Lodge News

We kicked off the month with our Past Masters and Widows night. We had an excellent evening, enjoying family, friends, and brotherhood. We enjoyed some gumbo, potato salad, and some cake for desert. The lodge was treated to a great performance from the Baton Rouge Chorus of Sweet Adeline’s, who went through some great old...

Brethren, We started of September with another successful “Bring A Friend” night. I thoroughly enjoyed the Camaraderie, Fellowship, and Brotherhood shared by all. I would like to Thank W:Bro Wade, Bro Maynor, and W:Bro Auck for the presentations. As always they were informative, thoughtful, and well presented. I appreciate the help with the meal and...

It seems as though every time we turn on the news, or open the paper, there is a report on the latest tragedy to befall someone, somewhere in the world. As language has shifted over the years we have come to use tragedy as the near universal description of some calamitous event, and in fact...

St. James Lodge recently celebrated the 171st anniversary of our chartering, Washington Chapter (which meets in our building) celebrated their 167th anniversary, and later this year the Baton Rouge Scottish Rite will celebrate their 60th anniversary.

As I write this, I am attending the DeMolay International Session with the stow State Officers as well as Mom Finley and Dads Mollere and Finley. It has been a great trip and we are having a blast! We are considering resolutions that will have a lasting impact on what the organization will be in...

Back in 1994, as part of the St. James Lodge sesquicentennial celebration a large portion of the Lodge records were placed on deposit with LSU Special Collections at Hill Memorial Library. The deposit covered the time period from the Lodge’s founding up to the early 1900s. That deposit has proven to be a rich source...

What are the wages of a Master Mason? In business, wages are set based on economic factors as well as the concept of paying the least possible to insure profits. But Freemasonry is very unlike business. Freemasons demand and earn as much as they are willing to work to receive. Our wages are our just...

One of, if not the greatest, lessons of the Entered Apprentice degree, is Charity. Too often, this is thought of as ‘giving money’ to someone “in need”. Most see it as Freemasonry’s aim to be a fundraising and fund distributing organization, but are we? Pope Francis has called on the Roman Church to ‘give itself...

Most Masonic teachings are done through the use of symbols and allegories. What seems to be obvious on the surface often contains multiple deeper meanings that can only be found through repeated exposure to the lessons and considerable thinking about them.