Lodge News

St. James will honor St. John, The Baptist, on our first meeting June 1st. Brother Steve Newman will be in charge of the program to honor St. John. Please come out and support Brother Steve.

Who are the real heroes of Life–The great leaders of nations, the statesmen, the financiers, the poets and geniuses?? NO! I offer the quiet, patient, whitehaired queen of every home who has planted in the hearts of these individuals the inspiration for the acts that brought them to fame.

On the 2nd meeting in March, March the 16th, the brothers will have the opportunity to rededicate themselves to Masonry.

“Of all the odd things in Masonry,” began the New Brother to the Old Tiler in the anteroom, “the oddest is why men want to become Masons.”

Last month when I was preparing the program to honor our departed brothers and our new members for 2005, I noticed that during the year we lost more brothers than we took into our lodge. If we checked, this could be the case every year considering the age gap in our membership

My Bothers, As 2005 draws to an end so does my year as Master of St. James. It has been a privilege and an honor to sit in the East this year. I thank you for giving me the opportunity to do so.

The Saga of William Preston The son of an attorney, William Preston was born in 1742 in Scotland. He was afforded an excellent education. Early on, he enjoyed a very stable career in the employ of Thomas Ruddiman, a linguist (and for a time, William Ruddiman, a printer). In 1760, after the death of his...

PLEASE Invite Guests for our upcoming open meetings and meals! If they say they can’t make one meeting, invite them to another. REMAINING OPEN MEETINGS, this year: Oct. 6th, and Dec. 1th By now, you are aware of the extraordinary circumstances existent in Baton Rouge and Louisiana in General.

What is Masonry? Let us for the moment lay aside the general definitions. Let us even ignore for the moment our own conception of our time-honored Institution.