Orient of Minnesota
 Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
 United States of America, Southern Jurisdiction 

Updated  4/ 15/ 11













 

‡   SPES MEA IN DEO EST  ‡

" MY HOPE IS IN GOD"

Welcome to the home of the Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite Masons of the Orient of Minnesota.  The Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry is, above all else, an educational institution.  We seek not to teach men the truth but, instead, a way to the truth.  Each must find the truth for himself.  The Degrees of the Scottish Rite do not teach specific lessons.  Rather, they give parallel examples from earlier cultures, raise questions and challenge us to think.  Freemasonry is a journey of self-discovery and self-development.  We seek only to be a guide, teaching the common ground of various philosophical and religious approaches to belief, in order that men might be more united in their standards of right and wrong and in their understanding of the reality of God.

The Mission of the Scottish Rite

To improve its members and enhance the communities in which they live
by teaching and emulating the Principles of
Brotherly Love, Tolerance, Charity and Truth,
while actively embracing high social, moral and spiritual values,
including fellowship, compassion and dedication to God, family and country.

The Scottish Rite Creed

The cause of human progress is our cause.
The enfranchisement of human thought our supreme wish.
The freedom of human conscience our mission.
The guarantee of equal rights to all peoples everywhere the end of our contention.

Governance of the Orient of Minnesota

The Bodies of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry sitting in the Orient of Minnesota, acknowledge and yield allegiance to the Supreme Council (Mother Council of the World) of Inspectors General, Knights Commander of the House of the Temple of Solomon of the Thirty-third and last Degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry for the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States of America, whose See is at the Grand Orient of Charleston in the State of South Carolina, now sitting in Washington, District of Columbia.