Day 3 – GRAND SESSION OF PRINCE HALL ARKANSAS – FEBRUARY 27, 2010 Day 3 was a very busy day. Grand Lodge convened at 9:00 AM with all dignitaries present. Most of the remaining Committee reports were dispensed with. Then the Grand Master opened the doors for the OES ladies who were also having their Grand Convocation […]
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Day 2
Day 2 – GRAND SESSION OF PRINCE HALL ARKANSAS, FEBRUARY 26, 2010 Grand Lodge Session of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Arkansas convened at 9:00 AM. I remained in the Grand Masters office and connecting offices with my Texas state delegation including my Grand Master, the Honorable Wilbert M. Curtis, waiting to be formally […]
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Day 1 – GRAND SESSION OF PRINCE HALL ARKANSAS, FEBRUARY 25, 2010 I started my journey to Arkansas at 2:30 AM on Thursday morning, February 25, 2010 and headed Nellybelle up I30 towards Texarkana. After a refueling at IHOP on that border city at 5:00 AM I pushed on, arriving at the Pine Bluff, Arkansas and the […]
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Grand Master’s Ruling Hurtful
I recently returned from the 138th Grand Session of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Arkansas which was held from February 25-28, 2010 in Pine Bluff. It was a great time with wonderful brotherhood marred by only one disappointing incident not of the making of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of […]
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Meet Ezekiel M. Bey, FPS
Perhaps you have not had the opportunity to know or read about Ezekiel M. Bey. In that case you have missed a great man. And if that is the case it is time for you to get acquainted with this Prince Hall Mason. Brother Bey is Founder and Administrator of Blue Lite, a popular national Prince […]
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Dan Brown’s Influence On World Peace
Along with my Short Talk Bulletin I recently rescued from my mailbox came with it MIC’s (Masonic Information Center – a part of MSANA) FOCUS, a short communication on whatever is HOT right now in Freemasonry. And what is hot right now, as we all know, is Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol. MIC published a […]
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Freemasonry – Its Place In The World
To my delight the latest “Short Talk Bulletin” was in my mailbox yesterday. I look forward to reading the latest epistle from the Masonic Service Association of North America. The Short Talk bulletin is just that, short and to the point and a yearly subscription will cost you the paltry sum of $6.00. MSANA has […]
Continue readingThe Journal For Research Into Freemasonry and Fraternalism
In case you haven’t noticed there is a new guy on the block, The Journal For Research Into Freemasonry & Fraternalism. This new venture emanates from Sheffield, England and bills itself as “A Bridge between different traditions of scholarship“. In essence this undertaking will publish scholarly contributions in regards to fraternalism in its many forms […]
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Based on Pennsylvania’s conversions from one black ball to three black balls and the comments coming in regarding the changes that might bring, I think it is time to revive an article previously written by “The Beehive.” Masons treat balloting as something holy and sacrosanct. Any suggestion that perhaps another way of voting might be […]
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Does Pennsylvania Have A Clue?
It seems that the sweeping changes that MW Thomas Sturgeon made to Freemasonry in Pennsylvania upon assuming the Grand East will be one of the top Masonic stories of 2010 not only for its swift boldness but even more so for its far reaching modifications. As such you can expect more than a few articles […]
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