The Grand Commandery Knights Templar of Texas

10/01/2026

The Texas Templar - October 2026 -

09/22/2026

09/22/2026

09/21/2026

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09/21/2026

A $2 million gift from the Knights Templar Eye Foundation, Inc. (KTEF), has forged a partnership with the W.K. Kellogg Eye Center at Michigan Medicine’s Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, establishing the Knights Templar Eye Foundation Endowed Pediatric Research Fund.

09/21/2026

As we conclude in Little Rock , we are excited to push out information for next year’s South Central Department Conference! Join is Overton Park, Kansas for an awesome conference and great activities in the area.

September 16-18, 2027
More information to come but mark your calendars now!

All Sir Knights welcome to attend!
Check out the leadership development program. Any questions leave in comments

09/20/2026

Here you go SKs - if you have questions let me know. This is Teas Research Commandery . If you are familiar with TLR , this is the Commandery version!

⚔️ SIR KNIGHTS, YOU ARE INVITED! ⚔️

A.P.O.A.S. Commandery 1314 invites all Sir Knights to join us for an evening of fellowship with guest speaker SK Carlton Newberry. We will also be electing officers for the next Chivalric year. Dress will be business casual and following the meeting all Sir Knights are invited to stick around and explore the Masonic Family Day BBQ Cook-Off at the TMRC!

📅 Friday, October 9, 2026
🕖 7:00 PM
📍 Sweet Home Lodge
Located inside the Texas Masonic Retirement Community (TMRC)
1501 W. Division St., Arlington, TX 76012

⚔️ Come for the meeting. Stay for the fellowship.

SK Casey Maxwell, Commander A.P.O.A.S. Commandery 1314

09/20/2026

Please take time to check out this special Commandery that does research and historical here in Texas

A Place Of A Skull (A.P.O.A.S.) Commandery No. 1314 is chartered under the Grand Commandery Knights Templar of Texas and is dedicated to perserving Templar history through research and education.

09/20/2026

Jiahui Wu, MD, PhD, from the Department of Biology, University of Virginia, was awarded a $90,000 grant for In Vivo Imaging Retinal Damage and Choroidal Neovascularization in Tree Shrews with Juvenile Myopia.

Dr. Wu is deeply interested in how the visual system develops and how diseases can damage it, causing vision loss in young patients. Myopia, or nearsightedness, is becoming a global health concern, with over 50% of the world’s population expected to be affected by 2050. Most cases start in childhood, and controlling myopia progression in children is much harder than in adults, making early intervention critical. Severe myopia can lead to serious complications, such as retinal detachment, glaucoma, and choroidal neovascularization (CNV), which often causes lasting vision loss due to a lack of effective long-term treatments.

Dr. Wu’s research aims to better understand how myopia and CNV damage the retina and to find new ways to detect and monitor these changes early. She will use a unique animal model, the tree shrew, whose eyes closely resemble human eyes. Her lab has developed a cutting-edge imaging tool called visible-light optical coherence tomography (vis-OCT), which provides highly detailed views of the retina. Dr. Wu will use vis-OCT to study early changes in the retina of young myopic tree shrews and validate these findings with other advanced imaging techniques. She will also explore how myopic CNV develops and identify specific markers of damage.

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