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| Lodge Calendar for March & April 2014 |
MONDAY, March 3rd, 2014, 7:30 p.m.
District Lodge of Instruction Informal Attire
ATT Lodge, Tenafly |
TUESDAY, March 4th, 2014, 7:30pm .
703rd Regular Communication Business Casual
Square Club Meeting
Dinner at 6:45 p.m. |
TUESDAY, March 11th, 2014, 7:30pm
Fellowship and Ritual Practice
Dinner at 6:45 p.m. Informal Attire |
Saturday, March 15th, 2014, 7:30 p.m.
St. Patrick's Day Party Casual
Bring your friends and family
Dinner at 6:45 p.m. |
TUESDAY, March 18th, 2014, 7:30 p.m.
705th Regular Communication Business Casual
Dinner at 6:45 p.m. Practice afterwards |
TUESDAY, March 25th, 2014 7:30 p.m.
Fellowship and Ritual Practice Informal
Dinner at 6:45 p.m. |
MONDAY, March 31rst, 2014, 5:00 p.m.
Brownstone Dinner in Patterson, NJ Formal Suit |
TUESDAY, April 1rst, 2014, 7:30 p.m.
706th Regular Communication Tuxedo
Official Visit
Dinner at 6:30 p.m. |
Friday, April 4th, 2014, 7:00 p.m.
Visit to Integrity Lodge Formal Suit
Integrity Lodge, Patterson, NJ |
MONDAY, April 7th, 2014, 7:30 p.m.
District Lodge of Instruction Formal Attire
Guest Speaker to Lecture
Dinner at 7:00 p.m. |
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Master's
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Greetings from the East. My Brothers,
I would like to thank the officers who showed up as well as the Brothers from the other Lodges on our Entered Apprentice degree
Let us all catch our breath and enjoy the St. Patrick's Day party on March 15th. This event is to make up for the missed Holiday Party that was cancelled due to the snowstorm. Please RSVP.
There are still seats available for the Candidates Night at the Brownstone on March 31st. We already bought the tickets. Just let us know if you want to attend. We will be carpooling from from the Lodge.
We have an Official Visit on April 1rst. We have to do an Opening, Closing, and Fellowcraft degree.
Afterwards, that Friday, April 7th, the Prince Hall Brethren have formally invited us up to their Lodge in Patterson. We will be carpooling from FFL on that event as well.
Let the Lodge know if you plan to attend Grand Lodge in Atlantic City in late April.
Finally, we have a few weeks of practice and then there is our Fellowcraft Degree at the end of April. Let's do Great Work!
Fraternally,
Worshipful Master
REFLECTIONS FROM THE EAST What is the importance of ritual? It is the changing of one good man to a better one. That event should be transformational, positive, positive, and beneficial to the candidate as well as those Brothers whor are performing the work. There is a deep meaning behind all of this work. In essence we are performing an alchemical transmutation of mankind. Yes, the use of the word alchemy makes people think that one wants to turn lead into gold. Profane gold. No, it is something beyond the soulless materialism that is so often being promoted into the world. If the ritual is really done correctly with the recpient wishing to receive Masonic Light, then the work is being don as intended. This means that the right canditate for the Masonic Work to be done is crutial. You cannot ask a bad individual to be a Mason. That is the work of Religion. We are a fraternal order with a structure that works on a different level. Ours ritual is to transform.
Fraternally,
Worshipful Master
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