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Lone Star Lodge #403 Denison, Texas proudly presents our 2012 Masonic Striper Challenge. When: Monday July, 16th - 5:30 a.m. Where: Grandpappy Point Marina on Lake Texoma Cost: $150/per person **Price includes breakfast, lunch and a guided boat (4 or 5 people to a boat). You don't need to...

New Jersey Council of Deliberation, AASR cordially invites you to a 2012 Symposium to be held on Saturday May 19 at the Valley of Central Jersey (103 Dunns Mill Road, Bordentown, New Jersey 08505) at 10:00 a.m. We have the pleasure of hosting three outstanding men and Masons who are very well...

New York Past Grand Master Neal Bidnick has been expelled from the fraternity: ----------------------------------- Subject: In the matter of Neal I. Bidnick - Official Notice of Decision of the Commissioners of the Masonic Trial convened on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 is attached herewith. To...

You are invited to attend Pine Lodge No. 203 Annual BBQ Dinner at Lilttle Hope Community Center, Ben Wheeler, TX on April 28, 2012 at 6 P.M. All donations are accepted. For directions email: denniscurrey@yahoo.com or call 903-479-3060. Dennis Currey Senior Warden Pine Lodge No. 203...

American Masons just don't have to deal with the kind of fears our European brethren seem to generate. In fact, we mostly don't see what the hubbub is all about. Joshua Levine in Business Week has an article today on why the French as a nation fears Freemasons. From France: Where Freemasons Are...

Online registration is now open for the 12th Annual California Masonic Symposium: The Emergence of Speculative Masonry. This year’s discussion is guided by the research of Henry Wilson Coil Lecturer A. Trevor Stewart, Ph.D., who will investigate how the working tools and techniques of...

The fourth International Conference on the HIstory of Freemasonry has been announced for 2013, and will return to Edinburgh, Scotland. From the website: The first International Conference on the History of Freemasonry was held in 2007 to establish whether or not Freemasonry could be considered...

After a long delay, Issue 15 of the Journal of the Masonic Society has gone to press and will be winging its way to mailboxes soon. Articles include: Ecclesiastes: An Interpretation by Tavit Smith The Beehive and Its Appearance on the Official Banner of the Gran Logia de Cuba, A.L. y A.M...

I'll be speaking Saturday April 14th at the Northeast Masonic Symposium in Albany, NY. I'll share the program with fellow speakers Roger Firestone, Kevin Townley and Richard Friedman. From the Symposium website: The Northeast Masonic Symposium (NEMS) is devoted to providing a forum in the...

Five years ago, the Masonic Information Center created the Mark Twain Award, to "recognize Lodge leadership for asserting a uniquely Masonic identity both within the Lodge and throughout the community that is consistent with the Fraternity's historic focus on education, self-improvement, good...

The embattled François Stifani was reelected as Grand Master of the Grande Loge Nationale Francaise on March 30th, receiving 45% of the vote. The strong internal protest movement against him was not enough to beat Stifani, although he has suspended or expelled many who sought to unseat him...

"Gentlemen of the White Apron," A Lecture by Michael A. Halleran On Freemasonry in the Civil War at the National Heritage Museum Saturday, April 28, 2012 at 1 pm Michael A. Halleran, a freelance historian and practicing attorney, sets the standard for scholarship on Freemasonry in the Civil...

Many thanks to the members and guests of Detroit Commandery No. 1 last Saturday for their kind hospitality as Levant Preceptory traveled to Michigan to portray the Order of the Temple in period costume. Sir Knights came from Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Canada and Trinity Commandery No. 80 in...

New York Representative Charles Rangel celebrated the 200th anniversary of Boyer Lodge No. 1 and Prince Hall Freemasonry in New York on the floor of the House of Representatives last week. From his remarks on March 22nd, 2012: History notes that Boyer Lodge No. 1 was named after Jean Pierre...

The Brothers of Lancaster Lodge No 160 were honored with an Award of Achievement "For most Imporved Performance in Opening and Closing Lodge and Proper Reception and Introduction of the District Deputy Grand Master" signed by Most Worshipful T.E. Gene Carnes, Past Grand Master of Texas Masons...

Readers from last year may recall the story of WBro. John D. Wright of Kentucky, who announced to his lodge that he was openly gay and attempted to get anti-discrimmination legislation passed at Grand Lodge in 2010. Wright went on to blog about his situation and kept the gay issue at the...

The Junior Grand Deacon of the Grand Lodge of Ohio, Right Worshipful Brother Michael T. Puskarich, passed away suddenly on Saturday, March 17th. From the Grand Secretary of Ohio on the GL website: It is with sadness and a heavy heart that I inform you of the passing of our Junior Grand Deacon...

NASCAR fans take note: the Grand Lodge of Kansas reports that driver Clint Bowyer has petitioned Emporia Lodge No. 12 for membership. The Grand Lodge joined Bowyer at an event today to dedicate the Bowyer Community Building in Emporia, made possible by his $1 million donation to the community...

Levant Preceptory, Indiana's medieval period recreation Templar unit, will be conferring the Order of the Temple in the Detroit Commandery #1 Asylum in the historic Detroit Masonic Temple on Saturday, March 24, 2012 at 2:00 P.M. They will be serving lunch at 12:00 P.M. and a dinner banquet will...

Panther City Lodge #1183 in Fort Worth will be hosting America Lodge #3368 from London, England on March 21st at 6:00PM. America Lodge will present an exemplification of the English Fellow Craft degree. THIS IS NOT AN OPEN MEETING - ONLY Master and Fellow Craft Masons will be admitted...