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On 18th
March 1314
Jacques de Molay, the last Grand Master of The
Order
and Geoffrey de Charnay
were burned at the
stake on the
Île de de la Cité on the Seine in Paris.
Patron:
Chev Baron St Clair Bonde GOTJ
Commander:
SE Chev George Stewart FSA Scot KGCTpl Grand Prior Emeritus
The Founders at Rosslyn
Chapel, Saturday 20th May 2006
"The Order has always worked best
as a Modern Order"
Raison
d’être
Raison
d’être in German/auf deutsch
Raison
d’être in Montenegrin
Raison d’être in
French/en français
Raison d’être in
Spanish/Razón de ser en castellano
Raison d’être in
in Italian/in italiano
Raison d’être in
Portuguese/Razão
de ser
em portugues
Raison
d’être
in Dutch/Flemish
Raison
d’être in het nederlands vlaams
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The Commandery of Jacques de
Molay 1314, Scottish Knights Templar will endeavour to promote
Scotland’s history and preserve her culture, traditions and
heritage.
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Our Chivalry will strive to
always seek the truth in the study and development of Templarism.
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We are committed to the pursuit
of Chivalric Christian Ideals and to the support of charitable
causes.
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The Members have elected
enthusiastically to host and to act as Pathfinders for
International Templars and Pilgrims visiting Scotland.
“Fit For Purpose”
Raison d’être, Mission Statement,
call it what you will but it still remains one of the most
important statements any organisation is likely to make. In
this, an organisation is making a statement about what it means,
but does it mean what it is saying? After all, it is your very
reason for being.
The Commandery of Jacques de Molay 1314, have thought long and
hard about this subject. Our self examination considered
carefully “the very reasons for being formed into such an Order
as ours”. The main conclusions of our deliberations are set out
in the four points of our Raison d’être, but these are by no
means exhaustive in nature.
The Scottish Nation is justly proud of its history and heritage,
its culture and traditions. It is therefore quite a natural and
noble stance for Scottish Templars to support these ideals, just
as we would wish this for Templars of every country.
Our Chivalry are actively taking part in historical research and
they are more than willing to share their findings with like
minded Templars.
We, as all Templars should be, are committed to Chivalric
Christian Ideals, whilst respecting each others beliefs and
viewpoints which may differ from our own. We do have a nominated
charity and it is our intention to support a further three
recipients, however it is not intended that charity becomes a
primary function.
Our desire to act as hosts and Pathfinders
for International Templars and Pilgrims visiting Scotland, is
very central to “the reason for our being”.
Ongoing Projects:
Commandery Newsletter
Events this week in
Scottish History
Member's Templar Seals
Kilmartin Graves
Clava Cairns
Templar Properties in
Scotland
Temple News
Church
of Ss Sergius and Bacchus, Istanbul
Book Reviews
Soutra Aisle
Garway
Templar Church, Herefordshire
Visit to Arniston House
Visit to Temple School
Glencorse Chapel
St
Andrews page
Falkland Palace page
Pictures of remains of
Templar Chapel at Maryculter, Aberdeenshire
The Cistercians in the
Wye_Valley
Athelstaneford, birthplace of
Scotland's Flag
Scottish Knight Templar at Rosslyn Chapel, 1836
William
Drummond of Hawthornden
Temple Church Conundrum
The Atlantic
Conference
Medieval Grave Slabs in La
Coruña
The Stone of Destiny: the symbol
of a Nation
Open-mindedness
The Last
Templar in England
The
Birth of the Cistercian Order
Member's Websites:
Rosslyn
Matrix
Iain Laird's Family History Project
Blackaddie Lodge
B&B
Membership:
This is by invitation and personal introduction. We
regret we cannot take enquiries through the website.
We support the
St Andrew's Day petition for the Teaching of Scottish Culture
The petition urging
a review of how Scottish literature and history is taught has
gone before
The Scottish Parliament's Petitions Committee.
Our nominated
charity is the RNLI.
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