The Hope of Christmas
WATCH: A Christmas message from the Sovereign Grand Master, Rev William Anderson.
40 years on: Royal Black Institution to remember former leader and son murdered by IRA terrorists
The Royal Black Institution will hold a number of events next year to mark the 40th anniversary of the horrific double murder of a former leader of the Institution and his only son by republican terrorists. Past Sovereign Grand Master, Sir Norman Stronge, and his son, James Stronge, also a member of the Institution, were... Read More
Time to remember: Sir Knight William Irvine recalls time in UDR
A member of the Royal Black Institution has told how his neighbours bravely thwarted an attempt on his life by the IRA during the Troubles. Sir Knight William Irvine, 73, a retired farmer and school bus driver, was the target of a three-man republican terror gang who were intent on murdering the UDR man as... Read More
Time to remember: An Act of Remembrance at the grave of WW1 soldier Sir Knight Thomas McCullough
WATCH: An Act of Remembrance involving Sovereign Grand Master Rev William Anderson and Imperial Grand Chaplain Rev Nigel Reid at the grave of Sir Knight Thomas McCullough in Co Armagh. Lance Corporal Thomas McCullough died from his wounds after fighting in the Battle of the Ancre Heights in 1916 and is buried at Mountnorris Presbyterian... Read More
Time to Remember: Remembrance Sunday 2020
WATCH: An Act of Remembrance by the Imperial Grand Black Chapter of the British Commonwealth. Filmed in Tullyallen Presbyterian Church, Co Armagh. With contributions from: Imperial Grand Chaplain Rev Nigel Reid Imperial Grand Chaplain Rev Canon Will Murphy Imperial Grand Chaplain Raymond Adams Piper Sir Knight Alan Copeland and Sovereign Grand Master Rev William Anderson... Read More
Chaplain’s Thought on Remembrance Sunday
“And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great deliverance.” (1 Chronicles 11:14) Today we again remember with thanksgiving to God the service and sacrifice of the members of our Armed Forces who were involved in two World Wars... Read More
Time to Remember: Royal Black Institution lays poppy wreath at grave of WW1 soldier
The leader of the Royal Black Institution has paid tribute to a Sir Knight who fought and died in the First World War. Sovereign Grand Master, Rev William Anderson, attended an Act of Remembrance at the grave of Sir Knight Thomas McCullough in Co Armagh. Lance Corporal Thomas McCullough died from his wounds after fighting... Read More
Time to remember: Former Sovereign Grand Master Lord Molyneaux and the Liberation of Belsen
As part of the Royal Black Institution’s “Time to Remember” season, here we take a look at the harrowing wartime experiences of our former Sovereign Grand Master, Lord Molyneaux. “If I hadn’t seen what I did at Belsen I don’t think I would have believed someone could do those things to another living person.” Lord... Read More
Reformation Day
On this Reformation Day, the 503rd anniversary of Martin Luther nailing his 95 theses to the door of Wittenberg Cathedral, Imperial Grand Chaplain Sir Knight Dr Rev Phil Rimmer examines the significance of the Protestant Reformation and the importance of justification by faith alone, for each and every one of us. October 31 is remembered... Read More
Time to remember: ‘More important than ever to honour the Fallen’
The leader of the Royal Black Institution has said its “more important than ever” that people this year honour the bravery and sacrifice of the Armed Forces. With Covid-19 restrictions causing disruption to many of the usual Remembrance activities, the Sovereign Grand Master, Rev William Anderson, has appealed to members of the Institution and their... Read More