International Masonic Union Catena

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The International Masonic Union Catena is an international organization of Masonic organizations. The organizations involved are considered irregular by the United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE) and most other Anglo-Saxon Grand Lodges.

History

The organization was created in 1961 by the Nederlandse grootloge der gemengde vrijmetsalerij, Humanitas – Freimaurergroßloge für Frauen und Männer in Deutschland and Österreichischer Universaler Freimaurerorden - Humanitas. It is only for mixed masonic organizations.

The Catena is open only to lodges that acknowledge a Supreme Being (Great Architect of the Universe).^[1]

Members

Present members

Humanitas – Freimaurergroßloge für Frauen und Männer in Deutschland (Germany)
Österreichischer Universaler Freimaurerorden - Humanitas (Austria)
Order of the Ancient Free Masonry for Men and Women (United Kingdom)
Grand Loge "Humanitas Bohemia" (Czech Republic)
Groupement Maconnique de Loges Mixtes et Indépendentes (France)
Maçons Lliures Mare Nostrum (Spain)

Former members

Nederlandse grootloge der gemengde vrijmetsalerij
Jus Humanum Suecia (Sweden)
Grande Loja Arquitetos de Aquario (Brasil)
Gran Loggia d' Italia degli ALAM (Italy)

Sources

International Masonic Union Catena
Henderson, Kent & Pope, Tony: Freemasonry Universal, 2 vols, Global Masonic Publications, Melbourne 1998, 2000, vol 2 p 6.

References

↑ AT A PERPETUAL DISTANCE: LIBERAL AND ADOGMATIC GRAND LODGES, Tony Pope, Pietre Stones Review of Freemasonry

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