{"id":11958,"date":"2016-03-12T08:46:55","date_gmt":"2016-03-12T13:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.glpad3.org\/?page_id=11958"},"modified":"2026-01-08T22:18:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T03:18:51","slug":"grand-lodge-master-craftsman-award-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.glpad3.org\/d3\/grand-lodge-master-craftsman-award-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Lodge Master Craftsman Award Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"11958\" class=\"elementor elementor-11958\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b3989e3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b3989e3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f89bd61\" data-id=\"f89bd61\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ac2d43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ac2d43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>A three-part program of Education &amp; Fellowship for Master Masons<\/h2><p>Part 1: Mentor Program &#8211; An internet based learning program<\/p><p>Part 2: Masonic History &#8211; An internet based learning program<\/p><p>Part 3: A personal adventure in Masonic Fellowship and Learning To complete the Master Craftsman Program and attain the Grand Master\u2019s Achievement Recognition Award, a Master Mason must satisfactorily complete Parts 1 and 2 through the internet based learning programs provided through the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania and fulfill all mandatory requirements listed on this form (Part 3).<\/p><h4><strong>MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS<\/strong><\/h4><ol><li>Attend a stated meeting of your home lodge.<\/li><li>Attend an extra meeting of your home lodge.<\/li><li>Attend at least one meeting of another lodge in your district.<\/li><li>Serve as greeter for one of your lodge\u2019s stated meetings.<\/li><li>Attend an Official Visitation of the DDGM within your district.<\/li><li>Attend at least one of your lodge\u2019s fellowship events.<\/li><li>Assist in a fund raising event held by your lodge.<\/li><li>Assist with your Blue Lodge\u2019s Mentor Program as required by The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania\u2019s Education Committee.<\/li><li>Attend a youth group meeting within your district or region.<\/li><li>Assist the Secretary or other members in contacting members in danger of being suspended to discuss with them what you believe to be the benefits of their Masonic membership.<\/li><\/ol><h4><strong>FULFILL THE CRITERIA LISTED BELOW<\/strong><\/h4><ol><li>Participate in a degree conferred by your lodge.<\/li><li>Be the first line signer on a petition for membership in your lodge.<\/li><li>Contact a brother who has not attended lodge in the last six months and invite him to accompany you to the next stated meeting. (The brother must accept and attend in order for these criteria to be completed.)<\/li><li>Assume responsibility for arranging a Masonic Education program for your lodge. This may be done by you or by someone else by your invitation with the Worshipful Master\u2019s approval.<\/li><li>Attend a quarterly communication of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania.<\/li><li>Attend either a stated meeting of The Pennsylvania Lodge of Research or the Academy of Masonic Knowledge.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35d597e elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"35d597e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/pagrandlodge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/PAMasons_AwardForm1_MasterCraftsman_2024.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Click here to download the form<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A three-part program of Education &amp; Fellowship for Master Masons Part 1: Mentor Program &#8211; An internet based learning program Part 2: Masonic History &#8211; An internet based learning program Part 3: A personal adventure in Masonic Fellowship and Learning To complete the Master Craftsman Program and attain the Grand Master\u2019s Achievement Recognition Award, a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11958","page","type-page","status-publish","czr-hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glpad3.org\/d3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glpad3.org\/d3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glpad3.org\/d3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glpad3.org\/d3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glpad3.org\/d3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11958"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.glpad3.org\/d3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37507,"href":"https:\/\/www.glpad3.org\/d3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11958\/revisions\/37507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glpad3.org\/d3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}