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welcome and great enthusiasm.Stgermain wrote:I have the pleasure of being attached to a university scheme lodge. It is great to meet young minds interested in making theirselves better.
I am a fellowcraft and prepping to become mm. I am not a uni student and didn't know a mason so enquired via the askone website (i was the 100th signup in east kent province).
Prior to joining i often visited pop up stalls in towns and spoke to 2 lovely gentlemen referred from the ask one site but always found it difficult to progress past initial words. On the pop up stands there was never anybody i could relate to.
I personally feel that there needs to be a younger face of freemasonry, i was willing to get involved in any lodge irrespective of member ages but others may be assuaged by this.
When you're doing town pop ups, ask a younger member to pop along. If you don't have one, ask a local university lodge. I would be honored to be invited to represent masonry in local towns.
I just think that many people my age 32 are attracted by other younger people hence the university scheme popularity.
But i digress, this is the best thing ive ever chosen to do. The first 2 degress have made me such a kinder, morally sound and understanding person. Ive heard the 3rd is the best but fell in love with the 2nd degree working tools.
This love and passion is best shared by members with verve and vigour and hunger.
Truly is. Prior to joining this is something I'd never have experienced.Mike Martin wrote:The age range in my Lodge is currently 24 to 87 and it is a thing of joy to see these gentlemen in fellowship and not a thought to their respective ages.
MrBenn wrote:All those older masons were younger masons once upon a time.....
The inter generational mix in freemasonry is one of the best things about it, you don't experience it many places in life
JohnXRV wrote:I think there is a differential between the age groups joining freemasonry
When I was initiated 20 months ago I was 52. Whilst the pace of progression I felt was slow after watching the Sky TV series I persevered and was raised last month.
I grew up without the internet or social media. Nothing was instant and my social persona ended when I left whatever group I was with. At home I was invisible and untouchable
So masonry felt comfortable and I could research it within bounds appropriate to my current degree using books as I had done with my career to date. I used the internet to download the fully emulated rituals through which I had progressed.
I'm not sure how younger or newer masons cope with the restrictive approach of masonry when they first join. You've joined us but we won't tell you anything! I mean seriously what other aspect of modern life treats new members like children?
I'm keen to start a Light Blue Club in my lodge because I want to help new masons get through this stonewall approach and quickly learn about the rich history of our order. Since my raising I have felt unleashed to delve into masonic writings and research papers and now so much is making sense now
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Trouillogan wrote:Good for you John! One of the reasons that the newer brethren aren't told about the whys and wherefores of freemasonry is that there are very few longer serving brethren capable of doing so. For a lot of them, a lodge meeting is simply to confer degrees by ceremony and then to the bar and to dinner - here I'm speaking of UGLE. Ireland and Scotland are different. For you and others who really want to get to grips with freemasonry, you might find a masonic research lodge in your vicinity, to at least visit. Further, if you visit the Quatuor Coronati Lodge web site, you can join its correspondence circle for its annual publication of research transaction papers, ask questions, come to our meetings, even contribute your own work and ideas. Being the world premier evidence-based masonic research lodge, you can be sure of solid information. There's a wealth of information in the 'Research Resources' section.
If you have any problems with any of that, do come back here and I'll see what I can do to help you.
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