30th November 2006
Deadwood City grants Masonic Temple $58,000 • Masonic News
During their regular meeting city commissioners approved the non-profit organization grant for the Masonic Temple. The grant will be used to fix electrical problems in the building and to install an air conditioning system, in order to make it suitable for summertime activities. (more…)
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15th November 2006
Freemason Eye surgeons to operate on 95 patients in two days • Masonic News
Two eye surgeons from Kenya will this week be carrying out operations on a total of 95 patients suffering from cataract and other eye-related problems.
Dr Fayaz Khan from the Lions Sight First Eye Hospital at Loresho in Nairobi, Kenya and Dr Ashok Shah MBS, a Freemason, will be working with a team of ophthalmologists from Victoria Hospital.
The visit of the two surgeons has been sponsored by the Freemasons of Seychelles and East Africa, as part of a growing collaboration between the Health ministry and the Freemasons.
Also part of this collaboration are the Lions International and its local branch, the Lions Paradise Club of Seychelles.
This is the third intensive operation session to be carried out in Seychelles by a team of foreign eye surgeons.
The first such session, dubbed an “eye-camp”, was in July 2004 when 55 patients benefited from cataract operations. In a second “eye camp” in September 2005, 79 more patients were operated on.
According to a communiqué from the Freemasons’ of Seychelles, the visiting eye surgeons are very impressed by the high standards of the staff of the Victoria Hospital Eye Clinic and Ophthalmology Unit and hope to continue their cooperation with further “eye camps” sponsored by the Freemasons of Seychelles and with the support of the Lions Paradise Club of Seychelles.
The communiqué also notes that during the third Freemasons’ “eye camp”, Dr Virendra Talwar MBS, the District Grand Master of the Freemasons of East Africa, will be in Seychelles and will be paying a courtesy call on the Minister for Health and senior officials of Victoria Hospital. He will be accompanied by Dr Harish Rupani SS, an ENT specialist who have twice assisted the Ministry of Health with ear, nose and throat treatments thanks to efforts by the Freemasons of Seychelles.
At the same time the chief executive officer of the Nairobi Hospital, Dr Cleopa Mailu, will be in Seychelles to meet the Minister for Health to propose areas of collaboration between the Ministry of Health and the Nairobi Hospital in Kenya, says the communiqué.
As a result of the close collaboration that exists between the Ministry of Health and the Freemasons, two nurses from the Ophthalmology Unit at the Victoria Hospital, namely Elizabeth Hoareau and Monica Barrack, underwent a one-month training attachment recently with Dr Khan at the Lions Sight First Eye Hospital in Kenya, where they received valuable training and exposure, notes the communiqué, adding that their stay in Kenya was fully sponsored by the Freemasons’ of East Africa.
During the past four years Dr Thomas Bonnelame has also visited the Ophthalmology Centre at Lions’ Eye Hospital.
Read the original from here Seychelles NATION
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8th November 2006
Are you interested in Freemasonry? Watch this video • Masonic Stories, Masonic Videos
If you are interested in joining the fraternity, or you are curious about Freemasonry, check out this video from YouTube. It runs for about 10 minutes, and is worthy of watching even if you are already a Free Mason.
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7th November 2006
Master Mason Degree - Kilties • Masonic Events
On November 25th, 2006 and in conjunction with the Masonic Kilties of New Jersey, Mozart Lodge No. 121 will be conferring the Sublime Degree of Master Mason on two Brother Fellowcraft. Lodge will open in advanced stations at 3:30 Pm with the degree starting at 4:00 Pm. Immediately after the first section the craft will break for some genuine German cuisine. The Second Section and the Lecture will be conferred by The Masonic Kilties of New Jersey, with desert to follow.
Will be a great meal at a great price!
Please note that due to a scheduling conflict, this degree will NOT be held at WJMC and at Haddonfield Temple instead
All Master Masons are welcome and invited to attend.
Haddonfield Temple.
16 Kings Hwy.,
Haddonfield, NJ 08033
Map:
RSVP for Dinner (609-313-1415)
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6th November 2006
18th Masonic District One Day Class • Masonic Events
On March 24, 2007, the 18th Masonic District will be hosting a “One Day Class” for those potential new members whose schedules won’t permit the traditional method of initiation and membership.
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5th November 2006
LATE DUES NOTICE • Masonic News
4-14 Any member of the lodges within the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge who shall be in arrears for twelve months, and who shall refuse or neglect to pay the same within three months after demand there of shall have been made by the Secretary of the Lodge to which the same are due and payable, may be suspended, after due and timely notice………..
Brother, it is with much reservation that I say this, but it absolutely must be done if our lodge is to remain viable.
We will be forced to suspend in December
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4th November 2006
Masonic Home Wheelchair • Masonic Events
Masonic Home Wheelchair Push on December 31, 2006
Meet in the Employee lunchroom at 9:00 Am
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3rd November 2006
Nominations and Elections • Masonic Events
On Tuesday, December 5, 2006, Mozart Lodge No. 121 will hold nominations and election of officers for the ensuing Masonic year of 2007, for the following offices. Any member in good standing seeking election into said office and unable to attend on December 5, 2006, must submit in writing, prior to the election, a signed and dated letter of notification, stating that if nominated, he will run, and if elected, that he will serve for the office stated in the letter of notification.
Worshipful Master Treasurer
Senior Warden Secretary
Junior Warden Trustee
Proxy to Grand Lodge
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2nd November 2006
Eastern Light • Masonic Stories 1 reply
Brothers,
This message may or may not apply to you. I am definitely not singing to the choir, but rather trying to start a new one.
As of January 1, 1991 we enjoyed the fellowship of approximately 49,000 brother Masons. We have now slipped to, in the neighborhood of, 32,000 Masons state wide. If the rate of decline continues at the same pace and nothing changes, Freemasonry in the good old U.S. will cease to exist in the next century. What a tragic loss for mankind!
Why? I’ve heard all the excuses, two income families, television, to busy, etcetera. Hogwash. The real reason, it seems to me, is that we are failing to bring Freemasonry alive in the hearts of our members, especially our new members. People join for a variety of reasons, rarely the right reasons. Or for some reason unbeknownst to us, they may have become disenfranchised with our great fraternity. It is up to us to show the leadership, seize the moment, and turn the course so that this devastating loss will never occur.
If this situation might apply to you, I can help. I love our great Creator and I love my family very much, but I can honestly say, and if you know me you’ll have to agree, I truly love Freemasonry. Give me half a chance and I will stoke the embers of this wonderful and great fraternity, in your heart. Pete
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1st November 2006
Masonic lodges face declining membership • Masonic News
There is an interesting article about a “younger” reporter, posted in The Monitor - McAllen, Texas. The reporter, who is thinking of joining the fraternity, may have an interesting path to follow.
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