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R:.W:. Joseph R. Leo
District Deputy
Grand Master
e-mail
R:.W:. David L. Blasch
Grand Director
of Ceremonies
e-mail
V:.W:. John W. Cola
Assistant Grand
Lecturer
e-mail
V:.W:. Scott A. Klein
Assistant Grand
Lecturer
Lodges of the
Orange-Rockland
District
Athelstane
No. 839
Pearl River
web
site
Cornerstone
No. 711
Monroe
web
site
Goshen
No. 365
Goshen
contact
Hoffman
No. 412
Middletown
web
site
Hudson River
No. 309
Newburgh
web
site
Jerusalem Temple
No. 721
Mountainville
web
site
Naurashank
No. 589
Pearl River
contact
Port Jervis
No. 328
Port Jervis
contact
Stony Point-Wawayanda
No. 313
Sparkill
contact
Wallkill
No. 627
Walden
web
site
Warwick
No. 544
Warwick
contact
West Point
No. 877
Highland Falls
contact
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I notice that I keep opening
the weekly message with things like, "It's been another busy week
in the District". The truth is, with twelve active Lodges, every
week is a busy week! You should also know what comes next, "...
and it's going to be another one!" New Degree cycles are starting
in many of our Lodges with some large classes in the planning. I congratulate
all of you on your efforts to share the Light of our Craft with others
and wish you the best of luck with your upcoming Degrees.
Last Friday, Wallkill Lodge ran another successful
fundraiser for the Sutherland family, in support of the young Valley
Central HS student who was severely burned a few months ago. On Saturday,
Jerusalem Temple Lodge Raised two new Brothers along with a third Brother
from West Point Lodge. It was the first time we've had twelve Craftsmen
in a long time, and I thank everyone who helped. Monday saw us at the
ORDMA meeting that was hosted by Athelstane Lodge and plans are moving
along well for our annual dinner dance. We need your support, though,
please consider buying an ad for the journal; details are available
below. I kind of lost track of the middle of the week as I spent three
days in Syracuse assisting with the new LSOME video shoot. It was a
pleasure to work with Brethren from six Districts in central New York,
though, and it's great to see the faces of Masonry across our Grand
Jurisdiction.
Things are shaping up for another busy week,
but we already talked about that! Wallkill Lodge will host a Superbowl
party on Sunday (please contact Wor.
Dennis Zingarelli in advance for details). On Tuesday, Athelstane
Lodge will confer a Fellowcraft Degree and Wallkill Lodge will confer
the Degree of Entered Apprentice on Wednesday. Please make plans to
attend the next Masters and Wardens meeting and School of Instruction
on Monday February 12th. The Work on the trestleboard is the Entered
Apprentice Degree and your EAs and FCs should be encouraged to attend
with all of your Lodge officers. Please remember that the first section
of the EA Degree is part of the Work that will be conveyed at the Grand
Lecturer's Convention in April.
See you next week!
DISTRICT NEWS
Masters and Wardens Meeting
The Masters and Wardens will meet at Jerusalem Temple Lodge on Monday
February 12th at 7:00 p.m. Please note this is a return to our usual
meeting location. The meeting will be held prior to the School of
Instruction which will convene at 8:00 p.m. The trestleboard for the
School will be the Entered Apprentice Degree. Please bring your Entered
Apprentices and Fellowcrafts for this informative evening. We hope
to see everyone there!
A Special Third Degree
On Saturday February 17th, the Royal Arch Degree Team, also known
as the Red Jackets, will confer the Master Mason Degree at Hudson
River Lodge. Breakfast will be served at 8:00 a.m. followed by the
Degree, with a luncheon to follow. Among those preparing to be Raised
at this degree are the sons of several Brothers of our District. We'd
love to see a big turnout, and an RSVP to
R:.W:. Bob Reynolds would be appreciated so that we can arrange
for food. Please try to make it out for this special day.
Port Jervis Lodge Roast Beef Dinner
Port Jervis Lodge will be having a Roast Beef Dinner on Saturday,
February 17th, 2007 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The price is $10.00
per person. We hope to see you there!
George Washington's Birthday Celebration
A Washington’s Birthday
Celebration will be held at the De Wint House in Tappan on Sunday,
February 18th, at 2:00 p.m. There will be a brunch at the ’76
House, open to all, at 11:30 a.m. with a cost about $25.00. The program
back at the DeWint House, including a guest speaker, is free. We hope
to see you there!
Library Dinner Dance
The Chancellor Robert R Livingston Library of Grand Lodge will hold its annual Dinner Dance, honoring
Past Grand Master Bruce Widger, will be held on Sunday, March 25th at Leonard's of Great Neck beginning at noon.
There will be an open bar, cocktail hour, dinner and dancing with the proceeds benefiting the Library. Tickets
are $80 per person. More information is available in the NY NETNEWS.
ORDMA NEWS
 ORDMA Dinner Dance
Mark your calendars! The annual ORDMA Dinner Dance will be held on
Saturday March 17th at Anthony's Pier Nine in New Windsor. The evening,
which will feature a full cocktail hour, dinner, live music, and dancing
is only $55 per person. We are supplementing the price with journal
ads to make it easier for people to attend, and hope you will encourage
your Lodge and local businesses to support ORDMA's charitable projects
by purchasing an ad. For more information on tickets or ads, please
contact Wor. Bob Morlang or Bro.
John Gebbia.
Download the ORDMA
Dinner Dance Ad Form
ORDMA Calendars Now Available!
