(This is a paper I amended for presentation at Beacon #190 some years ago.  The original author was Dan Doron and was found on-line:  Bro. C. Johnston PM)         From time to time it’s not a bad idea to stop and think a bit. This is what I’d like to do this evening: to share…

by Bro. William Aemisegger Brother Aemisegger was raised in September of 2013 and is a member of both Hernando-Bushnel No. 30 in Florida and Utica-Macomb No. 64 in Davis Michigan. He works at giving back to the fraternity all that it’s given him.   Did we really make our new Brother better? Have we prepared…

Brethren, Herein are the comments, written by Arturo de Hoyas, the Grand Historian/Grand Archivist of the US Southern Jurisdiction, in response to the recent toppling of the statue of the esteemed Sovereign Grand Commander of the Southern Jurisdiction of the USA, Albert Pike by D.C. protesters. That we may not be confused by this willful…

Inverted Red Triangle Worn By Imprisoned Freemasons   We’ve all learned in history classes about World War II and how people of the Jewish faith were rounded up, imprisoned, and brutally tortured and killed by the Nazis, but what most people don’t know is that the Freemasons were among those rounded up and systematically murdered…

Writtn by: W.Bro. Bill Hickey, Boulder, CO So … is everyone “ZOOMed” out by now?  I mean, after all, it’s pretty much been the ONLY way any of us have been able communicate and to participate in any kind of Masonic meeting activities for the past couple of months.  And, it’s not just the U.S….

Kai Hughes (UGLE) If there is one phrase that irritates me in Freemasonry it is when the junior warden stands up at the festive board to propose the toast to the visitors and refers to this as one of the most important toasts of the evening because ‘visiting is what Freemasonry is all about’. Those…

by R.W. Bro. Garnet E. Schenk The Committee on Masonic Education [GLCPOO] December 2008 Prayer is an important part of the ritual in the Craft. The opening and closing of the degrees and ceremonies invoke prayer and guidance from God, the “Great Architect of the Universe. Beginning with an examination of the earliest Manuscripts of…

Do You Have a Degree? Roger A. Kessinger, 32° “Do you have a degree?” I was recently asked at a businessmen’s luncheon. Now I was known as a “runner” in my day. Meaning, I ran as soon as I received my high school diploma. So I was ready to tell my colleague that my parents…

THE AGED AND INFIRM BRETHREN Our lodge has many members who are unable to attend regularly as their bodies are failing them now. Know that your many years of service are not forgotten my brother. And know that you are not forgotten. We will now come to your home as brothers and as friends for…

I watched them tearing a building down, A gang of men in a busy town. With a ho heave ho, and a lusty yell, They swung a beam and a sidewall fell. I asked the Foreman, “Are these men as skilled As the men you’d hire if you had to build?” He laughed as he…