Royal Arch Masonry is the first step of the York Rite of Freemasonry, which any Master Mason in good standing with a lodge may join. Here, within your Chapter, you will receive the necessary instruction and information to fill in some of the missing pieces from the Masonic history taught in the symbolic lodge. The degrees of the Chapter are referred to as “Capitular Freemasonry,” providing a Companion the opportunity for further advancement within the brotherhood.