Monthly Archives: May 2010

Masonic Organ Donor

Are you signed up to be an organ donor when you die?  Maybe your eyes or your heart or your liver or your spleen can help save and/or prolong the life of another in need. Have you ever watched a … Continue reading

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Two Great Moments, Two Great Weeks

First I had the opportunity last week to speak at Lyles Middle School in Lexington, Massachusetts to the classes of a Lodge Brother who teaches history at the school.  I managed to talk to four periods of combined classes, my … Continue reading

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Masonic Scholarship – ICHF 2011

I picked this up from a Yahoo Message Board post. I think this is a terricif opportunity to see the academic study taking place aroudn the world. It definitely relates more to the ideas of Freemasonry than the present practice, … Continue reading

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Building Athens

Building Hiram and Building Boaz now have a new sibling, Building Athens. Our good friend and Brother John Nagy has been diligently at the trestleboard and is ready to unveil is third installment in the Building Hiram series with his … Continue reading

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Did the Mormon Church come out of Freemasonry?

Not according to the Mormon church. An interesting article out this morning in the Mormon Times on the myths surrounding the founding of the Mormon church and its ties tot he ancient and honorable fraternity of Freemasonry. The piece is … Continue reading

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The Masonic Restoration Foundation August Symposium

Coming this August, the Masonic Restoration Foundation is holding its first National Symposium on Traditional Observance Lodges, and much much more. The focus of this two day event will be Masonic Restoration with a primary focus on identifying a set … Continue reading

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The Complete Lodge Secretary

Lewis Masonic is one of those publishing houses that seem to pull from a limitless well of ideas to produce work that is both timely and informative and their latest book, The Complete Lodge Secretary, is exactly that: timely and … Continue reading

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Pardon all the hammering…

Don’t mind the pain or the hammering late into the night, just a bit of spring cleaning and updating to the site.  I thought it was a good time for some changes, but I apologize if it gets to noisy. … Continue reading

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Secret Order of the Cephalopod Lodge

Some how, I don’t think Sponge Bob is the first thing you think about when you think Secret Society. But Squidward, well, he’s just the type of cephalopod I’d expect to be into that kind of thing… The Auto play … Continue reading

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And now, for something completely different…

A brother (and author) of this book sent me a note some time back about his new book, and I’ve been sorely remiss in mentioning it, so I wanted to take a minute and share The Festive Freemason. Written and … Continue reading

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