Hey I am Matt Taylor from M.L. McClelland Lodge #357 in Hobart, IN. Our master this past year, Robert Puckett, our chaplain, Scott McCuen, and I attended your annual Christmas party. The food was excellent and we had a great time. What a big lodge room you guys have, wow it was huge ! I loved the checkered mosaic pavement you guys had in the lobby. There were a lot of things about your lodge I was really impressed with. I just want to say how nice a website I think you guys have. You guys have done a really nice job with it. We just put up a brand new website ourselves at hobartmasons.com. I would love to add your lodge to our links page if it was all right with your lodge.

     

I Greet you Brethren, If you see a man who quietly and modestly moves in the sphere of his life; who, without blemish, fulfills his duty as a man, a subject, a husband and a father; who is pious without hypocrisy, benevolent without ostentation, and aids his fellowman without self-interest; whose heart beats warm for friendship, whose serene mind is open for licensed pleasures, who in vicissitudes does not despair, nor in fortune will be presumptuous, and who will be resolute in the hour of danger; The man who is free from superstition and free from infidelity; who in nature sees the finger of the Eternal Master; who feels and adores the higher destination of man; to whom faith, hope and charity are not mere words without any meaning; to whom property, nay even life, is not too dear for the protection of innocence and virtue, and for the defense of truth; The man who towards himself is a severe judge, but who is tolerant with the debilities of his neighbor; who endeavors to oppose errors without arrogance, and to promote intelligence without impatience; who properly understands how to estimate and employ his means; who honors virtue though it may be in the most humble garment, and who does not favor vice though it be clad in purple; and who administers justice to merit whether dwelling in palaces or cottages. The man who, without courting applause, is loved by all noble-minded men, respected by his superiors and revered by his subordinates; the man who never proclaims what he has done, can do, or will do, but where need is will lay hold with dispassionate courage, circumspect resolution, indefatigable exertion and a rare power of mind, and who will not cease until he has accomplished his work, and then, without pretension, will retire into the multitude because he did the good act, not for himself, but for the cause of good! If you, my Brethren meet such a man, you will see the personification of brotherly love, relief and truth; and you will have found the ideal of a Freemason.

     

From the Master Brother Patrick Antos and Brethren of Palatine Masonic Lodge Number 314: Congratulations to Brother Michael S. Bonnardel on his installation as Worshipful Master of Grove Lodge # 824 and to his line of Officers. May you have a blessed Masonic year! Fraternally, Brother R. Scott Krieble Chaplain and Past Master Palatine Lodge No. 314

     

Greetings Brother's, I greet you in Friendship, Humanity, and Brotherly Love! I have enjoyed reading about your events, and viewing the photos you have posted on this site. You have a wonderfully put together site. I hail from St. Mark Lodge 629 in Columbia, SC where I am the Worshipful Master. If ever you are in this state, please feel free to visit. We meet on the third Thursday of each month at 7:30, except in December. In closing I will say, you should all feel a elevation of soul in the work you are doing, and keep up the good work!

     

Nice rework of the Grove Lodge web site. It has been a long time since I have seen real change here. No matter how good a site is it needs to grow and change just as life must do the same. Lee Porebski, P.M. P.M. of Grove Lodge AF&AM P.M. of Burlingame Lodge F&AM - Burlingame, California First designer and web master of the Grove Lodge Web site Present Web Master of www.burlingamemasoniclodge.org and www.burlingamescottishrite.org