When we said 'mark your calendars' just now, did you have to stop
to remember where yours is? Well, look no further, the 2006-2007 ORDMA
Calendars are here! These handy pocket calendars contain all of our
District's Lodge and Concordant Bodies meetings, important events,
Lodge and District officers, and directions to our Lodges. The calendars
cost $5 each and the proceeds go to support our District's community
service and charitable efforts, including our new District child ID
system. To obtain a calendar, contact any of ORDMA's officers. They
make great stocking stuffers for your Brothers!
DATES TO REMEMBER
| Athelstane Lodge Fellowcraft Degree |
Tuesday February 6th, 2007 |
contact |
| Wallkill Lodge Entered Apprentice Degree |
Wednesday February 7th, 2007 |
contact |
| Masters and Wardens Planning Meeting (Mountainville) |
Monday February 12th at 7:00 pm |
contact |
| District School of Instruction (Mountainville) |
Monday February 12th at 8:00 pm |
contact |
| Cornerstone Lodge Fellowcraft Degree |
Wednesday February 14th, 2007 |
contact |
| Hudson River Red Jacket Master Mason Degree |
Saturday February 17th, 2007 |
contact |
| Port Jervis Lodge Roast Beef Dinner |
Saturday February 17th, 2007* |
contact |
| George Washington's Birthday Celebration at Tappan |
Sunday February 18th, 2007 |
contact |
| Athelstane Lodge Chinese New Year |
Tuesday February 20th, 2007 |
contact |
| Stony Point-Wawayanda Lodge Entered Apprentice Degree |
Wednesday February 28th, 2007 |
contact |
| Cornerstone Lodge Fellowcraft Degree (#2!) |
Wednesday February 28th, 2007 |
contact |
| Hoffman Lodge Entered Apprentice Degree |
Tuesday March 6th, 2007 |
contact |
| Wallkill Lodge Fellowcraft Degree |
Wednesday March 7th, 2007 |
contact |
| Port Jervis Lodge Entered Apprentice Degree |
Friday March 9th, 2007* |
contact |
| Jerusalem Temple Lodge Entered Apprentice Degree |
Saturday March 10th, 2007 |
contact |
| ORDMA Dinner Dance |
Saturday March 17th, 2007 |
contact |
| Livingston Library Dinner Dance |
Sunday March 25th, 2007 |
contact |
| Wallkill Lodge Master Mason Degree |
Wednesday April 4th, 2007 |
contact |
| Grand Lecturer's Convention |
Tuesday April 10th, 2007 |
contact |
| Cornerstone Lodge Master Mason Degree |
Wednesday April 11th, 2007 |
contact |
| Jerusalem Temple Lodge Fellowcraft Degree |
Saturday April 14, 2007 |
contact |
| Hoffman Lodge 150th Rededication |
Saturday April 21st, 2007 |
contact |
| Cornerstone Lodge Master Mason Degree (#2!) |
Wednesday April 25th, 2007 |
contact |
| Jerusalem Temple Lodge Master Mason Degree |
Saturday May 24th, 2007 |
contact |
| Cornerstone Lodge Rededication |
Saturday October 14th, 2007 |
contact |
| * Denotes a dinner will precede or
follow the meeting or event. Please check with the contact for
details. |
SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION
The Orange-Rockland School of Masonic Instruction will convene on
the second Monday of each month, at locations around the District.
Instruction will rotate on a monthly basis between Ritual, Grand Lodge
educational programs, and seminars on topics like Leadership and Communication.
Our next School will be held on Monday February 12th at Jerusalem
Temple Lodge at 8:00 p.m. The trestleboard for the School will be
the Entered Apprentice Degree. Please bring your Entered Apprentices
and Fellowcrafts for this informative evening .A brief Masters and
Wardens meeting will precede the School at 7:00 p.m.
If you have any questions, please contact the DDGM.
We'll see you there!
A NEW MASON'S ATTENDANCE
"Words from the East"
From the October / November 1996 issue of St. Georges
Banner
A NEW MASON'S ATTENDANCE
During a candidate's progress through the three degrees, he is the
most important person in the Lodge. We heap all kind of attention
upon him as we provide him with the symbolic working tools. Then,
once he has been raised to the Sublime Degree of a Master Mason, we
turn our attention to the next candidate.
It is easy for the newly raised Master Mason to become neglected;
a statistic. He has all of those shiny new working tools, but he is
still in darkness. He has his "union card," but he is unemployed.
There may not be any designs upon his Trestle board for him to use.
He may easily become bored, frustrated, disinterested; a stranger
in a strange place. It can become very easy for him not to come back
to the lodge room. He may, eventually, apply for a "Demit."
We need to be interested in all of our members, and more particularly
our new members. We need to make an earnest effort to get our members
involved in the workings of the Lodge so they can fill their Trestle
boards with Masonic designs.
Let us match the skills, talents, abilities, and interests of our
members with the needs of the Lodge. Let us assist our new members
to employ the working tools we have placed in their hands. Let us
give the new Mason a reason to continue with the Lodge, and the other
Masons a reason to return. Most importantly, let us make sure every
Lodge member knows he is important to the Lodge - because he IS!
HELP WANTED
Restoration Help Wanted
Cornerstone Lodge would like to announce to the District that the
restoration of McGarrah's Stagecoach Tavern is underway. We are looking
for volunteers to assist in the historic preservation of our building
which houses the oldest surviving Masonic lodge room in New York State
and the third oldest in the nation. Freemasons who donate two weekends
of labor or a cash donation of the equivalent to the project will
have their names permanently inscribed on a commemorative stone as
contributors. The official dedication of our Museum and Historic site
will be October 14, 2007 when the M:.W:. Neal I Bidnick, Grand Master
of Masons, will perform the opening ceremonies. This will be a few
days shy of the 190th Anniversary of the first Masonic meeting in
the building. We expect many visitors from the local historic community
to attend. Brothers, please mark this date on your calendars. There
will be much food and celebration.
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