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NewToLight84 
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 Topic: Proper title etiquettePosted: October/10/2014 at 9:03pm |
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Brothers I realize about 5 minutes on Google will get me an answer. But, I was wondering the proper titles for a past worshipful master..past Grand Master etc. i was wondering if it was the same everywhere. Might be a stupid question but....
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GAmastermason
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Posted: October/10/2014 at 10:25pm |
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Its Worshipful Brother, Most Worshipful Grand Master or Most Worshipful Past Grand Master. I know there are 2 jurisdictions that use Right Worshipful Grand Master. One is Pennsylvania I dont remember the other.
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Posted: October/11/2014 at 7:25am |
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Check your GL Code or etiquette manual. It is not the same everywhere.
Usually, a Mason keeps the tittle of the highest office to which he was elected. The exception would be appointments to higher offices. GaMasterMason is correct above. GL of Georgia titles are a little different than most other GLs. Gm & PGM => Most Worshipful GL line officers => Right Worshipful GL Appointments (req'd to be a PM); PM; & Masters => Worshipful MM; FC; & EA => Brother |
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Caution1010
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Posted: October/11/2014 at 4:14pm |
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It completely depends on your jurisdiction like edwmax said
For example, some jurisdictions allow that WM's and PM's be addressed as Worshipful Brother. However some jurisdictions don't even have that title. Then there's the thing about PA which has its GM addressed as Right Worshipful GM when almost every other jurisdiction has their GM addressed as Most Worshipful GM. I am not sure what the title is for a PGM, but I assume it is still MW PGM in most jurisdictions. Apart from a PM and a PGM, there is really no other "Past Title" in a lot of jurisdictions so if a person was say DDGM, and they are no longer DDGM, you just address them as RW Bro Joe Bud, PM.
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Posted: October/13/2014 at 12:16pm |
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In the Grand Lodge of Scotland, titles are attached to offices, not individuals. Thus our Grand Master is "The Most Worshipful Grand Master Mason, Bro.Charles I. R. Wolrige Gordon of Esslemont' and is addressed simply as "Brother Wolrige Gordon". As Master of my Lodge I was "Brother Paul Miller, Right Worship Master"and now am "Brother Paul Miller, Past Master" (usually written "Bro. Paul Miller, PM").
Actually neither Grand lodge or its daughter lodges have any 'officers' - only 'office-bearers'! This is only one way Scottish practice differs from that of other grand Lodges - Scots definitely do things 'their way'! |
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Posted: October/14/2014 at 6:20am |
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My daughter was taking a Cultural Anthropology course in college and chose Freemasonry as the topic of her term paper. One of my lodge brothers arranged for her to interview a Past Grand Master, Most Worshipful Donald Gardener Hicks. I had only been Raised a couple of months at the time.
We met at Grand Lodge, my first time there. When we met, I said, "I'm embarrassed to say this, but I have no idea how to address you." MW Hicks said, "The highest complement you can pay me is to call me 'Brother'." I have since learned that it is always safe to call any Mason "Brother". The actual titles in Massachusetts are: Any Mason: Brother. Presiding and Past Master: Worshipful Grand Lodge Officers: Right Worshipful Grand Master: Most Worshipful |
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Posted: October/20/2014 at 5:58pm |
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Very nice..
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Posted: October/22/2014 at 7:50pm |
I actually really like the scottish style of addressing brethren.
Edited by Caution1010 - October/22/2014 at 7:50pm |
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CanadianPaul
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Posted: October/23/2014 at 9:57am |
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I am also a Past Master of a Lodge of Research holding of the GL of Newfoundland and Labrador, in whose lodges I am 'Worshipful Brother Miller'. At the time of the erection of that Lodge the Grand Master at the time made a motion that in lodge all brethren would be addressed only as "Brother'.
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Paul Miller, Ass'nt. Gr. Sec. (Hon. Scot.)
Past Master, Lodge Conception No 1679, GL of Scotland Conception Bay South NL CANADA Past Master Farnham Lodge of Research No. 33, GL of NL |
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Posted: October/23/2014 at 5:37pm |
Fascinating. Thank you.
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Posted: October/24/2014 at 8:31pm |
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For an individual: "Brother" e.g., "Brother Smith" or less formally, "Brother Tom."
Plural: "Brethren." "Brethren,we are now about to..." Lodge Officer: "Worshipful Master," or "Brother [Title], e.g., "Brother Senior Warden." Grand Master: "Most Worshipful." Grand Lodge officer than than the GM: "Right Worshipful."
Edited by Pscyclepath - October/24/2014 at 8:34pm |
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