Sovereign Master
M. Ramos
Senior Warden
J. Prestage
Junior Warden
R. Pinkerton
Treasurer
C. Grech PSM
Secretary
B. McCain
Chaplain
J. Yelinek PSM
Director of Ceremonies
M. Ramos
Senior Deacon
B. Rick
Junior Deacon
J. Larin PSM
Inner Guard
C. Trueblood PSM
Organist
M. Solomon
Tyler
T. Pryor PSM
Meeting Location
34400 Mission Blvd., Union City 94587-3604
Meeting Dates
Second Sunday of March, June, September and December at 11:00 am
After each business meeting we have our regular
AMD Education Talk.
Dining
$15.00 for non-Masonic Home
and Acacia Creek Residents
Secretary Contact
Bobby J. McCain
bjm262@gmail.com
Past Sovereign Masters
2010 – E. Fentum
2011 – S. Bransgrove
2012 – P. Hardiman
2013 – J. Yelinek
2014 – M. Bole
2015 – A. Rivas
2016 – C. Grech
2017 – M. Patterson
2018 – C. Trueblood
2019 – R. Fiechtner
2020 – T. Pryor
2021 – E. Prado
2022 - J. Larin
Three-Year Degree Conferral and Meeting Cycle
Year 2
St. Lawrence the Martyr
Royal Ark Mariner
Order of the Secret Monitor (Admissions Degree)
Installation
Year 3
St. Lawrence the Martyr
Order of the Secret Monitor (Prince Degree)
Architect Degrees/Excellent Master Lecture Series
Installation
Year 1
St. Lawrence the Martyr
Knight of Constantinople
Grand Tilers of Solomon
Installation
*Architect Degree Series, Excellent Master and
Masters of Tyre conferred as written analysis.
Degrees under the auspices of the
Grand Council Allied Masonic Degrees in America
Council History
In 1993, Edgar W. Fentum (member of Escorial Council, Time Immemorial meeting in Havant, England) attended his first meeting of a Council of the Allied Masonic Degrees (AMD) in California. It was held during a Sunday Brunch. He was dismayed to discover that this was the practice of some Allied Masonic Degree Councils in the United States.
In 1994, Bro. Fentum applied for and received a Charter for Britannia Council No. 303 meeting in Los Altos, California and served as its first Sovereign Master.
Britannia Council adopted many practices of an English Council, i.e., holding tyled meetings, conferring degrees and presenting the occasional research paper.
In 2007, Bro. Fentum moved to the Masonic Homes of California in Union City, California and in 2010 founded Siminoff Council No. 485, which also labours in the English Council manner.
As a mark of affection, the unshorn lamb skin aprons, crafted by Bro. Fentum, are continuing to be worn by the Officers of the Siminoff Council when conferring the Royal Ark Mariner Degree.