Category: Portland Valley Scottish Rite

Portland Valley Reunion April 18&19

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Portland Valley Spring Reunion and New Member Initiation Ceremonies.
April 18th & 19th, 2025

Meals available to members.

Friday Fraternal dinner at 6pm, Menu provided by Elephants Catering [cost $30-35, candidates are free]:

  • Teriyaki Chicken: Grilled boneless chicken thighs glazed with our house-made wheat-free teriyaki sauce. Contains sesame, & soy. Served hot. Dairy free, & wheat-free.
  • OR Vegetarian Enchilada Roja: Black bean and vegetable enchiladas, topped with cheddar and Roja sauce. Contains milk. Wheat-free, & vegetarian.
  • Oven Roasted Herbed Potatoes: Roasted Yukon gold potatoes tossed with olive oil, basil, and seasonings. Served hot. Dairy free, wheat free, and vegan.
  • Roasted Seasonal Vegetables: Butternut squash, zucchini, tomatoes, onions, with a hint of rosemary. Served hot. Dairy free, wheat free, and vegan.
  • Garlic Rice: Jasmine rice seasoned with garlic and onion. Served hot. Dairy free, and vegan.
  • Coffee & Water
  • Assorted cookies for desert.

Any payment by non-members will be considered a non-refundable unrestricted donation.

Purchase Dinner Tickets Here

Member’s Luncheon Saturday at 11:30am

Menu provided by Ingallina’s Box Lunch [cost $20, candidates are free]: Assorted Box sandwich lunches. Served with chips, water or soda, and a delicious homemade cookie. Vegetarian options are available.

Any payment by non-members will be considered a non-refundable unrestricted donation.

Purchase Lunch Tickets Here
Click here to go to the Valley Web store and add both meals to cart to purchase together.

There are a number of hotels in our area for those staying overnight.

Right next door to us is the Hotel de Lux, please note we do not currently have a discounted rate for their accommodations without prepaying for a block of rooms.

Just down the street from us are the McMenamins Crystal Hotel, the Clyde Hotel, the Hyatt, the Sentinel, the Moxy, the Paramount, and the Park Lane Suites and Inn. If you click the hyperlinks on the hotel names you should be linked directly to their websites.

For this prestigious event the attire for Members and Candidates is Business Formal, for Cast Members and Stage Crew it is Business Casual. Business formal includes a dark pants suit, dark suit and tie, a black suit with a light button-down shirt. Examples of business casual clothing include slacks, khakis, trousers, collared shirts, button-down shirts, sport coats, blazers and sweaters. Yes, a kilt suit can be formal attire, especially for Scottish Rite events and celebrations.

Grand Commander Virtual Town hall at Portland Valley on March 18th, 2025

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All Scottish Rite members are invited to attend.

Tuesday, March 18, 2025, the Portland Valley welcomes Illustrious Grand Commander James D. Cole, 33°, Sovereign Grand Commander of the Supreme Council, 33°, of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, SJ, USA, at a Virtual Town hall hosted by the Multnomah Council of Kadosh.

To cap off this momentous occasion Illustrious Brother Cole will hold a virtual discussion to answer members questions and find out more about the Scottish Rite, Supreme Council, and the plans for the future of our fraternity.

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The attire for this event is business formal, suit and tie. All attendees are requested to arrive no later than 6:30pm.

Agenda

  • 5:00pm – Doors, check-in, and social
  • 6:00pm – Banquet ($15.00 per person.) Click Here to RSVP for banquet
  • 6:45pm – Stated Meeting of the Multnomah Council of Kadosh
  • A Virtual town hall discussion with Grand Commander Cole will follow the opening of the Stated Meeting.

A current dues card will be required at check-in. This event is exclusively for members. It is not open to the public.

Portland Valley Reunion April 18&19: Meals & Member Initiation Details

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Portland Valley Spring Reunion and New Member Initiation Ceremonies.
April 18th & 19th, 2025

Click the image bellow or scan the QR-code to Petition for the Portland Valley

All Petitions are due, paid in full, by no later than 4pm on Tuesday March 18th at the Stated Meeting.

Any local Valleys wishing to have courtesy conferral for candidates will need to contact the Portland Valley ASAP. You will need to provide us with the full name of the petitioner, their email address, any degrees they have had prior, and any meal preferences they have for a meat or vegetarian meals. Please note, due to higher costs the Portland Valley will not be able to furnish courtesy candidates with copies of Bridge to Light or Morals and Dogma.

