Episode 10: The Senex (Arturo de Hoyos, 33°, Grand Cross)

The Scottish Rite’s answer to the “hall of fame” is the Grand Cross Court of Honor.  It is the highest honor that the Supreme Council can bestow on a member, and it is reserved for those who have performed exceptional, extraordinary and prolonged services to the Fraternity and or humanity. To put a finer point on it, in terms of numbers, there are currently only 81 men in the world who hold this honor, which is often called the greatest honor in Freemasonry.

This month’s guest, Arturo de Hoyos, 33rd Degree, is also a Grand Cross.  He is also currently the Grand Archivist and Grand Historian of the Scottish Rite…