SCM 2022 Daily Digest - Wednesday Sept. 14

Dear SCM 2022 Delegates & Aspirants:

Day Three: Registration and Check-in activity has subsided to a few last minute arrivals. That said, the registration desk is still a focal point serving a concierge role in helping delegates with their questions.

Meanwhile delegates were still buzzing about Bard on the Beach last night, which by all accounts was a huge success. 

Diana Barkley of the SCM organising committee reports:



"The SCM group (seen above) enjoyed a pre-theatre reception with sumptuous charcuterie platters and open bar plus an entertaining visit from SOSJ Vancouver Commandery member, Christopher Gaze, Founder of Bard. 

"The reception was followed by a superb performance by the very accomplished UBC Opera Group accompanied by the Vancouver Opera Orchestra with Christopher providing excellent duties as MC. He even ended the evening by joining with a troupe of can-can dancers."

Day Three was also the beginning of getting down to SCM business. The Town Hall, was well attended as Commanders from around the SOSJ world shared best practices and projects that support our Mission to help 'the Lord’s sick and poor'.

Reporting on Day Three was our intrepid Herald Team's David McGrotty:

"At this mornings Town Hall session it was amazing to hear the different charitable support projects that go on Internationally, from shelters to helicopters. The one common bond was the Sovereign Order, globally is all about giving. The questions and comments were all on target as to what we as a group should be focused on. 



"On another note, unfortunately one of our guests from Australia flew into Los Angeles, arrived 4 hours late and missed their connection. Instead of being booked on the next flight to Vancouver, they were flown to Toronto and then to Vancouver, to say it was a long flight would be an understatement – 36 hours in the air."

From Kirk Hamilton, who attended the SOSJ history session:

"At the SOSJ history session, Joe Rudé gave us the highlights of the work done to document the history of the Sovereign Order of St. John in his upcoming book. The book is the culmination of research by Joe and his contributors who researched the nearly 1000 years of the SOSJ. His very informative talk highlighted the various stages of the SOSJ until they had to abandon Malta and explained the breakaway factions of the Order that evolved since that time."