Meals available only to members.

Friday Fraternal dinner at 6pm, Menu provided by Elephants Catering [cost $30-35, candidates are free]:

  • Teriyaki Chicken: Grilled boneless chicken thighs glazed with our house-made wheat-free teriyaki sauce. Contains sesame, & soy. Served hot. Dairy free, & wheat-free.
  • OR Vegetarian Enchilada Roja: Black bean and vegetable enchiladas, topped with cheddar and Roja sauce. Contains milk. Wheat-free, & vegetarian.
  • Oven Roasted Herbed Potatoes: Roasted Yukon gold potatoes tossed with olive oil, basil, and seasonings. Served hot. Dairy free, wheat free, and vegan.
  • Roasted Seasonal Vegetables: Butternut squash, zucchini, tomatoes, onions, with a hint of rosemary. Served hot. Dairy free, wheat free, and vegan.
  • Garlic Rice: Jasmine rice seasoned with garlic and onion. Served hot. Dairy free, and vegan.
  • Coffee & Water
  • Assorted cookies for desert.

Any payment by non-members will be considered a non-refundable unrestricted donation.

Purchase Dinner Tickets Here

Member’s Luncheon Saturday at 11:30am

Menu provided by Ingallina’s Box Lunch [cost $20, candidates are free]:

Assorted Box sandwich lunches. Served with chips, water or soda, and a delicious homemade cookie. Vegetarian options are available.

Any payment by non-members will be considered a non-refundable unrestricted donation.

Purchase Lunch Tickets Here
Click here to go to the Valley Web store and add both meals to cart to purchase together.

Portland Valley to Confer the 16th Degree, Prince of Jerusalem, Tuesday, Feb. 25th

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DUTIES: To direct and aid those who labor to build the Symbolic Temple. Judge equitably and fairly. Provide aid of whatever kind to fellow Princes of Jerusalem. Keep faith in the justice and beneficence of God. Press forward with hope for the persecuted and oppressed.

LESSONS: Build Temples of the Living God in our Hearts by following Masonic Truth—justice, equity, morality, wisdom, labor, fidelity, brotherhood—to achieve immortality.

FOR REFLECTION: Will you leave a noble heritage to those who follow you in this world?

IMPORTANT SYMBOLS: The color saffron, the Seal of Solomon, the color white, blue, red, and violet, five steps to the throne, the scales or balance.

Schedule:
Final Dress, Mon. Feb. 24, 6:15 pm
Conferral, Tuesday, Feb. 25, Dinner at 6 pm, Degree at 7 pm

Click Here to RSVP for Dinner

March 4th, Portland Valley Ceremony of Remembrance and Renewal

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2025 Ceremony of Remembrance & Renewal
Tuesday, March 4th, 2025
At the Scottish Rite Temple of Portland

This Ceremony, traditionally held near the vernal equinox, is observed annually by the Scottish Rite members around the world. At this event we remember and honor our Brethren who have passed to the Celestial Lodge in the past year. We commemorate with dignity the divine origin of humankind and the rebirth of nature from winter to spring. This is considered an obligatory ceremony for all Portland Valley Scottish Rite members.

The Lux et Tenebris, Light and Darkness—our ancient ritual of Tenebrae, “Extinguishing of Lights,” represents the polar opposites of life. Light-dark. Good-evil. Hope-fear. Total darkness illustrates chaos and evil increasing to such points to cause no hope, no salvation, no rekindling of life. The light illustrates order out of chaos and the idea that if we kindle the fires within ourselves faith, hope, and charity will never die. Darkness must yield to light. Tyranny will fall to freedom and equality. Order and truth will ever conquer chaos and evil.

This event is open to the Family of our members who passed in the last year, all Masons of any Degree, and their invited friends and family. It is not open to the general public.

Schedule March 4th, 2025:
Doors open at 5:30 pm
Dinner at 6:15 pm
Program begins at 7:00 pm

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Portland Valley 15th Degree, Jan. 28th, Dinner at 6pm, Conferral at 7pm

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15th Degree—Knight of the East, of the Sword, or of the Eagle

Schedule: Conferral, Tuesday, Jan. 28, Dinner at 6pm, Degree at 7pm

Duty: Rebuild the Masonic temple of liberty, equality, and fraternity in the souls of humanity and nations.
Lessons: Fidelity to trust, honor, and duty. Perseverance and constancy under difficulties and discouragements.
For Reflection: Is equality the basis of all freedom?

