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by Christopher Hodapp Both the Indianapolis Scottish Rite Cathedral and the Indianapolis Masonic Temple/Freemasons Hall were vandalized this morning by a man wielding a hammer and intent on covering them with graffiti. As of this writing, Lynn Andrew Jackson, 26, was in police custody, charged...

by Christopher Hodapp A new title from the Masonic Book Club (MBC) is now available for pre-publication purchase. The Book M or, Masonry Triumphant, by William Smith, with an Introduction by Ill. Arturo de Hoyos, 33°. From the Masonic Book Club website: The recently-revived Masonic Book...

by Christopher Hodapp This weekend, we'll have a very special occasion in the far-flung northeastern suburbs of Indianapolis. The formation of a new Masonic-related local chapter of any kind is nowhere near as commonplace as it used to be, so it's a very big deal to announce the formation of...

by Christopher Hodapp As the old song goes, "And tho' it's been said many times, many ways..." No, not Merry Christmas. Film director John Turteltaub has revealed that, after two decades, National Treasure 3 is finally "in development." According to an article last week, a script has been...

by Christopher Hodapp A recent Financial Times piece by John Burn-Murdoch dug into some depressing numbers from the American Time Use Survey. According to the data, "on an average day in 2023, one in 10 young Americans aged between 23 and 29 did not spend a single minute interacting face to...

Photo: The Sunday Guardian website 6/18/2026 by Christopher Hodapp Back in June, wildfires in the Spokane area devastated areas in Eastern Washington state. To my knowledge, the Grand Lodge of Washington has not requested a Masonic Service Association Disaster Appeal. Instead, they are...

Photo: Myriam Tieulent's Facebook page by Christopher Hodapp As I've been warning for months, anti-Masonry would doubtless accompany the rise in anti-Semitic rage and hate crimes around the Western world. Concorde et Persévérance Lodge is a historic lodge affiliated with the Grand Orient...

Photo: KRGV-TV5 by Christopher Hodapp Julio Diaz has finally been found guilty in the arson fires of two Masonic lodges and the subsequent 2023 murder of Past Master Robert Wise outside of McAllen Lodge 1110 in McAllen, Texas. He now awaits sentencing. From the KRGV-TV website on August...

by Christopher Hodapp George Washington is arguably the most famous Freemason in American history. His image hangs in lodge rooms around the world, he laid federal cornerstones in full Masonic regalia, and his membership is a proud part of our fraternity’s story. Yet during his lifetime...

Image: Le Parisien by Christopher Hodapp In mid-July, after more than three months of hearings and roughly 600 hours of debate, a special Paris assize court wrapped up the long-running “Athanor Affaire" trial, one of the largest criminal trials in French history. Seventeen of the 22...

by Christopher Hodapp The following urgent disaster appeal was sent out today by Mark Tabbert, Administrator of the Masonic Service Association of North America: The 1873 Grand Lodge building in Caracas, Venezuela before the earthquake Main temple in the Grand Lodge...

by Christopher Hodapp I'll be speaking this Saturday, July 18th at Ohio's 6th Masonic District's Pillars of Knowledge event. This Masonic educational gathering will be held at J.B. Covert Lodge No. 437 on the east side of Cincinnati, Ohio, between 8AM and 3PM. Six speakers will be featured...

by Christopher Hodapp A 72-year old man has been arrested for setting fire to a Shrine Center in Altoona, Pennsylvania, causing well over $130,000 in damages. This site is sadly becoming a repository for stories of vandalism against the fraternity. James Kaufman, 72 According to...

by Christopher Hodapp The male-only Grand Lodge of Scotland has joined with the United Grand Lodge of England and England's female Freemasons in a cooperative organization to address urgent contemporary issues facing the fraternity at large. The Council of Freemasonry was established in 2024...

by Christopher Hodapp Authorities in Burlington, Ontario are seeking information regarding an unknown tagger who vandalized the local Masonic hall Sunday early morning by spray painting a phony Albert Pike 'Luciferian' quotation on the side of the building. From the BurlingtonToday.com...

by Christopher Hodapp Julio Diaz, currently awaiting trial in the murder of a Freemason outside of a Texas Masonic hall, along with prior incidents of damaging that same lodge building, has just been charged in two more arson attacks against a different lodge. Diaz is accused of shooting WB...

by Christopher Hodapp The trustees and management of the massive Detroit Masonic Temple have evicted the Detroit Masonic Temple Library from the building. The 10,000-volume library has been in the building since it was opened a hundred years ago, and in recent years they have also organized...

by Christopher Hodapp I'm honored to be speaking at the Festive Board of Kentucky's famed Abraham Lodge No. 8 this Saturday evening, June 27th at the historic Brown Hotel in downtown Louisville. I'll be wrapping up an afternoon program of several events. For information, contact...

by Christopher Hodapp The Supreme Council of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite Southern Jurisdiction, the "Mother Supreme Council of the World," was established in Charleston, South Carolina on May 31st of 1801 at Shepheard's Tavern on the corner of Broad and Church Streets (which had also...

by Christopher Hodapp On Wednesday, my friend, MW John A. Bridegroom, was installed as the 175th Grand Master of the Grand Lodge F&AM of Indiana. The annoying (and frequently blasphemous) practice of using Biblical quotes out of context goes back two millennia, but I'll engage in it this...