Protocol and Etiquette Newsletters of Grand Lodge – listed by Issue

P & E Essentials Issue 1

• 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