Norton Priory Conclave No 226

Consecrated 10 June 1971

Membership is open to Craft masons of good standing.

The Norton Priory Conclave meets in Runcorn on the second Tuesday of September, December, March and June.

Unlike other Orders meeting at the Runcorn Masonic Hall, the Provincial area for the Order of the Secret Monitor covers Cheshire and North Wales, and Brethren can often be heard singing the Welsh National Anthem at the close of meetings.

Also meeting at the Runcorn Masonic Hall is the Cheshire & North Wales Provincial Grand Officers Conclave No 302, which meets on the first 5th Monday occurring after 1st January and the first 5th Monday occurring after 1st September. Membership is open to any serving or past Provincial Officer.

Order of the Secret Monitor or the Brotherhood of David and Jonathan.
The Order of the Secret Monitor which developed from a still more ancient degree is the Brotherhood of David and Jonathan and is in its way older than Freemasonry itself. Its principles and its watchwords being founded upon those grand examples set by two worthy Hebrew Princes around 1000BC as recorded in the Jewish history of the Bible.

This is a Society framed upon the principles of self-sacrifice; of mutual trust, watchful brotherly care; of warning in time of danger; solace in time of sorrow; and skilful and effective friendly advice in every circumstance of life: A Society that meets a great and crying need in human affairs and is calculated to benefit those who act up to its tenets.

If a Brother be in sorrow the Conclave will afford him sympathy; if in danger his Brethren will give him consolation; if in distress the Visiting Deacons will bring him consolation; if in poverty he will find aid.

At every turn in life, at every crisis of fate he may look, and not look in vain to the experienced among the Brethren who have pledged themselves to give him caution, to prompt him to good actions, to warn him of doubtful ones - Generally to watch over him, support him and cherish him so long as he may need their care and prove himself worthy of the confidence reposed in him.

Within Craft Freemasonry we are taught, at an early stage, that it has for its Principles, 'Brotherly Love, Relief and Truth'. In no other Order in Freemasonry, than that of The Order of the Secret Monitor, can there be found a greater emphasis on those fundamental Masonic Virtues, for the teaching of those Principles are a dominant part of our Ceremonial and Ritual, and enables us to put them into practice.

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