Rockford DeMolay

12/09/2011

David M. Wheeler asked Rockford Chapter to do the DeMolay Degree. Congratulations Everyone!

11/21/2011

Good Job at Fall-fest Everyone, We're going to dominate next year!

11/09/2011

DeMolay Degree will be at The Valley of Freeport Scottish Rite Building This Saturday. Good Luck Everyone!!!

10/21/2011

Meetings will be held every Thursday from Now until November in order to practice the DeMolay Degree. Please make sure to be at the lodge by 7:00 PM

10/13/2011

On this day, October 13, in 1307, at dawn, hundreds of Knights Templar in France were simultaneously arrested by agents of King Philip, later to be tortured in locations such as the tower at Chinon, into admitting heresy in the Order. Over 100 charges were issued against them, the majority of them identical charges that had been earlier issued against the inconvenient Pope Boniface VIII: accusations of denying Christ, spitting and urinating on the cross, and devil worship. The main interrogation of the Templars was under the control of the Inquisitors, a group of experienced interrogators and clergy who circulated around Europe at the beck and call of any European noble. The rules of interrogation said that no blood could be drawn, but this did nothing to stop the torture. One account told of a Templar who had fire applied to the soles of his feet, such that the bones fell out of the skin. Other Templars were suspended upside-down or placed in thumbscrews. Of the 138 Templars (many of them old men) questioned in Paris over the next few years, 105 of them "confessed" to denying Christ during the secret Templar initiations. 103 confessed to an "obscene kiss" being part of the ceremonies, and 123 said they spat on the cross. Throughout the trial there was never any physical evidence of wrongdoing, and no independent witnesses; the only "proof" was obtained through confessions induced by torture. The Templars reached out to the Pope for assistance, and Pope Clement did write letters to King Philip questioning the arrests, but took no further action.

09/17/2011

Show this to your friends!!!

09/10/2011

09/02/2011

From Andrew -

Enjoy the Games Everyone, I know you will have a great time

08/29/2011

Congratulations on the Installation Everyone!!

08/26/2011

08/22/2011

Meeting on Thursday, bring letters of intent for Nominations and Elections