gRAND lODGE
DISTRICT OFFICERS
The District
Officers work directly with the District Deputy Grand Master who
in turn reports to the Grand Lodge. As most Brethren all
ready know the District Team consist of the DDGM, DIW, DEO, DBC,
and Provost of several Grand Lodge Committees. Our goal is
to ensure that the Brethren are working in the best interest of
Freemasonry and to help lodges to grow and prosper throughout
the Commonwealth of Virginia.
District Deputy
Grand Master - is in charge of the District and works close
with the Masters and Secretaries of each lodge to ensure that
the laws, rules, and regulations are being followed. He
will assist a Master or Secretary to complete the required
forms, edicts, and regulations that are set forth by the Grand
Lodge of Virginia. The DDGM has under him the District
Instructor of Work (DIW), District Educational Officer (DEO),
and the District Blood Coordinator (DBC). The DDGM is in
charge of gather all District Reports from the lodges and
turning them over to the Grand Secretary (DDGM
Reports).
District Instructors of Work: District Instructors of Work
are nominated by the District Deputy Grand Master, reviewed by
the Committee Chairman and approved by the Grand Master. His
duties include, but are not limited to, acting as a liaison and
communication link between the Division Lecturers and the Lodge
Instructor of Work. They are to assist the Grand Lecturer and
Division Lecturer, when requested, and especially in helping
them to prepare for and conduct area-wide schools of ritual
training. DIWs are to assist Lodges to become self-sufficient
in conducting the ritual by providing intensive, individual
instruction to members who desire to learn a lecture or teach
catechism. DIWs are to help Worshipful Masters to train
officers preparing for certificates of proficiency in the
ritual, as well as visit Lodges periodically, on a routine
basis, to identify common flaws and problems in executing the
ritual and ceremonies. They should plan and conduct frequent,
district-wide, ritual training schools to perfect skill in
smoothly executing the floor work and beautiful lectures of the
degrees in a pure and impressive manner. DIWs are also to
provide direct support to the District Deputy Grand Master, as a
primary member of the District Team, in matters related to
execution of Masonic ritual and ceremony.
District Educational Officers: District Educational
Officers are nominated by the District Deputy Grand Master and
the Division Provost, and recommended by the Committee Chairman
and appointed by the Grand Master. His duties include, but are
not limited to, acting as a liaison and communication link
between the Division Provosts and the Lodge Educational Officer,
and making suitable Masonic education-oriented presentations,
when invited by local Masters' and Wardens' Associations or the
Worshipful Masters of subordinate Lodges. His primary duty is
the training of the subordinate Lodge officers in all areas of
Masonic education, except for ritual.
District Blood Coordinators: District Blood Coordinators
are nominated by the District Deputy Grand Master, reviewed by
the Committee Chairman and approved by the Grand Master. His
duties include, but are not limited to, acting as a liaison and
communication link between the Regional Blood Coordinators and
the Lodge Blood Chairman; communicating with District Deputy
Grand Master with regards to the blood program; preparing and
distributing completed quarterly and annual blood reports in a
timely manner; and assuring timely submission of the Levy Award
and Certificate nominations for Lodges in his district.
District Masonic
Home Ambassador: The Masonic Home
is the crown jewel of Freemasonry in Virginia. Every
District and lodge Ambassador is in charge of communicating to
the craft the important benefits and rights of the Masonic Home
of Virginia to our membership.
