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Officially, (and I'm a Catholic on hiatus for "time-served") the Roman Catholic Church, per the Vatican and all supporting Popes since Pope Clement, has indicated that Catholics involved within masonic affiliation are "...in a state of grave sin.....reserved only by the Holy See......"

That seems like a pretty aggressive process and I suppose that also assumes nobody else is vying for "the next chair" - otherwise, in a decent size lodge it seems like it could take years!?

In line for what? (spaghetti dinner?) I'm confused.

Mr. Freybur...if i didn't know better I'd imagine you have PhD in Linguistics...as you seem to frequently bring in linguistics and semantics into many discussion topics. Myself?......I take a more pragmatic approach, and take Warrior's comment more literally: expel means expel! (Expel; a...

I got asked if I believe in a Supreme being, and I said "yes". And there was no further questioning on the topic.

Our lodge meets once every week. One week is the business meeting, and the other 3 weeks of the month is set for either degree work/rehersals, or simply masonic education (which we could all use a helping of on a regular cadence to stay fresh!)

My brother in-law is a logger in northern Michigan...so I use as much paper as I can, to do my part to help sustain his employment! haha!

I do too, but I prefer to sometimes lie down on the couch and read a hard copy. (and if I print it, it costs me an entire ink cartridge!!!)

I got word from the editor that he sends them out "bulk rate mail"- not first class, so who knows.

Does any subscribe to "Living Stones" magazine? I'm just curious what your experience is, since mine has been so poor; mostly due to late arrival of issues, or in the case of July 2014, no arrival of the issue whatsoever!

By Far...... To date, 2 books that I still say are THE MOST objective are: Freemasonry for Dummies by Christopher Hodapp -and- The Complete Idiot's Guide to Freemasonry by S. Brent Morris Both of these books are about as objective as they come and don't initially dive into the complexities...

I'm curious why this would be a surprise?

I still revert to my "bowling team" analogy. Pay to play or your out....period! Too much leniency is causing too much administration work for the poor (unpaid) secretaries!

Apparently the new G.M. of Michigan is requesting (in order) contact be made to the delinquent member: 1) by letter, 2) by phone, 3) in-person home visit, 4) final letter, 5) official request to G.L. for expulsion. Really?? You've got to be kidding!? Who has time for all that? Once again I use...

My best guess, and based on what I see with my own eyes, is a lack of consistency in management, administration & other areas. People covet consistency, especially masons- so when that begins to slip, so does bona-fide interest.

When it comes to non-payment of dues, what is the various recourse your area/state holds to? Apparently, in Michigan it's virtually impossible to remove someone from masonry for non-payment of dues.

And this is EXACTLY what was involved in our incident. It's just sad that people can get SO worked up over what often amounts to VERY trivial circumstances.

Fair enough.... Auto-correct drives me crazy too!!

What a travesty..... I've got to say, the outburst I speak of was completely out of the blue and not expected from anyone. Without going into specifics, I will say it involved lodge monies and what he "thought" he had coming to him- that could not be confirmed in ANY archival meeting...

Wow! That's crazy... How did that happen? (break the binding?) I've slammed shut many of books in my day (mostly textbooks..LOL) but I can't say I've ever "broken" a book before... ???