28. How is the International Order
of Co-Freemasonry organized?
The Order is headquartered in Paris, where it was
founded. Its highest governing body is the Supreme Council, consisting of representatives
from around the world; the chair person of that Council is the chief administrative and
ritual officer of the Order. Any country with at least five Co-Masonic Lodges and a
hundred members can become a Federation with its own administrative body, a Consistory
responsible for ritual matters, and a Representative of the Supreme Council to oversee
ritual matters in that country. Countries with fewer Lodges and members can be
Jurisdictions, and where there is only a single group it is a Pioneer Lodge. Locally
within a country, a Lodge consists of seven or more Master Masons. The Lodges are the
basis of all Masonic work, and every Mason belongs to a local Lodge. At least three Master
Masons can also form a Triangle to do some Masonic work.