Illustrious Brian A. Pilz, 33° Master of Kadosh, Consistory.
Prior
Honourable Willis E. Taylor, 32º, KCCH
Preceptor
Honourable Mathew J. Reidmiller, 32°, KCCH
Chancellor
Illustrious Joseph H. Santisteban, 33º
Minister of State
Almoner, Valley of Tucson
Michael A. Candela, 32º
Treasurer, Valley of Tucson
Illustrious Randal S. Jager, 33°
General Secretary, Valley of Tucson
Illustrious Jeffrey R. Horton, 33°
Prelate
Master of Ceremonies
Tiler
Rayna D. Stanley, 32º
The Thirty-first and Thirty-second degrees are the last of the Four Bodies and are Official and Ceremonial Degrees.
They are the culmination, summing up as it were, of all the previous degrees. They Royal Secret, like the occult science of the ancients, is concealed even here, but remember, "Faith begins where reason sinks exhausted." The Star of Hope shines for us as it did for the Wise Men of the East two thousand years ago. Today, as in the first days of creation, good and evil, right and wrong, justice and mercy, balance each other to teach us to remember ourselves as immortal souls, retaining for each other respect and charity while slowly climbing to that state of perfection - the final goal for all.
31st degree - Inspector Inquisitor: In this degree the apprentice learns prayerful self-examination. The mistakes today should not be committed tomorrow. Simply, the daily look at ones self to learn to live with the future. No apron is worn in the Supreme Tribunal, but in inferior bodies, a white sheep-skin apron with a silver Teutonic cross may be worn. The jewel is a silver Teutonic cross. The jewel may be suspended from a white collar, with a gold triangle with a "31" inside it. But in inferior bodies it may be suspended from a golden chain, the links of which form the eight fundamental degrees of Masonry: The 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 14th, 16th, 18th, and 30th degrees.
32nd degree - Master of the Royal Secret: The lessons taught in this degree are that "genuine brotherhood requires mutual regard, opinion, esteem and charity". We always look for the good in all, make allowances for other's short comings. We trust the Supreme Architect to lead us to friendship, morality and brotherly love. The apron worn in this degree is white, lined in black, with a double-headed eagle and a plan of the Camp of the Princes. The jewel worn is a golden Teutonic cross, with a double-headed white and black eagle in the center.
