Bumping this thread up. :)

I'm a 32 degree Scottish RIte Mason, just got my orders in the Commandery of Knights Templar, hold a chair in the other two main York Rite Bodies, member of the Shrine and am active in my Blue Lodge where I hold a chair as well.

Wow, Vito! That is good work. I'm now in my third term as Worthy Matron in Eastern Star, and will be again in 4 years. I belong to two chapters.

I also have a petition into the local OES and have told the people who matter that I will be willing to be tapped to serve on a DeMolay advising council if it gets restarted here. Unfortunately, only my blue lodge and Shrine are active. Well that and the Scottish rite is hard for me to get to.

I just wanted to mention that my fiance is a Mason and he loves it. He and I will be attending a Thanksgiving event at the lodge and the other Masons are so incredibly sweet and respectful.

I found out after my dad passed that he was a Mason but wasn't active. I still have his ring. I previously dated a Mason and was extended an opportunity to join OES but chose not to plus he and I broke up. Meh, I'm happy with my sorority affiliation. The only other orgs I would join would be photography related (APA, ASMP, etc) first and then social civic groups. I don't have time anyway so there ya go. :)

Interesting. I thought you would have had to marry him first, if you were invited to join OES because of him? I understand that, if you are female, you must be related to a Mason to join OES, and OES has a very broad definition of what "being related to a Mason" means, but I don't think it extends to girlfriends and fiancées.

That said, you'd be eligible to join OES if your father was in good standing at the time of his passing.

My husband has not found a local lodge to affiliate with, but he still pays dues to his home lodge, so I'm eligible to join OES - but I haven't had the time to look into it.

What I find interesting and want to find out more about is the PHA Masonic family. I was fascinated when I found out there were PHA versions of most Masonic organizations.

We were engaged. The idea was to join after we got hitched. As far as my dad, from what I know, he was in good standing. I have a cousin who is an OES but it's not something I want join.

So I showed up at elections yesterday to protect myself and ended up being elected Commander (President) for the Templars and Scribe (2nd VP) for the Royal Arch. Not sure how that happened. *scratches head*

Congratulations? :D

lol. Meh. They are both dying bodies, so not like I can screw things up too badly. OTOH, we decided yesterday to start a big recruiting drive, so if things work out well I might be able to say that I restored a commandery that could actually perform work. Doubtful, but I can get us started there. In all my copious free time of course :D.

T all depends on the OES chapter. I know that some do accept girlfriends of Master Masons, though.

Is that PHA OES or mainstream, because I have never heard of a chapter that would accept a nonrelative unless they were a Jobie or Rainbow.