From the Worshipful Master Growing as a Mason/Masonically As you go through the degrees you are taught many lessons in brief. Taking the time after being raised to the next degree one should study all the aspects of the teachings in the degree. We grow as we study the light in which masonry is erected. [...]
Read MoreFrom the Worshipful Master The importance of Masonic Family, is very important. We must support one another in our meetings, and in charitable activities for our communities. The Masonic family is broad and very diverse but all with the same common goals. Along with making good men better, and helping our youth becoming the leaders [...]
Read MoreFrom the Worshipful Master The basic Masonic body is the “Masonic Lodge”, which alone can make a Mason, and confers the first three degrees in Masonry, being that of Entered Apprentice, Fellowcraft, and Master Mason. While there is no degree in Freemasonry higher than that of Master Mason, there are a number of related organizations [...]
Read MoreFrom the Worshipful Master Advice to a New Brother My advice to a new a new brother would be, that being a Mason is a commitment that needs to be looked at before joining. There is studying that you will need to complete to move through the degrees, the teaching of being a Mason is [...]
Read MoreFrom the Worshipful Master The Blue Lodges of Ancient Craft Masonry have three splendid and impressive degrees. The Entered Apprentice Degree is the teaching of great moral principles by beautiful ceremonies and lectures. These include the four great cardinal virtues of temperance, fortitude, prudence and justice, together with the beloved golden tenets of Masonry Brotherly [...]
Read MoreFrom the Worshipful Master Brotherly Love, Freemasonry instructs that every Mason is made ready first in his heart, and at the close of our Masonic quest. It is the purified heart which we use to serve our fellow man. Among all our teachings, none are more important than Brotherly Love, Relief and Truth. Unfortunately in [...]
Read MoreFrom the Worshipful Master Freemasonry is the oldest fraternity in the world. No one knows just how old it is because the actual origins have been lost in time. Probably, it arose from the guilds of stonemasons who built the castles and cathedrals of the Middle Ages. In 1717, Masonry created a formal organization in [...]
Read MoreFrom the Worshipful Master Let me start by thanking you for the great honor of being elected Master of the Lodge. The Square is the symbol of the Master of the Lodge, It can be synonymous with trust. When we keep something “on the square,†we are beholden to keep our brother’s secret as our [...]
Read MoreFrom the Worshipful Master Brother of the Craft, We have had a wonderful year here at wayfarers Lodge. It is hard to pick one big thing that happened, but a series of little things that occurred. We fulfilled 2 of our main goals. We kept our charter on the wall and we voted at grand [...]
Read MoreFrom the Worshipful Master In January of 2012 I started my Masonic journey by first attending our Lodge’s education night taught by Brother Ron Watkins and Brother Gene Huttloff. Ten months later I petitioned for membership in the Lodge and finally initiated in January of 2013. I was raised to the sublime degree of Master [...]
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