Our Newest Master Mason

Congratulations to our newest Master Mason Brother Michael L. Reilly. Brother Reilly received his degree at the Lodge on Monday evening April 19th and is shown here 2nd from left front row with the officers of the conferring team, Brother Matthew A. Boice, PM conferring Master. We welcome Brother Reilly to our Lodge. His first job is to apply for and complete the requirements for the Master Builder Award offered by the Grand Lodge to newly made masons.

Membership Suspensions Approved

The Lodge suspended 21 members at the April 19th Stated Meeting for non-payment of 2021 dues. Dues are an annual occurrence and members are well aware of their obligation that they are to be paid  by the January Stated Meeting date.

Those suspended are locked out of the online payment system and must remit their dues by sending a check directly to the secretary to start the restoration process of rejoining the fraternity.

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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