The International Masonic Union Catena is an international organization of

Masonic Freemasonry or Masonry refers to fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local guilds of stonemasons that, from the end of the 13th century, regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities ...

organizations. The organizations involved are considered irregular by the

United Grand Lodge of England The United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE) is the governing Masonic lodge for the majority of freemasons in England, Wales and the Commonwealth of Nations. Claiming descent from the Masonic grand lodge formed 24 June 1717 at the Goose & Gridiron ...

(UGLE) and most other Anglo-Saxon Grand Lodges.

History

The organization was created in 1961 by the Nederlandse grootloge der gemengde vrijmetsalerij,

Humanitas – Freimaurergroßloge für Frauen und Männer in Deutschland ''Humanitas'' is a Latin noun meaning human nature, civilization, and kindness. It has uses in the Enlightenment, which are discussed below. Classical origins of term The Latin word ''humanitas'' corresponded to the Greek concepts of '' philanthr ...

and Österreichischer Universaler Freimaurerorden - Humanitas. It is only for mixed masonic organizations. The Catena is open only to lodges that acknowledge a

Supreme Being In monotheistic thought, God is usually viewed as the supreme being, creator, and principal object of faith. Swinburne, R.G. "God" in Honderich, Ted. (ed)''The Oxford Companion to Philosophy'', Oxford University Press, 1995. God is typically ...

( Great Architect of the Universe).AT A PERPETUAL DISTANCE: LIBERAL AND ADOGMATIC GRAND LODGES
Tony Pope, Pietre Stones Review of Freemasonry

Members

Present members

(Germany) * Österreichischer Universaler Freimaurerorden - Humanitas (Austria) *

Order of the Ancient Free Masonry for Men and Women Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood * Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of ...

(United Kingdom) * Grand Loge "Humanitas Bohemia" (Czech Republic) * Groupement Maconnique de Loges Mixtes et Indépendentes (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) GLMMM01

Former members

* Nederlandse grootloge der gemengde vrijmetsalerij * Jus Humanum Suecia (Sweden) * Grande Loja Arquitetos de Aquario (Brasil) * Gran Loggia d' Italia degli ALAM (Italy)

Sources

International Masonic Union Catena
* Henderson, Kent & Pope, Tony: Freemasonry Universal, 2 vols, Global Masonic Publications, Melbourne 1998, 2000, vol 2 p 6.

References