Degrees

4° - Builder

Scottish Rite, NMJ 4th Degree: Builder poster

STORYLINE

The 4th degree represents a Master Mason’s first steps on his Scottish Rite journey. In this degree, a Master Mason seeks divine guidance, and we learn to honor our relationships with God, family, country, and Freemasonry.

PHILOSOPHY

Brothers grow together in Scottish Rite.

CORE VALUES

Reverence for God, Integrity & Service to Humanity

Find this Degree

See the 4° - Builder at the Valleys below.

Pennsylvania

Allentown

Secretary:

Bryan K. Fritz, 33°

Address

1533 W Hamilton Street, Allentown, PA, 18102-4205

Phone:

610-433-3232
Pennsylvania

Altoona

Secretary:

Lawrence J. Bilotto, 33°

Address

2200 Broad Avenue, Altoona, PA, 16601-1936

Phone:

814-935-5558
Maine

Bangor

Secretary:

Christopher L. Robison, 32°

Address

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

Phone:

207-942-0144
Illinois

Bloomington

Secretary:

Barry D. Weer, 33°

Address

302 E JEFFERSON STREET, P.O. BOX 3695, BLOOMINGTON, IL, 61702-3695

Phone:

309-828-6077
Pennsylvania

Bloomsburg

Secretary:

Earl D. Mordan, Jr., 33°

Address

150 Market St, Bloomsburg, PA, 17815

Phone:

570-784-1400
Massachusetts

Boston

Secretary:

Thomas U. Kenney, 32°

Address

MASONIC BUILDING, 186 TREMONT STREET, #705, BOSTON, MA, 02111-1014

Phone:

617-426-8228

Fax:

617-426-8229
Connecticut

Bridgeport

Secretary:

Thomas E. Beck, 32°, MSA

Address

LAFAYETTE CONSISTORY, P.O. BOX 309, STRATFORD, CT, 06615-0309

Phone:

203-375-0064

Fax:

203-386-0828
New York

Buffalo

Secretary:

Bertram J. Woodside, 33°, MSA

Address

2379 UNION ROAD, CHEEKTOWAGA, NY, 14227-2234

Phone:

716-668-2755
Ohio

Canton

Secretary:

James G. Fidler, 33°

Address

MASONIC TEMPLE, 836 MARKET AVE N, CANTON, OH, 44702-1021

Phone:

330-455-2321

Fax:

330-455-7370
New Jersey

Central Jersey

Secretary:

Peter W. Saunders, 33°, MSA

Address

103 Dunns Mill Rd, Bordentown, NJ, 08505-4706

Phone:

609-298-3404
Illinois

Chicago

Secretary:

Eric M. Smith, 33°

Address

383 E Lake St, Bloomingdale, IL, 60108-1191

Phone:

630-439-3400

Fax:

630-439-3401
Ohio

Cincinnati

Secretary:

Michael A. Himes, 33°

Address

317 E FIFTH ST, CINCINNATI, OH, 45202-3399

Phone:

800-561-3579

Fax:

513-562-2661
Ohio

Cleveland

Secretary:

Robert W. Thomas, 33°

Address

VALLEY OF CLEVELAND, PO BOX 888, CHARDON, OH, 44024

Phone:

216-432-2370
Ohio

Columbus

Secretary:

Fred S. Kile, 33°

Address

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

Phone:

614-766-2272

Fax:

614-766-1181
New Hampshire

Concord

Secretary:

Edward N. Lewis, 33°, MSA

Address

10 HARVARD ST, CONCORD, NH, 03301-2318

Phone:

603-224-5812

Fax:

603-224-5812
Pennsylvania

Coudersport

Secretary:

Steven E. McDowell, 33°

Address

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

Phone:

814-274-8490

Fax:

814-274-0212
Ohio

Dayton

Secretary:

Jerome R. Clark, 33°

Address

525 W RIVERVIEW AVE, DAYTON, OH, 45405-4702

Phone:

937-222-9103

Fax:

937-496-2244
Pennsylvania

Erie

Secretary:

Charles L. Davis, 32°

Address

4701 Old Zuck Rd, ERIE, PA, 16506-4963

Phone:

814-835-0432
Indiana

Fort Wayne

Secretary:

Larry L. Chapel, 33°, MSA

Address

5907 STONEY CREEK DR, FORT WAYNE, IN, 46825

Phone:

260-423-2593
Wisconsin

Green Bay

Secretary:

Leland L. Burlison, 33°, MSA

Address

Valley of Green Bay, 2745 Havenwood Dr Unit F, Oshkosh, WI, 54904-5721

Phone:

920-420-6206
Pennsylvania

Harrisburg

Secretary:

John D. Cook, 33°

Address

PO BOX 2423, HARRISBURG, PA, 17105-2423

Phone:

717-238-8867
Connecticut

Hartford

Secretary:

Andrew C. Work, 32°

Address

VALLEY OF HARTFORD, A.A.S.R., PO BOX 310198, NEWINGTON, CT, 06131-0198

Phone:

860-666-0712

Fax:

860-666-5448
Indiana

Indianapolis

Secretary:

Thomas A. Fallis, 33°

Address

650 NORTH MERIDIAN STREET, INDIANAPOLIS, IN, 46204-1294

Phone:

