Reports and Submissions from the Masonic World

Masons from every corner of the world are invited to provide articles, essays, reports on their lodges, the history of Masonry in their country or region, or other information they feel would interest their brethren around the globe. For information on how to submit an item, please write to me.

• Turkish Masonic Lodge Attacked: 2 suicide attackers storm Masonic lodge in Turkey, killing 1, wounding 5
• Monterrey Mexico Shriners Help Local Kids
• A fatal shooting at a Masonic social club. Is this some kind of Masonic ritual? (Short answer: "No. Absolutely not.") Here are the news stories about it, and my reply. I'll try to have more soon.
• Apparently the new Archbishop of Canterbury (head of England's Anglican Church) doesn't think much of Masonry. Here is a news report on the subject, and a reply to the Archbishop from the Grand Secretary of the United Grand Lodge of England.
• A new Masonic museum in Ukraine.
• A new museum exhibit "To Build and Sustain: Freemasons in American Community" at the Museum of Our National Heritage in Lexington, Massachusetts will open June 1, 2002.
• Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, has three lodges and a fine climate. Let's all visit!
• Utah Lodge to Perform Raising in Arizona Forest
• A history of Blue Hill Lodge AF&AM of Massachusettts.
• Alabama Grand Lodge: Prince Hall recognition shouted down!
• Masonry in Lebanon
• The Shrine De-recognized in Arkansas!
• Ireland's Grand Lodge celebrates its 275th anniversary.
• Masonry in the Ukraine.
• A history of the recent events in Russian Freemasonry.
• Some fun at Bedford Lodge No 638, in Toronto.
• A joint statement by the Grand Lodges of Italy and "Yugoslavia". Please be aware that most grand lodges never comment on political issues, but that traditions vary from country to country. Further that the statements are not binding on the members of those grand lodges and do not reflect the policy or opinions of other grand lodges.
• Massachusetts declares Freemasonry Recognition Day.
• A visit to a "Ministry to Masons" Conference
• Some historical information about Glittering Star Lodge #322, West Midlands, England.
• Interesting/distressing report from Italy.
• Encouraging news from North Carolina.
• A distressing report about One Day classes in Kansas.
• A new lodge dedicated to studying the American Civil War: Civil War Lodge of Research #1865, AF&AM" in Virginia
• A note from Bro. Benny Ty of the Grand Lodge of the Philippines.
• An article about contemporary Freemasonry in Israel. And an invitation to international membership in the Lodge of the Holy Land #50.
• Masonry in Iceland.
• Masonry in Sweden.
• Masonry in Newfoundland. More news: The Consecration of a new Grand Lodge: Newfoundland and Labrador on November 1st, 1997.
• The history of Masonry in Finland.
• There's been a lot of trouble in Arizona lately, and I've had to hold some communications from the parties involved under an embargo, until now.
• A Masonic exhibition in Russia. An article about Masonry in a Russian journal.
• A community anti-arson program in Detroit.
• Hungary:
  • Masonry in Hungary today
  • A visit to a surviving and reviving lodge in Hungary, with a historical sketch of Hungarian Masonry.
• Freemasonry in Yugoslavia: History, and state of the Craft today.
• A Scottish pamphlet discussing The Lodge and its Furniture.
• Also from Scotland, a history of Mother Kilwinning Lodge No. 0
• Portugal has a new Grand Lodge.
• Some new fraternal recognitions by the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts.
• October 1997: The Consecration of a new Grand Lodge: Newfoundland and Labrador
• Something new for Illinois Masons
  What other states offer this?

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