Masonic Education

Speakers’ Bureau

The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania offers a Speakers’ Bureau with a variety of presentations for your Lodge meeting. Below, you will find a list of speakers and topics available to you.

Name Topic(s) Contact Info Additional Info
Yasser Al-Khatib Volunteering opportunities and resources; Freemasonry: a School of Leadership; Managing Mental Illness: The Act of 1976; The Opioid Epidemic in PA; Symbolism and Ritual topics, such as Golden Fleece, Hiram Abiff, Chibolleth, the Past Master Jewel, etc; Irregular Freemasonry; Freemasonry in the Middle East; The Religious Symbolism in Freemasonry; Constructing Masonic Research Papers for Publication
  • Notice Required: 1 month
  • Distance Willing to Travel: Flexible
  • Reimbursement: Honorarium or a donation to a Masonic Body or Charity of the speaker’s choice.
Thomas Anke Why are We Blue?; The Medicine Wheel and Native American Freemasonry; The Festive Board and Freemasonry; Traditional Observance Freemasonry; Ruffians Among Us; The Axis Mundi; The Saints John; Who are the Sons of the Widow?; The Missing ***dess; Epicurus and the Science of Balance; Diligence-Prudence-Temperance-Discretion; Brother Washington’s take on Masonic Behavior; Noah’s Place in Freemasonry; The Missing Working Tools; The Significance of the Cabletow; Who was Jephthah?; The Immortal Memory of Brother Robert Burns; The Symbolism of the Beehive; The Black Ball
  • Notice Required: Yes
  • Distance Willing to Travel: 100 miles (longer trips will require overnight accommodations)
  • Reimbursement: Voluntary contribution to the Lodge Ad Lucem Almoner’s Fund.
Francis Bell True Believers: Simon Bolivar and Masonic thought in revolutionary South America; Zero to Hero: Revitalizing your Lodge using individual Lodge feedback to assess issues and put forward workable models to invigorate membership.
  • Notice Required: A month to two months depending on input.
  • Distance Willing to Travel: Anywhere (by Zoom)
  • Reimbursement: Donation to the Masonic Temple, Library and Museum.
Leonard Bezar Five Star General Hap Arnold, 33° Mason and Architect of the U.S. Air Force; King Solomon’s Seals; Freemasonry During the Holocaust; Patriotic Flag programs by National Sojourners; Ben Franklin Chapter
  • Notice Required: 6 to 8 weeks
  • Distance Willing to Travel: 40-60 miles
  • Reimbursement: Charitable donation requested, please contact the speaker directly.
William L. Britton Dickens’ A Christmas Carol: An Initiatic Experience; Reflections of a Newly Made Mason – A Daily Perspective; A Tale of Two Ships; The Evolution and Relevance of Masonic Recognition; Illuminating the Path: The Three Lesser Lights in Freemasonry; Cornerstones of Freemasonry: The Pillars of Our Masonic Foundation; The Cable Tow: A Binding Cord of Responsibility and Masonic Enlightenment; The Holy Grail: Humanity’s Quest for Ultimate Truth and Spiritual Enlightenment.
  • Notice Required: 4 weeks minimum
  • Distance Willing to Travel: In person 50-75 miles, Zoom anywhere.
  • Reimbursement: Not required.
Craig Brody

How Benjamin Franklin lived his life according to Masonic principles and how he sets an example for us as Freemasons today

Brothers George Washington and Marquis de Lafayette: Their Masonic careers and how they exemplified Masonic principles in the founding of our country
  • Notice Required: 6 to 8 weeks
  • Distance Willing to Travel: Philadelphia and Suburbs
  • Reimbursement: NA
    Any donation, if possible, to Shriners Hospital would be much appreciated!
Alexander Cabot Financial Planning; Investments and Investment Fraud; Psychology of Decision-making; Human Behavior
  • Notice Required: A few weeks is ideal, but I may be able to present on very short notice.
  • Distance Willing to Travel: 50 miles from Phoenixville, PA
  • Reimbursement: If the brethren so choose, a donation to a Masonic charity is always appreciated!
Craig “Buzz” Conroy

Amazing Black Boxes: Story of Why Planes Arrive Safely or Not; Aviation; Andrew Johnson 17th President: Past Master, President and Patriot; Famous Magicians & Freemasonry: The Parallels and the Practical Ties.

