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I waited until I was 44 to become a Mason, after which I took my Scottish Rite degrees and Royal Arch degrees and also got in line to work the chairs. I am a fifth generation Mason--I had a British great grandfather who became one in England, and a Russian one who became a clandestine Mason in...

Well I'll be damned. It seems to me that that's not necessary, I thought that was hashed out a hundred years ago. Oh well...thanks for the update though.

Worshipful for a Master or past Master when in session. Period. I'm a Kentucky Colonel and never ask anyone to call me "Colonel".

I have no comment on the Grande Orient de France or any other Masonic body not in unity with the United Grand Lodge of England. Nothing against the French, by the way.

Jefferson helped write the constitution of my state, but as far as I know, he was not a Freemason.

I shouldn't say this, but I would not move to a state that does not recognize Prince Hall Masonry nor serve as an officer in a lodge that does not recognize it. Massachusetts and Maine have their charter from UGLE, and Prince Hall was regularly raised. IIRC, Prince Hall lived in Boston. My...

The Grand Lodge of Maine, AF&AM recognizes Prince Hall. But it doesn't stop there. The Grand Lodge of Maine was created nearly the same time that the State of Maine was created as part of the Missouri Compromise in 1820 and the first Governor, William King, was also the first Grand Master of the...

I will add that my great grandfather's grave has been well taken care of (he died in 1952) all these years by many members of my family and by his son, my grandfather, and my father and my uncle, and by me and by many Masons in the community in a small town in Massachusetts where none of us live...

I don't feel so as you do about women, because my great grandmother was well taken care of by the Masons when her husband died. She also had no intent to try to get into the Masons. Her husband's grave bears a square and compasses and "perpetual care". From the Masons. She was OK with that and...

I would no sooner mention my membership in Masonic bodies than I would in the Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament (an Episcopalian order) or anything else. My grandfather, a Master Mason, would not even wear a lapel pin while being involved with the DeMolay which his children were involved...

Think of the closing of a Lodge. Think of the question "How do Masons Meet?" and "How do Masons part?" Military ranks, or clerical status if someone is a Priest or a Minister, or the Fire Chief, or what have you, is immaterial in the Lodge while it is in session.

Welcome to the fraternity.

Regular Freemasonry--be it in the Blue Lodge or the appendent degrees of other rites (In the US, that would mean Royal Arch/York Rite freemasonry or the Scottish Rite and perhaps the Shrine)--membership in appendent bodies is predicated on a Mason's being a member of a Blue lodge, that is to...

I know many Masons who are in AA. Just sayin'.

If we had bigots in my lodge or in my chapter, or in the DeMolay Chapter for which I am a trained Dad Advisor, I would wouldn't be a Mason. I'm gay. I'm a line officer. No one gives a good damn. Not in my lodge. They know ME, that's all they care about. I could have been blackballed. I wasn't...

I will check it out, but it sounds like it's about my relative, Thyendenaga, head of the Irioquis Leage and Freemason. Interestingly written. I'll check it out.

A ring--given to me by my father, as his father who raised him and , and, and, is enough. A lapel pin, my Consistory Jewel, that's enough for me. I would never have a tattoo. Then again, brother, it's your own body.

That is exactly what the Masons in my family believed, and is exactly what I believe.

A hearty congratulations! There is much work left to do, please join us in it.

Drop if you have too many classes, but like Morris says, if you can double down and pass, pass.