Recent content by My Freemasonry

by Christopher Hodapp Alice and I have packed up our canine miscreants and a couple of cases of books to head for the East Coast over the next couple of weeks in the Airstream. First up, this coming Thursday, October 1st, I'll be speaking at Sequin Level Lodge 140 in Newington, Connecticut...

by Christopher Hodapp Yesterday, after three years of investigations and courtroom proceedings, Julio Diaz was sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering Freemason Robert Wise, plus 50 years for each of two Masonic-lodge arsons, with the arson sentences running concurrently. WBro. Wise, 55...

by Christopher Hodapp If you you thought the Catholic Church and Freemasonry had finally stopped firing cannonballs at each other over the battlements, Europe has supplied a couple of reminders that this particular 300-year-old family quarrel isn't over. Not by a long shot. In August, Catholic...

by Christopher Hodapp I was supposed to be in Belo Horizonte, Brazil right about now, addressing the Conferência Brasileira de Estudos de Maçonaria (Brazilian Conference of Masonic Studies). But I'm not there, thanks to American Airlines. If you fly on American and haven't experienced its...

by Christopher Hodapp I realize this blog has been entirely too Indiana-centric in recent months, but nobody tells me anything anymore and I have to pick up news from the tough kids on the street. Still and all, we've had a lot going on here in the Hoosier state on the Masonic front, so I...

by Christopher Hodapp On Friday, September 11th, the Indianapolis Scottish Rite Cathedral will be the site of an extraordinary 9/11 Memorial service. All four of the Supreme Commanders of the Scottish Rite Supreme Councils of the United States will join together on the same stage with our...

by Christopher Hodapp Both the Indianapolis Scottish Rite Cathedral and the Indianapolis Masonic Temple/Freemasons Hall were vandalized this morning by a man wielding a hammer and intent on covering them with graffiti. As of this writing, Lynn Andrew Jackson, 26, was in police custody, charged...

by Christopher Hodapp A new title from the Masonic Book Club (MBC) is now available for pre-publication purchase. The Book M or, Masonry Triumphant, by William Smith, with an Introduction by Ill. Arturo de Hoyos, 33°. From the Masonic Book Club website: The recently-revived Masonic Book...

by Christopher Hodapp This weekend, we'll have a very special occasion in the far-flung northeastern suburbs of Indianapolis. The formation of a new Masonic-related local chapter of any kind is nowhere near as commonplace as it used to be, so it's a very big deal to announce the formation of...

by Christopher Hodapp As the old song goes, "And tho' it's been said many times, many ways..." No, not Merry Christmas. Film director John Turteltaub has revealed that, after two decades, National Treasure 3 is finally "in development." According to an article last week, a script has been...

by Christopher Hodapp A recent Financial Times piece by John Burn-Murdoch dug into some depressing numbers from the American Time Use Survey. According to the data, "on an average day in 2023, one in 10 young Americans aged between 23 and 29 did not spend a single minute interacting face to...

Photo: The Sunday Guardian website 6/18/2026 by Christopher Hodapp Back in June, wildfires in the Spokane area devastated areas in Eastern Washington state. To my knowledge, the Grand Lodge of Washington has not requested a Masonic Service Association Disaster Appeal. Instead, they are...

Photo: Myriam Tieulent's Facebook page by Christopher Hodapp As I've been warning for months, anti-Masonry would doubtless accompany the rise in anti-Semitic rage and hate crimes around the Western world. Concorde et Persévérance Lodge is a historic lodge affiliated with the Grand Orient...

Photo: KRGV-TV5 by Christopher Hodapp Julio Diaz has finally been found guilty in the arson fires of two Masonic lodges and the subsequent 2023 murder of Past Master Robert Wise outside of McAllen Lodge 1110 in McAllen, Texas. He now awaits sentencing. From the KRGV-TV website on August...

by Christopher Hodapp George Washington is arguably the most famous Freemason in American history. His image hangs in lodge rooms around the world, he laid federal cornerstones in full Masonic regalia, and his membership is a proud part of our fraternity’s story. Yet during his lifetime...