Following Grand Lodge's decision in 1986 to remove the traditional penalties from the Obligations a meeting of all English Constitution Lodges known to use the Stability/Muggeridge Ritual was arranged at Freemasons' Hall, Great Queen Street, London to consider the changes necessary to the ritual.
At that meeting it was also unanimously agreed to inaugurate a Stability Ritual Association in order to promote better understanding of our shared ritual, to maintain consistency in working practices; and importantly, to promote friendship and harmony between the various Lodges.
The first Annual General Meeting of the Association was held at Freemasons' Hall on 29th September 1987, by which time five committee meetings had already been held and 31 Brethren, representing fourteen lodges had attended.
The Association is indebted to each and every one of them and to all those that have since followed in their footsteps.