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cemab4y · 01-22-2008, 07:48 AM

I have visited lodges in 11 states and Washington DC. Every USA lodge I have ever visited (for a business meeting) opened on the MM degree.

Military traveling lodges, conduct their business meetings on the EA degree. This is to permit maximum participation by all of the masons on the mililtary post. Also, some of the troops may have completed the EA/FC in the USA, and they may not the opportunity to proceed and complete the MM while deployed.

Many (but not all) European lodges conduct their business meetings on the EA, because it can take up to a year or longer, to pass between the symbolic degrees. By meeting on the EA, they can have maximum participation.

01-22-2008, 07:48 AM	#4
cemab4y Member cemab4y is Offline Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Taji, Iraq Posts: 49 Rep: Rep Power: 0	Re: Lodge Meeting in EA not MM I have visited lodges in 11 states and Washington DC. Every USA lodge I have ever visited (for a business meeting) opened on the MM degree. Military traveling lodges, conduct their business meetings on the EA degree. This is to permit maximum participation by all of the masons on the mililtary post. Also, some of the troops may have completed the EA/FC in the USA, and they may not the opportunity to proceed and complete the MM while deployed. Many (but not all) European lodges conduct their business meetings on the EA, because it can take up to a year or longer, to pass between the symbolic degrees. By meeting on the EA, they can have maximum participation.