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The officers need to sit down and have a frank discussion. Look realistically at what you are offering and why it is not working to keep members returning. Maybe start with an anonymous survey. Ask current and former members why they stopped coming to Lodge and what they would come back for...

Seems like that is a good practice. Why wouldn't you want the GL to take possession of a building instead of a bank when the Lodge is no longer able to continue functioning? As for your losing your building, I am sure it is quite nice. But it is obviously not as important as the Brothers that...

You are absolutely correct, Brother Glen. I was making generalizations and I know better. As Mark Twain said, "All generalizations are false, including this one." But I agree, the US does have this perverse fixation that a Lodge must own a building. No matter how many resources that building...

Take what your Past Masters say with a grain of salt. Most of us are pretty jaded. LoL. As for Freemasonry coming to an end in 20 years, or even 100? No. That is not happening. The Craft will survive. We may need to do some more creative adapting to a changing world to remain relevant...

Welcome to the forum. Grand Orient of Italy is in one of those grey areas. Regular but Unrecognized. Unless that's changed. Good luck in Dubai. No Lodges there. UAE isn't a friend of the Craft. Though what the actual climate is, I couldn't say. I have heard everything from "they don't really...

This is just a Wikipedia entry, not a Masonic site. I am unsure what Lodge there would be one to recommend and strongly suggest you research them. I only linked this page so you could see what might be available to you there. Sent from my SM-N986U using Tapatalk

Plenty of regalia suppliers will ship to DR I am sure. If you are using the American Blue Lodge ritual and regalia I suggest J.P. Lauterer. One of my Lodges gets all their supplies from them. https://www.lauterer.com/masonicbuyersguide.aspx

Last time I was at Lackland was for BMT in '91.

Welcome to the forum, Worshipful!

As much as I hate linking to Wikipedia because of how easy it is for erroneous information to creep in, it gives a pretty decent overview of the situation there regarding regular lodges. It might help you find one close to you. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemasonry_in_Lebanon

It's been a while so I had to refresh myself on the situation. Some good info on it here. Especially in the comments. http://freemasonsfordummies.blogspot.com/2011/01/grand-master-of-texas-edict-widows-sons.html

Hmmm. If that was UT then I can't remember what the issue TX had with them. Sent from my SM-N986U using Tapatalk

There may be more to the story. I don't know since I am not a Texas Mason. Sent from my SM-N986U using Tapatalk

I'm guessing it is the one with a woman on it. Sent from my SM-N986U using Tapatalk

I see what you did there. LOL Sent from my SM-N986U using Tapatalk

Interesting article posted today by the Rocky Mountain Mason from Atlas Obscura. Everything old is new again. The dietary regulations from the Primitive Rule could have been written by my doctor! I realize this isn't technically Freemasonry related any more than most subjects related to the...

I was curious as well. The regalia site I found looks like it is for Grand Lodge there. Interesting. Sharp looking regalia. I love the wide collars and cuffs. Same as we we wear in the Emulation Lodge I belong to. I can see why they fell out of use here in North America though. They'd look...

Not sure if it is still in effect. http://freemasonsfordummies.blogspot.com/2011/01/grand-master-of-texas-edict-widows-sons.html?m=1 Sent from my SM-N986U using Tapatalk

The Grand Master of Texas issued an edict about a decade ago that Texas Masons were forbidden from being members of the Widows Sons. Sent from my SM-N986U using Tapatalk

No sooner had I logged into the conference last Saturday then I called away and never got a chance to log back in. So it will be nice to see some of the videos. Sent from my SM-N986U using Tapatalk