Our Next Meeting:

May 30, 2026 

Meeting Information

Dr. G. M. Patrick Chapel meets on the fourth Saturday in February and August and as announced at other called meetings.

Consecrated on September 11, 2005, the Dr. George M. Patrick Chapel No. 4 of the Commemorative Order of St. Thomas of Acon meets twice each year in Bryan, Brazos County, Texas at the Asylum of Ivanhoe Commandery in the Hall of Brazos Union Masonic Lodge No. 129.

The Annual Meeting is the fourth Saturday of August in Bryan, TX.  This is the Election and Installation meeting.

The second meeting is on the fourth Saturday in February.

Thomas Becket

Thomas Becket  was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 until his murder in 1170.  He engaged in conflict with Henry II, King of England, over the rights and privileges of the Church and was murdered by followers of the king in Canterbury Cathedral. Soon after his death, he was canonized by Pope Alexander III.

Becket was born c. 1118 in Cheapside, London, on 21 December, the feast day of St Thomas the Apostle. He was the son of Gilbert Beket and Gilbert's wife Matilda. Gilbert's father was either a Norman small landowner or a petty knight. Matilda was also of Norman ancestry. Some time after Becket began his schooling, Gilbert Beket suffered financial reverses.The younger Becket was forced to earn a living as a clerk. Gilbert first secured a place for his son in the business of a relative and then later acquired him a position in the household of Theobald of Bec, by now the Archbishop of Canterbury.