On the agenda was an informative session that provided attendees with an overview of operations, the state of the Foundation at the close of the current year, and some detailed insights into the funding and beneficiaries of Foundation grants, assistance and programs.
Over two-hundred Masons and their Ladies and guests gathered to celebrate R.W. Brother Desario as he advances through the Grand Line of officers toward the Grand East.
Photos of the forty-first annual Illinois Masonic Academic Bowl are available for viewing and downloading.
King Oscar Lodge No. 855 installed elected and appointed officers for the ensuing Masonic year on January 24, 2025.
With over one-hundred Masons in attendance Grand Lodge officers covered programs as diverse as Lodge Officers Competition, Grandmaster's Award of Excellence, and Illinois Masonic Outreach Services (IMOS).
Masonic Funeral Ceremonies are undertaken at the request of the deceased brother or his surviving family. The Funeral Ceremony is one of the most touching and beautiful of all Masonic rigual.
Masons are always striving for improvement, especially when it involves something as basic to Masonic identity as degree conferral. This class focused on multiple degree conferrals, probably the most complicated of all Masonic ceremonies.
New Year's Eve Celebrations take a lot of preparation and behind-the-scenes work just to get ready for the few seconds before and after the "Midnight Bump" signals the beginning of another trip around the sun. Here's a look at one such preparatory effort.
Kicking off the Holidays, Hesperia Brethren enjoyed their traditional Thanksgiving Pot Luck, inviting family, friends and prospects to give thanks and enjoy the bounty of our prosperity.
Kicking off the Holidays, Hesperia Brethren enjoyed their traditional Thanksgiving Pot Luck, inviting family, friends and prospects to give thanks and enjoy the bounty of our prosperity.
A belated recap of the 5th NE District Meeting held on November 2, 2044. List of agenda topics.
Congratulations to newly passed Fellowcrafts Chester Moran and Nick McMann. Degrees were conferred by King Oscar Lodge No. 855 on 2024-12-13.
The complete set of 83 photos can be viewed or downloaded free of charge. See the link at the end of the email and follow the bread-crumbs!
The mini-event was a fundraiser for Rainbow, arranged by Worshipful Master Chip Smith.
My plan to make it easier for Brethren, family and friends to access and download the photos I take at the numerous events I attend.
