Protocol and Etiquette Newsletters of Grand Lodge – listed by Issue
- Definitions: The whole purpose and object of protocol?
- When is it proper to use the Sign of Fidelity?
- Quick Points
P & E Essentials Issue 2 – May 2009
- The Gavel
- Banquet Hall Protocol
P & E Essentials Issue 3 – October 2009
- Banquet Hall Seating Protocol
- The Wands
- Funeral Honours
- The Grand Honours
P & E Essentials Issue 4 – January 2010
- Reception of Visiting Brethren
- Announcing Grand Lodge Visitors – updated below 2012
- Proper Reference to the Grand Master
- Worshipful Master’s Collar
P & E Essentials Issue 5 – March 2010
- Saluting W.M.
- Saluting When Passing W.M.
- The Lewis Jewel
- The Tyler
- Can The Grand Honours Be Given In Public?
- The Warrant
- Draping The Warrant
- Say I, repeat your several names and say after me
P & E Essentials Issue 6 – April 2010
- Dress And Undress Regalia
- The Sign Of Fidelity
- Addressing The East
P & E Essentials Issue 7 – (Rev.1) June 2010
- The Ballot – Part One: How To Conduct The Ballot
P & E Essentials Issue 8 – October 2010
- The Ballot – Part Two: Procedural Rules Concerning Applications
- Questions & Answers
P & E Essentials Issue 9 – December 2010
- The William Mercer Wilson Medal
- The Head Table
- “Worshipful Master” Is A Rank
P & E Essentials Issue 10 – February 2011
- Masonic Toasts
P & E Essentials Issue 11 – March 2011
- Why Is The Master Called “Worshipful”
- The Worshipful Master
- Saluting The Worshipful Master
- Take The Proper Step Before Saluting
- Saluting
- Questions – on the Salute
P & E Essentials Issue 12 – April 2011
- Dress Codes In Masonry
- The Well-Dressed Mason
- Gloves
P & E Essentials Issue 13 – June 2011A
Replaced by P & E Guide to the Masonic Memorial Services
See below in Special Issues
P & E Essentials Issue 14 – January 2012
- Committee Of General Purposes Background
- Motions
- Adjourning
P & E Essentials Issue 15 – February 2012
- Committee Of General Purposes cont’d
- The Business Portion Of A Lodge Meeting
- How to Efficiently Conduct the Business Portion of a Lodge Meeting
- Minutes of Lodge Meetings
- Agenda
- Rules of Order Motions
- The Worshipful Master’s Powers and Responsibilities
P & E Essentials – Issue 16 – March 2012
- Cell Phone Etiquette
- Multiple Volumes Of The Sacred Law
P & E Essentials – Issue 17 – April 2012
- The Grand Honours
- The Deacons
- Addressing The East
- Addressing A Head Table (Use of Brother & Brethren)
P & E Essentials – Issue 18 – May 2012
- Election of Lodge Officers
P & E Essentials – Issue 19 – June 2012
- Banquet Hall Protocol
- Setting up a Head Table
P & E Essentials – Issue 20 – December 2012
- Banquet hall protocol – part 2
- Introducing a head table
- Introducing a secondary head table
- Addressing a head table
P & E Essentials – Issue 21 – January 2013
- The Grand Honours
- Funeral Honours (see Issue 31 & Guide to the Masonic Memorial Services – September 2014)
P & E Essentials – Issue 22 – February 2013
- Draping the Warrant
- Memorial Services
- The Altar
P & E Essentials – Issue 23 – March 2013
JEWELS and PINS
- (A) How Jewels Should Be Worn
- (B) What Pins and Buttons Can Be Worn
- (C) Royal Arch Jewel
- Military & civilian medals & pins
- Collars
P & E Essentials – Issue 24 – April 2013
The District Deputy Grand Master
- DDGM’s Official Visit
- DDGM’s FIRST VISIT
- Addressing the East in Lodge
- Protocol of final comment
- Banquets
P & E Essentials – Issue 25 – May 2013
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS BOOKLET
P & E Essentials – Issue 26 – July 2013
THE COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY
