What is Freemasonry

A phrase sometimes heard is Freemasonry Makes Good Men Better. This epithet includes two important points

“Good Men” - there are criteria to be met before a man may become a freemason

“Better” – being a freemason provides opportunity for self-improvement.

The Grand Lodge of BC and Yukon provides the following description, clear and to the point:

Freemasonry can be described as, "a brotherhood of good men meeting and working in harmony; applying strong moral and ethical values to personal, family and community behaviour and upholding a code of protecting and caring for others.

More simply, "Freemasonry gives men of good character the opportunity to make themselves even better."

And reference can be made to the website for the Ideal of a Freemason

https://freemasonry.bcy.ca/texts/ideal.html