Masonic Restoration Foundation Symposium 2014

For the kind attention of all Master Masons

The 5th annual Masonic Restoration Foundation Symposium, will be held at the Cincinnati Masonic Center (317 East Fifth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202)on August 15 – 17, 2014. 

Here you will get to meet and greet other Master Masons who come from the observant lodges. You may find those that follow the European concept and those that follow the Traditional Observance. To learn more about the differences you may read more about it here.

This year they have a most impressive line up of speakers and interviews:

Interview: Worshipful Brother Andrew Hammer is a Past Master of Alexandria Washington Lodge No. 22 in Virginia.

Interview: Worshipful Brother Chris Hodapp is a Past Master of Lodge Vitruvian No. 767 in Indiana, a European Concept Lodge.

Worshipful Brother Dan Hrinko is the Charter Master of Arts & Sciences Lodge No. 792, a Traditional Observance Lodge in Ohio.

Worshipful Brother Clevenger is a Past Master of New England Lodge No. 4, Worthington, Ohio.

Brother Oscar Alleyne is Senior Warden of Wappingers Lodge No. 671 (NY)

Worshipful Brother Paul Smith is the Charter Master of Phoenix Lodge No. 105, a Traditional Observance Lodge in New Hampshire. 

Worshipful Brother Davis is the Secretary of the Scottish Rite Valley of Guthrie, Oklahoma and a Past Master of Guildhall Lodge No. 553

Worshipful Brother Herd is a member of Enlightenment Lodge No. 198, the 1st Traditional Observance Lodge in Colorado.

Worshipful Brother Eyer is the editor of the Ahiman:  A Review of Masonic Culture and Tradition, and of the Philalethes magazine.  His is a Past Master of Academia Lodge No. 847, California's first lodge of Traditional Observance.

Take a look at them and their topics at the official website here.

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Registration can be done online and looking at the details it seems to me that this is the most value for money event I have come across so far! Please register before July 25th!! Here are the details:

Event date:	08-15-2014 12:00 am
Event End Date:	08-17-2014 12:00 am
Individual Price	$100.00

Awards night of the 16th district of the Grand Chapter

Some photos from the Annual Meeting and Awards Night of the 16th Royal Arch District of the Grand Chapter of Ohio was held tonight tonight, Monday, June 30. The meeting was hosted by Corwin-Webb Chapter at the Brecksville Masonic Temple.

Grand Lodge of Ireland has recognized GLNF; other Grand Lodges including UGLE to follow suit

http://www.glnf.asso.fr/

UGLE voted to withdraw recognition from Grande Loge Nationale Française (GLNF) on 12 September 2012 with immediate effect. The full statements made in Grand Lodge can be viewed here.

On 12 March 2014 there was an updated Statement on Grande Loge Nationale Française (GLNF) - Freemasonry Today 

Tomorrow the Quarterly Annual Communication of the United Grand Lodge of England takes place. This event has expectedly met with excitement by members of the French National Grand Lodge, given the French expectations of regaining the confidence English Brethren.
In the coming days UGLE is expected to communicate that GLNF respect regularity standards and that the two Grand Lodges will restore fraternal relations.

Grand Lodge of Ireland announced last week that recognition was resumed for GLNF. Grand Lodge of Scotland will announce the same soon.

Bulletproof Freemasonry: "What I learned about the Craft in Afghanistan"

Master Mason explaining how Freemasonry helped him (27mins).

2014 Sankey Lecture

The Charles A. Sankey Lecture SeriesThe guest lecturer will be Dr. Renée Lafferty-Salhany, Associate Professor, Department of History, Brock University. The title of her presentation will be “Brothers in Arms: Freemasons and the War of 1812″.For a preview of Dr. Lafferty-Salhany’s presentation watch the following video here. Sunday, March 30, 20143 p.m.Brock University500 Glenridge Ave.St. Catharines, Ontario In lieu of charging for admission, a [tax deductible] contribution is requested to:Masonic Foundation of Ontario, Brock University Partnership - Project Number 2937
We would also like to remind you about the Sankey Lecture website www.sankeylectures.ca. There is information about this year’s lecture, as well as the videos of the first four lectures.

Regards,

R.W. Bro. Gareth R. Taylor
Member of the Board of General Purposes
Chairman, Brock University Partnership

W. Bro. Srikanta Wadiyar called to the Grand Lodge above today

W. Bro Maharaja Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar Bahadur, was called to the Grand Lodge above today. 

W. Bro Wodeyar, 60, had the heart attack at his Bangalore home. He was the prince of Mysore Kingdom and head of the Wadiyar dynasty that ruled the Kingdom of Mysore between 1399 and 1950. 

"And to so high an eminence has its credit been advanced that in every age monarchs themselves have been promoters of the art, have not thought it derogatory to their dignity to exchange the sceptre for the trowel, have patronised our mysteries and joined in our assemblies." 

He was a Founder Member and Past Master of Lodge Jayachamaraja No.308, Mysore and also a member of Lodge Mysore No.34

During October 2013 he gave an audience to M W the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of India, M W Bro. Vasudev J Masurekar OSM, R W the Regional Grand Master of the Regional Grand Lodge of Southern India, R W Bro. R Sushil Raj and W Bro. Ujjval M Joshi, Assistant Regional Grand Master of the Bangalore Area. Attached herewith is a Photo marking this meeting. R W Bro. G K Balakrishnan facilitated this meeting.

Masonic Orders in England and Wales

Although the Master Mason's degree or the third degree is the highest degree in Freemasonry, there are additional degrees that a Master Mason can join if he so inclined.

Here is a list of the Masonic Orders in England and Wales

You can download a pdf of this same picture if you go to this website:

http://merseylodge5434.org/info/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/masonic-pathways-English.pdf