On Saturday, 28 March 2020, R.Ill.Kt. Marc Burton, the then Intendant-General for Transvaal, Orange Free State and Northern Cape (now South Africa), despatched a first mini-lecture to all the members of the Red Cross of Constantine in South Africa.
The main aim was to ensure a regular contact to keep alive the interest in the Order despite the confinement imposed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Little did he know, or at least expect, that this project would keep him busy, and his Knights entertained, until November 2021, generating over one hundred mini-lectures, covering most, if not all, the items of interest mentioned in our rituals, or closely related to them.
We are greatly indebted to R.Ill.Kt. Marc whose dedication and endeavour brought these papers into being and led to the creation of ‘The Red Cross Herald’ as a Newsletter coming out from Grand Imperial Conclave HQ in England, helping them to engage with Worthy Knights across the Constitution during the course of the pandemic.
Now, two years later, these papers have been collated into a website where they can be read and downloaded for use in Conclave meetings as a further way of encouraging and sharing a wider understanding of our rituals and many of the characters, artefacts, and places relevant to them.
Please do share this website with other members of the Order and encourage use of the papers in your Conclaves.
You can find the website here: https://www.redcrossofconstantine.uk/