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Congratulations on being raised. We are having a MM degree at 8:30 a.m. Saturday at Salado Masonic Lodge, 90 N. Church St.

THis is great information. The pamphlet that was given to me when I was raised was clear on the matter: outside the coat! We stopped giving out that pamphlet in Texas some time ago. I wish we would bring it back.

Congratulations WM!

THanks for this info Brother! Masonry is too cheap. Way too cheap.

Thanks Brother. Going to use this info when we discuss dues this week.

Ashlar, Those 50+ year Gold Card members that are "killing" you are the ones who made sure that Masonry was here when you (and I) and any younger Mason got here. They paid dues, whatever they were, or endowments, for Five Decades. They deserve the little pin from Grand Lodge and thanks from the...

Coach... respectfully, I think you have it wrong there. The one day class is not a marathon, it's a 20-yard sprint. Learning and giving ALL of the questions and answers in each degree, that's the marathon. I remember mine, even though it was mroe than 15 years. I met with my mentor every week...

Salado Lodge #296 in Salado, Texas will be conferring the third degree on a Brother at 8:30 a.m. The Lodge is located at 90 N. Church St. in Salado, Texas. http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=m&lat=30.949508&lon=-97.537123&zoom=16&q1=90%20N.%20Church%20St.%2C%20Salado%2C%20Texas%2076571 We'll have a...

Like this, Brother: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4vf8N6GpdM

Brothers, I think it is a simple error in grammar here.... I think it should read: "If it proves to the discredit of the Petitioner, then the investigator has done his job AS well." (Caps are MY insertion). That completely changes the meaning of the sentence. The investigating committee is just...

Brothers, Here are three helpful files. One is a discussion called Guarding the West Gate. Second is an Investigating committee form, from which jurisdiction I forget, but I think the questions on it are applicable to any investigation. Third is a longer discussion of Freemasonry in...

Brother, I was very proud to be the top line signer of my nephew's petition to my hometown lodge before he turned 20. He bugged me about it since he was in HS. He was initiated in the same lodge where I was initiated some 16 years ago. I acted as his Senior Deacon in the EA and as the Master in...

Brother, I have seen the exact same thing done in Masonic Lodges by Brothers who are interested more in their own political gain than in peace and harmony. I think that we are all still Rough Ashlars and still human as we travel to that undiscovered country.

Brothers, I was raised June 1995 (hard to believe it has been 16 years). During my 3 degrees, I received the full lectures given to me by memory alone. At some point during the time when my cable tow prevented me from attending Lodge very often and at a point where my Lodge was not having many...

Thanks Brother for this posting. Found my closest certification exam, which will be July 16. Wish me luck, as I will try for the B certificate, if I am ready. Otherwise, I am pretty secure in applying for the C, as a fall back.

I agree Brother. When we hand out the Golden Trowel on an annual basis, we devalue it completely. A Lodge can have a Mason of the Year if it wants to give out awards on an annual basis.

Brother, I think that you are one of those Masons who knows that the work in the Quarry is NOT just reading of the minutes and paying the water bill. I think from seeing your posts here, that you are the kind of Mason who believes the real work in the Quarry is in making men better through...

I came across a dusty book from 1942 about Paul Revere. I will share some passages from that book about Revere's involvement with the Masons and the Masons involvement with the original Tea Party, as well as the funeral of M. W. George Washington.

How long did this go on and how did it get past the audit?

My two cents for this discussion is this: Why would a lodge want to either spend the money for an Endowed Membership ($500) or issue a Life Membership to its Past Masters. The title Past Master is more than sufficient honor, in my opinion, than either of these two. The privilege of being a...