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In my utter lack of authority on any GL level topic in Texas, I hereby ask you to submit legislation to have your jurisdiction do exactly that please. Not just MWPHAGLofMA but any and all of them in the Conference of Grand Masters PHA list. Regular plain recognition please not a copy of any...

http://www.frimurarorden.se/organisation/ I can't read Swedish well enough to translate but it looks like you are directed to find a local lodge and contact them directly. http://www.frimurarorden.se/loger/ I don't know Swedish geography well enough to know what district Halmstad is in.

In California and most of the US the standard procedure is to look them up on line to find out when and where they meet. Send email and/or call but understand that many lodges are bad at answering email or calls. Show up about an hour before the monthly meeting and starting showing up every...

She may not think in those terms, but we do. To us she is our sister-in-law by adoption.

Friend Andrew, If you don't tell that relative how will they find out? The petitioning process is about as private as you decide it will be.

It is unlikely there are good statistics already gathered to be able to give an accurate answer to that question. The only statistics I have seen are numbers of EA/FC/MM. If I had to make a wild guess it would be in the 10-40% range somewhere end up PMs. The words "get to" might carry meaning...

To be a Mason, ask a Mason. In the US the best way is to show up to a lodge near you, introduce yourself and ask how to become a Mason. Look up when they meet and show up about an hour before so there is time to get to know you before the members only part of the meeting. Start going there...

If your jurisdiction teaches a protocol for it, do that. It's fun to see various salutes and bits of ritual. I stand and say "Thank you for the hospitality, Worshipful".

One of the years I was in the east there was a elderly brother with an attitude so positive emulating him is to be a better man and Mason. I appointed him a steward because I wanted his attitude to rub off on the other officers in the south. The next year I was in the east again so I shuffled...

Memorial Day is traditionally for those who died in service. Veterans Day is traditionally for those who served. My favorite Memory Day poem is "In Flanders Fields" - In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks...

I know this would be a tough sell but it is the right thing to do - Currently Arkansas does not have PHA recognition, so most other states don't recognize. We should all recognize anyways. It's taking the moral high ground. When Connecticut first recognized PHA at least one state pulled...

Kind of far from San Antonio so I thank you for the invitation and need to decline this time. I did check to make sure my gloves are easily available though. Broad Street? I will enjoy a cheese steak vicariously. We had home made ones a couple days ago.

Lost during the recent major upgrade. I hope that feature comes back at some point. My spelling and grammar are atrocious so I used the feature frequently.

I love the ambiguous wording of the expression. It works as a description of nature being like a book that is revealed one page at a time through study and experiment. It works as a description of the VSL as a profound revelation about human nature. Both true. If they seem to be in conflict...

At least one left coast lodge has it. Vallee de France in Pasadena retained its Louisiana style French First Degree when they switched their charter to California. They use a Chamber of Reflection. There's another French speaking lodge in the Bay Area that might as well. If you ever have a...

It is necessary for a brothers who are members of religions outside of the JCI family to be secure enough in their faith that they are open to learning from stories out of someone else's scripture. That's an extra step compared to brothers who are members of religions inside of the JCI family...

Since recognition needs to go both ways you'd need to know the answer for both jurisdictions. It's up to you to look up your own jurisdiction's recognition list. It's up to the visited jurisdiction to look up if they recognize yours. Here's a first step that will easily get you to a...

Bobbi Jo Wright likes to travel around to Shrine centers giving talks. When I saw her speak about 3 years ago at my Shrine Medinah near Chicago the hall was packed.

The standard number of voting representatives for submitted legislation is 3 in all 3 of my jurisdictions. Voting representatives include WM, SW and JW as well as PMs. I was unable to convince enough of the entire set. I've had easier times convincing managers at work to make very large...

One of the lesser items on my list of why I petitioned for my degrees is that Masonry is often a dress up club. I have worn a tuxedo enough that it's just another work uniform to me now. As to fitting, I own two these days. The bigger one almost still fits. Sigh.