30th March 2006
A Message from the Master • Masonic Events, Masonic News
Dear Brother,
You are fraternally invited to attend the following Communications of Mozart Lodge No. 121, F&AM, to be held at the West Jersey Masonic Center, Route 295 and Berlin-Haddonfield Road, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, 08003.
Regular Communication, Tuesday, April 4, 2006, Dinner at 6:15 PM
by Chef Sarah, RSVP for Dinner at 856-784-5804, Open at 7:30 PM, Regular Business, Balloting, Masonic Birthdays, Greet Visitors, Close Lodge, Master Mason Examination, Refreshments After.
Emergent Communication, 7:00 PM, Tuesday, April 18, 2006,
Confer Entered Apprentice Degree on Mr. Eugene Allen, Mr. Timothy Romero, Mr. Eoin Bell-Games and Mr. Ronald McIntosh, Dinner at 5:45 PM by Chef Sarah, RSVP for Dinner at 856-784-5804, Balloting if necessary, Refreshments after.
By Order of Worshipful Brother
Peter Buchert
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29th March 2006
You Can Help • Masonic Events
On Sunday, April 23, 2006, Mozart Lodge has been asked to help carry on a decades old tradition of assisting those of our brethren and their families who need help getting to chapel at the Masonic Home. This is that example of charity that extends beyond the grave and can not be bought. Nine in the morning.
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28th March 2006
Teutonia Trip • Masonic Events, Masonic News
Join with the brethren as we make our annual pilgrimage to Teutonia Lodge for their Past Master Night. This is a fun night so take time to share some fellowship with the brethren of both Teutonia and Herman-Humbolt Lodges Thursday, April 20, 2006, 4:00 PM at WJMC for Van Pool RSVP
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Lessons Learned • Masonic Stories
Brother,
Once again I’m on the receiving end of another Masonic lesson. No, not humility. I can’t find words to properly describe how proud I am of the officers and brethren of Mozart Lodge. We may be one of the smallest lodges in the district, membership wise, but at our Official Visit of the District Deputy Grand Master we sure showed a lot of heart. The brotherhood, the fellowship and the warm welcomes are what make a lodge big. That’s what I’m beginning to realize is so important and brother, we got it. Let’s build on it. Extend your hand to a brother, I know plenty did that for me. Don’t count a brother’s mistakes, see if you can help. Live it and don’t worry so much about how you recite it. I know it’s easier said than done. I’m living proof of that.
Let’s take this spirit of fellowship with us as we travel throughout the district and when we turn out to support the brethren of Teutonia and Herman- Humbolt Lodges. That’s what will light the fire of enthusiasm in the hearts of our brethren. Let that spirit of togetherness be our light on the path to past glories for this great fraternity.
Peter
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27th March 2006
Recapitulation 2005 • Masonic News
Membership 2004 …196
Raised ……………… 24
Affiliated …………. 12
Restored ……………. 0
Suspended …………. 0
Resting in Peace -11
Total 2005 221
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6th March 2006
Mozart Lodge Presents Family Day at Clementon Park • Masonic News
Mozart Lodge Presents Family Day at Clementon Park
Saturday, June 3, 2006
Just bring the family and a favorite family recipe covered dish and we’ll provide the rest. All for a price that can’t be beat.
Games, Door Prizes, Entertainment for the Kids
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Are You a Traveling Man? • Masonic News
My Brother,
If not, why? If you are new you might not realize that the biggest and best part of this fraternity is that you can travel anywhere in the world and find a brother. I know I didn’t realize what a great advantage this is until after several years of membership. Brothers tried to tell me but I just kept coming up with more and more excuses to stay home and watch the tube. Reruns, believe it or not. I was confused with so many names and places it was like looking for a tree in the forest. I just couldn’t find the time and besides why bother.
I did make a half-hearted attempt early on but couldn’t really see the point. I went to a lot of different lodges but never really made the connection. Then all of a sudden it clicked. I started going back to the lodges I first visited and made a new friend, then another and another. Pretty soon I knew people everywhere I went. Then more and more people. I started traveling to different jurisdictions.
Next, different states. Then German speaking lodges, musical lodges, lodges of research, appendant bodies. Fascinating people from just about everywhere. Each and every one of them with a story to tell.
Awesome! I have now begun setting goals. Crazy goals, like meeting every active Mason in the state of New Jersey. Expanding my range. Visiting lodges when I go on vacation. In Las Vegas, the brothers there put me onto the best and most cost effective (cheap) golf courses in town. You gotta go here or you gotta do this, everywhere I go. It’s beautiful. The internet can tell you where to go or how to get there or how many stars but our net beats there’s hands down. Besides, talking beats typing any day.
This month I will be traveling to the various lodges in our district to support our district and represent Mozart Lodge. I would encourage anyone interested to join me and see if you can’t discover for yourself the joys of meeting the officers and brethren of the lodges in this area. Also, on March 21st, I will be going up to the Allentown area to sit with, help if needed, and meet the brethren of Emmaus Lodge.
Pete
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Mozart the Mason • Masonic News, Masonic Stories
Wolfgang Amadaeus Mozart, after whom our lodge has taken its name, was born in Salzburg, Austria, January 27th, 1756. Wolfgang being born a musical prodigy was only four years old when he started very earnestly to interest himself in music. At the age of five, he composed his first minuets. Just a few weeks later he composed his first concert, which astounded his father and friends because it was so difficult.
On a concert tour, at the age of five, Wolfgang created a sensation in Munich. At the age of six his father gave him his first lesson on the violin and organ. Mozart had a great reception at the Royal Court in Paris and London, where he played for the king and queen. He later composed his first mass for the consecration of the church, which he conducted himself. Pope Clems XIV awarded him personally with the order of the Golden Spors, so Mozart, at the age of fourteen, became a knight. At the age of fifteen, Mozart was known as a genius the world over.
Mozart was not only a great composer, but also a great thinker. He became a Mason in 1785, being a member of “Crowned Hope Lodge,” in Vienna. He believed in their tendencies and aims and was so sincere that he introduced his father to also become a Mason. He composed many songs and hymns to Free Masonry, several of which compositions can be seen in the Congressional Library, in Washington, D.C. He wrote music for all three degrees, one of the most famous was “Ode to the Fellowcraft”. How seriously and earnestly he took the tendencies of Masonry is illustrated in his last opera, “Die Zauberflote” (The Magic Flute). The first performance of this opera was on September 30th, 1791, which he also conducted personally and which was a great success. In the same year he also composed the cantata, “Das Lob der Freundschaft” (The Praise of Friendship), for a new Masonic Lodge.
On his sickbed, Mozart dictated his requiem to one of his pupils. With tears in his eyes he said, “I told you I would write this requiem for my last hour of life.” On December 5th, 1791, at one o’clock in the morning, Mozart passed away in the prime of life, being only thirty-five years of age.
Excerpts from, “The 75th Anniversary of Mozart Lodge”.
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