Lewis Lodge of Royal Ark Mariners No. 391 was founded in 1919 and is attached to Lewis Mark Lodge No. 391.
Meetings
We meet three times a year: on the fourth Tuesday of September (the installation), the fourth Tuesday of February and the second Tuesday of May.
About the order
The Ancient and Honourable Fraternity of Royal Ark Mariners, more commonly known as RAM, has been under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons since 1871. It is governed by the Grand Master's Royal Ark Council. Its early history is obscure. Statutes refer to a Grand Lodge being reconstituted in 1772, and it is recorded that the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons took possession of the rights to the Grand Lodge of Royal Ark Mariner on 10 June 1884 for just £25.
Lodges are attached, or moored, to Mark lodges and take their number on the roll. To be a member, a candidate must have been advanced as a Mark Master Mason. There the similarity ends. In chronological terms the order precedes the Mark by hundreds of years, because it relates to the building and voyage of Noah's Ark and the Great Flood, and has none of the other characters we meet in Freemasonry.
There are no individual ranks within either Province or Grand Lodge. Brethren holding those ranks add Royal Ark Mariner Provincial Grand Rank or Royal Ark Mariner Grand Rank after their name. The Grand Master of the Mark is also the Grand Master of the Degree of Royal Ark Mariner.
To find out more, contact the Lewis Mark Lodge.
