Denver Consistory
Cheers and welcome to the Denver Consistory website. This website provides current information about our programs and activities. It
also presents information helpful in understanding our organizational structure, Scottish Rite traditions, our local Scottish Rite
history, and related matters.
Colorado's Scottish Rite organizations trace their beginnings to 1877 when the first Scottish Rite body was created in Denver. Since
our first initiation class in 1890, more than 50,000 men have become Scottish Rite Masons in Denver. At present, more than 4,000 men
hold membership in Denver Consistory.
Our Consistory activities offer a wide range of volunteer service to the Fraternity and the community. While attendance at our
monthly scheduled meetings is not mandatory, we encourage our members to become involved in one or more activities. In addition to
the monthly meetings, we conduct a semi-annual ritual initiation for new members through which the philosophical and Masonic teachings
of the Rite are exemplified.
We host a monthly entertainment program for all members and their guests. During this time we break bread together and enjoy
various types of entertainment including youth group performances, instrumental and choral productions, and presentations by noted
community leaders. We also conduct scheduled organ concerts for the public with our famous Kimbal pipe organ which has played in our auditorium since 1926.
In addition to these activities, we conduct charitable and service activities in the community such as assisting with the work of the
Scottish Rite Foundation of Colorado and its RiteCare Childhood Language Program, sponsoring and conducting a health fair screening
site for KUSA television's 9Health Fair program in Colorado, participating in the Denver public television Channel Six annual
auction, and supporting quality public education initiatives such as the teacher forums conducted by the Freedom's Foundation
of Valley Forge.
Our Denver Consistory Ladies organization, an outstanding group of dedicated women, are very active with their monthly meetings
and service to the RiteCare Childhood Language Program. They support this program by donating stuffed toy animals to the RiteCare
kids at The Children's Hospital and our other clinics in Colorado. More than 5,000 toys have been distributed to the
RiteCare clinics.
One of the greatest benefits of membership in the Scottish Rite and in Freemasonry is the friendship among and between principled men
of high moral conduct - men of various religious faiths and political persuasions who come together in the spirit of brotherly love
and who, with sincere affection, refer to one another as brother.
Thank you for visiting this website. Please feel free to contact the Denver Consistory using the links provided herein or you may
telephone the Denver Consistory at (303) 861-4261.
General Information
As indicated by our name, the Scottish Rite is a part of the Masonic Fraternity, advancing the principles of Freemasonry through the ritualistic teachings of the 4th thru the 32nd degrees. As Freemasons and as Scottish Rite Masons, we hold the philosophical and practiced principles of brotherhood, equality, religious toleration, political freedom, and charity as important guiding principles in our lives and conduct.