Click Here to RSVP for dinner

Portland Fall Reunion Oct. 25th & 26th, 2024

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Portland Valley Fall Reunion and New Member Initiation Ceremonies.
Oct. 25th & 26th, 2024

Dinner on Friday night of the Reunion at 6pm, available only to members.

Menu:

  • Buttermilk Fried Chicken – Fried chicken breasts coated with seasoned bread crumbs, and served with our roasted garlic ranch. Served cold
  • Pinot Noir Glazed Roasted Chicken – Boneless chicken thighs in our Pinot Noir Sauce made with shallots, balsamic vinegar, cherry jam, and ginger. Served hot
  • Vegetarian Lasagna Marinara / Large Layers of lasagna with ricotta filling, spinach, and our béchamel sauce.
  • Roasted Cauliflower with Golden Raisins – Cauliflower, cumin, cayenne pepper, garlic, olive oil, yellow raisins, parsley, salt & pepper
  • Oven Roasted Herbed Potatoes – Roasted Yukon gold potatoes tossed with olive oil, basil, and seasonings
  • Garlic Rice – Jasmine rice seasoned with garlic and onion

Any payment by non-members will be considered a non-refundable unrestricted donation.

Purchase Dinner Tickets Here

Member’s Luncheon Saturday Oct. 26th at 11:30am

Menu provided by Ingallina’s Box Lunch [cost $20, candidates are free]:

Assorted Box sandwich lunches. Served with chips, water or soda, and a delicious homemade cookie. Vegetarian options are available.

Any payment by non-members will be considered a non-refundable unrestricted donation.

Purchase Lunch Tickets Here
Click here to go to the Valley Web store and add both meals to cart to purchase together.

Orient Charities event postponed, Portland Valley showing Time Bandits the movie

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The Orient Charities event is postponed until next spring. In its place on October 1st at 6:30pm the Portland Valley Temple will premiere Time Bandits, the 1981 adventure fantasy with masonic undertones rated PG with a runtime of 1hr 50min.

Summary: Young history buff Kevin (Craig Warnock) can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. Former employees of the Supreme Being (Ralph Richardson), they’ve purloined a map charting all of the holes in the fabric of time and are using it to steal treasures from different historical eras. Taking Kevin with them, they variously drop in on Napoleon (Ian Holm), Robin Hood (John Cleese) and King Agamemnon (Sean Connery) before the Supreme Being catches up with them.

Directed by Terry Gilliam and staring David Rappaport, John Cleese, Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall, Katherine Helmond.

This feature will premiere in the main auditorium, the attire is casual, and family and friends are welcome. There will be pizza and beverages available for purchase!

Portland Valley Feast of the Manifesto next Tuesday, June 4th. Get your tickets while they last!

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The Officers of the Oregon Consistory No. 1 invite all Masons, their spouses, and accompanied guests to attend and celebrate the 223rd anniversary of the Scottish Rite at the Feast of the Manifesto. Tickets are just $40. Accompanied non-members are welcome, this is not open to the general public.

The Feast of the Manifesto is a celebration of the world changing declaration in 1801 that formed the Scottish Rite as we know it today. It is considered by many Scottish Rite Masons to be the most important day in our history, for it was in 1801 that the Scottish Rite formally began as an organized Masonic body. The Feast Day of the Consistory is also known as the FEAST OF THE MANIFESTO of the Order, for it was in the 1802 Manifesto, called the “Circular throughout the two Hemispheres,” where May 31, 1801 was declared to be the formal establishment of the first Supreme Council in Charleston, South Carolina.

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Featuring synth musical artist Kalob Wisdom

Meal catered by Gilda’s Italian Restaurant featuring: • Mista salad • Rigatoni al Formaggio (cheese and cream) • Chicken Cacciatore (tomato, olives, mushrooms) • Pork Loin Tuscan style (garlic, rosemary, & lemon) • Market vegetables • Roasted Potatoes • Bread and tapenade oil. Coffee, red or white wine, beer or n/a beverages for toasts and cookies for desert.

Click here to get tickets while supplies last