Alamo Lodge #44
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Greetings From The East,
Welcome at Alamo Lodge # 44! My installation as Worship Master of Alamo Lodge # 44 provided me with one of the most exciting and important nights of my life. I want to thank my installing officers who came to perform the ceremony and the grand array of Lodge officers who were installed with me for the coming masonic year. At the same time, I want to remind all the brothers of Alamo Lodge and our brothers in the craft of the challenges ahead of us.
2009-2010 will be a year of economic uncertainity and challenges to community leadership on all levels. As masons we have to answer such challenges--and the answer must be, "yes, I am up to it." Having said that, I look forward to fellowship and enjoyment as we celebrate those things which should never change: family, brotherhood, and social responsibility. One of my key concerns for this this masonic year is attention to the infrastructure of the Lodge. I ask the question of myself repeatedly, "What haven't we been doing that we should be doing?" and "What business do we keep putting off for another day?" We are blessed with an exceptional flow of new members and wonderful candidates, but if we do not take care of the businesss which is the foundation of the Lodge structure, our new master masons and candadates for the other degreees will NOT have that foundation to build upon and that is hardly fair to them.
Again, I want to remind all of you my theme of the Three Pillars of Masonry. Our Past Masters are our wisdom, our current officers are our strength, and our general membership represents the hope which is the beauty of Alamo Lodge. These pillars are an essential part of the design which we need to take Alamo Lodge # 44 through the 21st century and beyond. Some members have to play multiple roles in our structure--and that is fine, but no part of ANY pillar is unimportant. We have valid differences of opinion, but we need God's help in recognizing that such differences are not necessarily differences of principle. If we only remember this, our individual and collective zeal for masonry will take care of the rest.
I look forward to this incredible experience and ask your help in making this a year of hope and one of the best of good fellowship.
M
F & AM
Brethren,
You are being asked to answer a “Call to Arms” to “Defend The Alamo" by the caretakers of The Alamo, San Antonio’s Shrine.
The "Allies of The Alamo," the Official Membership Program of The Alamo will have its Kickoff Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 11:00 AM in front of The Alamo. The Daughters of the Republic of Texas (DRT) have planned this event which includes City, State and National dignitaries.
Grand Master Orville L. O’Neill has given his approval for ALL Masons in Texas to attend and participate in this most prestigious event and has requested our Junior Past Grand Master, W. David Counts to represent him during this event. R:W.:W. David Counts will ceremoniously reenact Col. William Barrett Travis' "drawing a line in the sand."
All Masons have permission to wear their Masonic Regalia, Aprons and Jewels of your current office.
All members and guests of Alamo Lodge #44 will probably need to be set up at 1030 but not later than about 1045. The plan is for all of the Masons assembled, at the appropriate time and after the dignitaries have "stepped over Travis' line in the sand", to step over also. This event is scheduled to be televised and broadcast nationally.
Please see the two associated .pdf files for the official initiation and details about the "Allies of The Alamo" membership program. Membership booths will be setup for each of us to purchase our memberships.