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Templars at Washington March for Life

With the pro-life cause on a real roll in the new USA, this year's March for Life in Washington DC was really full of hope. The crowds at the rally afterwards were especially happy to be addressed by Vice President V.D. Vance, since it is entirely realistic to see him as the next President, and as such taking the hesitant anti-abortion approach of Donald Trump even fuirther.

Among the enthusiastic and hopeful marcher were two of our brethren, Sir Roger Madison and Seargeant-at-Arms Iwan Egerstrom, who felw all the way from Sweden to fly the flag at the march and rally.

As always, the Knights Templar flag attracted a great of of attentio and a lot of favourable comments. Well done, brothers!


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Vigano Hails Trump "Counter-Revolution"

Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò marked Candlemas yesterday by sending a wonderful letter celebrating the re-election of Donald J. Trump as the President of the United States, seeing it as a triumph against the globalist agenda. (Full letter below.)

In this letter, released on Sunday, February 2, 2025, Archbishop Viganò warns of the Deep State and Deep Church, explaining how they collude to undermine sovereignty and Christian teachings through woke ideology, mass immigration, and engineered crises. He condemns the UN, WHO, and WEF for promoting population control and accuses Catholic bishops of financial and moral corruption. He urges Christians to reject false obedience, defend truth, and resist evil forces aiming to dismantle natural and divine law. The former papal nuncio to the United States calls for a “counter-revolution of common sense” rooted in faith and action.

“For the first time after years of woke madness, a President of the United States can carry out the program for which he was elected, restoring those principles of natural law that are the basis of civil life and a well-ordered society,” he writes.

“Let us therefore begin to make this counter-revolution of common sense our own, rejecting the lies and deceptions of those who seek to subvert the very foundations of the Natural Law after having trampled on the Divine Law.”


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Templars at ProLife Gala Dinner

For the second year in a row, a small Templar delegation attended the Louisiana Right to Life 2025 Proudly Pro-Life Gala.

Our very good brother Sir Roger Madison gave a succinct report on our Discord activism channel:

"This wonderful event was held at the New Orleans Convention Center, the Keynote Speaker was the inspirational Nick Vujicic. He is someone who most women would have aborted; born with no arms, no legs, and one small, deformed foot. He is a well-spoken gentleman, who made aconvincing argument that we all have a purpose in life.

"The event coordinator placed us both at the same table, with four priests and four of their seminary students."

Longstanding Templar brother Richard Burl told us: "Sir Roger and I had a great time at the Gala. People were awed at who we were just like last year. We're seriously making an impact upon the public."
Very well done, chaps, we're sure a lot of people will have noted your presence and thus the Order's staunch pro-life position. Deus Vult!

Veluxes Ordered - Let's Keep This Rolling!

The Priory Project is really rolling now! A flurry of very timely donations allowed us to order the veluxe roof windows and emergency fire exits for the conversion of the two attic rooms. Once these are installed we will really be on the home straight with this very important part of the scheme to maximise the number of people we can accomodate for all sorts of future events and emergencies.

Huge thanks to the brethren and supporters who helped us over the veluxe appeal line in good time.

We have now been told that problems with dispatch to Northern Ireland mean that they'll take a bit longer to arrive than if we were on the UK mainland, but everything is in hand.

While we wait for them, our builder will press on with other jobs up there, including boxing in under the eaves and punching a door through the internal dividing wall. This means that the next week's work will cost "buttons" in terms of materials, but of course we still have to pay for labour. So if by chance you weren't able to help out with the veluxe order but are now in a position to chip in, your help would be appreciated every bit as much.

The conversion and extensive renovation of a large - and formerly very run-down - house is a massive undertaking, especially given the high standards to which all our building work is always done. This project is absoutely vital but, to be blunt, it is an enormous strain on the organisation and on Brother Jim who acts as Project Manager, in addition to all his other roles.

Hence, even if you can afford a small donation of perhaps twenty pounds or fifty bucks, it would be an important and muh appreciated gesture. If you're all spent out, don't worry about it, but if you can help, please do! God bless you and yours in any case.

 

 


Trump Signs Ban on Child 'Gender' Mutilation

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order (EO) banning the chemical and surgical mutilation of children and protecting kids from the most extreme measures of radical gender ideology, which has long held out the empty promise to vulnerable young people of gender transitioning through so-called “gender-affirming care.”

