Capitular Degrees
Royal Arch Masons
Mark Master
Past Master
Most Excellent Master
Royal Arch
Santa Monica Bay Chapter No. 97 Meets 1st Monday of each month and is dark in August.
Royal Arch Masonry is a part of the York Rite branch of Freemasonry and can only be joined after completing the “Blue Lodge” of Freemasonry and becoming a Master Mason. The York Rite of Freemasonry includes three major areas:
- Royal Arch Masonry (Chapter),
- Cryptic Masonry (Council), and
- Knights Templar (Commandery).
York Rite Royal Arch Masonry is a continuation of the Blue Lodge and completes the process started as a Blue Lodge Mason (Master Mason). Further education on what has been learned in “Blue Lodge” and the Royal Arch is to be found in the Cryptic Mason Degrees and, that finally culminates in the Knights Templar Orders.
We look forward to your interest in Royal Arch Masonry and hope that you will be contacting us soon to learn of how you can be a part of the York Rite of Freemasonry.
Remember, the only way to complete your education as a Master Mason is to complete the York Rite Degrees (especially, the Royal Arch Degree) for only in the Royal Arch Degree is “the Master’s Word” revealed. So, please consider completing your education in the York Rite. (The Blue Lodge degrees are a part of the York Rite in the United States.)