bro.william
Premium Member
Right. This is just about getting some basic learning under my belt. I'm requesting pics and explanations of the various apron possibilities in the GLs of the brethren of this forum.
In another thread, I posted the query below about how aprons work in Texas and the US. Moving it now to its own thread.
Even before this response, I'd kind of got the impression that it's most common in US lodges for the lodge itself to have a supply of white aprons which most of the brethren use for day-to-day, garden variety meetings – except for officers and PMs, who have their own aprons of office. Bro. JC just confirmed that.
For all that, though, I keep seeing decorated regalia for sale, such as this, which is listed as a "Master Mason's Apron", and is closer to what I would have expected (naïvely, it appears) from my English lodge experience:
And in researching Tranquility Lodge in anticipation of an eventual petition, I've seen this plenty often:
What I haven't been able to find online, though, is much guidance as to what's appropriate to wear and when and why. The small handful of protocol documents I've been able to google tend to assume slightly more knowledge than I have ... and not show pictures as examples. Meanwhile, the array of stuff available from online sellers is vast, not all of it regulation, and assumes the buyer knows what he's after.
So ... and, again, this is mainly to satisfy my ever-present curiosity ... I would love it if some of you guys from the States and, indeed, across the world, could post pics of your various regalia with a line about what they're appropriate for. Any takers?
I'll begin (though I expect I'm teaching several grannies to suck several eggs) ...
Emulation Rite EA:
Emulation Rite FC:
Emulation Rite MM:
Officer & GL aprons include different colours (deep blue and red, normally), provincial seals, and various decorations and tassels, but are all recognisably within this basic pattern.
And Royal Arch, which English freemasonry treats as a completion of the 3rd degree ... not Craft, but administered together with the Craft ...
In another thread, I posted the query below about how aprons work in Texas and the US. Moving it now to its own thread.
Do I understand correctly that the white apron is for MMs? English style = white apron is EA. FC has two light blue rosettes, one in each bottom corner. MM is edged in light blue with three rosettes, the additional one being in the flap.
US aprons are white through all three degrees. They are worn differently for each.
Even before this response, I'd kind of got the impression that it's most common in US lodges for the lodge itself to have a supply of white aprons which most of the brethren use for day-to-day, garden variety meetings – except for officers and PMs, who have their own aprons of office. Bro. JC just confirmed that.
For all that, though, I keep seeing decorated regalia for sale, such as this, which is listed as a "Master Mason's Apron", and is closer to what I would have expected (naïvely, it appears) from my English lodge experience:
And in researching Tranquility Lodge in anticipation of an eventual petition, I've seen this plenty often:
What I haven't been able to find online, though, is much guidance as to what's appropriate to wear and when and why. The small handful of protocol documents I've been able to google tend to assume slightly more knowledge than I have ... and not show pictures as examples. Meanwhile, the array of stuff available from online sellers is vast, not all of it regulation, and assumes the buyer knows what he's after.
So ... and, again, this is mainly to satisfy my ever-present curiosity ... I would love it if some of you guys from the States and, indeed, across the world, could post pics of your various regalia with a line about what they're appropriate for. Any takers?
I'll begin (though I expect I'm teaching several grannies to suck several eggs) ...
Emulation Rite EA:
Emulation Rite FC:
Emulation Rite MM:
Officer & GL aprons include different colours (deep blue and red, normally), provincial seals, and various decorations and tassels, but are all recognisably within this basic pattern.
And Royal Arch, which English freemasonry treats as a completion of the 3rd degree ... not Craft, but administered together with the Craft ...