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This afternoon, I and about 25 other Master Masons were made honorary DeMolays at the Minnesota Masonic Heritage Center in Bloomington MN. We were put through the degrees by Excalibur Priory. I was stunned by the quality of the degree work put on by these young men. Smooth, calm, self-assured...

Welcome to the group, Matt. I've attended the spring reunion in Guthrie twice, and thoroughly enjoyed myself. I've told brothers that the Guthrie spring reunion should be on every Scottish Rite Mason's "bucket list."

John's a great guy; Indiana is in good hands.

I don't know the statutes of Virginia, but I would think that, since there's nothing in the lodge bylaws giving this authority to the master, a member of the lodge could make a motion on the floor to override this, just as a Grand Master's edict can be negated by the members of Grand Lodge at...

Greetings, and welcome to the forum!

Since he just asked a whole bunch, you might specify "ask one in your home country." That phrase is next to useless. These days, most men don't know a Mason to ask.

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Despicable.

I'll be interested to see the answer to this. As far as I know, every PHA Grand Lodge considers PHO to be clandestine.

As Winter said, Rotary and Lions are not Masonic bodies. There are certainly men who are Masons who also belong to Rotary and/or Lions, but the organizations themselves are not Masonic.

Welcome to the forum, and I hope you get enjoyment out of getting back into Masonry.

I'd be shocked if Minnesota "led the way," for two reasons. 1. I've never heard of any interest in it; there is little to no female or co-Masonry in Minnesota. 2. Minnesota was burned a couple of decades ago when they decided to recognize the Grand Lodge of France in addition to the French...

Our ritual says obligations cannot be repudiated or laid aside. Your mileage may vary.

I'm curious: when you were in a Grand Lodge of California lodge, did your obligation include not being present at the making of a woman a Mason? How did you reconcile that with your decision to join LDH? Do you consider your obligations to be something easily set aside? I'm more troubled by a...