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. Maine Bangor Secretary: Christopher L. Robison, 32° Address 294 Union St., Suite 2, BANGOR, ME, 04401 Phone: 207-942-0144 Connecticut Bridgeport Secretary: Thomas E. Beck, 32°, 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 Ohio Cleveland Secretary: Robert W. Thomas, 33° Address VALLEY OF CLEVELAND, PO BOX 888, CHARDON, OH, 44024 Phone: 216-432-2370 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 Maine Rockland Secretary: Jeffrey W. Sukeforth, 33°, MSA Address 47 Rawson Ave., Camden, ME, 04843 Phone: 207-691-2270 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 Ohio Toledo Secretary: Michael E. Shobe, 33° Address 309 W. Sophia St, Maumee, OH, 43537-2169 Phone: 419-893-2942 •Fax: 419-893-2962 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