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Who can join? |
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How does one become a member of the Order of the Amaranth? |
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What are the fees? |
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What Happens after I submit my petition? |
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What does the Investigating Committee do? |
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Why does the Court ballot on my petition for membership? |
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What Happens at my Initiation? |
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What happens after my initiation? |
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How do I obtain more information about becoming a member? |
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Submitted by Members: |
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Why I joined the Order of the Amaranth |
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Going from Jobies to Amaranth |
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Who can join? |
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All Master Masons
in good standing within the Masonic fraternity and the immediate
female relatives, at least eighteen years of age, of a Master
Mason or deceased Master Mason who was in good standing with the
fraternity at the time of their death, as well as majority
members of the International Order of Job's Daughters.. |
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Eligible
Female Relatives: Wives, Mothers, Daughters, Granddaughters,
Step-daughters, Legally adopted daughters, Widows, Sisters,
Half-sisters, Nieces, Grand nieces, Aunts Great-granddaughters,
and Grandmothers. |
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How does one become a member of the Order of the Amaranth? |
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By completing a
petition for membership, having it signed by two current members
of the Order, in good standing, and submitting it to your local
Court of Amaranth, with the proper fees. |
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What are the fees? |
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It varies with
each Court, depending on their annual dues. In B.C. Courts,
there is a one time initiation fee and then dues are annual. For
more information, contact the
Grand Secretary. |
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What
Happens after I submit my petition? |
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Your petition will be received by
the Court at its next regular meeting and an investigating
committee will be assigned. After meeting with you, the
committee will report their findings to the members of the
Court. They will then ballot on your request for membership. If
the ballot is favorable, the committee will notify you of the
date of your initiation. |
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What does the
Investigating Committee do? |
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The committee is there to determine
the character and qualifications of the applicant for
membership. They will meet with you and your spouse (if
applicable) and get to know you. They will confirm your Masonic
relationship, and will answer any questions you may have about
the Order. |
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Why does the Court ballot on my petition for membership? |
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Like any other fraternal order, the
Order of Amaranth is careful about who they admit to membership.
We want to be sure that our members are of good morals who will
be a constructive and harmonizing member of the Order. |
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What Happens at my
Initiation? |
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You will be put through the degree
of the Order of Amaranth. There is no hazing. You will be
taught beautiful and impressive lessons concerning the four
principal virtues of the Order: Truth, Faith, Wisdom and
Charity. |
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What happens after my
initiation? |
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Hopefully, you will become an active
member of your Court, participating in as many of its charitable
activities as possible, working together for the greater good of
the Order. |
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How do I obtain more information about becoming a member? |
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By asking any member
of the Order that you know OR send an e-mail message to the our
Grand Secretary with your name, address, telephone number or
e-mail address. She will forward your request for information to
the Grand Court that has jurisdiction over area where you live.
A local member of the Order should contact you by your preferred
method soon thereafter. |
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Why I joined
the Order of the Amaranth -
Submitted by:
HL Shari
I
became involved with things Masonic when my daughter joined
Job’s Daughters in 1992 and then my son joined DeMolay after his
13th birthday in March 1993. I was Mom G to a whole
bunch of young people, young people who were confident, involved
and busy. I was a fan.
And then my friend told me about a Masonic organization she had
joined. It was called the Order of the Amaranth, which I had
never heard of. A new “Court” had been started. I was
intrigued. Would it provide an adult with the same confidence
and sense of belonging as the IOJD and DeMolay had done for my
children?
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can safely say that it did and still does. The order of the
Amaranth is ritualistic with ceremonies of initiation,
installation, memorials, funerals and the accompanying memory
work. What a great way to keep your mind active. They say that
memory work, crossword puzzles and other word or number games
help to keep dementia at bay. I’m for anything that keeps my
mind intact.
We do good things. We fund raise! Diabetes research is our main
focus but we have raised funds for Juvenile Epilepsy, Heart and
Stroke, Cancer Research and a whole host of other worthy causes.
We have cooked many meals for theme dinners, sold pies and
chocolates, had garage sales, hotdog sales, teas, fashion
shows, jewellery parties, Tupperware parties, the list goes on
and on. We have used the Jobies at our fund raising events and
made a donation for their good works.
We socialize! At all the fund raising events, at pot luck
dinners, pub nights, travelling to other jurisdictions for their
fund raising events and meetings. Again, the list goes on and
on.
We form friendships! What started out as a casual mom meeting
mom at a DeMolay or Jobie event has become a true friendship;
what started out as a member helping another member has become a
true friendship. Friends of all ages, walks of life, different
stages of life…there’s no end to how or where a new friendship
begins. And who in this life doesn’t need another friend.
I
laugh to myself when someone says to a prospective new member
“it’s only one meeting a month. You’ve got the time.” Well, yes,
it can be only one meeting or evening a month and that may be
how you start out, but you soon find that isn’t enough. To make
it meaningful, to make those friends, to help out a fellow
member, it takes more time. If you’re not prepared to make new
friends, spend time for a worthy cause, and become a better
person then the Order of the Amaranth isn’t for you. I think
it’s worth the time for what I’ve gained in the last 16 years
and I’m sure you will too.
I
know that I’m not the only member who, early in her membership,
has declared “I’ll work at fund raisers and come to all the
meetings but you’ll never get me to be Royal Matron”. Famous
last words!!! Here I am, having served a term as Royal Matron, a
term as Grand Royal Matron, presently serving as Royal Matron of
one Court and Conductress in another.
Remember this “You only get out of something what you put in”
and that holds especially true of any service organization.
Petitions are available from any present member. |
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Going from Jobies to Amaranth isn’t that big of a deal…
Submitted by:
HL Natasha
It’s like going
from Elementary to High School. At first it’s scary but after a
couple of weeks (maybe months, if you’re really shy) you get the
hang of it.
Yes, the memory
work is harder and, yes, there is more responsibility but that’s
all part of growing up.
No, you don’t
need a chaperone if you decide you want to go somewhere and, no,
you don’t have to report on your experience, unless you’re the
Royal Matron then you report on what happened at Grand Court.
I have noticed
that the biggest draw for the girls is the crowns. And, man, are
there some amazing crowns. But for me it’s the dresses we wear
to our meetings; dresses of all different colours, shapes and
sizes. It’s like playing dress up every meeting. The most
beautiful dresses come from our American members. One in
particular has dresses that rival Glinda, the Good Witch’s.
Walking into
the Court room is like walking into the Bethel room. It’s
familiar yet different at the same time. It’s the same room and is set up somewhat similar. Instead of having
a semi-circle we have a square but the point of those stations,
Truth, Faith, Wisdom and Charity, is the same as the messengers;
they impart our “story” during initiation. Instead of a Guide
and Marshal, we have a Conductress and Associate Conductress who
lead our candidates through the Initiation Ceremony.
Like Job’s
Daughters we have a specific charity that we raise funds for.
Job’s Daughters contributes to H.I.K.E. which assists hearing
impaired children and Amaranth donates to Diabetes Research.
This is a huge project for us and is close to many of our hearts
as there are many members who are living with this terrible
condition.
We do a lot of
fundraisers that benefit both our philanthropic projects and our
Courts. A few examples are Race for the Cure which benefits
Diabetes, theme dinners like the Bavarian Dinner, Golf
tournaments and barbeques.
I love the
Amaranth and usually tell Job’s Daughters who approach me that Amaranth is just Job’s Daughters for adults. |
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