General Grand Council Logo Call AND NOTICE TO THE VOTING MEMBERSHIP for A Special Assembly of the General Grand Council to be held on Saturday, August 17, 2024, by electronic means UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE GENERAL GRAND MASTER 2023-2026 at the Little America Hotel in Salt Lake City, Utah, by Order […]
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Submitted by MIC Gary Wyne, Executive Secretary, CMMRF (L to R), G. Thomas Taylor, III, President of the CMMRF Board of Trustees, presents a check for $270,000 to CMMRF Endowed Chairholder, Dr. Michael Murphy, with Gary G. Wyne, Executive Secretary of CMMRF. Cryptic Masons Medical Research Foundation was richly blessed during the 2023
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Most Puissant Companion Bud Himes, 1935-2024General Grand Master, 2005-2008 It is with great sadness that we report that Most Puissant Maurice C. “Bud” Himes, Past General Grand Master of the General Grand Council of Cryptic Masons International, laid down his working tools on Wednesday, February 7th. He was 88 years old. Most Puissant Companion Himes,
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Most Illustrious Companion Marion Crum, 1931-2023Past Most Illustrious Grand Master of IndianaPast Grand Recorder of IndianaPast Executive Secretary of CMMRF It is with a heavy heart CMMRF reports the passing of our first Executive Secretary, Marion Keith Crum. A Memorial Service celebrating Marion’s life was held on Saturday, January 27, 2024 in the
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Submitted by RPC William Keith Powell, General Grand Principal Conductor of the Work Louisiana Super Excellent Master Degree The Super Excellent Master was presented at the W. A. Morris York Rite Workshop on Saturday, January 20, 2024 in Alexandria, LA. M: I: Michael Laurence, PMIGM 2018, LA State Ambassador for GGCCMI, was the
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The TrowelPart Two The Trowel, Part Two Article courtesy of: The Masonic Trowel Website.http://www.themasonictrowel.com/masonic_talk/stb/stbs/60-10.htm Trowel Masonic brotherly love is not merely a breezy, cheerful “glad hand”, which manifests itself in a bubbling demonstrativeness with old and new acquaintances, but rarely has time to look or listen for the sounds of spiritual distress or human
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Submitted by Illustrious Companion Will Highsmith, Cryptic Masons International Technology Committee North Carolina Grand York Rite Table at Grand LodgePhoto Credit: Genesis Group Photography This year, I am serving as Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter of North Carolina. I decided it would be a good idea to have some kind of presence at
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Article courtesy of: The Masonic Trowel Website.http://www.themasonictrowel.com/masonic_talk/stb/stbs/60-10.htm Trowel Operative reasons use trowels to spread the cement or mortar which unites the bricks or stones of a building into a commonmass. The trowel is the instrument which is used to distribute the bonding material in the proper proportions between theseparate building units of a structure. Speculative
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MIC Leo LarivierePast Most Illustrious Grand MasterGrand Council of Maine Leopold “Leo” R. Lariviere Jr.,75, of Scarborough, passed away Thursday, September 21, 2023, at The Pine Point Center in Scarborough, ME. He was born in Biddeford on September 22, 1947, a son of Leopold Sr. and Marie (Paquette) Lariviere. Leo was educated in the Biddeford
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Columbian Award The following Companions received the Columbian Award at the 2023 General Grand Council Triennial meeting: Africa – Lin Mumbo – TogoAsia Pacific – Winston Chen – Taipei, TaiwanBrazil – Rafael P. Soneghet – BrazilEast Central – John A. Bridegroom – IndianaEurope – Yves Berthomieu – FranceLatin America – Ricardo PreciadoMid-Atlantic – James Bryson
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