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Hello, St Joan Priory members. The Order is trying to coordinate plans for a Conclave in late October and we are trying to arrive at an approximate number of members who may consider attending.
Unfortunately, the Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe, NM, with whom we had hoped would allow us to schedule our Conclave, has now restricted days and dates from which we can choose and are now assessing a rental fee that is beyond the Order's financial means.
An alternate location in Colorado is being consider... moreHello, St Joan Priory members. The Order is trying to coordinate plans for a Conclave in late October and we are trying to arrive at an approximate number of members who may consider attending.
Unfortunately, the Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe, NM, with whom we had hoped would allow us to schedule our Conclave, has now restricted days and dates from which we can choose and are now assessing a rental fee that is beyond the Order's financial means.
An alternate location in Colorado is being considered, but to date, no location has been firmly determined but looking at Saturday Oct 5th as the knighting ceremony and will be the main event of the Conclave and the event will likely span from a Friday evening through a Sunday morning, with the Investiture ceremony being held on Saturday. All Order members are welcome to attend, whether or not they are being knighted. Please be aware that all costs related to attending a Conclave will be your responsibility.
No member is required to attend a Conclave. The Order realizes that not every member has the resources to attend such an event. As you can imagine, there are many factors that may preclude a member from attending; unable to get time away from work and/or family, financial or health restrictions, or various other life obligations, regardless of location or date. For members who are eligible for knighthood and cannot attend a Conclave, arrangements will be made for an online Zoom Investiture ceremony, as we've done in the past, in which they will receive their accolade.
I realize that without knowing an exact location may make it impossible for you to say either 'yea' or 'nay', but we're basically trying to arrive at a ballpark number of members who *may* be able to attend or who could make a decision to attend whenever or wherever.
To maintain confidentiality, please do not comment on this post, but reach out to me as soon as possible, either via private message (here or FB), phone call (208-596-0842) or email (dereknordio@protonmail.com), to let me know your thoughts on this. We are trying to determine if there is enough interest to even move forward in securing a location and date.
Thank you so much!
Grand Prior Derek Nordio — with
Sir Kevin Kuehn and
11 others.
I am happy to announce new member CAA George Brinlee to OMSDT and to the Priory of St Joan of Arc. He is from California, so please join me in giving him a warm welcome.
George wrote:
My Name is George Allen Brinlee, I live in the East Bay of California, I worked for 30 years in the Private Security,
I am a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, who I joined under my Great Grandfather Hiram Carroll Brinlee Jr. he was in the 6th Texas Confederate Cav., I am also a member of the Sons of ... moreI am happy to announce new member CAA George Brinlee to OMSDT and to the Priory of St Joan of Arc. He is from California, so please join me in giving him a warm welcome.
George wrote:
My Name is George Allen Brinlee, I live in the East Bay of California, I worked for 30 years in the Private Security,
I am a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, who I joined under my Great Grandfather Hiram Carroll Brinlee Jr. he was in the 6th Texas Confederate Cav., I am also a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, I joined under my 4th Great Grandfather Daniel Boone, both of these are on my Father's side of my family.
I am joining the Knights Templar under my 12th Great Grandfather Sir Richard VI Lygon of the Arie Court, Which he is on my Mother's side of the Family, I play Guitar, Mandolin and learning various other instruments. I also do research on my family history on Ancestry.com.
GP Derek Nordio
OMSDT Knights Templar
Priory of St. Joan of Arc — with
CAA George Allen Brinlee
I am happy to announce new member CAA George Brinlee to OMSDT and to the Priory of St Joan of Arc. He is from California, so please join me in giving him a warm welcome.
George wrote:
My Name is George Allen Brinlee, I live in the East Bay of California, I worked for 30 years in the Private Security,
I am a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, who I joined under my Great Grandfather Hiram Carroll Brinlee Jr. he was in the 6th Texas Confederate Cav., I am also a member of the Sons of ... moreI am happy to announce new member CAA George Brinlee to OMSDT and to the Priory of St Joan of Arc. He is from California, so please join me in giving him a warm welcome.
George wrote:
My Name is George Allen Brinlee, I live in the East Bay of California, I worked for 30 years in the Private Security,
I am a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, who I joined under my Great Grandfather Hiram Carroll Brinlee Jr. he was in the 6th Texas Confederate Cav., I am also a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, I joined under my 4th Great Grandfather Daniel Boone, both of these are on my Father's side of my family.
I am joining the Knights Templar under my 12th Great Grandfather Sir Richard VI Lygon of the Arie Court, Which he is on my Mother's side of the Family, I play Guitar, Mandolin and learning various other instruments. I also do research on my family history on Ancestry.com.
GP Derek Nordio
OMSDT Knights Templar
Priory of St. Joan of Arc — with
CAA George Allen Brinlee
CAA Andrew P Dunar
Priory of St. Joan
God above all