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Greetings fellow Brethren, I have recently returned from Florida and the Grand Master’s luncheons. Although it was wonderful to travel to the Sunshine State and share the Ohio Masonic Home’s vision with our brothers residing there, it is always good to come home and continue working toward it here in Ohio. Recently you received a…

How I long to travel.  I desire to seek a tranquil place where I can embrace and celebrate, even if for only a short time, an awareness of self, friends, and another’s hospitality.  A place where I can explore differences and share similarities. Travel seems to be the link to humanness; a time when we…

The 2014 Rufus Putnam award was presented to Brother William Batchelder, Speaker of the Ohio House of Representative, in recognition of his distinguished public service.  Brother Batchelder is a forty five year member of Medina Lodge No. 58, to which his father had also belonged and his son currently does.

On September 14, 2013, the famous Oklahoma Masonic Indian Degree Team visited the Dayton Masonic Center and raised one Master Mason according to their unique style and Oklahoma ritual.  Over one thousand Master Masons witnessed the raising in the beautiful Scottish Rite auditorium.