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What is the York Rite
As a Master Mason you were obligated and brought to “Light.” As a Mason in search of light, more light and further light you are invited to continue your Masonic Education by joining and participating in the York Rite.
The degrees and orders of the rite will “fill in the blanks” and complete your search.
When you joined the Masonic Lodge you were given a word. This was a substitute word devised to be used “until future generations would find out the right.” This substitute word allows you to visit Masonic Lodges and identify yourself as a Master Mason. Did you ever wonder what the real word was?
In the York Rite of Freemasonry during the Chapter Degrees the word is found and communicated to you.
Chapters of Royal Arch Masons were (and still are in England) attached to and a part of the Master Mason degree. The Supreme Degree of the Holy Royal Arch is the completion of the Master's degree in which the WORD is found and communicated to the candidate. By joining a Chapter the Brother becomes a Companion and a member of one of the oldest organizations within the Masonic Fraternity.
The York Rite is continued with the Councils of Royal and Select Masters in which the Companion becomes aware of the method used to preserve the Master's Word. The Royal and Select Master's degrees are some of the most impressive in Freemasonry.
The Orders of the Commandery complete the Rite in what some claim to be the most impressive facet of Freemasonry. No one who is knighted as a Knight Templar will ever forget this most impressive ceremony.
The Degrees and Orders
Symbolic Masonry
Entered Apprentice
Fellowcraft
Master Mason
Capitular Masonry
Mark Master
Past Master
Most Excellent Master
Royal Arch
Cryptic Masonry
Royal Master
Select Master
Super Excellent Master
Chivalric Orders of the Commandery
Order of the Red Cross
Order of Malta
Order of the
Temple
“What came ye here to do?”
The stated purpose of the Masonic Fraternity is to “make good men better.” Along those lines the purpose of the York Rite could be stated to “make good Masons better Masons. ”
While not necessarily just a charitable organization the Rite does participate in three major charities
Royal Arch Research Assistance
Cryptic Masons Medical Research Foundation
Knights Templar Eye Foundation
Through these organizations the York Rite provides an opportunity to be charitable to your fellow man, helping to fund research into hearing, heart and vision problems.
Link for Information about the Knights Templar Eye Foundation, Inc.
http://www.knightstemplar.org/ktef/ktef-faq.htm
Please contact any York Rite Mason or your local Secretary/Recorder:
to obtain a petition.
The York Rite is an important part of your Masonic Education. It can be the completion or “Keystone” of your Masonic experience.
WHY YOU, A MASTER MASON
SHOULD BE INTERESTED IN
THE YORK RITE OF FREEMASONRY
"The York Rite of Freemasonry" -
PROVIDED BY www.pagrandlodge.org
"Further Light in Masonry"
"A POWER POINT PRESENTATION"
INFORMATION BROCHURES - PETITION FORM
Information on Freemasonry?Reference the Grand Lodge of Texas? Click here to listen to Real Audio/MP3 soundtracks?about who we are and what we do.?"Try Freemasonry"?Freemason's Membership VIDEO ?From "Indiana Freemasons"
Another excellent York Rite Site is the site from Indiana. It may be viewed here –
http://www.indianafreemasons.com/imorites/york/index.html
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