MASONIC RITUAL

The Ritual – Does the Tiler need to be a Master Mason?

MASONIC RITUAL EXPLAINED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CUSTODIANS OF THE WORK

Does the Tiler need to be a Master Mason, even when the Lodge is opening on the First or Second Degree?

Yes. All elected and appointed Lodge officers must be Master Masons. In the absence of such officers, the Master may appoint Entered Apprentices and Fellowcrafts officers pro tem to any station or place, so long as they are qualified for the Work, except for the Tiler. Why not the Tiler? Because the Ritual specifies that the Tiler is a “Master Mason without.”

Response provided by RW Samuel Lloyd Kinsey
Chairman, Custodians of the Work, Grand Lodge of New York

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