Allowing the lodge to continue to operate with a smaller number of officers. Some jurisdictions allow lodges to combine the duties of the Secretary and Treasurer into a single office the 'Secretary/Treasurer'. In some jurisdictions, the position is an elected office, while in others it is appointed by the Master. It is not unusual for the office of Secretary to be held by the same member for long periods of time, even decades. Although any member may hold the office of Secretary, it is typically held by an experienced Past Master. Many individual lodge bylaws add to these duties by mandating, for example, that the Secretary serve on specific committees. The Secretary's official duties include issuing the summons (a formal notice of an impending meeting, with time, date and agenda), recording meeting minutes, completing statistical returns to the Grand Lodge, and advising the Worshipful Master on matters of procedure. Offices common to all Masonic jurisdictions Worshipful Master The exact composition of the progressive officers varies slightly by jurisdiction, but will typically finish with the series: Junior Deacon, Senior Deacon, Junior Warden, Senior Warden, Worshipful Master. Ideally, a mason starts at the most junior office and "progresses" to the next in line each year.
FFA INSTALLATION OF NEW OFFICERS CEREMONY SERIES
Progressive office refers to a series of offices within the lodge, culminating in the office of Worshipful Master. 5.7 Grand Standard Bearer or Grand Banner Bearer.
5.2 Grand Education Officer or Grand Lecturer. 5 Offices generally found only at Grand Lodge level. 3.3 Director of Ceremonies / Ritualist / Ritual Director. 3 Officers found in some jurisdictions and not in others. 2 Offices common to all Masonic jurisdictions. In addition, there are some offices that are traditionally not considered to be part of the "line", and which may be held by the same brother for many years, or may be reserved for Past Masters. While the precise hierarchy or order of various officers within the "line" of officers may vary, the usual progression is for a lodge officer to spend either one or two years in each position, advancing through "the chairs", until he is elected as Worshipful Master. However, the structure of the progressive offices is very nearly universal. There are few universal rules common to all Grand Lodge jurisdictions of Freemasonry (see Masonic Landmarks for accepted universal principles of regular Freemasonry). A very small number of offices may exist only at the Grand Lodge level - such offices are included at the end of this article. For example, every lodge has an officer called the "Junior Warden", whilst the Grand Lodge has a "Grand Junior Warden" (sometimes "Junior Grand Warden"). Most of the lodge offices listed below have equivalent offices in the Grand Lodge, but with the addition of the word "Grand" somewhere in the title. The precise list of such offices may vary between the jurisdictions of different Grand Lodges, although certain factors are common to all, and others are usual in most.Īll of the lodges in a given nation, state, or region are united under the authority of a Grand Lodge sovereign to its own jurisdiction. In Craft Freemasonry, sometimes known as Blue Lodge Freemasonry, every Masonic lodge elects or appoints Masonic lodge officers to execute the necessary functions of the lodge's life and work.
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