r/freemasonry

I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately and wanted to get a temperature check on how everyone handles wearing their Masonic rings.

Public perception is a mixed bag. For every cool conversation I have with someone whose grandfather was a Mason, I feel like I get two weird, lingering stares from people who watch way too many YouTube conspiracy videos.

Where do you guys land on this? Do you wear yours 24/7 as a daily reminder of your obligations, or do you leave it on the dresser until lodge night?

Michigan Mason here. When opening Lodge we open on the EA/FC/MM degree of Masonry for the dispatch of business. 99.999% of the time. And I know that years ago we would sometimes open for a memorial, or public installation. What other reasons exist in your jurisdiction to open on?

As a German living in Switzerland, what is the formally correct way to establish contact with a lodge I am interested in getting to know?

I did my master proficiency a couple hours ago and I’m proud to say I’m now a bylaws signed master

I have a question about joining the DeMolay, I thought it'd be better to post it here since the DeMolay subreddit is almost fully inactive. I have been researching the DeMolay, and while I have yet to explicitly see it on the website of the DeMolay, I have heard elsewhere that I need some kind of sponsorship from a master mason and two DeMolay members to join. I was wondering if this is true, and if it is, where could I find those things? I do not know anybody with any ties to either group in my personal life, but the DeMolay seems to align very closely with my personal values, and the organization seems interesting. Thank you for any help

Lord help me...

I've been steward, JMoC and SMoC, got really comfortable as a great Junior Deacon and tomorrow is installation and I'm moving up to Senior Deacon.

I've seen a bunch of degrees, but it's still intimidating as I feel SD is a super important chair for floor work, degrees, etc

Wish me luck Brothers!

Hello everyone, long time lurker, first time poster here.

Tonight at 6pm I am headed to a lodge close to me for my entered apprentice degree, this is something I've wanted to do since a very young age, well I finally got some balls and reached out, I have absolutely no idea what to expect at all. I did not attend any diners or meetups, but I was interviewed by 3 masons at my house. This is a very small town lodge, I'm nervous as hell!

Well I have a question. Now this question comes from my lack of travel outside of my Grand Lodge. I saw a post on a masonic Facebook group where a gentleman is the ddgm and Senior Warden and just elected Junior Warden at another Lodge so he's wearing many hats. Now in my jurisdiction as ddgm you're not allowed to hold any other office as it can be seen as a conflict of interests for your time. And I just kind of assumed that that's how it is everywhere. But clearly it isn't no I'm not against it if that's the tradition in your area that's the tradition. But I am curious how many of your grand lodges allow ddgms to hold other offices how many of your jurisdictions barr it. And what are your thoughts

Hello brothers and Cowans,
I’m in search of brothers that are WORKING and PROFESSIONAL stand up comedians. I’m trying to put a list together for possible shows. Im sure you’re hilarious in lodge and at work but looking for brothers that are currently working in comedy. Please tag them or shout them out, thank you S&F

Hello, I was wondering if there are English (or German) speaking lodges in Barcelona. I’ve thought about this a lot and I’ve even had some dreams about joining a lodge before (obviously based on conspiracies rather the real). Since freemasonry wasn’t a thing where I grew up i only got contact with it once living abroad. I would like to figure out with this is something for me or not.

Hello, my initiation is set to happen next week ( Finland ), after years and years of reflection, studying different topics and self improvements , I’ve decided to become an initiated in order to pursue the path of self betterment, Any advises ? Thank you

Hey guys. I'm a 34 y/o male in middle georgia macon/Jones co. I've always been interested in joining the freemasons. I love symbolism, philosophy, history, and overall all self improvement. I do believe in God. So I meet most of the criteria i just dont know any freemasons or I do and they keep it very hidden.

I've tried contacting the grand lodge in macon on a few different occasions throghout the years either through the website inquiry or leaving a message with the grand secretary but never heard back. I was wondering on how to get through that initial barrier of not knowing one. Do I just show up out of the blue to the lodge? Or just keep leaving messages?

Thanks ahead for the responses. Hopefully I will get to meet ya'll on this journey.