- The Process of Inquiry (Extracted from a presentation by R.W. Bro. Brian Gilkinson)
- The Interview
P & E Essentials – Issue 27 – January 2014
THE DIRECTOR OF CEREMONIES
- What a D. of C. should know
- Order of Introduction of Current GLOs
- Special Protocol Applies When The Grand Master Visits A Lodge
- Reception of Grand Lodge Officers and Banquet Hall Protocol
- Director of Ceremonies’ Baton
- Wand Etiquette
- Miscellaneous
- References
P & E Essentials – Issue 28 – February 2014
THE WILLIAM MERCER WILSON MEDAL
THE GRAND MASTER’S MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD
P & E Essentials – Issue 29 – March 2014
VISITATION
A BOARD OF TRIAL
P & E Essentials – Issue 30 – April 2014
THE DIRECTOR OF CEREMONIES’ BATON
- Historical Significance And Background
- How To Carry A Baton
LODGE ELECTIONS
P & E Essentials – Issue 31 – May 2014
THE MASONIC MEMORIAL SERVICES
- Significance
- Dress Code
- Historical Background
- Planning – The Day Of The Service
- Review The Service
- Planning – Long Range
- One Final Thought To Ponder
- Officers’ Duties
- Check List
- Items Needed For A Masonic Memorial Service
P & E Essentials – Issue 32 – May 2014
MASONIC DRESS CODES
- Dress Codes Decoded
- Business Dress
- Semi-formal Dress ( Black Tie )
- Morning Suit
- Formal Dress ( White Tie )
GUIDELINES TO OUR MASONIC DRESS CODES
- When the following are appropriate:
- Business dress
- Semi-formal dress
- Morning Suit
- Formal Dress
DRESS and UNDRESS REGALIA
THE WORSHIPFUL MASTER’S COLLAR
P & E Essentials – Issue 33 – January 2015
THE PAST MASTER
- Privileges Conferred By The Constitution
- With These Privileges Come Responsibilities
- Some Suggested Protocols For Past Masters To Observe In Lodge
P & E Essentials – Issue 34 – February 2015
DOES HUMOUR HAVE A PLACE IN A LODGE ROOM?
- John attends the perfect lodge meeting
P & E Essentials – Issue 35 – April 2015
REVIEW OF IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF PROTOCOL
- Candidate’s Name
- Salutes
- Saluting Moving About The Lodge Room
- Excessive And/Or Unnecessary Circumambulation the Grand Honours
- Redundancies To Be Avoided
- Who Can Sit In The East?
- Freedom Of The Lodge
- Personal Demeanor Of The Wm And His Officers
P & E Essentials – Issue 36 – February 2016
- “Freedom of the Lodge”
- Open Ritual Books in Lodge
P & E Essentials – Issue 37 – March 2016
- Improper solicitation
- Who would make a good candidate?
- Our degrees and lectures
- Summary
P & E Essentials – Issue 38 – May 2016
- Proper etiquette while “O Canada” is being sung.
- Congratulating the candidate
- Step up night
- Adjusting the working tools
P & E Essentials – Issue 39 – July 2016
- Balloting and lodge elections.
- Conducting lodge elections: a practical guide.
- Planning for election night.
- Questions & answers pertaining to lodge elections.
- Suggested procedure for the worshipful master to follow on election night.
P & E Guide to the Masonic Memorial Services– September 2015
- Significance
- Historical Background
- Review – 3 Services
Planning – Long Range
- Check List of Supplies needed to conduct a memorial service
- Officers’ Duties
- Dress Code
Planning – The Day of the Service
- The Service
- One Final Thought to Ponder
- Recommended Positioning of Participants at a Masonic Memorial Service
Planning Sheet – who does which piece of service
- Article – The impact a Masonic Memorial Service can have on a family
- Example of a Booklet for the Service (A copy might also be given to members of the family)
- Example of a Sacred Roll
P and E Receiving GL Officers Banquet Hall Protocol – Incl GLO Intro – Revised Sept 1 2016