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Friday, July 17, 2026

MSA Disaster Relief Appeal: Venezuela Earthquake

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by Chris topher Hodapp The following urgent disaster appeal was sent out today by Mark Tabbert, Administrator of the Masonic Service Associa...
Wednesday, July 15, 2026

July 18: Speaking at Ohio Masonic Education Event This Saturday

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by Christopher Hodapp I'll be speaking this Saturday, July 18th at Ohio's 6th Masonic District's Pillars of Knowledge event. T...

Break-In and Arson at Pennsylvania Shrine Center

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by Christopher Hodapp A 72-year old man has been arrested for setting fire to a Shrine Center in Altoona, Pennsylvania, causing well over $1...
Tuesday, July 14, 2026

GL of Scotland Joins Britain's Council of Freemasonry To Fight Anti-Masonry

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by Christopher Hodapp The male-only Grand Lodge of Scotland has joined with the United Grand Lodge of England and England's female Free...
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Tuesday, July 07, 2026

Ontario Masonic Hall Vandalized With Anti-Masonic Graffiti

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by Christopher Hodapp Authorities in Burlington, Ontario are seeking information regarding an unknown tagger who vandalized the local Masoni...
Thursday, July 02, 2026

Anti-Masonic Texas Murder Suspect Charged with More Arson Attempts

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by Christopher Hodapp Julio Diaz, currently awaiting trial in the murder of a Freemason outside of a Texas Masonic hall, along with prior in...
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Detroit Masonic Temple Library Booted From the Biggest Temple in the World

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by Christopher Hodapp The trustees and management of the massive Detroit Masonic Temple have evicted the Detroit Masonic Temple Library fro...
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Monday, June 22, 2026

6/27: Speaking at Louisville's Abraham Lodge No. 8

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by Christopher Hodapp I'm honored to be speaking at the Festive Board of Kentucky's famed Abraham Lodge No. 8 this Saturday evening...
Monday, June 01, 2026

Scottish Rite SJ Celebrates 250th Anniversary in Charleston

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by Christopher Hodapp The Supreme Council of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite Southern Jurisdiction , the "Mother Supreme Council of ...
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Thursday, May 21, 2026

Habemus Papam! MW John A. Bridegroom Installed as Indiana Grand Master

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by Christopher Hodapp On Wednesday, my friend, MW John A. Bridegroom, was installed as the 175th Grand Master of the Grand Lodge F&AM of...
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Sunday, May 17, 2026

France: Membership of the Largest Masonic Jurisdictions

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by Christopher Hodapp NOTE: This story has been updated 5/25/26. See update note below. For those interested, the always informative (and li...
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GL of Florida Paying Lodges to Advertise

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by Christopher Hodapp Individual Grand Lodges, the Scottish Rite Northern Jurisdiction, Shriners International and other Masonic organizatio...
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Thursday, May 14, 2026

America 250 Celebration June 20 at Indiana's Compass Park

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by Christopher Hodapp Mark your calendars for this June 20th! The America250 celebration of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Decl...

Dayton Masonic Center Cornerstone Ceremony and Open House This Sunday 5/17

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by Christopher Hodapp Ohio's incredible Dayton Masonic Center is celebrating its 100 year anniversary. To commemorate the event, the Gr...
Monday, May 11, 2026

GenZ Masons in the London Standard

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by Christopher Hodapp (UPDATE 5/12/2026: The broken link to the London Standard article has been repaired. Sorry for the error.) An article ...
Friday, May 08, 2026

Congratulations to Oscar Alleyne and the GL of New York

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by Christopher L. Hodapp The 244th annual communication of the Grand Lodge of New York F&AM took place this past week and I want to cong...
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