Order of Eastern Star (PHA) and Ladies Auxiliary of the Knights of Peter Claver

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Originally Posted by lulutnl3

I thought all PHA Masons are F&AM? Or is it where all PHA Masons are F&AM, but not all F&AM Masons are PHA?

It's more of a case where there really is no satisfactory term to distinguish "mainstream" Freemasonry from PHA. I suppose the closest thing would be United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE) Freemasonry, but many PHA Grand Lodges are starting to gain Masonic recognition from UGLE. *shrugs* And certainly there have been Catholic Masons and Eastern Stars. Just as there have been Catholics who have abortions, or support capital punishment or make use of birth control. A lot of it would depend on whither or not the Auxiliary chapter you are looking for membership in holds the same view as a local Benedictine monastery I know. "Rome is very far away."

And a final note on the naming thing. In the US, all grand lodges are free to style themselves they wish. Thus in the US you have Ancient Free & Accepted Masons (AF&AM, the way my lodge does it and thus the right way.), Free & Accepted Masons, (F&AM) FA&AM (I think it's something like Free Ancient and Accepted Masons) and I think like A&AM (Ancient and Accepted Masons).