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Sounds like your timing for joining was perfect ! :) We've had a lot of Post WW1 lodges turning 100 recently, one of them put on an amazing 3 day spectacular ! I only went to the Installation and Dinner, but it was a very memorable night. No idea how many were there for dinner (with partners and...

Greetings and welcome ! What brought you to England ?

Greetings and welcome !

One day classes are certainly controversial and excite the passions. We don't do them. We also recently removed a time lapsed requirement between degrees, being not less than 12 weeks between first and second degree, and not less than 52 weeks having needed to pass between first and third...

Yes. We use black and white spheres and not cubes. Indeed, I have never seen cubes in Victoria Australia -but am sure they are out there somewhere. Our Constitution actually speaks of "black balls" 225. No person can be made a Freemason if, on the ballot, three black balls appear against him...

Thank you Brother - it is great to have your knowledgeable contributions here.

Just read all your posts on the site. They are off topic and really close to spam..

Greetings Brother Anderson I would echo Bro Winter - don't go wreaking anything in your future Degrees... There are some good sources suggested above (but remember, you are often not reading "fact" but opinion and/or common interpretations), but if you are a beginner and interested in History...

Sorry to read that.... but you have the right idea - keep with it, and patience !

Gold !

The best way of thinking about the etiquette of masonic correspondence is peer to peer or within groups with someone in the group being about to write outside it. Members can informally write to members. Only GSec should write to other GSecs (or their reps). GM to GM. WM to WM etc. A big factor...

I am a Companion but under a Grand Chapter. I'm always focusing on the likely next office I will find myself in... but the Open and Close is an obvious place to start so you know who is who in the lodge room in regards to officers..

More - in the damage section closer to the hilt, there seems something which looks like a pair of pliers. My jury is out... the Compasses (in unusual configuration) I spent a bit of time looking at.. wondering if the item to the left was pruning shears... probably not.... All I could say is it...

Here is another good sentence I just read: "The focus of the teachings of the Craft are on living an upright and honourable life and applying a moral philosophy that encompasses personal development" Came from a Supreme Grand Chapter of the Royal Arch Masons Victoria booklet.

Looks like another hate crime. If we were some sort of ethnic or religious minority, these stories would be spun in a different way, but hate crime they often are...

Heheheehee.... too true !

And if you don't have the contacts of the Secretary, write to the Grand Lodge and request them. I wish you every success in rejoining the Craft.

Newspapers can also be really handy as a quick way to have a look and see if lodges put death notices in. They often did here in Australia, probably would be the same in the USA.. but Winter is correct, Grand Lodge records are the most definative ...

Being persinsitant is good advice, especially in that location. I would use email and write them a letter explaining why you want to be a Freemason.