LMCP_Member_Experience

Requirements for advancement:

• Recite the obligation from memory • Give signs and modes of recognition • Pass multiple choice Basic Masonic Education Course in the online Candidate Learning Center

Many lodges ask candidates to deliver papers or other work as part of their degree progression to show how the degrees have impacted their lives.

The rules for objections to advancements are:

• Anyone may raise an objection: Masons of the lodge, Masons from other lodges, or non-Masons who know the candidate. • Before the initiation: Lodge members can raise objections with the master before or after the ballot is taken, at any point before the initiation, without being required to share a reason. • After the initiation: Lodge members can raise objections with the master after the candidate’s initiation up to the time that he is raised to Master Mason. After the initiation, they are required to share their reason, and the master appoints a committee to determine the objection’s validity. • This part of the process is important to protect the fraternity’s reputation and strengthen trust among brothers.

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