In every Symbolic Lodge, there are two officers who are called the Senior and Junior Deacons. In America the former has been appointed by the Master and the latter by the Senior Warden, both have b...

People sometimes refer to Freemasonry as being a "Secret Society." In one sense the statement is true. Any social group or private business is "secret" in the sense that its business meetings may b...

In life challenge is abundant, life is a challenge, and because of this life has meaning.

In Operative Masonry the challenge was to build a great structure from rough stone. The challenge progre...

The key to understanding Freemasonry for the uninitiated, is to accept that the craft requires careful study and a keen interest. You can read about it for years but until you’ve lived it, until yo...

Sitting down with the seasoned brothers of our lodge, you can't help but feel a bit awestruck. They've got this way of filling the room, not just with tales from the good old days, but with a wisdo...

You may have heard of “the world’s oldest profession.” But the world’s oldest organized profession was stone masonry.  Ancient civilizations realized you had better know what you are doing if you a...

Ten Master Masons, happy, doing fine; One listened to a rumor, then there were nine.

Nine Master Masons, faithful, never late; One didn't like the "Master," then there were eight.

Eight Maste...

UNCHANGING FREEMASONRY  

Anyone who has lived three-fourths of a century has seen the development of all the modern gadgets for office and home, as well as such things as the typesetting machine...