Greetings Brethren,
First, thanks to all the officers and brothers for making the
Second degree the other night such a great success. All the hard
work of the officers just adds to my appreciation for the
Masonic brotherhood that we share. Bro. Adam Charczenko gave an
excellent middle chamber lecture. It was the first time he has
done it and everyone was amazed at the command he had of one of
the hardest lectures there is to learn.
This month will be open to wives and we will be receiving
Right Worshipful Nick Papadinis, District Deputy Grand Master,
for the purpose of a Fraternal visit.
We need your reservations for the 150th Anniversary on May
19th, so please let us know by phone or e-mail if you intend to
share in the festivities. Tickets for dinner are $10.00 per
person and I assure that it will be a great time. The Most
Worshipful Grand Master, Jeffrey Black Hodgdon, will be joining
us for this most important occasion. Also, we are looking for
your thoughts and recollections of the past 25 years for our
history of the Lodge. Anything you can add will be appreciated ,
so don’t be shy and let us know what you remember. You can
always reach me at
Pequossette@gmail.com.
I am looking forward to when we will be passing four
candidates to the sublime degree of Master Mason with the help
of the Hellenic Square and Compass Club degree team in June so
it should be a fun night.
Please don’t forget to make reservations for dinner.
Greetings Brethren,
I hope everyone had a great
Valentine’s Day and that the Brothers are looking forward to helping
with the great things planned for the upcoming months.
We have a lot of work to do to get ready for the rest of the
events of the rest of the year.
I would like to thank all the
brethren, their ladies and families for attending the Valentine’s
Day party. All had a terrific
time. The young girls were
great singers and the Simon Says game was great fun all around.
Thanks to our special guest of the evening Bro. Mel Simons,
who put on his usual fantastic show for us.
We will be conferring the second
degree on Bro. Leonardo de Nevi this month for 2 reasons, first that
he might be caught up with our three other candidates, Sean O’Dowd,
Peter Bennett and Brian Cane, second because the exemplification is
coming up at the end of this month, the officers get an opportunity
to hone their skills at this degree.
Please make every effort to attend
and support your newest Brother in his journey.
Due to inclement weather, the 150th anniversary
meeting was postponed and will be rescheduled for sometime in March.
I will email everyone about the meeting.
If I do not have you email address please send it to me so
you may be kept apprised of the details.
Please don’t forget your
reservations for dinner. They
are required so please don’t put yourself or the Lodge into an
embarrassing situation of not having enough food for everyone.
Fraternally,
Mike
Greetings Brethren,
First, thanks to all the officers,
brothers and their wives as well as our distinguished guests for
making the First Fraternal Visit of the new District Deputy Grand
Master, R.W. Nicholas Papadinis, such a great success.
It was an honor receiving one of own members as the DD of the
3rd district.
If it weren’t for the upcoming 150th anniversary
celebration of our Lodge, I could say that this was the high point
of my time of being Master and retire happily.
Nick’s presentation at the meeting was very inspirational for
me and I am looking forward, as I would guess you are, to helping
him on the work that he has at hand.
It is a delight to see someone who has put so much into this
fraternity receive an honor so justly deserved and that goes double
for his officer line-up.
These Brothers have toiled without asking for any privileges or
seeking praise for years and to see them in purple gives me an even
greater appreciation for the Masonic Brotherhood we share.
I would also like to thank Wor.
Lloyd Wentzell, Sr., who stepped up and was a great Marshal for the
evening. Some guys always
find a way to help and Lloyd is certainly one of those guys.
The Officers did a fantastic job and really made the night
memorable for me and I am sure Nick and others feel the same way.
I would like to thank R.W. Mike
Podymaitis and his Lady Judy for attending and making their
presentation. I am sure we
will find a suitable Place for the plaque very soon.
This month is ladies night for our
annual Valentine’s Day celebration with our sweethearts.
We will also be opening a bit early to confer the second
degree on our newest Brothers.
