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We made the call in our city (and country) to shut down to protect the vulnerable.. and I completely embraced it and have been a hermit since March, only going out to shop, 1 social function (a dinner 5 people), 1 movie at a friends place and 1 work function... but I have younger guys in my...
I will play devil's advocate - yes it is fair... because older members often cannot attend because of ill health or other age related issues.
They can't.
So, do you think your inability to attend should stop others meeting ?
Again, devil's advocate..
Google will be your friend..
Here is the history of our building https://www.lodgedevotion.net/gipps-street-abbotsford/collingwood-united-masonic-temple-trust-a-brief-history
here is what I think was the coolest masonic building in my city...
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I am not sure the above is well worded Brother. It suggests you might be asking how much personal gain you can get from Freemasonry. However, I cannot believe that GLNSW&ACT would not have investigated your motives and can only hence guess you are asking, how much money...
And that's what is being lost... personal responsibility and decision... If lodges were meeting this week, I would not go here.. because we are having a second wave, but GL has said no meetings until Jan 2021... but I sometimes wonder, if it is legal to meet (it is not here due to a 6 week...
Lodge meetings in person might be on hold, but in my world the "fraternity" is not. Spent 5 hours on ZOOM with Freemasons on Sat night and lots of phone calls and other communications with my brothers. The Pandemic is a chance for Freemasonry and Brotherly love to shine.
I think different people take different paths and they are all legitimate.
For me, I took the slow route. I think it was about a decade before I joined and appendant body, because I took the advice of the Tyler on the night I was initiated - " Don't join anything else until you understand the...
What a good conversation.
It is a tricky question and I acknowledge the "slippery slope" and against "evil happens when good men do nothing".
For me, it's about Masonic Values, - "We prize each Brother, fair or dark, who bears no moral stain"" (Not a line from our ritual but the Tyler's...
I doubt there is co-operation, we dont work like that, but there is a commitment to trying to live the values of Freemasonry and in that context these GLs decided to issue a statement.