“Across the country today, medical professionals are maiming and sterilizing a growing number of impressionable children under the radical and false claim that adults can change a child’s sex through a series of irreversible medical interventions. This dangerous trend will be a stain on our Nation’s history, and it must end,” begins the stunning order from the Oval Office.

“Countless children soon regret that they have been mutilated and begin to grasp the horrifying tragedy that they will never be able to conceive children of their own or nurture their children through breastfeeding,” the EO notes. “Moreover, these vulnerable youths’ medical bills may rise throughout their lifetimes, as they are often trapped with lifelong medical complications, a losing war with their own bodies, and, tragically, sterilization.”

“Accordingly, it is the policy of the United States that it will not fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support the so-called ‘transition’ of a child from one sex to another, and it will rigorously enforce all laws that prohibit or limit these destructive and life-altering procedures.”

The remarkable directive from President Trump calls for “ending reliance” on what it refers to as “junk science,” explaining that “the blatant harm done to children by chemical and surgical mutilation cloaks itself in medical necessity, spurred by guidance from the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), which lacks scientific integrity.”

In light of the scientific concerns with the WPATH guidance, government agencies “shall rescind or amend all policies that rely on WPATH guidance.”

The EO also specifies that:

The phrase “chemical and surgical mutilation” means the use of puberty blockers, including GnRH agonists and other interventions, to delay the onset or progression of normally timed puberty in an individual who does not identify as his or her sex; the use of sex hormones, such as androgen blockers, estrogen, progesterone, or testosterone, to align an individual’s physical appearance with an identity that differs from his or her sex; and surgical procedures that attempt to transform an individual’s physical appearance to align with an identity that differs from his or her sex or that attempt to alter or remove an individual’s sexual organs to minimize or destroy their natural biological functions.  This phrase sometimes is referred to as “gender affirming care.”

“The order will restore scientific integrity to medical guidance for children suffering from body and sex dysphoria” and “rejects the scientifically baseless WPATH “affirmation” models and calls on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to release new guidelines,” the Independent Women’s Forum (IDF) noted in a statement applauding the move by the Trump White House. “It seeks to withhold funding from entities involved in chemical and surgical mutilation of minors and makes it easier for victims of gender related mutilation to seek justice.”

“In a refreshing return to sanity, the federal government is showing its commitment to protecting children from radical gender ideology that has devastated countless lives. Not a single dollar should be spent to facilitate or push vulnerable kids towards experimental, often irreversible, drugs and surgeries,” said Alliance Defending Freedom senior counsel Matt Sharp, director of the Center for Public Policy, in a statement.


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Now For The Skylights!

  • NOW IT'S TIME FOR THE ROOF WINDOWS to TRANSFORM THE NEWLY CREATED EXTRA BEDROOMS!

The Priory project is just about to reach one of the most exciting bits! With nearly the structural work done for the attic conversion, we can lay the floor and then do what we've been looking forward to for ages: Cut out sections of the roof and fit the velux roof windows.

We're excited because, at the stage, the old dingey attics will suddenly become real bedroom spaces. For the first time, visitors will be able to look out at the chapel roof and get a totally different view of our beautiful ancient cross. We don't have any idea of what you'll be able to see in the distance, but the light flooding into these two rooms is going to be wonderful.

The roof window in each of the two bedrooms will, as shown in the picture here, open from the top, so as to provide emergency fire escapes. The one over the stairwell in the middle will not have this vital feature and so will be a little cheaper, but altogether, and including the flashings, the three will cost £2,600. That's about $2.500 all in.

The picture below gives you an idea of just how much work has already gone into this part of the project. If you look carefully, you'll see the lovely Christian image on our centre front window. Lit from behind, this is really something to behold from the street outside once it gets dark. The Priory has already become something of a local landmark! It's all been done thanks to the generosity of a fine band of Knights, Dames, Affiliates and supporters.

We're not yet at the last push, but we really are cracking through this stupendous work now. So we need to keep the progress rolling, which means we need to order the three roof windows by next Monday or Tuesday, so the delivery time doesn't hold our master builder up. Whether it's one person moved to pay for the whole lot, 25 of you chipping in $100 each, or a collection of smaller amounts from those who want to help but can't afford that much, we know we'll get there. Deus Vult! The question is, will you be among the wonderful folk who make it happen?


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