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and the membership became more diverse. By the early 1990s, the arrangement whereby the Order was represented in the United States solely by a corporate entity in New York became untenable. On May 11, 1996, the Priory in the USA was formally established at a ceremony
National Cathedral in Washington attended by HRH Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester. When the Priory was established, some members of the Order from existing Priories expressed concern that those appointed in the new Priory would be buying honors since there was no St. John Ambulance in which service could be recognized. Since its establishment, the Priory in the USA has "raised millions of dollars over the years to support the work of St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital, its hospital in Hebron, satellite eye clinics in Gaza and the West Bank, and mobile outreach, training, teaching and research programs."
178:. As more people became involved in the Order, a need was felt for some organization to help in the coordination of fundraising and service efforts. Because the United States of America was a republic with no formal connection to the United Kingdom or the Commonwealth, an alternative to the traditional Priories and Commanderies was devised. In 1957, the American Society of the Order was formally incorporated in the state of New York with Fairbanks and others acting as the founders. This allowed the American contingent of Order members to more effectively raise funds for the Eye Hospital in Jerusalem and the Order's work around the world.
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members of the Order from across the United States who serve staggered three-year terms. There are also several national officers of the Priory including the chancellor, four vice-chancellors, a sub-prelate, a treasurer, a secretary, a hospitaller, a historiographer, and a genealogist. These are appointed to three-year terms as well. The Priory also employs an executive director, who is not required to be a member of the Order, to "handle day-to-day operations, focusing on membership communications and fundraising within and outside the Order."
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the host of the annual Grand
Council meeting of the International Order of St John. It also has supported various appeals from the international office in London. These have included the Grand Prior's appeal for the Priory of South Africa for its home-based care training programs, St. John programs in Sri Lanka and Canada, and renovation projects for the Order's Priory Church crypt and museum in Clerkenwell, London. On a personal level, members of the Priory in the United States respond to the disasters such as tsunamis in Asia,
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service opportunities in which to be involved. They were not able to support the work of the Order beyond making annual oblations to Eye
Hospital. The SJVC's stated goal is to give "provide members and potential members with the opportunity to engage in a variety of volunteer service activities in Veterans Administration Facilities throughout the United States."
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funds for the Order's Eye
Hospital in Jerusalem. This was its primary purpose in its days as the American Society. The donations provided by the Priory in the United States comprise a large portion of the Eye Hospital's budget. In 2014—the most recent year for which data are available—the Priory donated $ 1,515,562 to the hospital's work.
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The regional administration of the Priory is divided into thirteen geographic areas. As of 2014, these regions were
Atlanta, Charleston, Connecticut, the Gulf Coast, the Mountain States, New York, Palm Beach, Richmond, San Diego, San Francisco, Southwest, St. Louis, and Washington, DC. Each region is
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American Society and the Priory in the USA worked concurrently to fulfill the Order's mission in the country. The American Society was dissolved on June 26, 2012, and its functions were absorbed into the Priory. The Chapter of the Priory comprises 20
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Since 2013, the Priory in the United States has overseen the St. John
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Priories and Associations of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem, the Priory in the United States of America does not manage an ambulance service for first aid training and first aid cover. The primary mission of the Priory has always been to raise
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Francisco, and Washington, D.C., among other areas. The geographic area of the Order in the United States became more extensive,
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As one of eleven Priories of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem, the Priory in the United States of America is led by a Prior and a Chapter. The Priory has had four Priors since it was established in 1996:
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of Tennessee had been made a Chaplain of what was then called the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem in England. The number of members of the Order in the United States remained small even after a Royal Charter was granted by
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in 1888. Only in the 1950s did some prominent individuals in the area of New York City begin to get involved with the Order's work. Before 1960, the membership included Fanny Hanna Moore,
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