The Oldest Grand Chapter in the United States Serving Capitular Masonry in Pennsylvania Since 1795
Welcome
YORK RITE MASONRY AND YOU
My Brother,
As a Master Mason, wouldn’t you like to discover more about that distinctive Anglo-American Rite in our Fraternity?
Shouldn’t you be interested in learning the ancient, true, and secret word of a Master Mason and the legend of how Masonic truth was deposited for preservation?
Your positive response prompts this invitation to advance further in YORK RITE.
The purpose of Freemasonry is to be a builder of character. Our Masonic duty is to develop, in our present lives, the highest qualities within us. To reach this objective, we must have knowledge of the goal and the pathway by which it may be obtained. The time honored method of teaching in our Fraternity is through a system of degrees, through which fuller understanding of Masonic concepts is developed
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