STORYLINE The degree dramatizes a picture of human failure, and social and moral behavior. The Book of Life is sealed. PHILOSOPHY We must seek truth in our way of life and should learn from, and avoid, repeating the errors of the past. CORE VALUES Reverence for God & Service to Humanity Find this Degree See the 17° - Knight of the East and West at the Valleys below. Pennsylvania Allentown Secretary: Bryan K. Fritz, 33° Address 1533 W Hamilton Street, Allentown, PA, 18102-4205 Phone: 610-433-3232 Connecticut Bridgeport Secretary: Bruce R. Bellmore, 33°, MSA Address LAFAYETTE CONSISTORY, P.O. BOX 309, STRATFORD, CT, 06615-0309 Phone: 203-375-0064 •Fax: 203-386-0828 Illinois Chicago Secretary: Eric M. Smith, 33° Address 383 E Lake St, Bloomingdale, IL, 60108-1191 Phone: 630-439-3400 •Fax: 630-439-3401 Indiana Fort Wayne Secretary: Larry L. Chapel, 33°, MSA Address 5907 STONEY CREEK DR, FORT WAYNE, IN, 46825 Phone: 260-423-2593 Illinois Freeport Secretary: Roy T. Grobe, 33° Address SCOTTISH RITE BODIES, 305 WEST STEPHENSON ST, FREEPORT, IL, 61032-4326 Phone: 815-233-0513 •Fax: 815-232-1369 Pennsylvania New Castle Secretary: Randall L. Connell, 33° Address 110 E LINCOLN AVE, NEW CASTLE, PA, 16101-2472 Phone: 724-654-5800 Connecticut New Haven Secretary: Jerry J. Gruenbaum, 32° Address P.O. Box 3879, New Haven, CT, 06515-3879 Phone: 203-580-4208 Indiana Terre Haute Secretary: Stanley Abernathy, 33° Address 8930 E. U.S. Highway 40, TERRE HAUTE, IN, 47803 Phone: 812-234-3761 •Fax: 812-238-8450 Delaware Wilmington Secretary: Stephen M. Tucker, 33° Address 818 N. Market St 3rd Floor, WILMINGTON, DE, 19801-3077 Phone: 302-598-9328 Ohio Youngstown Secretary: Timothy N. Flack, 33° Address PO Box 1420, Warren, OH, 44482-1420 Phone: 330-373-0890 •Fax: 330-373-0898 The Chapter of Rose Croix Degrees The Chapter of Rose Croix confers the 17th and 18th degrees, known as the philosophical degrees. These degrees make use of Christian symbols and historical settings, but their spiritual message is universal for all Masons, who are united in the belief of a Supreme Being. Both degrees use the Book of Life to advance the concept of avoiding the mistakes of the past. The term “Rose Croix” literally means “rose cross,” and is derived from the symbol of the order of the Rosicrucians: a rose on a cross. Aspects of the Scottish Rite’s 18th degree, Knight of the Rose Croix, were inspired by Rosicrucianism. The Makings of the 17th Degree