{"id":12,"date":"2020-06-23T15:29:05","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T15:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktp.alyorkrite.org\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2025-05-15T19:16:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T19:16:29","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ros.alabamascottishrite.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:30%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><figure id=\"attachment_111\" class=\"alignnone\"><div class=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/ros.alabamascottishrite.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ROS-USA-AL.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-111\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:200px;height:200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ros.alabamascottishrite.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ROS-USA-AL.png 1080w, https:\/\/ros.alabamascottishrite.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ROS-USA-AL-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/ros.alabamascottishrite.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ROS-USA-AL-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/ros.alabamascottishrite.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ROS-USA-AL-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/ros.alabamascottishrite.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ROS-USA-AL-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/ros.alabamascottishrite.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ROS-USA-AL-60x60.png 60w, https:\/\/ros.alabamascottishrite.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ROS-USA-AL-238x238.png 238w, https:\/\/ros.alabamascottishrite.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ROS-USA-AL-56x56.png 56w, https:\/\/ros.alabamascottishrite.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ROS-USA-AL-535x535.png 535w, https:\/\/ros.alabamascottishrite.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ROS-USA-AL-350x350.png 350w, https:\/\/ros.alabamascottishrite.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ROS-USA-AL-258x258.png 258w, https:\/\/ros.alabamascottishrite.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ROS-USA-AL-900x900.png 900w, https:\/\/ros.alabamascottishrite.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ROS-USA-AL-476x476.png 476w, https:\/\/ros.alabamascottishrite.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ROS-USA-AL-112x112.png 112w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/div><\/figure><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Official Contact Information:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Sir Daniel W. Robinson<\/strong><br> Selections &amp; Screening Committee for Alabama<br> <a href=\"mailto:d_rob8612@yahoo.com\">d_rob8612@yahoo.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-right\">An Association of Worthy Masons &amp; Gentlemen<br>\nAn Honorary, By-Invitation Organization<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;<em>We believe in Jesus Christ, Son of God and son of man, the gift of the Father\u2019s unfailing grace, the ground of our hope, and the promise of our deliverance from sin and death. We believe that our faith should manifest itself in service.<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n<cite><em>The United Methodist Hymnal<\/em>, #885<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">We hold allegiance to the Grand Lodge of the Royal Order of Scotland and the Provincial Grand Lodge of the United States of America.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Sir Albert Pike\u2019s Vision for the Provincial Grand Lodge, USA:<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;The Provincial Grand Lodge has been established with a limited membership, to make impossible the cheapening of our degrees, and that the admission to it might be, as it is in England and Scotland, a high honour. 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