The International Masonic Union Catena is an international organization of Masonic organizations.
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).AT A PERPETUAL DISTANCE: LIBERAL AND ADOGMATIC GRAND LODGES, Tony Pope, Pietre Stones Review of Freemasonry
Members
Present members
International Masonic Order DELPHI (Greece) 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 Maçonnique de Loges Mixtes et Indépendantes (France) Maçons Lliures Mare Nostrum (Spain) Ordine Massonico Tradizionale Italiano (Italy) Grand Lodge of Freemasonry for Men & Women of Greece. Grand Lodge of Modern Mixed Mason (United Kingdom)
Former members Nederlandse grootloge der gemengde vrijmetsalerij Jus Humanum Suecia (Sweden) Grande Loja Arquitetos de Aquario (Brasil) Gran Loggia d' Italia degli ALAM (Italy)
See also CLIPSAS Grand Orient of Belgium Grande Loge Nationale Française International Secretariat of the Masonic Adogmatic Powers
Sources International Masonic Union Catena Henderson, Kent & Pope, Tony: Freemasonry Universal, 2 vols, Global Masonic Publications, Melbourne 1998, 2000, vol 2 p 6.
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