Mariners Stated Communication : Group Masonic Discussion

Brethren,

Please join us on Wednesday for the final communication of the 2025-2026 Masonic year. I thought it would be a nice sendoff before the summer break for the Lodge to have a group discussion on the teachings of the Fellowcraft Degree, especially since we have so many Fellowcrafts at the present time. The subject of the discussion will  address the question, "What is the Fellowcraft Degree trying to teach us?"

In the Entered Apprentice Degree the importance of self-improvement is imparted through the allegory of the Ashlars, which teach us that the transformational process in which we strive to work ourselves into a living embodiment of the Perfect Ashlar is accomplished through "education, our own endeavors, and the blessing of Deity.”  The first portion of this thinking takes center stage in the Fellowcraft Degree, which has often been called the “education Degree,” as summed up in this piece that used…