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- CalendarStated meetings, visitations, and Grand Sessions.
- Annual Grand SessionsMarch 11 to 13, 2027 · Location to be announced
- Proceedings & ResourcesProceedings, forms, and reference documents (many by request).
- Grand ChapterLeadership, committees, and Capitular resources.
- Grand CouncilCryptic leadership and local Councils.
- Grand CommanderyTemplar leadership and local Commanderies.
- Past Grand High PriestsThose who have presided over the Grand Chapter.
- Local Bodies & MeetingsChapters, Councils, and Commanderies with officers and meeting places.
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Grand York Rite Sessions of Delaware
Each year the three Grand Bodies of Delaware convene in annual session. The 35th Annual Conclave of the Grand Commandery will be held on Friday, March 12, 2027.
Presiding Grand Officers
Grand Chapter
A. Tony Maxwell
Most Excellent Grand High Priest, 2026 to 2027
Grand Council
Joseph W. Dawson, III
Most Illustrious Grand Master, 2026 to 2027
Grand Commandery
Sir Knight David J. Walters, II
Right Eminent Grand Commander, 2026 to 2027
Chapter, Council, and Commandery
Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Delaware
The Royal Arch completes the Master Mason's degree and restores what was lost in the Craft. Brethren who have labored in the Blue Lodge will find the Chapter a natural and rewarding next step.
Grand Council of Cryptic Masons of Delaware
The Cryptic degrees preserve and explain the secrets entrusted in the Royal Arch. They deepen the lessons of the Chapter and bring the story of the Word to its proper completion.
Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of Delaware
The Commandery is the chivalric crown of the York Rite. Royal Arch Masons who profess the Christian faith receive the Orders of the Red Cross, Malta, and the Temple.
Our Larger Masonic Family
Select an emblem to visit the national body.
York Rite of Freemasonry, U.S.A.
General Grand Chapter, Royal Arch Masons International
General Grand Council of Cryptic Masons International
Grand Encampment of Knights Templar of the U.S.A.
Knights of the York Cross of Honour
Grand Council, Allied Masonic Degrees of the U.S.A.
Grand Council of Knight Masons U.S.A.
York Rite Sovereign College of North America
Holy Royal Arch Knight Templar Priests
Royal Order of Scotland
Grand College of Rites of the U.S.A.
Societas Rosicruciana in Civitatibus Foederatis
United Grand Imperial Council, Red Cross of ConstantineOfficial grand graphics courtesy of the York Rite of the United States of America (yorkrite.org). Each emblem links to its national organization.