Mackey’s notorious list and its impact on Maryland Masonry. Originally published in The Philalethes Magazine, vol. 44, no. 3, June 1991 authored by S. Brent Morris A mushroom may grow ever so tall, on a boundary line or at a corner, but it will never be mistaken for a landmarkAlbert Pike on Mackey’s “Landmarks”[1] Freemasonry in […]
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Prince Hall, Myths, Legends And Facts
Complied by Aubrey Brown, MPS, Kevin Gembarosky MPS, David Gray, MPS, Nelson King, FPS. The late Allen E. Roberts wrote “For more than two centuries Prince Hall Freemasonry has been the most lied about organization in the world. Caucasian Freemasonry has misstated the facts about it; Black Freemasons and their supporters have exaggerated its history and its hierarchy.” […]
Continue readingLodge Twittering…
It may come as no surprise to many of you but I, being a techie person, do use Twitter. Surprise, surprise!!! Many people ask me why I use twitter. For the longest time I couldn’t figure it out. I enjoy it and learn from it but I couldn’t figure out how to explain it’s value. […]
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The Necessity of Lodge Audits
The audit is an essential part of the checks and balances in the Lodge.– Bryce’s Law Like any organization, be it a public corporation or a nonprofit institution, it is necessary to periodically review the financial status of the entity which is typically performed on an annual basis (such as at the end of the […]
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Walking the Walk
Every once in a while, I’ll meet someone that asks me “So what is a Freemason?” Like most Brothers, I want to tell them how great of an organization is, how it is so important in society, and how much it has enlightened me personally, and usually I do. However, sometimes I feel a bit […]
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The Iowa Masonic Library
The building is 245 feet long and 50 feet wide. The wing housing the library is 113 feet deep at its west end. The building was built in 1955 at a cost of slightly over a million dollars replacing the one on the same site that was built in 1884. The exterior is Vermont Marble […]
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Freemasonry and El Día de los Muertos
Most holidays can be associated into the Masonic calendar and celebrated without much connectivity to the fraternity, patriotism and religious veneration aside. One holiday, not widely celebrated in the U.S., comes to us from the south in the form of a celebration (and perhaps veneration) of the Dead in the Mexican tradition of Día de […]
Continue readingFreemasons in Congress?
Oh me, oh my…. CNN is deep into investigating a sinister plot… …Freemasons in Congress. You can read the whole report on Aftermath News.
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The Lost Symbol: The Road Best Not Traveled
There’s nothing I like better than a good murder mystery. I cut my teeth on Sherlock Holmes, Lord Peter Wimsey, Perry Mason, and Ellery Queen. Nowadays I turn to such luminaries as John Grisham, Scott Turow, Richard North Patterson, and William Bernhardt. And that is what Dan Brown’s Lost Symbol is a good murder mystery, […]
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More Lessons The Church Can Teach Masonry
Here reprinted with permission is a piece by PGM Terry Tilton of Minnesota. It is an article with which I am not totally in agreement. Some of it I heartily endorse while other parts I do not. But that is precisely what gives Freemasonry its strength, Brothers of different backgrounds, different experiences, different lifestyles and […]
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