Fênix 1884

A∴R∴L∴S∴ · Grand Benefactress of the Order

FênixNº 1884

Renasço

In the Orient of Rio de Janeiro · Founded July 30, 1973

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The manifesto

From its own ashes, the column rises.

The word carried on our standard is a verb in the first person, in the present tense. Not “I was reborn,” nor “I will be reborn”: renasço — “I rise again” — now, and once more tomorrow.

The Lodge

A workshop of men who build themselves.

We meet on Mondays, at the Temple on Rua Palatinado, a house the Fênix shares with sister Lodges of the Orient of Rio de Janeiro. Three pillars sustain what we do.

  1. 01

    Study

    Knowledge as a tool for self-improvement. No newly initiated Brother crosses the first degree without direction.

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  2. 02

    Ritual

    The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, practiced with the rigor tradition demands and the Lodge has taken as its vision.

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  3. 03

    Philanthropy

    The fraternal love that leaves the Temple. Building a more just, equal, and happy society.

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Address
Rua Palatinado, 380 — Cascadura, Rio de Janeiro
Meetings
Mondays, at 7 p.m.
Rite
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite
Jurisdiction
Grande Oriente do Brasil — Rio de Janeiro
Our history

A history that keeps going.

Seventeen Brothers, three borrowed houses, and sixteen years of work before a Temple of its own. The Fênix is made of dates, places, and people — and the archive is open.

  1. 1973

    Founding

    Unable to revive Loja Mascarenhas de Moraes, seventeen Brothers raise a new Lodge, on July 30.

  2. 1986

    A ground of its own

    The Lodge acquires the land at Rua Palatinado, 380, in Cascadura.

  3. 1990

    Cornerstone

    On July 29, the Brethren gather around the laid cornerstone.

  4. 2006

    Consecration of the Temple

    On July 30, the Lodge begins its labors at the Palácio Maçônico de Cascadura.

  • About thirty Brothers lined up in a semicircle on the lawn, in dark suits, collars, and Masonic aprons. In the foreground, the open ground with the cornerstone already laid.
    The Brethren around the cornerstone, 1990
  • An open-air Masonic procession. In front, a Brother wearing white gloves carries the Lodge's blue standard, with the word RENASÇO in gold and the white Phoenix over the flames. Beside him, Brothers in dark suits, collars, and aprons walk across the lawn.
    The standard in the cornerstone procession
  • Brothers Montese and Amorim, in light shirts, stand on the slab, in front of a still unplastered brick wall. Behind them, a concrete portico, the neighborhood's rooftops, and the hills in the distance.
    Brothers Montese and Amorim on the slab
  • A large concrete slab, already cured, seen at a low angle. In the background, three workers and, beyond them, the neighborhood's rooftops and houses.
    The concreted slab, and the neighborhood around it
  • Two-story facade under construction, still unpainted. Two cylindrical columns support the upper floor's curved balcony, and the windows have full arches with blue frames.
    The facade, with the columns already raised
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Study

No path should be walked without direction.

The Aracaty José de Medeiros Study Circle bears the name of a Brother of this House and represents the Fênix's commitment to formation, study, and the transmission of knowledge between generations.

It is where the Lodge reads, listens, and discusses — and where no newly initiated Brother crosses the first degree without direction. The constant investigation of truth is, after all, one of the ends the Order sets for itself.

The Lodge's full history is told in the book A Fênix e o Aprendiz (“The Fênix and the Apprentice”), written by the Brethren of this House and given to every initiated Brother.

Irmãos reunidos em torno de uma mesa em sessão do Núcleo de Estudos Aracaty José de Medeiros.
Núcleo de EstudosAracaty José de Medeiros — a formação como compromisso entre gerações.
Ritual

The Rite does not explain itself from the outside.

We practice the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite. Originating in Scotland, born in France, and organized in the United States in 1801, it is today the most widespread of the Masonic rites — and the one the Fênix has worked since its founding.

It is the Lodge's declared vision to become a reference in Scottish Rite ritual practice across Rio de Janeiro Freemasonry. What that demands is known to whoever practices it: rigor, study, and constancy. The rest belongs to those who were there.

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Philanthropy

What leaves the Temple.

The Lodge's mission is to promote the personal and social betterment of its members and to contribute to building a more just, equal, and happy society. Outside the Temple, that becomes support for those in need.

We currently support

Casa de Apoio à Criança com Câncer São Vicente de Paulo

Provides free care to children and adolescents aged zero to eighteen with cancer and other serious blood diseases, coming from distant municipalities and other states for treatment at Rio de Janeiro's specialized hospitals. It offers support, nutrition, social and educational assistance, medication, and cultural activities.

Estrada do Colégio, 1.185 — Colégio, Rio de Janeiro

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The Lodge's activities — visits, campaigns, donations, and dates — are posted on Instagram, where the Fênix's everyday life happens.

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Official channel@arlsfenix1884The Lodge's everyday life — studies, activities, events, and moments of fellowship — is posted on Instagram.See on Instagram →

Fênix Nº 1884

A tradition that keeps rising anew.

Rua Palatinado, 380 — Cascadura, Rio de Janeiro

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