Four Amazing Women: ideal for a Ladies night or a Banquet.
  • Notice Required: 30 days at minimum
  • Distance Willing to Travel: State-wide and nationally
  • Reimbursement: Yes, please contact speaker directly.
M. Vincent Cruciani Freemasonry and Israel; The Seven Liberal Arts; The Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry; The Knight Kadosh; Royal Arch Freemasonry; Robert Burns the Freemason; The Anti-Masonic Period in the United States; Knight of St. Andrew; Holy Saint John
  • Notice Required: At least 1 month
  • Distance Willing to Travel: State-wide and nationally
  • Reimbursement: Dependent on distance traveled, contact speaker.
Anthony J. Dintino III Hermeticism and Freemasonry; Boaz and Jachin: Principle of Polarity; Freemasonry is Spiritual Alchemy; Modern Look at the Emerald Tablet of Hermes; Four Chapter Veils and Four Cardinal Points (for a RA Chapter); Alchemical Symbolism
  • Notice Required: Flexible (earlier the better).
  • Distance Willing to Travel: Flexible
  • Reimbursement: Travel for 40+ miles or donation to charity. Contact speaker directly.
Eric Downs Freemasons’ Hall in London; Symbolism in the Entered Apprentice Degree; Building of King Solomon’s Temple; Brandywine Battlefield Degree; Brother George Washington – The Light of Freemasonry in the Founding of America
  • Notice Required: 1 month
  • Distance Willing to Travel: Up to 2 hours from Chester County.
  • Reimbursement: None needed
Mitchell D. Goldstein The Murder of the Master (MM); Threeness in Freemasonry; Shechina – God’s Indwelling Presence and the Sacred Feminine; The Landmarks of Freemasonry; The Five Principle Orders of Architecture; Masonic Astronomy – the Wonders of the Seventh Liberal Art; The Passwords and Grips of Freemasonry (MM); The Pythagoreans and the Precursors to the Craft; The Saga of the Second Temple (SR/YR); The Anguish of Moses (SR/YR); Remembering the Diaspora (SR/YR)
  • Notice Required: 1 week at minimum
  • Distance Willing to Travel: Any
  • Reimbursement: Appreciated, will donate to lodge Almoner’s Fund
Moises I. Gomez Remembrance: My 9/11 Experience; Freemasonry and the Underground Railroad; Freemasonry and the Civil Rights Movement; Freemasonry in Cuba: Revolution, Independence and Democracy; Freemasonry Reimagined; History of Royal Arch; History of the Mark Mason Degree
  • Notice Required: Contact speaker
  • Distance Willing to Travel: Contact speaker
  • Reimbursement: Contact speaker
Jerry Hamilton Freemasonry
  • Notice Required: 15 days
  • Distance Willing to Travel: 100 miles
  • Reimbursement: Charitable donation requested, please contact the speaker directly.
Brendan Hickey Defenses of the craft:
Freemasonry, Illuminati, and psychology of conspiracy theories;
Manslaughter, Rivals and Anti-Masons, and Benjamin Franklin: Modern lessons for protecting the craft;
Taxil Hoax;
Religious objections to Freemasonry;
Courage as a Core Value in Freemasonry.
  • Notice Required: 1 Monty
  • Distance Willing to Travel: Flexible
  • Reimbursement: Donation to Children’s Dyslexia Centers for shorter trips, partial fuel reimbursement (negotiatble) for longer trips.
R. Keith Hite Perry County Gunmakers and Their Guns . . . an interactive PowerPoint presentation featuring a display of Pennsylvania rifles made in Perry County from the beginning of the 1800’s thru the Civil War.
  • Notice Required: Three weeks (Only available May through December).
  • Distance Willing to Travel: 25-30 miles
  • Reimbursement: None.
Kenneth F. Hudson, Sr. Bible Presentation; More then a Chaplain in the Lodge; Black to Purple
  • Notice Required: Two weeks for requested topic. Otherwise 72hrs.
  • Distance Willing to Travel: Unlimited
  • Reimbursement: Expenses only
