How is the International Order of Co-Freemasonry organized?
The Order is headquartered in Paris, where it was founded. Its highest governing body is the Supreme Council, consisting of representatives from around the world; the chair person of that Council is the chief administrative and ritual officer of the Order. Any country with at least five Co-Masonic Lodges and a hundred members can become a Federation with its own administrative body, a Consistory responsible for ritual matters, and a Representative of the Supreme Council to oversee ritual matters in that country. Countries with fewer Lodges and members can be Jurisdictions, and where there is only a single group it is a Pioneer Lodge. Locally within a country, a Lodge consists of seven or more Master Masons. The Lodges are the basis of all Masonic work, and every Mason belongs to a local Lodge. At least three Master Masons can also form a Triangle to do some Masonic work.
