That’s Not How We Did It in My Year!! By W. Bro. Carl W. Davis The story is told of a bishop who was touring a newly constructed church building. The church’s pastor took the bishop into the sanctuary. Above the door was painted a verse of Scripture that said, “My house shall be called…

Author Unknown – via Facebook & Sunday Masonic Papers (May 24/20) So there is this restaurant chain with locations throughout North America. Its slogan is a pretty catchy one and the chain’s management uses it on a daily basis to motivate staff and to recruit new patrons to the chain’s thousands of locations. The slogan…

There are many and varies theories on the “Length of The Cable Tow”, especially with the current situation with Zoom meetings across the globe.  However the quote below, from  “Introduction To Freemasonry, The Fellowcraft Degree” by Carl H. Claudy,  is a good reminder of the basic tenants of the gentle craft.   CABLE TOW  “…

A presentation by Bro. Keith V. Godfrey Prince of Wales Lodge No. 100 October 17, 2007 to a Lodge of Education & Research and copied from“The Educator” website (May 8, 2021). Freemasonry is known as a “Moral. Ethical Education society” To that I would add “spiritual”. Tonight I will try to explain why I think that Masonry…

Collated from numerous sources circa 2011 by MW Bro T.E. “Gene” Carnes, Grand Master of Masons of Texas 2011. Have you ever wondered if there was some lesson or meaning you missed when you took your first degree? Think about it for a minute I’m sure there were actually times when you did wonder if…

GREAT LEADERS EAT LAST By: R W Bro Richard Lacoursiere JRC Evans Lecturer 2020-2021   This is the 54th year that the JRC Evans Memorial Lecture has been presented since being inaugurated in 1966.  At this time I believe it fitting that each of us should know something of this Great Lecturer and Freemason to…

(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…