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Dear Brethren, I hope this issue of The Ohio Beacon finds you and your families doing well and enjoying the end of summer. At The Ohio Masonic Communities, we’ve been focused on engaging in master planning and discussing our operational priorities. You’ve already started seeing the fruits of these labors, such as the completion of…

I hope you are enjoying summer and your warm weather hobbies. There is a beautiful blue sky behind the castle today in Springfield as I draft this article. Remember to take a minute to check in on your friends and neighbors. Although most Lodges go dark in July and August, Lodge Secretaries have been busy…

Dear Brethren, No one could tell me where my soul might be, I searched for God but He eluded me, I sought my brother and found all three. - Ernest Howard Crosby, American Reformer, Georgist, and Author To aid the distressed is a duty incumbent upon all mankind, but especially an obligation of our Masonic…

Below is a note of gratitude received by The Ohio Masonic Communities Resource Center: It is so hard to ask for help when you are usually the one who is helping people out. We retired and got custody of our teenage grandchildren. It is not how we pictured our golden years. There was no one…