ROYAL ARK MARINERS
The Ancient and Honourable Fraternity of Royal Ark Mariner, more commonly known as RAM, has been under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons since 1871 and governed by the Grand Master's Royal Ark Council. However, its early history is obscure. Statutes refer to Grand Lodge being reconstituted in 1772. It is recorded that the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons took possession of the rights to the Grand Lodge of Royal Ark Mariner on 10 June 1884 for just £25.
Lodges are attached, or moored, to Mark Lodges assuming their Number in the Roll and to be a member the Candidate has to have been advanced as a Mark Master Mason. There the similarity ends. In chronological terms it precedes the Mark by hundreds of years because it relates to the building and voyage of Noah's Ark and the Great Flood and has none of the other characters that we meet in Freemasonry.
There are no individual Ranks within either Province or Grand Lodge. Brethren holding those Ranks suffix their name with Royal Ark Mariner Provincial Grand Rank or Royal Ark Mariner Grand Rank. The Grand Master of the Mark is, ipso facto, the Grand Master of the Degree of Royal Ark Mariner.
THE DISTRICT OF BRAZIL
The District Grand Lodge of Mark Master Mason of Brazil consists of 17 Mark Lodges and 16 Royal Ark Mariner Lodges, which enjoy a total membership of over 400 Mark Masons and over 250 Royal Ark Mariners. The Lodges are distributed throughout the country, from the South to the Southeast region meeting in 10 locations.
RAM LODGES
- Saint Paul’s Lodge of RAM, 961, São Paulo
- Guanabara Lodge of RAM, 1156, Rio de Janeiro
- Campos Salles Lodge of RAM, 1355, São Paulo
- Lodge of Wanderers of RAM, 1137, Santos
- Barão de Mauá Lodge of RAM, 1852, São Paulo
- Moses Montefiore Lodge of RAM, 1819, São Paulo
- Fenix Lodge of RAM, 1817, São Paulo
- The Goose and Gridiron Lodge of RAM, 1888, Rio de Janeiro
- Santa Catarina Lodge of RAM, 1926, Florianópolis
- Serra Gaucha Lodge of RAM, 2030, Caxias do Sul
- Hippolyto Joseph da Costa Lodge of RAM, 2029, Porto Alegre
- Centenary Lodge of RAM, 1908, São Paulo
- Harmonia Lodge of RAM, 1854, Niterói
- Curitiba Lodge of RAM, 2034, Curitiba
- Orlando Klein Lodge of RAM, 1951, Blumenau
- Barão de Batovi Lodge of RAM, 2041, Campo Grande
