Recent Past Masters
Kendall M Merrick was the 126th & the 128th Master of Lodge Southern Cross.
- The Rulers of the Lodge, The Craft & The Holy Royal Arch
Kendall has enjoyed a varied and enjoyable life in many different roles & environments. He was born in Sydney and lived in some of the nicest parts of the world such as Tasmania, Northern NSW, London, Yorkshire and Germany. Despite leaving university to work in IT, Kendall’s career has moved around various professions, such as Hospitality & Building before finally settling into a career in Finance and Financial Markets.
He was Initiated, Passed & Raised in to Lodge Southern Cross, and has since found much serendipity within themany orders within Freemasonry which complement his membership in orders and activities outside of the Freemasonry.
Kendall descends from a family of Masonic Brethren (he holds paraphernalia from at least seven consecutive generations) and is a keen advocate in making Masonry relevant and engaging for the Men of Today.
Due the standard of the work that he achieves at Lodge Southern Cross, Kendall has been called upon to perform ‘Southern Cross Style’ degrees at other lodges. These are the standard NSW constitution degrees, yet with a team of brethren willing to learn the entire ritual and to perform it with pride and passion for the benefit of the Lodge and the Candidate.
Both the Lodge and the Master were born and have grown up in Australia, & both are very proud of their Scottish Heritage. Kendall often wearing his Mackenzie Tartan Kilt to Lodge Meetings, and the Lodge displays its original Scottish Charter with its other 2 charters issued, respectively, by the Grand Lodge of New South Wales and the United Grand Lodge of NSW & ACT.
- David Coburn as Chaplain, and Kendall Merrick as a Knights Templar.
Kendall was Installed as the 128th Master by David Coburn, the 127th Master who retired from being the Grand Organist to accept his Patent of Office as the District Grand Inspector of Workings (Equivalent to the UK Provincial GrandMaster) for District 124. Unfortunately, David had suffered ill health over the last few years and passed away onto the Grand Lodge above in November 2010.
Kendall proudly supported David in his role as DGIW as his District Formation Officer. They were firm friends who enjoyed many of the Masonic Orders together, such as can be seen from the Photo above. This was taken in the United Religious Military and Masonic Orders of the Temple and of Saint John of Jerusalem, Palestine, Rhodes and Malta in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, which is a degree available for Master Masons in NSW.
