Search results

Here's a nice variation, from Middleton, UK...

There is a Grand Lodge of Macedonia, recognized by UGLE, but no link to a website that I can find.

Nice to see this cleared up, it really had me scratching my head. Very nice certificate, I wish more GLs did this.

Most US jurisdictions use all white for all three degrees. I'm guessing the box outside your lodge room has all white ones, as well. In English Constitution lodges there is a difference in the aprons depending on the degree, but that's not something I've seen in the States.

I've never liked the cloth aprons that lodges supply. They are generally threadbare, often greying with age, and just don't say "Masonic Pride" to me. Of course, I've been an officer almost every year, so I usually have a nice apron waiting for me. But when I travel, and the odd times I haven't...

There's a division there for non-Masonic orders as well... Some of these are from other countries, some from clandestine grand lodges, some are from a century or more ago. Freemasonry is far broader than our little American lodges, and the collection of appendant and concordent bodies is huge.

It was also used on an album cover, I believe a Molly Hatchet album.

Thanks, Doug, I was going to amend my post by stating that the installed Tyler must be an MM, but for the purpose of Opening can be of that specific Degree. I should have made it clearer at the beginning that I was looking for the phraseology within the ritual; when the JD is asked, "Hw Tld?"

My apologies for misunderstanding the root of your question, Brother, and mistaking you for a new Seeker.

In NM, the Tyler must be a Master Mason, yet in CA, it's a Mason of the Degree in which the Lodge is being Opened. My question is; what's the rule in your jurisdiction? Also, NM specifies a "drawn sword," while CA states "implement of office." Again, how is it in your lodge?

Understood. Every lodge I've ever been to has that box (including my Mother Lodge), but I still prefer to wear my own.

I don't think the OP has received the Degrees, hence his question.

Florida Masons get a UGLE certificate? Interesting. I wonder if any other American jurisdictions have this addition. The "wear it versus save it" apron debate will probably go on forever. I've always gone with the presentation I received (wear it) and have yet to find any reference in writing...

Beyond the lesson taught, and the basic definition Bro. Doug mentioned, there are a few of us for whom Waterford stands for hand-crafted American bicycles, one of the last pieces of the Schwinn family legacy. #bikegeek

Original front-man for Genesis, solo career after. William Blake

Does this apron differ from the apron you will wear as a Master Mason? I, too, am a tad confused, as being a Freemason is what entitles you to a Masonic burial. The apron I was given is intended to be worn through a long career, and finally draped on my casket. (Paraphrasing the presentation.)

Peter Gabriel

Karl Marx

ugle.org.uk has a list of provinces and lodges. You should be able to find what you need there.

Howie Mandel