Ogden York Rite Bodies

10/30/2024

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November 1st and 2nd at the York Rite Southwest Department Conference Classes are available. Enroll today!

The York Rite Leadership Program is $20,000.00 worth of Executive Level Leadership training – all for the price of the Registration Fee for the SW Dept, Conference. NO additional fees! Basically Free!

Available to every member of the Masonic Family. You read that right... This program is available to DeMolay, JDI, OES, LOS, DON, Order of Amaranth, Queen of the South/West, SOOB, WSJ, Every Member of the Masonic Family; and every Master Mason of every degree, Body, Group, Club, and Rite.

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Attending the Conference? – Did you know that in-person classes have a recognition program?

What’s it all about?
The Leadership Award Coin is a prestigious symbol of your commitment to learning and practicing Masonic leadership principles.

The coin is given out for completion of the in-person classes. These classes are held at various events and are designated as the x02 classes.

When you attend the 102 you will receive the Personal Effectiveness coin segment. Attending the 202 class will earn you the Group Dynamics coin segment and attending the 402 class will earn you the Influential Communication coin segment.

Level 100: Personal Effectiveness - The first skill in your journey to becoming a better leader is either the in-person (102) class on Personal Effectiveness.
This class will help you with assessing your current leadership skill set and abilities while teaching some core leadership principles . Upon completing the class, you are expected to put into practice what you have learned to be a more effective personal leader.

Level 200: Group Dynamics - The second class you will attend is Group Dynamics is the in-person (202).
In this class, you will learn how groups develop social identities that lead to better (or not better) outcomes. You will also learn the nuances of working with and motivating volunteer groups and how to be an effective leader of such groups, whether you are in charge or not.

Level 400: Influential Communication - The third class and the capstone of leadership training is the in-person (402 )Influential Communications class.
Here you will learn how the human mind processes language and how to use those processes to communicate more effectively and with greater influence. When you understand how people process language, you can construct your language to create the communication you desire.

Each class, be it online or in-person, will give you actionable skills. It is up to you to decide to put those skills into action and to lead your organization to achieve its objectives.

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12/11/2020

York Rite bodies
Since the York Rite is actually a grouping of separate organizations joined in order, each body operates with relative autonomy. And though they are referred to as one rite it is common for individuals to be member of some bodies and not others. For example, in many jurisdictions Cryptic Masonry can be skipped allowing the person to be a member of just the Royal Arch and Knights Templar. It is also common for non-Christians to join only the Royal Arch and Council of Royal & Select Masters, as the Knights Templar require members to be willing to defend the Christian faith, if needed. But no matter what the Royal Arch is always required and membership in that body must be kept in order to maintain membership in the other two bodies.

Details on the individual bodies are as follows:

Royal Arch Masonry

Royal Arch Masonry is the first order a Master Mason joins in the York Rite. The Chapter works the following degrees:

The Mark Master Mason degree is in some respects an extension of the Fellow Crafts' second degree. In some jurisdictions the degree is conferred in a Fellow Craft Lodge, that is, the second degree of the Blue Lodge.

The (Virtual) Past Master degree is conferred because of the traditional requirement that only Past Masters of a Blue Lodge may be admitted to Holy Royal Arch. Because there are so many applicants for this degree, Virtual Past Master is required to qualify them for it. Much of the work is the same given to install the Worshipful Master of a Blue Lodge. There is no such requirement or procedure outside the USA.

In the Most Excellent Master degree the building of King Solomon's Temple, which figures so prominently in Blue Lodge, has been completed. In England the degree is conferred by Cryptic Councils, along with three other degrees below.

The Royal Arch Mason (or Holy Royal Arch) degree is said by many to be the most beautiful degree in all of Freemasonry. Following a convocation of the Supreme Grand Chapter in England on November 10, 2004, there are currently significant ritual differences between what is worked in England and that worked in the USA. Fraternal inter-relations remain as before. Freemasons who reach this degree may continue to Cryptic Masonry or go straight to Knights Templar (where permitted—requirements vary in different jurisdictions).

Cryptic Masonry

Membership in the Council of Royal & Select Masters or the Council of Cryptic Masons is not required for membership in the Knights Templar in some jurisdictions, so it can be skipped. In others it is required. It is called Cryptic Masonry or the Cryptic Rite because a crypt or underground room figures prominently in the degrees.

Royal Master
Select Master
Super Excellent Master
In some councils, a Most Excellent Master degree is offered between Select Master and Super Excellent Master, and some jurisdictions do not have the Super Excellent Master degree.

Knights Templar (Grand Encampment of Knights Templar of the U.S.A.)

The Knights Templar is the final order joined in the York Rite. Unlike other Masonic bodies which only require a belief in a Supreme Being regardless of religion, membership in the Knights Templar is open only to Christian Masons who have completed their Royal Arch and in some jurisdictions their Cryptic Degrees. This body is modeled on the historical Knights Templar to carry on the spirit of their organization. Throughout history, it has been claimed that Freemasonry itself was founded by the Knights Templar or that the Knights Templar took refuge in Freemasonry after their persecution. The Grand Encampment of the United States acknowledges the existence of these theories but states that there is no proof to justify such claims.

A local Knights Templar division is called a Commandery and operates under a state-level Grand Commandery as well as The Grand Encampment of the United States. This is unique among Masonic bodies as most report to the state level alone. The Knights Templar confer three orders, and one passing order, as opposed to the standard degree system, found elsewhere in Freemasonry:

The Illustrious Order of the Red Cross
The Passing Order of St. Paul (or the Mediterranean Pass)
The Order of the Knights of Malta (or simply Order of Malta)
The Order of the Temple

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"Every Master Mason should experience the Royal Arch [York Rite]." - Most Venerable Sovereign Grand Master Glen A. Cook, PGM, 33°, PP of the Grand Council of Allied Masonic Degrees of the United States of America.

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12/11/2020

What is the York Rite?

An overview of the York Rite bodies of Freemasonry.