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I'm not a member of the Valley of Houston, but here are a few generic answers.
Attendance at SR meetings is just as optional as Lodge meetings. Brethren who live far away from the seat of their Scottish Rite Valley may attend a local Scottish Rite club when they have activities. It is...
It's Friday the 30th through Sunday the 1st.
The agenda is here:
2012 Texas Scottish Rite Legacy Convocation-Texas Scottish Rite Convocation
I don't have information on the activities of the Valley of Houston, but if you go to their website, there is a list of "scottish rite clubs"...
Who's planning to attend the big Scottish Rite whingding in Waco? Ought to be interesting...they certainly have a scholarly team lined up to speak.
Tom Ball
Venerable Master
Rio Grande Lodge of Perfection
I think you see my point. Texas' rule on this has solid reasoning behind it. There are any number of reasons why a person who petitions the craft might not become a Master Mason. It could be a source of embarrassment to the man if it was announced that he was petitioning, and then later it...
Hmm. I'm all for it, but in Texas, it would have been an offense to publicise the name of a petitioner. Think of the embarrassment if there's some member of that lodge who doesn't like nascar, and blackballs him.