Saturday, April 1, 2023
Membership in the Order of the Eastern Star

 

How to join: To inquire about membership, talk to a current member, or contact a local chapter. To find chapters in your area, contact the Grand Secretary of that state or province or search for a Chapter in your area. Petitions are carefully read, eligibility investigated and election to membership must be by vote of the Chapter. The Order strives to select persons of mental, moral and spiritual quality who will work together in harmony to perform its objectives.

 

Elgibility for the Degrees is determined by specific Masonic affiliation. These affiliations include:

  • Affiliated Master Masons in good standing,
  • the wives
  • daughters
  • legally adopted daughters
  • mothers
  • widows
  • sisters
  • half sisters
  • granddaughters
  • stepmothers
  • stepdaughters
  • stepsisters
  • daughters-in-law
  • grandmothers
  • great granddaughters
  • nieces
  • great nieces
  • mothers-in-law
  • sisters-in-law
  • aunts
  • first & Second female cousins

of affiliated Master Masons in good standing, or if deceased were in good standing at the time of their death; as well as to members either active for 3 years or majority in the International Order of Rainbow for Girls or Jobs Daughters International,each of whom shall have attained to at least the age of eighteen (18) years, are eligible to membership in the Order of the Eastern Star.

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Order of the Eastern Star
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