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.
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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William L. Britton | Dickens’ A Christmas Carol: An Initiatic Experience; The Massachusetts Statehouse Cornerstone; Reflections of a Newly Made Mason – A Daily Perspective; Our Masonic Pathway; Modes of Recognition: Signs, Tokens and Passwords |
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Craig Brody | How Benjamin Franklin lived his life according to Masonic Principles and how he sets an example for us as Freemasons today |
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Alexander Cabot | Financial Planning; Investments and Investment Fraud; Psychology of Decision-making; Human Behavior |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Jerry Hamilton | Freemasonry |
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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. |
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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. |
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Kenneth F. Hudson, Sr. | Bible Presentation; More then a Chaplain in the Lodge; Black to Purple |
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Hilary Kaufman | Shriners International and Shriners Hospitals. |
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Glenn R. Kurzenknabe | Harry Truman: President and Mason; Masonic Vice-Presidents; Installation Night at the Celestial Lodge Above; National Sojourners: An Overview |
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Thomas R. Labagh | 100 Years of the Order of DeMolay: The New Untold History (PowerPoint photo/slides) – 45 minutes; A Hedgehog, A Chunk of I.C.E., A Missing Tooth, A Calliope and a Rubber Chicken (Why ALL Masons should join the Scottish Rite) – 20 minutes; Round Up the Usual Suspects (history of the classic Bogart-Bergman movie, “Casablanca,” including video clips and interactive audience participation) Best for a Ladies’ Night program – 40 minutes; New Jersey Freemasonry – Ritual and Customs as They Compare to Pennsylvania (I was Raised in a NJ Lodge) For Lodges only – 30 minutes; A History of the Top Hat (not as boring as you might think!) – 20 minutes; The Unvarnished Robert Burns – 30 minutes; A Legacy of Masonic Art: A Visual Review of Past and Present Masonic Art, Trends, and Why it Matters – 25 minutes; The Story of Barrington Bunny: A Christmas Program (a performance-reading of the classic story, presented in a Masonic context for Masons and their Ladies) – 20 minutes.
Many other topics. Contact for a current list. |
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Michael E. Ludwig | Esoteric Freemasonry: Myth and Meaning; Freemasonry and Rosicrucianism: Ludibrium or Logic?; The Psychology of Freemasonry: A Contemporary Inquiry |
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Scott T. Matincheck | The Ancient Mysteries and their Influence on Masonic Ritual |
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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 |
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W. Scott Muller | Cerneau Rite |
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Andrew M. Nechetsky | Freemasonry in Early America (Revolutionary Era thru the Civil War); Masonic Military Leaders |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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Timothy Reigle | Making Good Men Better |
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John Rigione | Organ Donation – The Gift of Life |
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Austin Shifrin | Principles, Philosophy and History of Freemasonry (happy to entertain requests/discuss specifics) |
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Robert C. Snyder II | How Many Freemasons Does it Take to Screw in a Light Bulb? |
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Jack Speece | Truth: A look at what Truth is, its importance and how to find it. |
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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) |
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Edward Stumm | Brother Harry Truman; Masonic Children’s Home; Fun and Fellowship of Being a Mason; Children’s Dyslexia Centers |
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Theodore H. Wallace | The Life of Theodore Roosevelt |
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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 |
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