Joe P. Rouse, M.D., MIPGMCMMRF Trustee Joe P. Rouse, M.D., MIPGM, CMMRF Trustee The Board of Trustees met October 12, 2018, with Dr. Michael Murphy who holds the Chair of the Cryptic Masons Medical Research Foundation at Indiana University. The focus was the outstanding research being conducted with adult stem cells in vascular diseases. New
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Stephen A. BalkeGeneral Grand RecorderTechnology Committee Chair The direction of the General Grand Council can be encapsulated in a few phrases: Cryptic Masons International – Preserving Traditions, Enabling Masonic Unity Creating Conduits for Effective Masonic Communication The Technology Committee has been charged with several tasks for this Triennium which are designed to follow through on
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David GrindleGeneral Grand Master Kentucky presentations of the Order of the Secret Vault. Companions present: Warren Caruss (MI), Steve Striggow (MI), Clint Durham (KY), Bufford Litteral (KY), J. B. Wall (KY), David Grindle (MPGGM), Matt Lewis (KY), Robert Stanford (KY), Larry Flowers (KY), and Charles Durham(KY) Good morning Companions, Here we are with the beautiful
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Jeff CraigGeneral Grand Chaplain Jeff Craig, General Grand Chaplain Greetings in the name of Our Lord my Companions! I have recently had the honor of assisting several of our Companions in their transition from this life to the next. And, as I have done so I have paused and taken time to reflect upon what
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Patrick CurtisAmbassador to Maryland Patrick A. Curtis, Ambassador to Maryland Fellow Companions York Rite Masonry is beginning to spread its wings here in the Mid-Atlantic region, especially in the Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters of Maryland, under the leadership of our Most Illustrious Grand Master, Companion Robert Lumbert. He has begun the process
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Stephen A. BalkeGeneral Grand Recorder Stephen A. BalkeGeneral Grand RecorderPhoto by Michele Balke It was truly an honor to be Appointed (Elected by the Trustees of the General Grand Council) to the position of General Grand Recorder. The honor isn’t wholly in the position, but being included on one of the most effective and communicative
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James (Jim) BaumSouthwest Regional Deputy General Grand Master RPC Jim Baum welcomed with RPPDGGM Dennis Detrow by MIC Joe Zito and MIPGM Don Moyer (then MIGM), as well as the Grand Council officers. Well summer is over, and all of the Grand Sessions in the Southwest are done. It\’s time to start thinking about advancing
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Anthony T. (AJ) JohnsonNorth Central Regional Deputy General Grand Master Pictures courtesy of the Grand Councils of Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, and Wisconsin The North Central Region of the General Grand Council of Cryptic Masons, International is always its busiest from the April to September time frame and this 2018 year has been no different. It
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Jay S. Williams, Ph.D.IllustriousMasterSanta Fe Council No. 5Santa Fe, New Mexico Castle Burgruine Fortress – Courtesy of Creative Commons The following presentation is an amalgamation of the following works: Coil’s Masonic Encyclopedia, 1961 Bro. S. Brent Morris, The High Degrees in the United States: 1730–1830, Pietre-Stones Review of Freemasonry Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons
