Search results

Bro. KSigMason posted a very nice illustration of the sequencing... very useful. Enjoy the work! S&F BroBill

I like that layout. I have a textual sequencing of the degrees, but your illustration is very nice (I'm a "visual" kinda person)! S&F

There is a Festival scheduled at Helotes York Rite on Saturday, September 28th. The requirement is that you have to have already been elected to receive both the Capitular and Cryptic degrees and there is some paperwork required. If you are interested, your Secretary/Recorder can email our...

You will really enjoy the degrees! They fill in a lot of gaps and sort of bring the story together! BroBill

Hope to meet up with ya. I hear that the retreat itself has 135 brothers signed up and I know many more travel just to see the degree, so I'll be there in the crowd somewhere. BTW, I like your avatar! S&F

Off to the Warden's Retreat in Corpus on Friday. Look me up- white polo with S&C, blue slacks. S&F BroBill :SNC:

The companions of Helotes York Rite are hosting a York Rite Festival to confer the Chapter and Council degrees on Saturday, September 28th at Helotes Lodge. Registration will be at 7:30AM and the conferral of the Mark Master Degree will begin at 8:00AM. A meal will be served at lunch time...

Texas freemasonry derives from York Rite Masonry and our Blue Lodges confer the first three York Rite degrees as our first three degrees. The Chapter and Council degrees complete the story begun in Blue Lodge and I wanted - essentially - to see "the rest of the story" (to borrow a phrase). In...

It's not really a matter of "highest", it's more properly "additional" than "higher". In sequence after Master Mason it's Chapter with the Mark Master, (Virtual) Past Master, Most Excellent Master, and Royal Arch Mason; then you would progress to Council with Royal Master and Select master...

You can absolutely complete your Chapter and Council degrees and then stop. I'd say about a third of all brethren progressing through the degrees stop after the Council for various reasons. The Commandery will always be there if and/or when you decide to complete your work. Commandery is a...

One of the forums here on MoT is called "Education and Literature" - you might want to scroll through there and see what the brethren are discussing and recommending.... S&F BroBill

Many thanks. I've added Masons of Texas to my Google Chrome browser and it's all good again... thanks! S&F BroBill :SNC:

For some reason, my "Return" key doesn't. It's like the key is dead when I'm logged into this forum. It works everywhere else, but when I'm typing a post on one of the forums, or even when trying to edit text that I've pasted in, it doesn't function. I'm running Windows 7, Internet Explorer 10...

Helotes York Rite is hosting a York Rite School of Instruction on Saturday, June 1st, 2013 at Helotes Masonic Lodge #1429. It is open to all York Rite Masons who have completed up to and including the Select Master Degree. It's a great opportunity to meet fellow York Rite Masons and spend...

Helotes York Rite is hosting a York Rite School of Instruction on Saturday, June 1st, 2013 at Helotes Masonic Lodge #1429. It is open to all York Rite Masons who have completed up to and including the Select Master Degree. It's a great opportunity to meet fellow York Rite Masons and spend...

Thank you brother! I left out perhaps the key point and perhaps the original purpose of the program. We actually discussed this in Lodge this week because we are preparing to vote on the resolution to raise our Endowment Fee. Endowment is always an emotional discussion and it was a lengthy...

In Texas, you are relieved of the responsbility of paying dues to your lodge. Your lodge however must still pay the "per capita" fee for you. The Endowed program was created when the market investment of the Endowed Fees returned more to the lodges than the per capita fee per endowed member so...

Here are three books I highly recommend if you desire to study the history the Royal Arch Degree and Capitular Masonry in general: 1. The Royal Arch Journey - by Rev'd Neville Barker Cryer - 95 pages 2. What Do You Know About The Royal Arch? - by Rev'd Neville Barker Cryer - 10 Lectures on the...

If you read up on the history, especially of masonry in England, you learn about the relationships between the RAM and MM and between the FC and the Mark degree. I've reviewed several books under the Education forum that provide a pretty detailed history of the Capitular degrees. I'm on my...

Ah, the pitfalls of answering from an Android where it isn't apparent which forum the original post is in! Mine merely shows the list of new posts. On the other hand, might I suggest these same tools might also be effective in other organizations? They are essentially all based on building...