Hilary Kaufman Shriners International and Shriners Hospitals.
  • Notice Required: 1 Month.
  • Distance Willing to Travel: The Philadelphia Metro Area: Philadelphia, Montgomery, Bucks, Delaware, and West Chester counties.
  • Reimbursement: Donation to Lulu Hospital Transportation Fund.
Glenn R. Kurzenknabe Harry Truman: President and Mason; Masonic Vice-Presidents; Installation Night at the Celestial Lodge Above; National Sojourners: An Overview
  • Notice Required: 2 months
  • Distance Willing to Travel: 50 miles
  • Reimbursement: None
Michael E. Ludwig Esoteric Freemasonry: Myth and Meaning; Freemasonry and Rosicrucianism: Ludibrium or Logic?; The Psychology of Freemasonry: A Contemporary Inquiry
  • Notice Required: 3 months
  • Distance Willing to Travel: 50 miles
  • Reimbursement: Standard Speakers Honorarium
Scott T. Matincheck The Ancient Mysteries and their Influence on Masonic Ritual
  • Notice Required: 1 month
  • Distance Willing to Travel: 100 miles
  • Reimbursement: Not Applicable
Matthew J. McGovern A Revolutionary Fraternity: Freemasons and the Global Struggles for Liberty in the 18th and 19th Centuries, Virtue, Silence, Love: Freemasonry in Philadelphia in the 18th Century
  • Notice Required: 1 month
  • Distance Willing to Travel: Dependent; please contact speaker.
  • Reimbursement: Please contact Speaker directly.
W. Scott Muller Cerneau Rite
  • Notice Required: 60 days preferred
  • Distance Willing to Travel: 100 miles
  • Reimbursement: Accommodation for lodges over an hour away (could be a guest room at a Brother’s home) and a coin from the host lodge.
Andrew M. Nechetsky Freemasonry in Early America (Revolutionary Era thru the Civil War); Masonic Military Leaders
  • Notice Required: 4 Months Minimum
  • Distance Willing to Travel: 40-50 miles (if further, may be flexible, please call)
  • Reimbursement: Charitable Donation to a Charity of the Speaker’s Choice.
Barry Oppenheim Entertaining subjects, such as: Things That Aren’t There Anymore; Products That Succeeded in Failing; and Hollywood’s Vision of the American Cowboy.
  • Notice Required: 1 to 2 weeks
  • Distance Willing to Travel: 40 to 50 miles
  • Reimbursement: Charitable donation requested, please contact the speaker directly.
Michael Perry The Masonic Secrets Encoded in Psalm 127; Circumventing the Lodge Room within the Cube of Space a Qabbalistic Study of Freemasonry; Metaverses, Masonry and Minecraft – The Future of Lodges; Tarot and Freemasonry
  • Notice Required: 1 month
  • Distance Willing to Travel: Flexible
  • Reimbursement: Please contact the speaker directly.
Jerome J. Phillips Origin of the Lewis Jewel; Scouting and Freemasonry; Masonic Journeys; upon request, willing to research individual topics and review with requesting Lodge before the presentation
  • Notice Required: 60 days preferred
  • Distance Willing to Travel: Distance and schedule will dictate; please be courteous.
  • Reimbursement: 75-mile radius of the Lehigh Valley; further upon request.
Timothy Reigle Making Good Men Better
  • Notice Required: 1 month
  • Distance Willing to Travel: 100 miles
  • Reimbursement: Mileage
John Rigione Organ Donation – The Gift of Life
  • Notice Required: 2 months
  • Distance Willing to Travel: 100 Miles from Lehigh Valley Area
  • Reimbursement: None Required
