Iowa Disaster Relief Appeal
Grand Master William R. Crawford has requested the Masonic Service Association of North America (MSA) to issue this Iowa Disaster Relief Appeal.
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09, 2020
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09, 2020
Louisiana Disaster Relief Appeal
Grand Master James E. Steen has requested the Masonic Service Association of North America (MSA) to issue this Louisiana Disaster Relief Appeal.
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06, 2020
Art Contest: “Embodying Masonic Values”
The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania is sponsoring an art contest for amateur or professional artists, 18 and older, to submit original entries displaying a visual interpretation of Masonic Values pertaining to Freemasonry in Pennsylvania. Categories include oil, three-dimensional, drawing and print-making, water-based medium and digital imagery.
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04, 2020
Celebrating Donate Life Month with Masonic Blood+Organ Donor Program Ambassador Doug Fink
As a business owner; Past Potentate, Shrine Circus and Rodeo Chairman, LuLu Shrine; and incoming Junior Warden, Lodge No. 2, Philadelphia, Brother Doug “Finky” Fink (above, left) isn’t afraid of a little hard work. But his true calling is one of the hardest of all. “My job is to make people laugh,” he said – not referring to his [...]
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04, 2020
Masonic Support During COVID-19
On behalf of the employees and residents of our Masonic Villages, I write to thank you and your families and friends for the overwhelming support we have received from the Grand Lodge, Blue Lodges and Pennsylvania Masons.
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04, 2020
Six Questions of Freemasonry
Who Can Join? To qualify for membership, a petitioner must be male, at least 18 years of age, one who believes in the existence of a “Supreme Being,” of good moral character, motivated to join for reasons unrelated to personal gain or profit, prompted by a favorable opinion of Freemasonry, interested in learning and willing to practice the customs [...]
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04, 2020
Sins of Our Masonic Fathers: The lost strength of fewness in American Freemasonry
“Sins of Our Masonic Fathers: The lost strength of fewness in American Freemasonry”, by John W. Bizzack, PhD. Reviewed by Cathy Giaimo, Librarian, The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania. “Sins of Our Masonic Fathers” by Brother John W. Bizzack is an examination of the history of American Freemasonry and its effect on membership. Brother Bizzack makes the point [...]
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03, 2020
Masonic Mentor and Fraternal Friend
Brother Ronald B. Carson, District Deputy Grand Master, 1st Masonic District, learned the values of the craft, and much more, from a brother who became a role model.
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02, 2020
A Labor of Love
Brother Robert J. Slater, District Deputy Grand Master 47th Masonic District, takes you through his Masonic highlight reel and some of his proudest Masonic accomplishments.
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02, 2020
A Breath of New Life
When Brother Mark Nolf, New Bethlehem Lodge No. 522, signed up to be an organ donor as a teenager, he never imagined that he would one day be the recipient of a life-saving organ. In the fall of 2012, he started experiencing shortness of breath. “I thought I was just getting fat and lazy,” he jokes, but it was [...]