NASHVILLE — The Charlotte Section of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem participated in the annual Mid Atlantic Lieutenancy Investiture Weekend Oct. 28-29.
Two people were invested as new members and two members were promoted in rank.
New members are: Dame Lynn Elizabeth Frank of Sacred Heart Parish in Salisbury and Dame Nancy Elizabeth Llewellyn of St. Michael Parish in Gastonia.
Dame Joan Marie Slep was promoted to Dame Grand Cross and Sir William Francis Dealy III was promoted to Knight Grand Cross. Both are members of St. Matthew Parish in Charlotte.
The Charlotte Section now has 56 members: nine clergy and 47 laity.
The Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem was founded nearly a thousand years ago by the pope during the Crusades, when Jerusalem came under attack.
Today, men and women of the order – approximately 30,000 people in 40 countries worldwide – still defend and support the Catholic presence in the Holy Land through their charitable work.
Members wear distinctive capes featuring a thick red Jerusalem cross with four miniature crosses in each corner of the main cross.
The five crosses represent the five wounds of Christ.
— Photo provided by Rick Taylor