Austin Shifrin Tales of Solomon from the Kebra Negast (surprising discoveries in the scripture of the Ethiopian Church) – 15 minutes; The Symbolism of the Camp (the meaning of the rich visual symbolism of the 32nd degree of Scottish Rite Freemasonry … the Camp) – 20 minutes; Jacob Ernst’s Philosophy of Freemasonry (the philosophy Ernst published in 1870 has important bearing for Freemasons today, if we can understand the message) – 20 minutes; A History of Blue Lodge Freemasonry (how craft Freemasonry came to be what it is today) – 20 minutes; Physical Properties of the Old Testament (better understand the stories of the Old Testament and Freemasonry with a better grasp of the physical settings and artifacts referenced) – 20 minutes; Ritual Across Time & Space (how different cultures have used theater and performance as part of their moral instruction) – 30 minutes; A History of Oath Taking (what does it really mean, either in Freemasonry or outside of it? How do they “work” and how have they evolved?) – 30 minutes; Fundamentals of Blue Lodge Freemasonry (four articles from “More Light” on the subjects of being gentlemen, taking care of each other, religious toleration and a civil discussion of differing politics) – 30 minutes; The Chamber of Reflection: Mortality, Morphology & Meaning (drawing on ancient and modern sources, explore how contemplation of death can enrich and inspire our lives) – 30 minutes; The Tarot of Virtue (how the cards of the Tarot can be used as a visual aid to study the 18 virtues laid out in a system by the philosopher Andre Comte-Sponville – 60 minutes; How AMD and Grand College of Rites Complement Each Other – 60 minutes; Blue Lodge, Scottish Rite & Shrine History – 60 minutes
  • Notice Required: 1 month for 50 mile distance; 3 months for greater distance.
  • Distance Willing to Travel: Within 50 miles of Greater Pittsburgh Masonic Center; greater distance subject to advance discussion.
  • Reimbursement: $100 donation to Lodge Ad Lucem No. 812; greater than 50 miles, add gas; greater than 150 miles, subject to negotiation.
Robert C. Snyder II How Many Freemasons Does it Take to Screw in a Light Bulb?
  • Notice Required: 1 month
  • Distance Willing to Travel: 100 miles; if further, please call.
  • Reimbursement: NA
Jack Speece Truth: A look at what Truth is, its importance and how to find it.
  • Notice Required: 3 weeks
  • Distance Willing to Travel: Flexible
  • Reimbursement: None required.
George Stephens Dramatic interpretation of famous Freemasons (Theodore Roosevelt, John Philip Sousa, J.C. Penney, Francis Scott Key, Franklin Roosevelt, General Douglas MacArthur, Col. Harland Sanders – Kentucky Fried Chicken)
  • Notice Required: At least one month, but can be flexible in emergency situations
  • Distance Willing to Travel: 50-75 miles
  • Reimbursement: Please contact the speaker directly.
Edward Stumm Brother Harry Truman; Masonic Children’s Home; Fun and Fellowship of Being a Mason; Children’s Dyslexia Centers
  • Notice Required: 5 months
  • Distance Willing to Travel: 75 miles
  • Reimbursement: Please contact the speaker directly.
Theodore H. Wallace The Life of Theodore Roosevelt
  • Notice Required: 3 months
  • Distance Willing to Travel: 100 miles
  • Reimbursement: NA
Richard L. Wenner The Quintessential Freemason: Duty, Honor and Fraternity; Audie Murphy: An American and Masonic Hero; Who Do They Say We Are?; George Washington’s Rules of Civility
  • Notice Required: 3 months
  • Distance Willing to Travel: 40 miles
  • Reimbursement: NA
Aaron White Visiting Lodges in Foreign Jurisdictions; The History and Symbolism of the Ethiopian Coptic Church and Parallels to Masonic History and Symbolism; The Tyranny of Memory: The Adverse Effect of Equating Leadership Ability with the Capacity to Memorize Ritual; Quinta da Regaleira and Other Destinations of Masonic Interest in Portugal
  • Notice Required: 1 month
  • Distance Willing to Travel: 50 miles; more if a travel allowance is offered
  • Reimbursement: None, but a contribution to the Masonic Temple Foundation of Allentown would be appreciated.

 

 

 

 

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