Convent, Investiture, Change of Command and Festive Dinner 2019

Saturday, 2 November 2019

The Priory of St. Michael and St. George held its annual Convent and Investiture at St. Thomas  Church Fifth Avenue in New York City.  At the Convent, the new prior was installed. The festive dinner followed at the University Club.  The beneficiary for this event was the American Friends of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem.

Members of the Priory of St, Michael & St. George joined with member of the Priory of St. George at the Sword Ceremony held by the Priory of St. Patrick.  The ancient sword ceremony was the first in hundreds of years, where Templar swords were blessed and named. Military swords were also blessed, but not named.  The Priory of St. Patrick held the ceremony at the headquarters of the Old Guard of the City of New York, in the Bronx.

The Priory celebrated its summer dinner at La Bonne Soupe in midtown Manhattan.  Members of other priories in Region I joined the dinner. 

On Saturday, 23 March, the Priory took a tour of Old St. Patrcik's Basilica (the "original" St. Patrick's Cathedral in lower Manhattan). This visit was during Lent. Many famous New Yorkers are buried in the famed catacombs.  Dinner followed in Little Italy.