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A former employee of the Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Masonic Temple has been charged with stealing $225,000 from the lodge's catering facility. From today's Morning Call: A former employee at the Bethlehem Masonic Lodge facing charges of stealing more than $225,000 from the organization has...

From today's Sacramento Bee: The Texas Scottish Rite of Freemasonry has confirmed that Mexican General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Commander at the battle of the Alamo and the Battle of San Jacinto, was a Scottish Rite Mason in Mexico. His original Scottish Rite membership certificate is...

On Thursday, May 16th at Peninsula Masonic Temple in Bayonne, NJ, Sons of Liberty No.301 is proud to present three world renowned speakers on Masonic enlightenment and education. Dr. David Harrison, WB Cliff Porter and WB Andrew hammer will speak at the lodge beginning at 7:00PM, followed by a...

The distinctive pink Scottish Rite Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico will go on the block this summer, according to The Santa Fe, New Mexican today: Another Santa Fe landmark could be on the real estate market this summer. Officials with the Scottish Rite Masonic Center will soon formally inform...

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The Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England, the Duke of Kent, has suffered a mild stroke after being struck by an illness. The 77-year-old royal was taken to an undisclosed hospital in London on Monday. A Buckingham Palace spokesman said, "He's still being assessed and it's not...

The ScoutingNY.com website tours the abandoned German Masonic Home of Tappan, New York. Built between 1906 and 1909, and abandoned since the 1990s, it was once a beautiful place. Be sure to check out the stained glass in the lodge room. H/T Bill Hosler More...

The Middle East continues to be rife with anti-Masonic sentiment. King Abdullah of Jordan was interviewed this week in The Atlantic and referred to the Muslim Brotherhood as a "Masonic cult". And just ahead of President Obama's visit to Israel and Jordan, the official Palestinian Authority...

When Queen Elizabeth II left the hospital this week, she was escorted by a helpful nurse who had an interesting belt buckle on. Is she a female Mason? UPDATE: According to a post this morning by Arturo DeHoyos in the Oklahoma Scottish Rite group, that buckle is presented to nurses as they...

Mooroopna Lodge in Shepparton, Victoria, Australia has been vandalized for the fourth time since September, and this time the miscreants tried to set fire to the place. From todays Shepparton News: Callous vandals struck Shepparton’s Masonic Centre on Wednesday night for the fourth time since...

New York and New Jersey brethren, I'll be in your neck of the woods all next week. On March 11, 2013 I'll be speaking at Suffolk Lodge No. 60 in Port Jefferson, NY. On Wednesday I'll be in Secaucus, NJ at Sons of Liberty Lodge No. 301. On Thursday, March 14, 2013 I'll be speaking at Ocean Lodge...

A southwest Indiana woman has pleaded guilty to embezzling $290,000 from her Order of the Eastern Star chapter. From the WLFI Channel 8 website today: The Evansville Courier & Press reports 37-year-old Susan Hilgeman pleaded guilty Monday to felony charges of forgery and conspiracy to...

Best Of Show: W. Eldridge Custer - Rockport Lodge # 323 Special Category "Altar" - Bill Bradford - Gray Lodge # 329 Landscape Category 1st Place: Darrell K. Morgan - Milano Lodge # 605 2nd Place: Roger Bell - Knox-Corinthian # 851 3rd Place: Al Marin - Texas 8 Lodge ? Honorable Mention: Lon...

The preliminary schedule for the 4th International Conference on the History of Freemasonry is available from the Grand Lodge of Scotland website. Click here. The Conference will take place in Edinburgh, Scotland May 24-26, 2013. More...

Issue 18 of the Journal of the Masonic Society is off to the printer's. This issue includes: • THE ROLE OF THE WILLING SUSPENSION OF BELIEF IN MASONIC RITUAL by WILLIAM S. BURKLE • THE CRAFTSMAN’S ALLEGORY by DAN ELLNOR • THE STAINED GLASS OF NEW YORK'S TOMPKINS MEMORIAL CHAPEL by...

The 2013 Spring session of the Pennsylvania Academy of Masonic Knowledge will be held on Saturday, March 16th, in the Deike Auditorium of the Masonic Cultural Center on the campus of Masonic Village in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. Registration will open at 8:30 AM with the program beginning at...