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Commander Glattly Announces Retirement Dear Scottish Rite Brothers, I want you to know that, at our Supreme Council Session in Cleveland, Monica and I announced our retirement as the Sovereign Grand Commander and the First Lady of Scottish Rite in the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction. I know this is earlier than planned, as we are just completing our fourth year.
by David A. Glattly, 33˚, Past Sovereign Grand Commander
As we began our journey in 2017, we promised to give our effort of 100% for the NMJ, and we did that. In 2019, we spent 190 hotel nights on the road, and we enjoyed it. I’m not complaining, as we knew what we signed up for and we gave our effort. In 2020, we started out as a ball of fire, with our Deputies Retreat, our Arizona visit, the Conference of Grand Masters, the George Washington birthday celebration in Alexandria, and our month-long visit to our brothers in Florida. Then a thing called COVID hit and cut short our Florida visit. As with mostly everyone, our travels ended, but our focus became launching our social media campaign, starting with Thursday Night at the Rite and with our Virtual Reunions. We worked locally to present our Scottish Rite, NMJ, to the Jurisdiction and the world through our social media. Thanks to our amazing staff, we were able to keep the NMJ very much alive through the COVID restrictions. When 2021 began, Monica and I were energized and ready to hit the road as restrictions lifted. Early on, we were faced with health issues that slowed us down and drew our attention to the issues at hand. It made us think about the vulnerability of life, and what is most important. We did our best to re-energize and looked toward our busy schedule in the fall. But another health issue faced us. With this, and our concern about ourselves for the future, the need to slow down made sense to us. Thus, the personal decision to retire and enjoy a slower pace in life.
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