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I am making the annual trek to Waco for the annual Grand Chapter Convocation. I'm leaving Sunday morning so that I can be there in time to prepare for the Annual Banquet Sunday evening at the Waco Scottish Rite. I hope to see some of our MoT companions there! Please look me up if you're there...

I would put the estimate at about 2/3 complete the Commandery Orders while 1/3 do not. It is not unusual and every companion makes his own decisions as to their masonic path.

If your vehicle is registered in Texas, you can order Texas Masons license plates that have the Square and Compass on the left of the plate number. You can order them at the Tax Assessor office and online I think. I got mine at the Tax Assessor office, so I'm not sure where you go online to...

We do both forms in Texas- full form, single-degree and Festival form. Everyone has preferences and/or opinions as to which is "best"; for instance I prefer the single degree, long form. However there is a place and need for both forms and both serve York Rite Masonry in Texas very well. I...

The Companions of Helotes York Rite honored three of their own at a ceremony on September 26th when the D.D.G.H.P. for Capitular District #23 and D.D.G.M. for Cryptic District #23 presented their 25-Year Service Awards. Pictured: R.E. Comp BroBill (yours truly) and R.I. Comp Nelson Dunn...

The Companions of Helotes York Rite conferred the Royal & Select Master degrees on two Helotes candidates and one Kerrville candidate, completing their Chapter and Council degrees. We welcomed new Companions (L-R) Larry and John from Helotes and Lance from Kerrville as companions among us...

I'm not sure I'd like hitting them for dues at the same time we're hitting them for degree fees and other costs that new brothers incure.

Now that I'm back on my desk top, I'd like to nominate myself for Masons of Texas "Blooper of the Year". Many thanks to daddyrich for catching my lapse into an alternate world.. again.... thanks again for the catch! -BroBill sends

I had to join both SR and YR to see which was right for me. I became very active in York Rite and not so much in the Scottish Rite. I joined SR first and endowed before I joined the York Rite. Once I took the first Chapter degree I knew I would spend a lot of time in York Rite labors.

Typo corrected... Not sure how the "or her" crept in.... I am an airhead... Now I know how many read my posts! ;)

When the program started, the market was better and the lodges received more in return than per capita. Starting I'd say 4 or 5 years ago, the Endowed Fund (the fund where all the purchase go for investment) essentially tanked on a huge market drop. At least one year, the fund didn't return...

Thanks for assisting in my "return to clarity"! I was pretty sure I wasn't hallucinating... but sometimes you have to check....

Bro. Stewart, I definitely feel your pain. I endowed in both my blue lodges, my Scottish Rite Valley, and my York Rite (including one of my Commanderies), yet I still support each with an additional check each year to cover per capita + a bit extra. I've been approached by other bodies about...

Definite apologies, I somehow breezed right over your response... I'm given to my moments of "airheaded-ness" or as some would say, disconnection from the moment. You did make the point and I managed to breeze past it....

There is a difference in the Life Membership and the Endowed Membership. The member pays for his own Endowed membership and the Life Members ship is bestowed on a member by the Lodge. I cannot remember the specifics of the Life Membership, but I think the Lodge has to submit the name to Grand...

But true anti-masonry is fairly insignificant. If there was an organized group that was actually doing things - such as proposing legislation for the purpose of harming or eliminating masonry- then I would agree the Grand Lodge(s) should get involved. Right now the anti-masons are small groups...

If it's a topic you want to read up on, I found two reasonably neutral books that discuss the "how" and "why" of anti-masonry that provide some really good insight as to how it got started and why it won't seem to go away. I'd recommend- in this order- 1. Morgan: The Scandal That Shook...

"Excellent" (that will mean more after your degrees too). If you track down my written reviews in the Education and Literature forum, I include in each one a suggestion as to when a mason might get the most out of the reading. Also, if you're coming up on your Chapter and Council degrees in...

Thumbs up on the rain Brother! Thumbs up! Lots of lodge doors are wide open for you when you do get back down here!

The accurate history is on the web page at Tranquility Lodge No. 2000 or TL2K of The Grand Lodge of Texas - simply click on the "History" link. The photoshopped apron picture has been circulating on the internet for a while.