The official blog of Bill Hosler, PM
In an email to the membership Imperial Potentate Jim Cain announced the resignation of Imperial Recorder Randy Rudge. Imperial Sire Cain has appointed Past Imperial Potentate Charles A. “Tad” Claypool to fill the vacant position for two weeks until the 145 Imperial sessions which will be held in Nashville June 30th to July 4th, 2019. […]
Today the Scottish Rite Northern Masonic Jurisdiction announced in an email that Membership numbers in the jurisdiction are increasing, thanks in part to the Path forward program. The email stated that as of May 7, 2017, 2112 had taken the fourth degree, and 1645 Brothers have become thirty-second degree Masons. This was a modest increase […]
The Scottish Rite Valley of Peoria, Illinois has sold their building to a California real estate developer according to a news report and the valley’s website. The landmark which was built in 1925 is on the National Register of Historic Places will be used to create “a “theater district” in Peoria, modeled after Galesburg’s (Illinois) […]
The Grand Lodge of Nebraska has issued an appeal for Masonic relief through the Masonic Service Association of North Ameria. As we see in the news much of the state was devastated by the recent floodings leaving many people killed or homeless in March. While Nebraskans are strong people, they could use a helping hand […]
Mark your calendars! I have the honor of presenting my new lecture “Ten Upright, regular paces-Dueling in Freemasonry” at Seminole City freemason Lodge AF&am #476 in Seminole, Oklahoma on April 18th. at 6:30 pm. Admission is open to all regular Masons. You can RSVP by visiting the event’s Facebook event page. I hope to see […]
The Detroit Free Press has reported that concert promotion company AEG Presents will assume day to day operations of the auditorium and theatre of the Detroit Masonic Temple. AEG and the temple have entered into a multi-year agreement in which AEG will devote up to two million dollars over the next two years to renovate […]
In today’s Freemasonry, the old ways of fundraising like fish fries or pancake breakfasts just don’t seem to be the money makers they once were. (If they actually ever were actual money makers) From low carb dieting to the lack of interest in spending weekends battering or frying fish or flipping a flapjack just don’t […]
Does your lodge or Masonic group invite Masonic speakers to speak as part of your Masonic education program? Now there’s a site for that! I have been invited to include my provide my profile to a new website called MasonicInstruction.com a site for booking Masonic speakers and scholars. The site created by R.W. Brother Robert […]
My latest article Masonry is a progressive science? Has been published on the Midnight Freemasons website! I hope you will take the time to read it. Recently I was listening to the new Scottish Rite podcast. The installment was a piece entitled The Purple of our Fraternity: Caring for our Material Culture Heather Calloway wrote […]
The Scottish Rite Southern Masonic Jurisdiction has produced a new weekly podcast entitled The Scottish Rite Journal Podcast. A weekly show hosted by Illustrious Brother Bob Chase, 33° and features excerpts of the bodies magazine “The Scottish Rite Journal”. The podcast will is produced in conjunction with The Tyler’s Place Podcast the long-running Scottish […]