Every person holding a degree should be a member of the Higher Degree Council.
Each chapter/lodge should have a representative to represent them. Let the President of the Higher Degrees know if you would
be willing to be a representative of your chapter/lodge. Pay your dues if they are due, we need each
and every one of you to help our fraternity survive.
Our officers for 2011 are Patricia
McDonald: President, Rich Lalama: Vice President, Marie Foster: Chaplain.
Official Logo The official logo of the Council of Higher Degrees is the standing Moose overlaid on six (6) interlocking rings
representing the degrees of the Order. The color of the rings denote the degrees: Pilgrim is gold; Fellowship is French blue,
Moose Legion is purple, College of Regents is black, Academy of Friendship is blue and the Star Recorder is green.
Composition of Higher Degrees
The Council of Higher Degrees consists of: members of the
Pilgrim Degree of Merit, the Fellowship Degree of Honor, the Moose Legion Degree of Service, the College of Regents, the Academy
of Friendship and the Star Recorders.
Purpose
The Council is a separate and autonomous unit of the Order. The purpose of the Council of Higher Degrees
is:
To be actively involved in the retention of Lodge, Chapter and Moose Legion members.
To promote and support the programs of Moose Charities.
To honor all newly elevated members of the higher degrees.
To honor the memories of deceased members of the Council of Higher Degrees.
To promote the programs of the Loyal Order of Moose and the Women of the Moose.
To encourage fraternal and social unity, benevolence and charity among all members of the Order.