What’s the role of a senior deacon

The Senior Deacon is one of the regular officers of a lodge, charged along with the Junior Deacon with the care and guidance of candidates 1. In lodge rituals, the role typically involves a high degree of physical activity, the United Grand Lodge of England notes. In the order of investiture, the office takes precedence immediately after the Mentor, if one is appointed, and before the Junior Deacon, as the United Grand Lodge of England states.

Traditionally, the deacons are attached in a particular manner to the Master and Wardens, with the Senior Deacon specifically placed in charge of the inner door of the lodge 12. All formal communications between the interior of the lodge and the outside pass through this entry upon the order of the Worshipful Master 2. Symbolically, the deacons bear the emblem of the dove, representing peace and goodwill 1.