One joins the Freemason fraternity for one of three reasons: to feel part of something, to gain a social network of people or to find out their secrets.
Junior Warden of the Damascus number 10 chapter, Matthew Nelson, joined for what he describes as a healthy combination of the three. In the early 2000s, Nelson became interested in Freemasonry. He looked into it for some time before deciding to join, but in the seven years since his initiation, he has become more involved with the group’s purpose of “making good men better.”
The fraternity, often confused with a religious group, is intended to coexist with and strengthen the faith of its members. In fact, the requirements to become a Mason include belief in a Supreme Being and good moral standing. The only other requirement is that one must be a male over age 18.
As a fraternity, they make no qualms about excluding women, but offshoots like Order of the Eastern Star, Job’s Daughters and DeMolay are specifically for women and younger members. These other groups, however, are not under the Grand Lodge, the regional entity of officers and members that oversee the local lodges.
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Junior Warden of the Damascus number 10 chapter, Matthew Nelson, joined for what he describes as a healthy combination of the three. In the early 2000s, Nelson became interested in Freemasonry. He looked into it for some time before deciding to join, but in the seven years since his initiation, he has become more involved with the group’s purpose of “making good men better.”
The fraternity, often confused with a religious group, is intended to coexist with and strengthen the faith of its members. In fact, the requirements to become a Mason include belief in a Supreme Being and good moral standing. The only other requirement is that one must be a male over age 18.
As a fraternity, they make no qualms about excluding women, but offshoots like Order of the Eastern Star, Job’s Daughters and DeMolay are specifically for women and younger members. These other groups, however, are not under the Grand Lodge, the regional entity of officers and members that oversee the local lodges.
more Freemasons in Utah | UVU Review