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WM Chester F. Willey, Jr.
It was a pleasure to see several Heights-Lion Heart Brethren at the Memorial Day Ceremony today at Acacia Masonic Memorial Park. I was informed that, after the ceremony, one of the attendees who lives in a nearby apartment building, and saw the notice about the ceremony in last Friday’s Plain Dealer, was so favorably impressed that he began asking questions about Freemasonry. He is not a Mason, but may soon be.
While new petitions are certainly not our only concern as Masons, for our Lodge they are an important one. We have not as yet brought even one new candidate into our mystic circle this year. It was with great pleasure that I recently attended the 100th Anniversary Reconsecration of Euclid Lodge #599, of which I am a Past Master. I will soon also be a Past Master of Heights-Lion Heart #633, and if we are to make it to our own 100th Anniversary Reconsecration, which will be coming up in about 10 more years, each of us – myself included - need to be more effective in identifying those “good men and true” who might wish to labor with us in becoming better men, better enabled to build better communities. MWGM Winnett has emphasized that it is the personal touch, the personal acquaintance and conversation with men whom we know, that makes all the difference. We as a Lodge must begin thinking of ourselves, not as “salesmen” of Freemasonry, but as ‘Ambassadors’ for Freemasonry.
Public events like the Memorial Day ceremony are among the best places to introduce our friends, neighbors, and acquaintances to the joys of our fraternity, and we have several things planned this summer, both public and private. Details on theses events are available elsewhere in this edition. Please plan to attend these events, and to have a Heights-Lion Heart petition or two in your pocket, along with some of the well-written and attractively printed brochures available from the Grand Lodge of Ohio website (I particularly like the one titled “There is no Sin in Symbols”). You never know when someone may ask you some Important Questions.
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Bicentennial Events in Columbus
For those who purchased tickets to ride the bus to Columbus on June 21st to participate in the Grand Lodge Bicentennial events there, your bus will depart from the Lyndhurst Masonic Center at 6:00 a.m. sharp that morning.
Feast of St. John the Baptist
On Sunday, June 29th, the annual joint 22nd District/25th District observance of the Feast of St. John the Baptist will be held in Painesville, beginning with a Pancake Breakfast hosted by Temple Lodge #28, at 8:00 a.m. at the Painesville Masonic Temple, located at 88 North St. Clair Street. The Masons will then march in procession about two blocks to attend Divine Service at St. James Episcopal Church, with the Scottish Rite Chorus providing special music. Please join us for this impressive annual event.
“Building the Pillars” Program
The Grand Lodge has announced the schedule for its “Pillars” program offering educational sessions for Lodge Officers and including an outline of next year’s Grand Lodge Program by DGM Charles Murphy. Sessions will address Public Relations, Lodge Calendar Planning, Membership Development, Ritual, and Candidate Counselling.
The sessions will be held on the following dates at the following locations:
- June 28th – Cuyahoga Falls Masonic Temple
- July 12th – Mount Vernon Masonic Temple
- August 9th – Athens Masonic Temple
- August 16th – Middletown Masonic Temple
- August 23rd – Findlay Masonic Temple
Registration begins at 8:00 a.m. and the program runs from 8:30 a.m. until noon. Any Officer wishing to attend should contact his Lodge’s assigned DDGM no later than ten days prior to the session which he wishes to attend.
