STRUCTURE & ORGANISATION

• How we are organised
• Membership

• The Blue Cross Order is constituted of two administrative divisions: the Preceptory and the Priory. One Preceptory is made of two or several Priories acting on the territory of the same country (or independent territory).
• Only one Preceptory is entitled to act within the national territory of any independent state. If there is only one Priory registered in the respective state, then it will automatically receive the status of a National Preceptory.
• The establishments of the Order acting abroad shall be organised on the same administrative model, which is the National Preceptory made of two or several Priories.
• The General Capitulum (quorum) is made of the total number of founding-members and full-members of the Blue Cross Order. It shall be empowered with elective prerogatives in the purpose of designating the leading institutions of the Order.
(The Rule, Chapter VI, a, b, d, e)
• The heads of the Blue Cross Order are: the Patron of the Order, the Master of the Order, the Grand Council and the General Council(s).

• The membership of the Blue Cross Order shall be open to men who are ecumenically-minded Christians, belonging to either the Catholic or Orthodox Church and who shall prove a sustained intellectual and moral behaviour.
• The Blue Cross Order shall recognize three forms of membership: founding-member, full-member and aspirant-member.
• The aspirant-member is to be supported by a founding-member or a full-member of the Order, who shall also counter-sign the recommendation letter in support for the aspirant's application.
• Whoever shall accede to the status of aspirant-membership must show continuous interest and involvement in the mission of the Order; he shall attend all sessions of the Organisation and bring his contribution to its general activity as well.
• The aspirant-member shall first pass a probationary period named noviciate, following a special programme designed by the General Council of each National Preceptory where the application is forwarded. During the probation period, which shall have no time limits, the aspirant's performance will be closely supervised by the Master of the Order himself, or by an official designated by the General Council.
• The noviciate is characterised through a sustained practice of Christian ethics, through obedience towards the teachings of the Church and through exercise of specific activities and obligations in support of the mission of the Blue Cross Order.
• Those who shall have successfully passed their probationary period and have made their Oath of Loyalty shall receive the status of full-membership. This oath shall be made within the assembly of the extraordinary reunion of the Order.
• The membership of the Blue Cross Order shall not be withdrawn under any circumstances.
(The Rule, Chapter VIII, a, b, c, d, e, f, j, p)