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At the annual communication of the Grand Lodge of Michigan F&AM on June 2nd, the assembled GL voted to expel Brother Craig Hatch following his guilty plea on felony charges. According to a June 4th letter from the Imperial Potentate of the Shrine, Michael Severe, this satisfies the Shrine's...

From the Daily Mail online: George Washington's inscribed copy of the United States Constitution is being sold at auction next week, and is expected to fetch up to $3 million. The hardcover 'First Acts of Congress,' a personalised copy from 1789, comes with penciled notes made by America's first...

Indiana brethren, I'll be speaking tonight (Wednesday, June 13th) at Phoenix Lodge No. 62's Strawberry Supper in Rushville, IN. The lodge is located at 328 Main Street. More...

More cheery news for the embattled Grande Loge Nationale Française this past week. Grand Lodges in New York, Poland, Bulgaria, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland have all withdrawn recognition of the GLNF in the wake of the recent reelection of Grand Master François Stifani. The...

Some cautiously optimistic news out of Detroit about the largest Masonic temple building in the world, from The Detroit News: A plan is in the works to pump $38 million into Detroit's Masonic Temple and the surrounding desolate area. The investment in the world's largest Masonic Temple, in...

WFMZ-TV, channel 69 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, has a terrific article today about the Allentown Masonic Temple on its website here. It shares a link with the Masonic temple in Muncie, Indiana as both buildings feature beautiful murals by famed German artist Gustav Brand, who painted murals for...

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Texana Lodge #123 would like to invite all regular Master Masons to the first Master Mason's Degree since being re-established as a Lodge. Two degrees, confired by the Scottish Rite Republic of Texas Degree Team, are planned to start promptly at 7:00 PM on June 8, 2012 in the House of...

I'm taking a completely unscientific poll this month about why men join the fraternity. Be sure to take the poll in the right top of the blog and let me know. Feel free to comment further on your reasons here, especially if your vote falls into the "other" category. Think about your "elevator...

A TV news report from Bakersfield, California about the local lodge, Libertas-Security Lodge No. 466. More...

California's Acadamia Lodge No. 487 will host the Masonic Restoration Foundation Symposium at the Oakland Scottish Rite from August 23rd through the 25th. Speakers have not yet been announced. From the website: "This year’s symposium is hosted by Academia Lodge No. More...

The Brothers of Moosup Lodge No. 113 in Moosup, Connecticut will once again present a Quarry Rite Master Mason Degree at a working stone quarry just outside of town. The Degree will be on Saturday July 14, 2012. The Quarry Rite, normally held on or near the Summer Solstice, is a one of a kind...

Exciting news for all York Rite Masons eager to know more! The York Rite Sovereign College is now offering an education program for all York Rite Masons, based on the similar Master Craftsman Program pioneered by the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite Southern Jurisdiction, and by the same...

Saturday's symposium at the Scottish Rite of Central New Jersey was a terrific day, and being on the same stage with Robert Davis and Brent Morris was a true honor. Hats off to organizers Mohamad Yatim and Moises Gomez of Atlas/Pythagoras Lodge for pulling off an excellent event. My travels on...

Direct your browser tonight, Saturday May 19th, to www.scottishrite.org for the first ever live Masonic telethon! The the Supreme Council of the Southern Jurisdiction is raising money to restore and endow Washington DC's magnificent House of the Temple, and they are holding the first of its kind...

Michael Halleran, author of The Better Angels of Our Nature and the Brother, Brother series of stories in the Scottish Rite Journal will be speaking in the Washington DC area next week. May 24th he will be at Alexandria Washington Lodge No. 22 at 7:00PM (see for details). Friday May 25th, he...

Ann Lockwood Howard (wife of PGM Duncan Howard and daughter of PGM Lee Lockwood) died Tuesday, May 15 in Waco. Funeral Services will be 10 a.m., Thursday, May 17, at Austin Avenue United Methodist Church, 1300 Austin Avenue, Waco, Texas. Interment will follow at Oakwood Cemetery where PGM...

The Grand Lodge of Massachusetts has created guidelines for its members concerning postings on social media like Facebook and Twitter. While this is an attempt to interject common sense into the postings of Masons (which we know isn't common at all), I'm not certain I am crazy about codifying...

My deepest thanks to MW Richard Stewart, Grand Master of Massachusetts, and all of his officers and committee members for the phenomenal job they did at yesterday's events in Boston. I have been to lodges and grand lodges all over the country and the world and I can honestly say that the Grand...

Alice and I are just back today from spending a week in Eze, a mountain village just outside of Monaco, in the south of France. An entire week of eating, drinking and being two great layabouts. My apologies if your emails haven't been answered, as I had no wi-fi connection, and probably wouldn't...