Dontrell Stroman
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Thank you, learned something new. My GL affiliation is on the front of the card.It's on the back in the second set of photos. The embossed gold star is kinda covering it.
Thank you, learned something new. My GL affiliation is on the front of the card.It's on the back in the second set of photos. The embossed gold star is kinda covering it.
When your getting ready to enter the Lodge as a visitor, how do they check to see if you are a worthy brother ? " I know the other way to check but I'm speaking on financial status"Slightly detouring your topic, no dues cards in UGLE.
My US dues cards have the GL on them, but they'd be awfully easy to counterfeit with the right colored card stock.
By financial status, you mean current on dues/subscriptions? We don't.When your getting ready to enter the Lodge as a visitor, how do they check to see if you are a worthy brother ? " I know the other way to check but I'm speaking on financial status"
Oh, you were doing so good until you described UGLE as the mother lodge of FreemasonryThere is no uniform standard for Dues Cards but do your due diligence by going to www.princehall-pa.org go to 1st Masonic district and look for Clarence C. Kittrell, #149..still have questions contact GL CFC... Questions about MWPHGL of PA go to the mother lodge of Masonry,
www.ugle.org.uk/about/foreign-grand-lodges. I would also recommend going to www.princehall.org and learn about African Lodge, #459 Mother Lodge of Prince Hall Masonry, and our charter from Grand Lodge of England(UGLE)..oh and the fact that majority of PH GL's in the U.S. got there start from MWPHGL of PA formally known as African Lodge #459b, 1797 established by MW Brother Prince Hall. Our first GM Rev. Absalom Jones. If you want to know about Prince Hall its at your finger tips.
Trust but verify!
We say "financial". It means the same thing as current on dues.By financial status, you mean current on dues/subscriptions? We don't.
Under GLoTX, the fact that a Brother has a current dues card signifies that he is current in his dues, as the card is not issued until he pays them. Also, something different about us is that when we say a Brother is "in good standing", we mean not only that he is current in his dues but also that he does not have Masonic charges pending against him.When your getting ready to enter the Lodge as a visitor, how do they check to see if you are a worthy brother ? " I know the other way to check but I'm speaking on financial status"
I'm willing to bet ours mean the same, but I have never looked that far into it. I rarely ever hear of a brother mason having charges brought up against him. I prefer to keep it that way. LolUnder GLoTX, the fact that a Brother has a current dues card signifies that he is current in his dues, as the card is not issued until he pays them. Also, something different about us is that when we say a Brother is "in good standing", we mean not only that he is current in his dues but also that he does not have Masonic charges pending against him.
Have you guys ever been involved in a Masonic trial?My understanding of Masonic jurisprudence on our side of the fence is that having charges pending or being charged should not factor..until you have a Masonic trial and have been found guilty and just like our legal system you can appeal. Very interesting
Hmm. I wonder if other GLs have this ruleUnder GLoTX, the fact that a Brother has a current dues card signifies that he is current in his dues, as the card is not issued until he pays them. Also, something different about us is that when we say a Brother is "in good standing", we mean not only that he is current in his dues but also that he does not have Masonic charges pending against him.
Including appendant body appeals? About 85.Have you guys ever been involved in a Masonic trial?
If you came to my lodge and showed me a dues card, I'd be polite and ignore it and examine you. Flashing some card will not get you entry here. For overseas masons, we normally look for a Patent Letter or a MM Cert. Although we not have a dues card, it is not widely used. It is electronic and like a credit card, and we have one building where you need it to enter the secirity system, most brothers need to be let in because they don't have it with them
Translate?I present dues card, demit, masonic birth certificate, walked the tyler sword. the whole nine yards...Walking the Tyler sword is the proper way to enter a Lodge as a visitor.
I present dues card, demit, masonic birth certificate, walked the tyler sword. the whole nine yards...Walking the Tyler sword is the proper way to enter a Lodge as a visitor.