up for A4 paper, portrait orientation. Use your browsers "back button" to return to the website.

Adobe Reader is a free download and is also often available from hardware installation CD's.

Chapter Installations
The Grand Superintendent requests that all Chapters advise the District timeously if they require any work to be done at their Installation Ceremonies. It is unfair for Officers to arrive at an Installation only to discover that they are required to perform some working when they have not had an opportunity to refresh the minds.

Further, all Chapters are reminded that being elected to any one of the Principal's Chairs is a great honour conferred on you by the members of your Chapter. With this honour comes a responsibility to discharge the duties of that Office zealously and to the best of your ability. Indeed, the last duty attached to the Office of Principal of a Chapter is to install your successor, and consequently, unless there is a very good reason for not doing so, each Principal should perform this important ceremony.

District Officers Braai
The Officers braai was recently held at the home of our Grand Superintendent and a good time was had by all. Someone even managed to win the darts competition, but our President of the Committee of General Purposes showed that he is no golfer!

The end result was that some money was also raised for Charity, which just proves that fund raising can be fun.

	The District Grand Chapter of Kwazulu-Natal
	under the Supreme Grand Chapter of England
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	Seasons Greetings The ME Grand Superintendent, E Comp Tony Strong wishes all Royal Arch Masons and their families a happy festive season and every success with whatever they may endeavour during 2011. May the New Year usher in a period of peace and tranquility for everybody. Past & Future Newsletter The newest edition of Past & Future, plus the previous editions, are available on the website. Number 5 is missing. If anyone has a copy please contact Tony Leeson. Select [Past & Future] from the menu on the left. =========================================================================== Previous News New District Grand Scribe E The ME Grand Superintendent has appointed E Comp Cedric Stembridge to the office of DGScribeE. Companion Stembridge replaces E Comp Mike Balkwell who has moved to the UK to be closer to his family. We wish Comp Mike Balkwell every success in his new home and thank him most sincerely for the excellent wotk he did for so many years on behalf of this District. Thanks Mike. "Past & Future " Newsletter Launched The Grand Superintendent has launched a newsletter for all Royal Arch Masons in the District. The purpose is to improve communication and to allow every Companion to be informed and aware of out Grand Superintendent's thoughts. The newsletter will be distributed by email and to ease that task, as well as making it simple to print, it is in pdf format. Scribes E are asked to distribute the newsletter to all their members, and to be kind enough to print a copy or two for those members who do not have email or PC's. In addition it is on this website, so you can read, save and print it directly from here! All you need to do is Select [News & Events > Past & Future Newsletter] from the menu on the left. The newsletter should pop up if you have Adobe Reader installed on your computer. You can save the newsletter to your PC, and/or you can print it out on any A4 (colour) printer. If you want to print it, it is set up for A4 paper, portrait orientation. Use your browsers "back button" to return to the website. Adobe Reader is a free download and is also often available from hardware installation CD's. Chapter Installations The Grand Superintendent requests that all Chapters advise the District timeously if they require any work to be done at their Installation Ceremonies. It is unfair for Officers to arrive at an Installation only to discover that they are required to perform some working when they have not had an opportunity to refresh the minds. Further, all Chapters are reminded that being elected to any one of the Principal's Chairs is a great honour conferred on you by the members of your Chapter. With this honour comes a responsibility to discharge the duties of that Office zealously and to the best of your ability. Indeed, the last duty attached to the Office of Principal of a Chapter is to install your successor, and consequently, unless there is a very good reason for not doing so, each Principal should perform this important ceremony. District Officers Braai The Officers braai was recently held at the home of our Grand Superintendent and a good time was had by all. Someone even managed to win the darts competition, but our President of the Committee of General Purposes showed that he is no golfer! The end result was that some money was also raised for Charity, which just proves that fund raising can be fun.