/ram/Recent content in The Mother Lodge of Royal Ark Mariners No. 1 on St. Marks Lodge of Mark Master Masons No. 1Hugoen-gb/ram/about/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000/ram/about/<h2 id="our-lodge">Our Lodge</h2> <p>The Mother Lodge of Royal Ark Mariners No. 1 is moored to <a href="/">St. Marks Lodge of Mark Master Masons No. 1</a>, and like every Royal Ark Mariner lodge it carries the number of its Mark lodge.</p> <p>It was consecrated on <strong>29 January 1872</strong>. St. Marks had worked the Ark degree for many years before then: in 1870 <em>The Freemason</em> described &ldquo;those ancient Mark lodges, the Kent and St. Mark&rsquo;s, No. 1, which have always given the Ark&rdquo;. Grand Mark Lodge had just taken the Royal Ark Mariner degree under its protection and formed the Grand Master&rsquo;s Royal Ark Council to regulate it, and the first working of the degree under the new constitution took place in the Mother Lodge.</p>/ram/contact/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000/ram/contact/<h2 id="get-in-touch">Get in Touch</h2> <p>For enquiries about the Mother Lodge of Royal Ark Mariners No. 1, please contact:</p> <p><strong>Scribe</strong><br> [TODO: contact details]</p> <h2 id="visit-us">Visit Us</h2> <p>The Lodge meets at:</p> <p><strong>Mark Masons&rsquo; Hall</strong><br> 86 St James&rsquo;s Street<br> London SW1A 1PL</p> <p>The nearest Underground station is Green Park.</p>/ram/links/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000/ram/links/<h2 id="royal-ark-mariner-and-mark-masonry">Royal Ark Mariner and Mark Masonry</h2> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://www.markprovinceoflondon.com/">Mark Province of London</a></strong> — our Province, home to nearly ninety Royal Ark Mariner lodges and over a hundred Mark lodges. Its site has news, the Provincial diary and the Mark &amp; RAM meeting calendar.</li> <li><strong><a href="https://www.markmasonshall.org/">Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons</a></strong> — Mark Masons&rsquo; Hall, 86 St James&rsquo;s Street, London SW1A 1PL. It governs the Royal Ark Mariner degree through the Grand Master&rsquo;s Royal Ark Council.</li> <li><strong><a href="https://www.markmasonshall.org/charities/mbf">Mark Benevolent Fund</a></strong> — the charity of the Mark and Royal Ark Mariner degrees.</li> </ul> <h2 id="our-lodges">Our lodges</h2> <ul> <li><a href="/ram/">The Mother Lodge of Royal Ark Mariners No. 1</a></li> <li><a href="/">St. Marks Lodge of Mark Master Masons No. 1</a> — our Mark lodge</li> <li><a href="/history/">Lodge History</a> — the story of St. Marks and the Mother Lodge</li> </ul> <h2 id="history-and-research">History and research</h2> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://masonicperiodicals.org/">Masonic Periodicals Online</a></strong> — a searchable archive of Victorian Masonic newspapers, including reports of the Mother Lodge.</li> <li><strong><a href="https://museumfreemasonry.org.uk/">Museum of Freemasonry</a></strong> — the library and museum at Freemasons&rsquo; Hall, Great Queen Street.</li> </ul>/ram/publications/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000/ram/publications/<section class="grid-cards" aria-labelledby="pub-h2"> <h2 id="pub-h2">Sections</h2> <div class="cards"> <a class="card" href="/ram/summons/"> <strong>Summons</strong> <div class="muted">All past RAM summons</div> </a> <a class="card" href="/ram/minutes/"> <strong>Minutes</strong> <div class="muted">Previous RAM meeting minutes</div> </a> </div> </section> <p class="muted">Note: File access may be restricted by membership status.</p>/ram/royal-ark-mariner/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000/ram/royal-ark-mariner/<p>The Ancient and Honourable Fraternity of Royal Ark Mariners is administered by the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons, and its Grand Master is the Grand Master of the Mark. The degree is conferred only on Mark Master Masons. Each Royal Ark Mariner lodge is &ldquo;moored&rdquo; to a Mark lodge and carries the same number, usually with the same name.</p> <h2 id="the-degree">The degree</h2> <p>The ceremony of elevation tells the story of the Great Flood and of Noah, who built the Ark by which mankind was preserved. The Worshipful Commander represents Noah, and his Wardens represent Noah&rsquo;s sons, Japheth and Shem. Like the Craft and Mark degrees it draws on the Masonic allegory of building, but here it celebrates a builder who worked on God&rsquo;s direct instructions, and the Ark as an &ldquo;Ark of Safety&rdquo;.</p>