ring ceramony???

so whats the deal with the mm ring, do i give it to the master so he can give it to me when he raises me? iam confused.

choppersteve03 said:

so whats the deal with the mm ring, do i give it to the master so he can give it to me when he raises me? iam confused.

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I am a bit confused now, too...lol Are you asking if the WM gives you a ring that the lodge or someone else purchased, or are you asking if you need to provide the ring to the WM to give to you in a ceremony?

I didn't know that there was a ring ceremony. I don't know if this is something that is done in Iowa and not in Texas, or if I just don't know about it cause of my lack of activity due to the military over the years that I have been involved in Masonry. I didn't have a ring ceremony and have been at the raising of other Brothers and didn't hear any mention of one. The night that I was raised, when my father and I got to his house, he gave me his Masonic ring. To me, that was ceremony enough, getting my father's ring, but I think it would have been really neat if there was an official ceremony for it and my father presented to the ring to me there. But I am just fine with how I recieved it this way as it was a really private and meaningful thing from father to son.

Where are you hearing that there is a ring ceremony? I just did a quick (super quick actually...lol) search on the net for a Masonic ring ceremony in hopes that I would find that certain states or jurisdictions do it and how, but I didn't come up with anything. If it is a Brother from your lodge that is telling you this, maybe it is just a lodge based thing they like to do. I would just talk to the/a Brother from your lodge and ask them in particular.

If nobody on here gets you a definite answer, do me a favor and post what you find out from your lodge Brothers as I am curious about this now....lol

some people do that. I saw a Father raising his son once, who presented his son a MM ring after all the ceremonies were finished. I didn't have a ceremony about my ring. I just bought one after my degree and wore it. In hindsight, I'd have liked it if my parents could have presented me with my Grandfather's ring at my raising instead of a week later!

of course, there may be a standing tradition in your lodge. I would recommend that you talk with the WM or Secretary and see.

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I'm not sure if the ring presentation was something that the WM improvised or if it was something he'd heard from someone else. I'll have to ask him.

There was a brother in the Abilene Lodge 559 that had a bueatiful ring ceremony, and story goes that Grand Lodge wanted him to have it put into the monitor but he refused saying he did not want anyone to adapt it from his original form. He past away several years ago and the ceremony died with him, I do not know of anyone he taught it to, so sadly it is lost.

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In my own opinion....when there is a ring that is being passed down from a mason to one being raised....there is a time where after the ceremony that that presentation can take place. I did this when i was raised. Not official....but a time and place for everything...after the real ceremony.

thank you brothers, like always this fourum is a great place to share,almost like an internet lodge. and like useualy i got my answer.

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dnewman3 said:

Not official....but a time and place for everything...after the real ceremony.

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I can see a bit why there is nothing official about having a ceremony. Not all Masons get a ring handed down to them from a fellow Mason, or even a new one as a gift. I thinkn that you are totally right that there is a time and place for everything. If there is a ring to be given, I think that if all are willing (including the rest of the lodge members) that there can and should be a ring ceremony after the "real" ceremony. This would just be one more extremely memorable experience for the new Master Mason. Especially if the ring was coming from father to son, or some other family member that was a Brother Mason. Heck, it would even absolutely awesome for the new MM to recieve a ring during a ceremony like that if it was coming from just a friend or someone else from the lodge.

Sort of like my raising. My father was there and raised me. Of course, I knew that my father was there for my degree, but I had no idea that he was going to take part in things. And after going through it all and seeing that he was the one that raised me, it makes that so much more meaningful and sticks out in my memory more detailed than a lot of other things when it came to getting my degrees. While him giving me his ring was something that I will also not forget and I wouldn't change the manner that I recieved it, I think that it would have been really awesome if there was some sort of ceremony where he took part in and gave me the ring.

Steve, glad we could help you with your answer, Brother.

The only ring ceremony I am familiar with has nothing to do with Masonry, and it is only held in Northgate, College Station TX.