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New Master Plan at Masonic Care Community

by master | Apr 25, 2018 | News & Events | 0 Comments

As it celebrates its 125th anniversary, the Masonic Care Community in Utica, New York is unveiling a new master plan to add new housing, repurpose currently unused buildings, and update Acacia Village, its independent living community. There are also plans for a new...

The Grand Master’s Easter Day and Passover Message to the Craft

by Jeffrey Williamson | Apr 1, 2018 | Grand Master's Message | 0 Comments

My Brothers, Spring is now Officially upon us, the time is now measured in Daylight Saving Time, and we are rapidly approaching the Easter season, with all the joy and family celebrations that comes along. We all celebrate the end of Winter, and the resurgence of...

RW Brother Paul M. Rosen

by Jeffrey Williamson | Mar 23, 2018 | Grand Master's Message | 0 Comments

Dear Brethren: On March 12, 2018, the Grand Lodge lost a conscientious and dedicated pillar of our beloved Craft. After a long battle with cancer, Right Worshipful Paul M. Rosen, Grand Secretary, laid down the working tools of a Mason to return home to the Celestial...

Disaster Relief ... “A Way of Life”

Anderson’s Constitutions

by Catherine M. Walter | May 6, 2018 | Artifacts | 0 Comments

"The Rev. James Anderson, D. D., is well known to all Masons as the compiler of the celebrated Book of Constitutions. On the 29th of September, 1721, he was commissioned by the Grand Lodge to collect and compile the history, charges, and regulations of the Fraternity...

Bohemian Crystal Goblet, 1931, Czecho-Slovakia

by Catherine M. Walter | January 2, 2018 | Artifacts | 0 Comments

On May 3rd, 1931, the Grand Lodge of New York was presented with this lidded crystal goblet from the Grand Lodge Lessing zu den drei Ringen, from Prague, (Czechoslovakia) in celebration of the Grand Lodge of New York’s 150th Anniversary. Engraved around the lid is:...

Grand Secretary’s Apron, 1799

by Catherine M. Walter | November 17, 2017 | Artifacts | 0 Comments

A silk apron worn by Grand Secretary Reinier Jan van den Broek (van den Broeck), who served as Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of New York during the last year of MW Robert R Livingston's time as Grand Master (1784-1800). This Apron was presented in 1802 by RW van...

Fossil found on top of the Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt

by Catherine M. Walter | September 6, 2017 | Artifacts | 0 Comments

This amazing artifact was listed in the 1886 catalog, the first artifact catalog created after the Committee of Antiquities was organized in September of 1886, and so is one of the earliest artifacts donated to the Grand Lodge Library and Museum. The record states...