Degrees

25° - Master of Achievement

Scottish Rite, NMJ 25th Degree: Master of Achievement poster

STORYLINE

The 25th degree demonstrates industriousness through the life of Brother Benjamin Franklin. This degree encourages the apprentice to examine his faith, life, and God to get a clear at his inner self.

PHILOSOPHY

The wages of a Mason are earned and paid in their dealing with one another.

CORE VALUES

Devotion to Country & Service to Humanity

Find this Degree

See the 25° - Master of Achievement at the Valleys below.

Maine

Bangor

Secretary:

Christopher L. Robison, 32°, MSA

Address

294 Union St., Suite 2, BANGOR, ME, 04401-4885

Phone:

207-942-0144
Connecticut

Bridgeport

Secretary:

Bruce R. Bellmore, 33°, MSA

Address

PO Box 309, STRATFORD, CT, 06615-0309

Phone:

203-375-0064

Fax:

203-386-0828
Ohio

Columbus

Secretary:

Fred S. Kile, 33°

Address

290 Cramer Creek Ct, Dublin, OH, 43017-2584

Phone:

614-766-2272

Fax:

614-766-1181
Pennsylvania

Coudersport

Secretary:

Steven E. McDowell, 33°

Address

111 E 2ND ST PO Box 69, COUDERSPORT, PA, 16915-0069

Phone:

814-274-8490

Fax:

814-274-0212
Pennsylvania

Harrisburg

Secretary:

John D. Cook, 33°

Address

PO Box 2423, HARRISBURG, PA, 17105-2423

Phone:

717-238-8867
New York

New York City

Secretary:

Chad B. Ploth, 32°, MSA

Address

91 Hamilton Lakes Drive, Hamilton, NJ, 08619-3449

Phone:

917-855-1439
Indiana

South Bend

Secretary:

Robert F. Keuper, 33°

Address

427 N MAIN ST, SOUTH BEND, IN, 46601-1220

Phone:

574-233-3158
Massachusetts

Springfield MA

Secretary:

Melvyn D. Hook, 33°, MSA, HGA

Address

72 Broad Street, Westfield, MA, 01085-2928

Phone:

413-533-1119
Indiana

Terre Haute

Secretary:

Stanley Abernathy, 33°

Address

8930 E. U.S. Highway 40, TERRE HAUTE, IN, 47803-3913

Phone:

812-234-3761

Fax:

812-238-8450
Ohio

Toledo

Secretary:

Michael E. Shobe, 33°

Address

309 W. Sophia St, Maumee, OH, 43537-2169

Phone:

419-893-2942

Fax:

419-893-2962

The Degrees of the Consistory

The Consistory is responsible for conferring the 19th through the 32nd degrees. These degrees demonstrate the challenges of social and moral conflicts, drawing on lessons from the age of chivalry through modern day.

The term "Consistory" comes from the Latin consistere (“stand firm”), which led to the term consistorium (“assembly place”). Historically, the word consistory has referred to either a council of the advisors of Roman emperors or the papal consistory, a meeting of the Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church. Within Freemasonry, Consistory refers to an assembly of Scottish Rite officers who, under the auspices of the Supreme Council, grant degrees.

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