Chapter 49 · Quick Fire
The Lodge as Relief Organization
Question 1 / 10Press 1–4
What's the published Masonic obligation to a deceased brother's family?
- 1A one-time floral arrangement
- 2Immediate financial relief, help with the funeral, longer-term support if needed, continued inclusion in Lodge social life, and (often) a separate published Widows and Orphans fund — the Craft's earliest charters name this as a primary purpose
- 3An obituary in the bulletin
- 4Nothing once the dues stop