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Showing posts with label membership. Show all posts
Showing posts with label membership. Show all posts
Friday, June 06, 2025

God and the Odd Fellows

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by Christopher Hodapp Over the last few years, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows fraternal organization has been attempting to grow by r...
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Wednesday, May 28, 2025

New York's "Welcome Brother" Package

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by Christopher Hodapp A new Entered Apprentice with the moniker Zealousideal-Hunt242 posted this photo on Reddit of a 'welcome box...
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Sunday, September 29, 2024

Slate: 'What if the Solution to Men’s Loneliness Is… Freemasonry?'

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Illustration by Logan Guo for Slate by Christopher Hodapp There's been no dearth of reports over the last few years about what many soci...
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Tuesday, July 23, 2024

Masonic Renewal Committee's Summer ENGAGE Program on Membership: August 22nd

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by Christopher Hodapp UPDATED 7/23/24, 4:25PM: An earlier version of this story gave an incorrect date of this event. It is scheduled for Th...
Tuesday, October 24, 2023

Why Gen-Z Probably Isn't Interested in Freemasonry and Why We Need To Care

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by Christopher Hodapp Brother Darin Lahners over at the Midnight Freemason blog has written an important essay this week that was inspired ...
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Thursday, May 06, 2021

Video: UGLE Modernizing Freemasonry and Seeking New Members

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by Christopher Hodapp The Daily Mail posted a very positive video story on Thursday by reporter Jess King about the United Grand Lodge of ...
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Wednesday, September 16, 2020

The Masonic Book Club Is Reborn By AASR-SJ

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by Christopher Hodapp Lovers of Masonic books can again rejoice - that which was lost has been reborn! After years of hopeful rumors, t...
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Friday, August 14, 2020

All Five Michigan Scottish Rite Valleys Vote To Merge

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by Christopher Hodapp On Thursday this week, it was announced that the five valleys of the Scottish Rite NMJ in Michigan have voted ...
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Saturday, May 30, 2020

Check In Regularly With Your Masonic Brothers: Suicide Rates Rising Under COVID

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Photo: @chantaldgarcia via Twenty20 by Christopher Hodapp Back in March, I wrote an article,  Rising Farmer Suicides: Are These Your...
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Friday, May 29, 2020

Shriners Hospitals Rebranding As 'Shriners Children's'

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by Christopher Hodapp Bill Hosler over on the On The Square blog is reporting today that ' Shriners Hospitals for Children' ...
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Monday, March 23, 2020

Can We Quit With the Requiems for Freemasonry?

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by Christopher Hodapp As we all sit barricaded in our private COVID dens of ill health, there's no time like the present to go th...
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Tuesday, February 18, 2020

New 'Be A Freemason' Website Rolled Out

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Over the last two years, the Scottish Rite Northern Masonic Jurisdiction's comprehensive "Not Just A Man. A Mason." adve...