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Installation of Officers: What's an Installation?
Alpha Lodge will be hosting our 142th installation of officers on September 11, 2017, and you're wondering, "what is an installation of officers?"
Formal or Casual -- Yes!
The uniform of an Officer of a masonic lodge in Massachusetts is the Tuxedo. Members of the lodge typically wear a suit or shirt, tie, and a jacket to masonic meetings and functions. Our visitors, however, should feel free to wear whatever they consider to be comfortable and respectful within their own views given the occasion.
It's a bit of ceremony
The Freemasons have practice our craft for many hundreds of years. The ceremony is about accepting the duties, responsibilities, and commitments that the officers of a lodge make to the membership and Freemasonry. It's about honoring your commitments, following reason, treating all others with respect as equals, and it's about upholding these values for the upcoming year during which these elected and appointed officers will be entrusted with the care and direction of the lodge.
It's a bit of a dinner party
Before the installation, we invite our guests to join us for dinner to enjoy each others' company and conversation. The presiding Master, Worshipful Brother Adam C. Marks, will address the current officers, members, and guests of Alpha Lodge.
It's a bit of a retirement party
After dinner, we adjourn to the lodge room and conduct a formal retirement ceremony for the officers that served Alpha Lodge for the 2017 masonic year. It's also a bit of a formal event, since it's essentially been the same protocol for a very long time. We thank them for their services.
It's a bit of a welcoming party
We welcome aboard the elected and appointment officers for the 2018 masonic year. Our new officers make a commitment before all to uphold the duties of their office. The responsibilities of a lodge officer are many and include maintaining the finances of the lodge, upholding the customs and traditions of the lodge, planning and executing the upcoming year's mission and goals, having a command of our oral tradition, mostly unaltered from the beginning of the fraternity. In the end, it's very much an inauguration.
It's a bit of a history lesson
Because Freemasonry is steeped in History and because our officers join the ranks of many distinguished predecessors, our master of ceremonies will give a bit of history along with our installation to explain the importance of the events.
Fall Meeting of the Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite
The Valley of Boston will be holding its Fall reunion of the Scottish Rite on the mornings of Saturday, October 28, 2017, at the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts on 186 Tremont Street, Boston, MA.
At the October meeting we will be conferring the degrees of the Lodge of Perfect and the Princes of Jerusalem (4º-16º) and at the November meeting we will be conferring the degrees of Rose Croix and the Consistry (17º-32º)
The Scottish Rite is open to accept all Master Masons in good standing. To learn more, please visit www.ScottishRiteBoston.org or call 617-426-8228.
Third Degree Work, Monday, May 22, 2017
On Monday, May 22, Alpha Lodge will be conferring the third degree upon a worthy brother. We invite and welcome all entitled brothers to attend. Once a man has taken his second degree, he is considered a Fellowcraft, symbolic of the ancient stone mason's fellows. What follows is a period of study and reflection after which, when deemed suitably proficient in the work of a Fellowcraft, he is able to proceed to the third degree in Freemasonry to become a Master Mason.
We will be opening the lodge at 7:30 previous to which we will be serving dinner to those with a reservation. To make a reservation for dinner and to see the details, please <click> on the reservations button in this site.
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The Freemason's do not solicite membership, so you should feel free to inquire without committment.
Brother Fred Batey has laid down his working tools
We say goodbye to friend and Brother, Fred H. Batey, who passed to the Celestial Lodge above on Friday, April 21, 2017, at the age of 90. He was the beloved husband of the late Lois (Cedergren) Batey.
Brother Batey was raised in Alpha Lodge on December 9, 1955, 62 years a Freemason.
Visitation will be held on Tuesday, April 25 beginning at 10:30 am and concluding with a service at 11:30 am at Morris, O’Connor & Blute Funeral Home, 58 Long Pond Dr., South Yarmouth. Alpha Lodge will be conducting a Masonic Ceremony on for our departed brother, and the brethren should plan to arrive at 11:00 with opening at 11:15.
For Masons wishing to attend the Masonic Services:
- We will assemble at the funeral home at 10:30
- We will open at 10:45
- We will perform the Masonic Service at 11:00
- White aprons and sprigs of acacia will be available
- Dark suits, no regalia, pins, jewels, or PM aprons
Burial with Military Honors will follow at 1:30 PM the Massachusetts National Cemetery, Bourne, MA
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