Masonic Info - West Temple No. 419

Master Mason

Freemasonry (or Masonry) is one of the oldest fraternal organization in the world. Though its origins can be traced to the stonemasons. Masonry also welcomes men of every country, religion, race, age, income, education, and opinion.

When a man has become a Master Mason and gone through the degrees and ceremonies, they would have received the values of Freemasonry to make good men better. As the degrees provide a framework that affects every aspect of life and are based on the values of brotherly love, relief, truth, charity, and obligation. Each with a vow to be the best they can be. To be more than just a man. To be a Master Mason

Order of Eastern Stars

The Order of the Eastern Star is a Masonic appendant body open to both men and women. It was established in 1850 and adopted and approved as an appendant body of the Masonic Fraternity in 1873. The order is based on some teachings from the Bible, and is open to people of all religious beliefs.

Members of the Order of the Eastern Star are aged 18 and older; men must be Master Masons and women must have specific relationships with Masons. Originally, a woman would have to be the daughter, widow, wife, sister, or mother of a Master Mason.

Holy Royal Arch

The Holy Royal Arch conveys moral and ethical lessons. These teachings are conveyed using a ritualized allegory based on the Old Testament telling of the return to Jerusalem from the Babylonian captivity to rebuild the City and Temple. In clearing the ground of Solomon’s Temple for the foundations of a new temple. These lessons are then taught to the lessons conveyed are appropriate to that stage in a members Masonic development.

Heroines of Jericho

The Heroine of Jericho is, perhaps, the most beautiful, the most sublime, and the most inspiring of all. It is a genderless degree that is saturated with the most passion, pity, and piety. The Degrees of the Heroines are the oldest, most venerable, and most perfect of all the female Degrees. From a time of unknown date that goes far back in time — from the Middle Ages and, perhaps, even farther back. It should be considered a side honorary degree of the Holy Royal Arch Masonry. In this order the men with this degree were called Knights; and the woman are called Heroines.

Royal Select Masters

The Royal & Select Master is the newer body in the York Rite system and serves to make a smooth transition from the Royal Arch Degrees to the Knights Templar Degrees. The Council confers three degrees which are called the (Cryptic Degrees).

Ladies of Circle of Perfection

The Ladies of Circle of Perfection also known as LOCOP, are the ladies auxiliary to the Most Illustrious Prince Hall Grand Council Royal & Select Masters, PHA. It is a respected organization in Freemasonry that emphasizes moral values, charity, and fraternity among women.

Knight Templar

The Knight Templar who are also an integral part and Christian-oriented member of the York Rite of Prince Hall Masonry.

This order also vow to assist poor, distressed, worthy fellow Knights, their wives, widows, and orphans, promising to go the “distance of 40 miles, barefoot and over frozen ground” if necessary to provide that support. Knights also vow to care for the sick, the traveler, the needy, the widow, the orphan, and the Christian religion.

Heroines of Templar Crusaders

This is the female auxiliary to the Knight Templar who are also an integral part and Christian-oriented member of the York Rite of Prince Hall Masonry.

Sottish Rite

The Scottish Rite, often referred to as 32° Freemasonry, is an appendant body of Freemasonry a Master Mason may join to journey deeper into the teachings of the Craft with its core value of Reverence for God, Devotion to Country, Integrity, Justice, Tolerance, and Service to Humanity.

Scottish Rite is made up of four Valleys called Lodge of Perfection which are the 4 thru14 degrees, Council of Princess of Jerusalem which are the 15 –and 16 degrees, Chapter of Rose Croix which are the 17 and 18 degrees, and the Consistory which are the 19 thru 32 degrees.

Lodge of Perfection

The Valley of Lodge of Perfection are degrees investigate and contemplate spirituality and amplify the Hiramic Legend and lessons from the Biblical era.

Council of Jerusalem

The Valley of Council of Jerusalem are degrees that explore the conflicts and politics in the rebuilding of the Temple of Solomon.

Chapter of Rose Croix

The Valley of Chapter of Rose Croix degrees make use of Christian symbols and historical settings, but their spiritual message is universal for all Masons, who are united in the belief of a Supreme Being.

Consistory

The Valley of Consistory degrees demonstrate the challenges of social and moral conflicts, drawing on lessons from the age of chivalry through modern day.

Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order Nobles Mystic Shrine of North and South America

PRINCE HALL SHRINEDOM can also be referred to as the Shrine Organization. The organization embraces all the fundamental concepts of the Masonic Order, with a broader spectrum of visibility by the way it dispenses charity in the community and their annual parades from across the domain.

The Shrine Organization has a connection to Prince Hall Freemasonry and is thought of as a Fraternal, Social, and Charitable Organization that is over 128 years old with over 270 Constituent Temples throughout the Imperial Domain worldwide, with a membership of over 25,000 and growing.

The Prince Hall Shrine Organization takes great pride in its Auxiliary, which is composed of wives, sisters, mothers, and daughters of the membership – officially styled, the Imperial Court. They are over 111 years old and mirror, in some respect, the activities of the parent body. Both share offices in the organization’s Headquarters Building located in Memphis, Tennessee.