Recent content by Brother JStoffo

Thank you, Brothers. I will ask the WM of both local Lodges that I attend regularly.

Another etiquette question... I keep receiving email advertisements for Scottish Rite aprons. I am a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason. But are we allowed to wear personalized aprons in a Blue Lodge? Unless wearing my Officer's apron, I usually just grab a white one outside of the Lodge room...

Aaahhh. Very telling. So, it is subjective then. We follow the Lodge of the area that we are visiting. Got it! Thanks.

What about if your own Grand Lodge changes the rules? Doe that give you a pass on the part of our Obligation that was changed? In our own home Lodge?

The question still remains. If a Grand Lodge changes portions of our Obligation, do we stick to our original Obligation or get a pass on the parts of it that have changed? Further, does our Obligation change when visiting a Lodge in a different jurisdiction with different rules?

I am saying that the Obligation is dictated by the Grand Lodge. If the rules change, outdating our Obligation, are we not REQUIRED to change with the Governing body that presented us with that initial Obligation to begin with? There has to be someone on this communication that knows the answer...

So, if in ten years women are able to sit in Lodge meetings with men based on the State's Grand Lodge, are we supposed to get up and leave because of an Obligation that we may have taken 25 years ago? I think not. I stand by my comment. We follow what the Grand Lodge of our Jurisdiction...

I would think that the Grand Lodge dictates our behavior. For example, in the South, UGLE Chartered Masons are prohibited from having Masonic communication with Prince Hall Lodges. In the rest of the USA, it is accepted and encouraged. So even though I took my obligation in Florida, if I now...

I sit in on Masonic Philosophical Society online discussions hosted by Universal Co Masonry. There are more women in attendance than men and the organization does allow both genders. That must limit certain clothing requirements of the initiation Rituals.

Bro Doug where can I find these short talk bulletins?

Brother Winter, I am definitely purchasing that Masonic Etiquette book. Thanks.

Brothers, specifically I wanted to stand and make a motion to introduce the concept of having a 2-3 minute Masonic Education presentation at each meeting. Just a quick really cool bit of information that most Masons may not know but would be enlightening to any Mason. I also don't want to be...

Hello Brothers, I just moved from Florda to Oregon and was accepted into a local Lodge outside of Portland. Do regulations vary from state to state regarding in Lodge etiquette? For example, in Florida, I could stand and be recognized during a meeting at my own Lodge but not at other Lodges...

Jeez! What happened? That's a lot of Latin Lodges.

Any chance that this is a throwback to Freemason's potential connection with the Knights of the Temple of Solomon? If the Knights have spent every year since 1307 getting back at the Catholic Church, it makes sense that the Church will continue to go after the descendants of the Fraternal...