317-262-3111
Wisconsin

Madison

Secretary:

Scott R. Magnusson, 32°, MSA

Address

SCOTTISH RITE BODIES, 301 WISCONSIN AVE, MADISON, WI, 53703-2107

Phone:

608-215-4921
Michigan

Michigan

Secretary:

Timothey S. Marshbanks, 33°, MSA

Address

907 Monroe St., Dearborn, MI, 48124-2309

Phone:

313-724-1907

Fax:

313-724-1996
Illinois

Moline

Secretary:

Donald R. Wood, Sr., 33°, MSA

Address

409 2nd Avenue East, Milan, IL, 61264

Phone:

309-762-1117
New Hampshire

Nashua

Secretary:

Bryan K. Foose, 32°

Address

196 Main St Ste 16, Nashua, NH, 03060-2914

Phone:

603-882-4931

Fax:

603-521-8834
Pennsylvania

New Castle

Secretary:

Randall L. Connell, 33°

Address

110 E LINCOLN AVE, NEW CASTLE, PA, 16101-2472

Phone:

724-654-5800
Connecticut

New Haven

Secretary:

Jerry J. Gruenbaum, 32°

Address

P.O. Box 3879, New Haven, CT, 06515-3879

Phone:

203-580-4208
Illinois

Peoria

Secretary:

Donald Q. Williams, 32°

Address

P. O. Box 5204, Peoria, IL, 61601

Phone:

309-676-4472
Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh

Secretary:

David W. Morgans, 33°

Address

GREATER PITTSBURGH MASONIC CTR, 3579 MASONIC WAY, PITTSBURGH, PA, 15237-2700

Phone:

412-939-3579

Fax:

412-939-3579
Massachusetts

Pittsfield

Secretary:

Joshua D. Hall, 32°

Address

P.O. Box 523, Lenox, MA, 01240

Phone:

413-464-4277
Maine

Portland

Secretary:

Michael J. Chambers, 32°

Address

415 Congress St, Suite 100, Portand, ME, 04101

Phone:

207-772-7711
Pennsylvania

Reading

Secretary:

Herbert K. Swisher, 33°

Address

P.O. BOX 6013, READING, PA, 19610-0013

Phone:

610-621-6127

Fax:

610-373-0795
Maine

Rockland

Secretary:

Jeffrey W. Sukeforth, 33°, MSA

Address

47 Rawson Ave., Camden, ME, 04843

Phone:

207-691-2270
Pennsylvania

Scranton

Secretary:

D. A. Barrett, 32°

Address

MASONIC TEMPLE, 420 N WASHINGTON AVE, Floor 3, SCRANTON, PA, 18503-1395

Phone:

570-346-4609
Indiana

South Bend

Secretary:

Robert F. Keuper, 33°

Address

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

Phone:

574-233-3158
Illinois

Southern Illinois

Secretary:

Mark P. Maxwell, 33°, MSA

Address

225 East A Street, BELLEVILLE, IL, 62220-1402

Phone:

618-235-3350
Massachusetts

Springfield MA

Secretary:

Patrick J. Lupien, 32°, MSA

Address

72 Broad Street, Westfield, MA, 01085

Phone:

413-533-1119
Ohio

Steubenville

Secretary:

Timothy L. Walters, 33°, MSA

Address

227 N 4th Street, Steubenville, OH, 43952

Phone:

740-282-1391

Fax:

740-282-3260
Indiana

Terre Haute

Secretary:

Stanley Abernathy, 33°

Address

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

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
New York

Troy

Secretary:

James A. Cobb, 32°, MSA

Address

PO Box 2079, Plattsburgh, NY, 12901

Phone:

518-569-9947
Pennsylvania

Uniontown

Secretary:

Jason F. Craig, 33°

Address

PO Box 2028, Downtown Station, Uniontown, PA, 15401-1628

Phone:

724-833-2659
Delaware

Wilmington

Secretary:

James M. Brady, Jr., 33°, MSA

Address

818 N. Market St 3rd Floor, WILMINGTON, DE, 19801-3077

Phone:

302-998-6475

Fax:

302-668-1907
Ohio

Youngstown

Secretary:

Timothy N. Flack, 33°

Address

PO Box 1420, Warren, OH, 44482-1420

Phone:

330-373-0890

Fax:

330-373-0898

The Lodge of Perfection Degrees

The Lodge of Perfection is where a Scottish Rite Mason’s journey begins. This body confers the 4th through the 14th degrees. These degrees investigate and contemplate spirituality, and also amplify the Hiramic Legend and lessons from the Biblical era.

The Lodge of Perfection degrees are often referred to as “ineffable” degrees because they focus on the ineffable, or unutterable, name of God. Members will also see many references back to the three symbolic degrees of the Blue Lodge. The degrees in this first body are meant to amplify the core Masonic teachings and apply them to practical, everyday situations.

The name of the Lodge of Perfection refers to the belief of Scottish Rite Masons that while they know they are not perfect, there is a path to perfection. One of the key moral teachings in this body is that men must persevere and overcome difficulties in their progress toward perfection.

What is the Lodge of Perfection?

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