Who chooses the men who become Masons? Who selects the candidates and asks them to join?
No One. One of the ancient landmarks of Freemasonry holds that no one is ever asked to become a Mason. No one should wait to be asked. Some men who would like to become Masons never do because they do not know this. They wait for someone to ask them, and no one does. A man, 21 years of age or older, who wants to become a mason asks for an application (petition) from the Mason he knows best — a relative, friend or aquaintence. That Mason proposes him in his own Lodge or arranges to have him porposed in another. If an investigating committee reports favorable, and the applicant passes a unanimous secret ballot in the Lodge, he then participates in three ceremonies — the three degrees of the Lodge — and may sign the by-laws and become a member.
