Lubbock York Rite will host a festival beginning April 26th at 6:00PM, through April 27th 7:00PM. If you are interested in becoming a York Rite mason, this is your chance. In those two days you will receive all your York Rite degrees.
Any Mason in good standing from a Lodge of a recognized jurisdiction may become a York Rite Mason.
You start our journey by petitioning a Royal Arch Chapter. When you have received the Degree of the Holy Royal Arch, you are then eligible to join a Chapter of Cryptic Masons or a Commandery where you receive the Chivalric Degrees, including that of Knights Templar.
The Royal Arch Degrees fill in the spaces of the Craft (Blue Lodge) Degrees, showing how a Mason asks for his wages and rediscovering the Lost Word.
The Cryptic Degrees are considered some of the most beautiful in Freemasonry and tell the story before and after the Word was lost.
The Chivalric Orders pertain to the obligations of knighthood, joining the Order of Malta and the Order of the Temple (Knights Templar).
If you need a petition, reach out to a local York Rite mason – or come visit us. See the events for when to come by. Any night there is a meeting someone can assist you.