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The Royal Arch Golf Day held at Redbourn Golf Club on Friday 30 th June 2017 was a huge success. The weather was very kind, the course was in excellent condition, the scores all round were outstandingly good, the evening meal – splendidly adorned by a number of glamorous "other Read more

Tony Reffold has been our Provincial Information Officer since November 2014 and in that time has served the Province well, in collating, editing and publishing media items of interest on the website and in the Provincial News Magazine. Unfortunately, owing to his changing roles within the Craft Province of Hertfordshire, Read more

At the Annual Investiture Convocation of Supreme Grand Chapter on Thursday 27 th April 2017, the President of the Committee of General Purposes, E Comp Dr M. R. Aish announced that after much debate and many representations, the committee has decided to relax the rules regarding the wearing of the Read more

The Most Excellent Grand Superintendent, E Comp James Sharpley is pleased to announce that the following Companions have been appointed to or promoted in Grand Rank: Alick Walter BURGE PAGDC Peter Ross COX PAGDC Colin TAYLOR PAGDC The following Companions are to be promoted from PAGDC to PGStB Roderick Ivor KENT through Read more

Edmonton Latymer Chapter No5026, recently Exalted W Bro Trevor Tye into the Holy Royal Arch. This in itself wasn’t particularly remarkable but for the fact that W Bro Trevor had not joined any other order since he was initiated into Waltham Cross Lodge in 1959, in a joint ceremony with Read more

On Thursday 6th October 2016 at 5pm at Mayflower Place, Hertingfordbury, Bro Graeme Rawlings was Exalted into the Holy Royal Arch by the Principals and Officers of the Stanstead Abbotts Chapter in a truly ‘Excellent’ manner! The meeting in the Temple was followed by a splendid Festive Board with good Read more

At the Annual Convocation in November 2016 E. Companion Derrick Lyons was awarded the Most Excellent Grand Superintendent’s Certificate of Service to Royal Arch Masonry, in recognition for the hard work and years of devotion to the Holy Royal Arch. What makes this all the more remarkable is that the Read more

The Grand Superintendent in and over the Province of Hertfordshire, E Comp James Sharpley, has tasked me with updating and revising not only the Royal Arch Mentor Scheme but also the relationship between the Royal Arch Province and the Royal Arch Representatives in each of our Lodges. This initiative has Read more

In November 2015, the Grand Superintendent invited me to take on the role of Royal Arch Provincial Mentor. Although the position had existed for several years we decided to re-evaluate it and decide what was needed in these times of falling numbers in both the Craft and the Royal Arch. Read more