September Meeting Preview

We are kicking off the new Masonic year with an outstanding programme for our September 17th meeting!
As part of his preparation for the Master Mason degree this winter, Brother Jan Kahlen will be presenting a paper in Lodge on the reflections of a Fellowcraft. The presentation in Lodge will be book ended, as is our custom, by Masonic musical excerpts.

We are pleased to announce that our guest speaker at the agape will be Worshipful Brother Pierre G. “Pete” Normand, Jr coming to us from College Station, Texas. Internationally renowned as a Masonic Scholar and researcher, Brother Normand 33˚ is a founding member of the Scottish Rite Research Society and one of its first Fellows. Brother Normand is a Past Master of several Masonic lodges in central Texas, including St. Alban’s Lodge No. 1455, which he founded in 1992 as the first lodge in the United States chartered as a Traditional Best Practices Lodge. The title of Brother Normand’s paper is “Ancients & Moderns:  Two Pillars of Conflict In Masonic Observance.”

The menu for the agape will be:
-Rolls and whipped butter
-Patchwork baby red oak, maple vinaigrette, Barely Blue crumble, fresh pear, roasted almonds
-Crispy pork belly on julienne vegetable slaw
-Chicken supreme Coq Au vin, garlic scape mashed with roasted cipollini onion, wild mushroom and double smoked bacon demi
-Berry shortcake with Fresh berry compote and Lemoncello whipped cream
-Tea & coffee

Cost for the banquet is $75. Please contact our Brother events coordinator to confirm your attendance.