U.S. Lodges that use Languages other than English
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The following lodges are chartered by “mainstream” Grand Lodge in the United States, and are permitted to, and do, use languages other than English in their ritual (opening and closing, degrees, programs, business, etc.).
Arizona | Anahuac Lodge #81 – Tucson – Spanish |
California | La Parfaite Union Lodge #17 – San Francisco – French![]() Vallée de France Lodge #329 – Los Angeles – French ![]() |
District of Columbia (Washington D.C.) | Arminius Lodge #25 – German![]() Mehr Lodge #90 – Persian or Farsi ![]() Alianza Fraternal Americana Lodge #92 – Spanish ![]() La France Lodge #93 – French ![]() Hayastan Lodge #94 – Armenian ![]() Massis Lodge #99 – Armenian ![]() Nur Lodge #2000 – Turkish ![]() Italia Lodge #2001 – Italian ![]() |
Florida | Dr. Felix Varela Lodge #64 – Key West – Spanish![]() |
Massachusetts | Logia America Lodge – Cambridge – Spanish![]() |
New York | Garibaldi Lodge – Manhattan NY – Italian![]() L’Union Française Lodge #17 – New York – French ![]() La France – La Clémente Amitié Cosmopolite #410 – New York – French ![]() La Sincérité Lodge # 373 – New York – French ![]() |
Pennsylvania | Hermann-Humboldt #125 – Philadelphia – German![]() Teutonia #367 – Reading – German ![]() |
Wisconsin | Aurora Lodge – Milwaukee – German![]() |
Note: Some, possibly many, U.S. Grand Lodges require that all work in all lodges be done in the English language.