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  1. MarkR

    Meeting Brothers in public.

    Yeah, I'm more for the direct "what lodge do you belong to." Too many of the other, more arcane, questions can lead to confusion. Not everybody has heard things like the 15¢ question.
  2. MarkR

    Form of Address

    I'm a Kentucky Colonel, but I've misplaced my certificate.
  3. MarkR

    Masonic Regalia

    Here's my lodge's collar, from back when I was in the east. Red, white, and blue velvet.
  4. MarkR

    Why is it so hard to get Masons to join the Commandery?

    And one can also say, if you insist on keeping the uniform, you accept that most young men won't want to participate.
  5. MarkR

    Masonic Years

    Tradition. Like so many things in Freemasonry.
  6. MarkR

    The Scottish Key

    I've got a copy on DVD. It makes a good Lodge Education program!
  7. MarkR

    What's in your office?

    In my office at work I have a lighted S&C sign, a small set of framed tracing boards, and a framed set of miniature working tools.
  8. MarkR

    Introduction

    No, my mistake. The Prince Hall Scottish Rite operates under a united Supreme Council, but this one isn't it. This one is totally clandestine. I apologize. I read his post too quickly. The Prince Hall Scottish Rite, just like the "mainstream" Scottish Rite, does not charter craft Lodges.
  9. MarkR

    Introduction

    No, it's not irregular. It's the Prince Hall Scottish Rite, now recognized by both the Southern Jurisdiction and Northern Masonic Jurisdiction. And, as far as the only Supreme Council being in Washington DC, the NMJ Supreme Council is in Lexington, Massachusetts.
  10. MarkR

    The Hiram Key

    I read it, but so long ago that I don't remember much about it. Lomas is definitely a Mason.
  11. MarkR

    Out of state membership records requests

    I contacted the Grand Lodge of Illinois directly through their email link on their web site, and requested information on my grandfather's masonic record. They scanned it and emailed it back to me in just a couple of days.
  12. MarkR

    Feelings about wearing light...

    So we don't recruit, and tell people "2 Be 1 Ask 1," live in a society where most people no longer know a Mason, then tell the brothers not to represent. How are those good men to find us to ask? Or are you happy to watch us continue to fade into irrelevance, while people wonder if the Masons...
  13. MarkR

    Surprise!! You're elected to S.D.

    Deacons are elected in your jurisdiction? The only elected offices here are Master, Wardens, Secretary, and Treasurer. All the rest are appointed.
  14. MarkR

    York Rite light

    Too late.
  15. MarkR

    Few younger masons

    Our entire progressive line is in their twenties, thirties, and early forties, with no past masters in any of the progressive chairs.
  16. MarkR

    "White Lodge" vs. Prince Hall

    Both Minnesota Grand Lodges allow plural membership between the Grand Lodges, but if we're not the only one, there are only a couple. We have quite a few men who belong to both PHA and GLoM lodges, including the current AF&AM Grand Master and the PHA Senior Warden (who is a lodge secretary and...
  17. MarkR

    Freemason or Scottish right audio books?

    A Kindle can read e-books to you. http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/let-your-kindle-read-to-you-with-texttospeech.html
  18. MarkR

    One black ball?

    Thank you. What I said is that the secret ballot is more important.
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