{"id":1285,"date":"2023-06-09T23:34:58","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T23:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgiapriory.org\/?page_id=1285"},"modified":"2025-06-09T13:36:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T13:36:41","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/georgiapriory.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Annual meeting<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">June 6 2026, 10AM <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tifton Lodge #47<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1480 Kennedy Rd. Tifton Ga <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ingathering <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">May 2 2026, 10AM <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Al Sihah Shriners<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">222 Mecca Dr. Macon, Ga. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Membership in the Knights of the York Cross of Honour (KYCH) cannot be applied for. In order to be considered for membership, a proposed candidate must have served as Worshipful Master of a Masonic Lodge, Excellent High Priest of a RAM Chapter, Illustrious Master of a R&amp;SM Council, and Eminent Commander of a KT Commandery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The formation of the Order, Knights of the York Cross of Honour (KYCH), was in Monroe, North Carolina on March 13,1930.&nbsp; The idea of this organization was conceived by John Raymond Shute II, of Monroe, NC.&nbsp; On March 13, 1930, he called together in his home town, four qualified brethren, namely, Walter E. Crowell Jr., Edward Allen, Lee Griffin and S. Henry Green.&nbsp; They discussed an idea presented to them by Brother Shute \u2013 that a group of past presiding officers of the four York Rite bodies be formed.&nbsp; Another meeting was held on May 20, 1930, attended by additional qualified brethren, and Lily of the Valley Priory No. 1, Knights of the York Cross of Honour was formed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On June 6, 1930, again at Monroe, NC, the Convent General KYCH was formed.&nbsp; Since starting in 1930 with one Priory, KYCH has grown to eighty-four Priories in 2013.&nbsp; The total number of Knights admitted to the Order since its founding is over 36,000 with some 12,000 still members of the Order today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AS OF 2022 THERE ARE 89 PRIORES IN USA, CANADA, MEXICO, EUROPE AND ROMANIA&nbsp;WITH 7,817 MEMBERS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Information contact the Registrar:<br>William Shepard<br>E-Mail:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:wfshep@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wfshep@gmail.com<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Annual meeting June 6 2026, 10AM Tifton Lodge #47 1480 Kennedy Rd. Tifton Ga Ingathering<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1285","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgiapriory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgiapriory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgiapriory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgiapriory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgiapriory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1285"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/georgiapriory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1531,"href":"https:\/\/georgiapriory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1285\/revisions\/1531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgiapriory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}