The Grand Master appoints nineteen Grand Stewards annually, with each of the nineteen Lodges eligible to recommend one Brother who has been a subscribing member for at least five years and has attained the rank of Master. Recommendations must be submitted to the Grand Secretary by March 31. If a recommended Brother declines or is disapproved, the recommending Lodge must propose a replacement within fourteen days. Failure to recommend results in forfeiture of the privilege to recommend. Grand Stewards rank as Grand Officers and are responsible for regulating the Grand Festival and assisting with Grand Lodge meetings, ensuring no expenses fall on the Grand Lodge. Acceptance of funds for personal expenses leads to forfeiture of privileges. Membership in the Grand Stewards’ Lodge is restricted to those who have held the office of Grand Steward, and this Lodge cannot initiate new Masons.
December 4th, 2025
February 10th, 2026
boc constitutional
constitutional documents
(a) Upon the annual installation of the Grand Master, he shall appoint nineteen Grand Stewards, and for this purpose one Brother shall be recommended annually to the Grand Master for appointment by each of the nineteen Lodges which enjoy the privilege of recommendation for that office. Every Brother so recommended must have been a subscribing member of the recommending Lodge for not less than five years at the time of the commencement of his Grand Stewardship and must have attained the rank of Master. The name, address, and Masonic rank of every Brother recommended shall be transmitted by his Lodge to the Grand Secretary on or before the 31st March, and should any Brother decline the office, or be incapable of discharging the duties thereof or fail to receive the approval of the Grand Master, the Lodge which recommended him, when informed of the circumstance, shall within fourteen days transmit the name, address, and Masonic rank of another Brother to supply his place. If any Lodge possessing the privilege of recommendation shall neglect to recommend a Grand Steward as required by this rule that Lodge (unless it is otherwise directed by the Grand Master) shall forfeit its privilege and the Grand Master shall nominate some other Lodge to have such privilege in future. (b) The Grand Stewards shall rank as Grand Officers during their year of office. (c) The duties of the Grand Stewards are to regulate the Grand Festival under the direction of the Grand Master, and to assist in the arrangements for the Quarterly Communications and other meetings of the Grand Lodge under the direction of the Grand Director of Ceremonies. They shall so regulate the Grand Festival that no expense shall fall on the Grand Lodge and no Lodge shall, under the penalty of forfeiting the privilege of recommendation, contribute towards the expense to be incurred by any Grand Steward in the discharge of his duties. Any Grand Steward who shall accept of moneys towards such expenses, or shall neglect to pay his proportion of the necessary expenses, shall forfeit all privilege or distinction acquired in consequence of his serving that office. Grand Stewards’ Lodge (d) Only those Brethren who hold or have held the office of Grand Steward shall have the privilege of becoming members of the Grand Stewards’ Lodge. The Grand Stewards’ Lodge, being constituted as a Master Mason’s Lodge, has no power of making, passing or raising Masons.