R-D-V 2011

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

Welcome Pilgrims!   

It is a hard life, that of a Warrior Monk in the Renaissance Faire/Medieval Festival world. We are vastly outnumbered by pirates, musketeers, fairies, and the endless multitude of "danes", but we soldier on.

We do not ask how many of the "uncommitted" there are, but ask where they might be, so that we may go forth and put up a shining appearance for others to emulate.

All the Brothers of Ren-Deus-Vult stand ready to offer those seeking to join, sound and knowledgeable advice and a readiness to assist in making your appearance all the more spectacular in the eyes of those who gather at these events, and fearsome in the eyes of those who disbelieve! 

We welcome you, once you've shed the medieval or mundane mantles of Secular life, whether it be pirates, musketeers, fairies, mundane, or those of Ibelin, Plantagenant, or other Royal Houses and proudly don the colors of one of the Medieval fraternities of Warrior Monks

So throw off your misgivings, put away fear and join the gathered Brethren of Templars, Hospitallers, Teutonic Knights, or any of the many smaller Orders from the period, equally as heroic, such as the Orders of Montjoie, Calatrava, St. Thomas of Canterbury, Schwertzbrüder of Livonia, St. Lazarus of Jerusalem, Montesa, Aviz, and for the valiant lady folk, the Order of the Hatchet.

See you there, and oh yeah........Deus vult!

[Sir William Marcus]