From the East (November)

From the East (November)

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday of the year, no gifts, no expectations, just time with friends and family with good food. At least that’s been my tradition, so in continuance of this, I invite you to our November stated meeting where we can all come together and enjoy some time with each other’s company.

Masonic Principles, Revisited

Masonic Principles, Revisited

Are the principles on which Freemasonry is founded still relevant today and more importantly are they relevant to the future? First let us establish what Freemasonry is and what better way than to take the accepted definition of ‘a system of morality, veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols’.

How Freemasonry can Teach

How Freemasonry can Teach

This idea that Freemasonry can improve people, that it “makes good men better,” along with its long history and rich traditions, is among its primary appeals. I see it alluded to in almost everything I’ve read and it was certainly disucssed in the...
A Month of Fraternity

A Month of Fraternity

The conferring of a degree is a very special time for a Lodge, one that takes place with much gravity and preparation. Each of the three degrees teach a candidate important lessons about living a just and moral life, helping others, and serving one’s community....
More Honorable than the Garter

More Honorable than the Garter

Jean II found an order of chivalry modeled on the Knights of the Round Table. The Order of the Star was intended revive French prestige, and weld the splintered loyalty of his nobles to the Valois monarchy.