ABOUT
The Fraternal Order of the Golden Owl is international. We have knights residing in England, Scotland, Wales, Australia, France, Sweden, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Mexico, Serbia, and all over the United States.
The Order is private. It is not operated under the auspices of any governmental or religious body. We are not posing as royal, non-ruling monarchs, princes, dukes, clergy, tribal kings, or anything other than who we are.
We are a Fraternal Order of Chivalry. This means that we are a group of men and women dedicated to the specific goal of living out a modern day chivalric lifestyle. We do this to make the world a little bit better and perhaps inspire others to do the same.
As of March 2024, we have 65 knights and dames from around the world, over 600 friends of the Order, and we continue to grow wildly.
MISSION STATEMENT
The Fraternal Order of the Golden Owl exists to make the world a little better, one adventure at a time, through learning and living out an idealized chivalric and helpful lifestyle as a person of integrity and by roll modeling such behaviors.
INSIGNIA OF THE ORDER
The Prior of the Order was granted heraldic arms, badge, and standard by the authority of Queen Elizabeth II and the hereditary Earl Marshall, signed and sealed by the three Kings of Arms in the United Kingdom. The Prior uses his own granted para-heraldic badge, “The Belted Owl” and its variant, “The Unbelted Owl” as symbols for his fraternity. It is used for his knights, as was the original intent of a badge, to identify the followers of an armiger. The badge of the Order is a gold Maltese cross with the “Unbelted Owls” within each arm of the cross, and a “Belted Owl” in the center.
