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The last two years we have had some of the members of my Royal Arch Chapter go to the Blue Lodges that make up the District that our Chapter is in, and give a talk on the York Rite. We also last year held a Chapter Table Lodge, which we honored the presiding Masters of those Blue Lodges. We...

good thing to hear brother hippie, just as a side note, we painted our front doors this year with a special paint and color. The old color was a flat red/brown color. Just days after the paint job was done, three men, one each day for three days, who walk by the Temple almost every day, stopped...

As not only being a curator and collector of Masonic Aritfacts, but been buildng superintendent of my Masonic Temple for years, I look at some of our buildings with open eyes. Granted for many of us going to Lodge is once a month or for some less than that, and for those workers in the...

here in Massachusetts we only use the Chamber in the Commandery Orders. I have been told that the Chamber is used in other Blue Lodge jurisdictions around the world. At our GL building in Boston, the Commanderies Chamber fell into desrepair for many years. They refurbished it and it has...

we did run some open houses, but that was just business as usual here in Mass. but we did see a increase in the hype, so maybe the brits can do a better job in representing us in a movie. can't wait.

brother james, click on Beyond the Third Degree and it will put you onto the site for info. I believe it is just a Mass. thing for now, unless some other states run one too. But being from Mass. this is the first I have heard of it, nothing has been mentioned yet.

thanks Texmass, just signed up to take the course. Being from Mass. just heard about this from you.

how does Texas vary from Mass. when it comes to ownership of buildings. here in Mass. NO lodge can own the building, they must form a seperate idenity from the Lodge. Some have trustees that manage the building, others have associations that make up either repres. from a lodge or lodges. In...

depends on how your association that owns the building,(if it is seperate from the lodge) by laws read. The building that I am president of is a corp. under the corp. laws of Massachusetts. We can do anything we wish to our building, that is also selling it, but the only thing no profits and...

yes i became a member, but a friend of mine also became a member and had a long time before they gave him access to the site.

it comes down to money. on both sides there are two different stories and they keep changing.

just wondering weither some of your Texas Lodges have Lodge Banners. I know that Chapters use banners, Commanderies have Standards, so does the GL, OES uses banners, and does DeMolay. What I would like to know does your Lodge have a banner with the name of your Lodge? is it double sided? is...

there are still many lodges here in NE that meet just b4, on, or just after the full moon. In some notices it is stated that the lodge will meet the night just b4 the full moon of that month. Two of my Lodges that I am a member of here in Mass. we once considered to be Moon Lodges. Thanks...

no, have not found out what ever happened to the old girl. I have pics somewhere in my files but will take months to find them. One of these days I will travel back down to see what they have done to the Temple. I can not download a new pic of the Temple, but if you google or search, St...

A number of years ago I had the pleasure to visit the Newport R.I. Masonic Temple. This was in the old section of Newport, just around the corner from the oldest Synagogue in the US. It was funded back in the 1760's by the use of a lottery, which was granted by the King of England at that...

we don't have DI here in Massachusetts, we have GL instructors, a number of them that are divided into districts. They serve the same purpose as does your DI. The DDGM goes back into ealry Masonic History, I do not know when the first was appointed. Early GM prior to the organization of...

oh that is similar to the candidates LOI we have. Lodge of Instruction. The LIFE is similar to our Wardens schools and our Masters path program. Except here in Mass. ALL Masters that are going into the office of Master MUST attend one of the path classes or he can not go into the office...

have you seen an increase in visitors, and other masons visiting this site since the TBL site closed down a few months ago? Just wondering if people are now searching other sites for information. The TBL is The Blue Lodge site that was runned by G.O.U.S.A. a clandestine group.

? what in the world is this program?

have looked at his work b4, and being a curator of masonic collectables, they are painted with the same style as were the aprons of the mid to late 1700's. he does great work. Been thinkin of buying one myself, but my GL does not allow it to be worn, just nice to own one.