Brothers Advanced

One man made a Brother, and two Brothers advanced to the Degree of Fellow Craft Mason, at the early conferral on Saturday June 26th at the Lodge. The Entered Apprentice Mason Degree was conferred upon Brother David W. Marconi by Brother David L. Moore, Past Master, Past District Deputy Grand Master. Another of our Past Masters, Brother Lee R. Martin, came out of retirement after 20 years of not doing degrees, and did a splendid short Fellow Craft Degree. The full Fellow Craft Degree was conferred by Kevin J. Blostic, Past Master. The advancing Brothers were Logan J. Stupak, and Joseph Breckons, III.

Pictured are left to right... David L. Moore, Joseph Breckons,III, Logan J. Stupak, Kevin J. Blostic and Lee R Martin. Missing from picture is Bro. David W. Marconi.  Great work Brothers!

Welcome to Our Newest Master Mason

On Monday evening May 24th, Brother Dennis L. Cole, Jr. received the Master Mason Degree in Sunset Lodge becoming our newest Master Mason and the second member receiving the degree since the merger of our Lodge with Beallsville Lodge.

As our Brother Cole is a police officer in Canonsburg, PA, we were pleased to have his degree conferred by Brother David L. Richards, PM, of Lodge No. 164, and a retired sergeant of N. Strabane Police Dept. and a member of the local area police degree team.

Shown front row left, Sunset Lodge Worshipful Master Brother Eugene A. Kelly, Brother Cole, Brother Richards and other brothers of the conferring team.

We congratulate Brother Cole on his becoming a full member of our Lodge and look forward to seeing him at our meetings and activities in the future.

We look forward to Brother Cole applying for and completing the requirements for the Master Builder Award offered by the Grand Lodge to newly made masons.

Online Payments Now Disabled

The Lodge's Online Payment System has been taken offline per instructions from the Grand Lodge in preparation for the early August migration to the new membership and accounting system on the Grandview Systems platform. Until that system is up and running you may no longer submit any payments to the lodge online. The secretary will continue to accept checks, mailed to him or in person for any payment you may have for the lodge. Sorry for the inconvenience. Forty nine members used the online system during the recent dues submission period.

NEWS & NOTES

>> 6-1-2019 New Online Calendar with the building schedule.

>> 7-26-19 A security camera system is now installed throughout the building. Three cameras cover the back entrance door, the emergency exit, and parking lot. A camera covers the kitchen. A camera covers the social hall. Cameras cover the first floor hallway and stairway, the front door and hallway. A camera covers the side entrance. All of these cameras are high definition and have night vision and are on 24/7. Those coming in and out of the building will be recorded.

>> Pictures of Center basement renovation project.. click to view slideshow.

>> Pictures of the closed 3rd and 4th floors of the Masonic Center taken 8/3/14.. you must login here to view pictures

>> The Masonic Center has a low power information radio transmitter installed and operating on 1620 AM for passerby's to tune in. The radio gives out information about who meets in the building and other pertinent facts about the Fraternity.

>> CBS Sunday Morning presents an inside look at Freemasonry click here to view the video.

FREE & ACCEPTED - the origin of this Masonic phrase

The origin of these terms, descriptive of Speculative Freemasons, goes back into the very beginnings of the history of the Order; indeed, behind the history of the building Craft in Europe.

But it is only in keeping with the antiquity of the teachings of Freemasonry. Many of our symbols and their meanings go back to the very childhood of the race. Through these a direct relationship may be traced in mind, heart and ideal; if not in written document, to such diverse ages and places as China four thousand years ago, the priesthood of ancient Egypt and the Jews of the Captivity.

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When is a man a true Mason?

Answer: When he can look out over the rivers, the hills and the far horizons with a profound sense of his own littleness in the vast scheme of things, and yet have faith, hope, charity and courage. When he knows that down in his heart every man is as noble, as vile, as divine, as diabolic, and as lonely as himself, and seeks to know, to forgive and to love his fellowmen.

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