Monthly Archives: November 2020

Dear Brethren, I hope this message finds you and your families healthy, safe, and enjoying the cooler weather! As we enter into the Holiday Season, our organization, like many others, continues to navigate through the COVID-19 pandemic while working to deliver on our mission. Now, more than ever, resilience, strength, and human connection have become…

The progressive Grand Lodge officers and their ladies travel the state for eight years while in office, and over time, traditions have developed while on the road. One of these “traditions” is a visit to Taggert’s Ice Cream Parlor and Restaurant in Canton, Ohio, for the “Kitchen Sink Degree.” The Kitchen Sink is an ice…

Until COVID-19 forced all Lodge work to stop, Grand Master Keith Newton planned to allow districts to hold a Grand Master’s Class in May. When Lodges were allowed to begin meeting again in June, he changed his order to allow Lodges and groups of Lodges to meet and conduct a Grand Master’s Class at a…

Ohio has received hundreds of inquiries this year about becoming a Freemason. They come through the Grand Lodge of Ohio website, Freemason.com, and the Scottish Rite website, BeAFreemason.org. They are by men from all walks of life, various ages, and diverse ethnic, social and economic backgrounds. While each man joins for his own reasons, there…