Reunion Dates for 2008
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April 18 & 19 Reunion |
Conferring
4th, 14th, 18th, 30th, and
32nd Degrees |
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October 24 & 25 |
Conferring
4th, 14th, 18th, 30th, and
32nd Degrees |
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Description
of the Degrees
4th Degree - Secret Master.
The Fourth Degree emphasizes duty, fidelity, integrity, and the necessity
for secrecy in all confidential relationships.
14th Degree - Perfect Elu.
In the Scottish Rite, this degree is the summit of Ancient Craft Masonry.
As the crowning degree of the Lodge of Perfection, its essence is the
holiness God and reverence.
18th Degree - Knight Rose
Croix.
The lessons taught in this degree are that man must have a new Temple in
his heart where God is worshiped in spirit and in truth and that he must
have a new law of love which all men everywhere may understand and
practice. This degree affirms the broad principals of universality and
tolerance.
30th Degree - Knight Kadosh.
This degree sets forth the tests and ceremonies that symbolize the
experiences we must undergo in the building of excellence in
character.
32nd Degree - Master of the Royal
Secret.
This degree describes that victory of the spiritual over the human in man
and the conquest of appetites and passions by moral sense and reason. The
exemplar represents every Freemason eager to serve humanity but caught
between self-interest and the call of duty. Duty often requires sacrifice,
sometimes the supreme sacrifice. |