Historic Richmond, VA Lodge

Richmond Randolph Lodge #19 From the CBS affiliate station, WTVR website in Richmond, Virginia on Saturday:  Construction on the Masonic Lodge Richmond Randolph Lodge #19 on E. Franklin Street at N. 18th Street in Shockoe Bottom began in 1785 and was finished in 1787. It is believed to be the oldest existing Masonic hall in … Read more

Many Online Resources on Masonic Renewal Committee Website

A hallmark of Masonic grand lodges is the never-ending practice of reinventing the wheel when it comes to developing leadership and lodge management courses of instruction. Time after time, grand lodges seek ways to teach lodge officers about how to become better leaders, develop programs, promote them for a year or two, then forget about … Read more

Quarry Project Masonic Writing Style Guide

The Quarry Project Style Guide is an effort to establish consistent style for US Masonic writers and publishers—of periodicals, books, and websites.  Masonic authors, especially those who seek to have their research articles or books published, should have a copy of the Guide. Created over a period of several years, it is based on the “Chicago Style,” … Read more

The Future of Masonic Ritual – What really distinguished Freemasonry from any other sort of fraternal association

It is some years ago that Rev Neville Barker Cryer went on record in establishing that what really distinguished Freemasonry from any other sort of fraternal association was the centrality of masonic ritual in its activities. To that conviction he holds as firmly as ever. Indeed in this paper he asserts, in what was almost … Read more