Charity & Benevolence The Easy Way Out By W. Bro. James Chisholm, Corinthian Lodge No. 96, G. R. C.   As we are informed when becoming a new Freemason, the distinguishing characteristic of a Mason’s heart is his charity or benevolence.   These two words are sometimes interchangeable as they have somewhat different yet similar…

This paper is adapted from “The Lodge Plan for Masonic Education”, Mentor’s Guide, Published by the Grand Lodge of Alberta A.F. &A.M., August 1974   THE MASON AS A CITIZEN   In the Old Charges it is laid down as a fundamental law of the old Craft that “a Mason is to be a peaceable…

Did you ever wonder what came before the Grand Lodge of Alberta, A.F.& A.M. and what influenced the Lodge we know today? Copied from the “History of the Grand Lodge of Alberta 1905 – 1980”