Application Information
Application to become a Mason begins with your local Masonic Lodge and may be made in a number of ways.
1. Contact Dalhousie Lodge WebMaster@DalhousieLodge.org, or call us at (617) 527-9628, or another lodge. Masonic Lodges are usually listed in the "Fraternal Orders" section of your "Yellow Pages" telephone directory.
If there is no response, call again. Lodges do not always have a person available to answer the phone, and there may not be an answering machine. Most
Lodges meet in the early evening hours on a weekday. Try calling between 6:00 and 7:30 PM..
2. Also, you can just ask someone you know to be a Mason or
ask a man wearing a Masonic pin or other Masonic identification.
Usually, it is a Square and Compass that looks like this: 
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3. If you prefer, you can start your Masonic journey at the state level, at what is called the Grand Lodge. It is an administrative body governing all Lodges in your state. To see the Grand Lodge contact information for your area, select a state from the list below.
4. Once you have expressed an interest, a few members of the Lodge will arrange to visit you at home at your mutual convenience. This gives you and your family an opportunity to ask questions and to find out if Freemasonry is for you and your family. Let’s hope it is since Masonry can be a real benefit to you personally and to your family.
5. Generally, you will be asked to fill out a form, called a petition, which is then signed by Masons who have met or know you and recommend you. The petition is shared with the other Lodge members who then vote on your membership.
6. After that, you will receive further instruction and participate, possibly with other candidates for membership, in three introductory ceremonies, called Degrees, at the Lodge. These explain Freemasonry and give you the opportunity to experience the Lodge’s tradition and fellowship. Everything is dignified. You are not joining a college fraternity where hazing might take place. Rather, you are joining the oldest, largest fraternal organization in the world.
Welcome!
For more information on Masonry in Massachusetts contact WebMaster@DalhousieLodge.org.