Freemasonry is one of the Worlds oldest secular fraternities concerned with moral and spiritual values. Members are taught its precepts by a series of ancient forms, using the customs and tools of stonemasons as allegorical guides.

The essential qualification of membership is a belief in a Supreme Being and membership is open to adherents of different religions. Freemasonry is not a religion, nor a substitute religion and members are expected to follow their own faith. Topics of either a religious or political nature are not permitted at Masonic meetings.

The great principles of Freemasonry are Brotherly Love, Relief and Truth; Brotherly Love in the sense of tolerance and respect for the ideas and beliefs of others, relief in a charitable sense, to care for others in the giving of time and effort, and truth, in the sense of striving for high morals in all aspects of life.