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How do i start work to help the templars (colorado)?

The Colorado Commandery of Knights Templar is an active York Rite Masonic body headquartered in Denver. Entry requires first becoming a Master Mason through a Blue Lodge, then advancing through the Royal Arch Chapter and Cryptic Council before petitioning the Commandery. A parallel Catholic-oriented youth branch called the Templars Order also operates across multiple states.

Evidence

  • Denver Colorado Commandery No. 1, based at 1614 Welton Street, Denver, CO 80202 (phone: 303-623-5825), is the primary Templar body in the state.
  • According to the York Rite pathway documented by appendant-body practitioners, the sequential steps are: (1) join a Blue Lodge and earn the Master Mason degree, (2) join a Royal Arch Chapter, (3) advance through a Cryptic Council, and (4) petition a Commandery of Knights Templar.
  • A separate avenue exists through the Templars Order, launched April 2024 by Mark Pica, which as of mid-2026 reported 350 active male teenage members, 30+ chapters across 14 dioceses and 10 states, and a service-project and fraternal-events focus rooted in Catholic parish life rather than Masonic structure.
  • For those with esoteric interests beyond the Commandery, the Societas Rosicruciana in Civis Fœderati (SRICF) draws overlapping membership — a Rocky Mountain SRICF conference coordinating Arizona, Utah, and Colorado chapters was documented as recently as 2023, per the Traveling Templar record.
  • Their official Colorado Grand Commandery resource is at knightstemplar.org/gckt/co/.

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