‘Magpie on the Move: the Fall Calendar’

    
(All events are subject to change.)

Friday, September 11
Scott Chapter No. 4, Royal Arch Masons, North Brunswick, New Jersey
Past High Priest Night.

Saturday, September 12
Prestonian Gala Banquet at Scotch Plains, New Jersey
Prestonian Lecturer John Wade and two past Prestonian Lecturers to speak at Black Tie banquet to benefit 32° Masonic Learning Center for Children.

Sunday, September 13
Maryland Masonic Research Society, Hobbit’s Glen Golf Club – Coho Grill
Columbia, Maryland at noon.
Bro. John Wade to give the UGLE’s Prestonian Lecture for 2009.

Monday, September 14
Maimonides-Marshall Lodge No. 739 in New York City (10th floor at 23rd Street.)
Past Prestonian Lecturers Trevor Stewart and Gordon Davie to speak.

Tuesday, September 15
Loyalty Lodge No. 33 in Union, New Jersey
Bro. Mohamad Yatim to speak on “V.I.T.R.I.O.L. and the Chamber of Reflection.”

Tuesday, September 15
Fairless Hills Lodge No. 776 in Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania
W. Bro. Ben Hoff, Master of NJ Lodge of Masonic Research and Education to speak.

Wednesday, September 16
St. John’s Lodge No. 1, Ancient York Masons, New York City
Bro. John Wade to give the UGLE’s Prestonian Lecture for 2009.

Monday, September 21
Nutley Lodge No. 25 in Nutley, New Jersey
RW Bill Thomas, Master of American Lodge of Research, to speak on “The Mystery of the Blue Slipper.”

Thursday, September 24
Peninsula Lodge No. 99, Bayonne, New Jersey
Entered Apprentice Degree and Festive Board using Ancients ritual c.1760.
(An exemplification of the First Degree, not a conferral.)

Thursday, October 1
Aurora Grata Lodge of Perfection, AASR, Rockville Centre, Long Island, NY
201st anniversary celebration: Feast of Tishri, with Sovereign Grand Commander.

Friday, October 9
Garibaldi Lodge No. 542, New York City (Grand Lodge Room at 23rd Street.)
The Entered Apprentice Degree of the French Rite, as worked in Italian by this unique lodge. Lodge opens at 8 p.m.

Sunday, October 11
Grand Master’s Day at Tappan, New York
MW Edward Gilbert to welcome the brethren to DeWint House, the historic site that was George Washington’s headquarters during the trial of Major John André. 2 p.m.

Wednesday, October 14
Alpha Lodge No. 116 in East Orange, New Jersey
Piers A. Vaughan, world renowned expert on the Rectified Scottish Rite, to speak on “Willermozism.”

Saturday, October 17
Re-dedication of J.J.J. Gourgas gravesite memorial
By the Scottish Rite Northern Masonic Jurisdiction. Jersey City, New Jersey.

Monday, October 19
Union Lodge No. 19 in North Brunswick, New Jersey
Bro. Mohamad Yatim to speak on “V.I.T.R.I.O.L. and the Chamber of Reflection.”

Saturday, October 24
Pennsylvania Academy of Masonic Knowledge
Masonic Cultural Center at Grand Lodge’s Elizabethtown campus, 9 a.m.
MW Glen A. Cook, Past Grand Master of Utah, to speak.

October 24-25
The Masonic Society’s inaugural Semi-Annual First Circle meeting
(With separate Board meeting) at Indiana Freemasons’ Hall in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Wednesday, October 28
Alpha Lodge No. 116 in East Orange, New Jersey
W. Bob Gilbert, Past Master of Quatuor Coronati Lodge No. 2076, to speak on A.E. Waite’s mystical approach to Freemasonry.

Thursday, October 29
American Lodge of Research
French Ionic Room at GL of NY (71 W. 23rd St., NYC.) Opens at 7:30 p.m.
The Annual Meeting with election of officers, followed by W. Gilbert Ferrer’s presentation titled “The Anti Mason’s Toolbox: Abusing Logic to Attack the Craft.”

Monday, November 2
Nutley Lodge No. 25 in Nutley, New Jersey
Bro. Mohamad Yatim to speak on “V.I.T.R.I.O.L. and the Chamber of Reflection.”

November 4-8
Masonic Library and Museum Association’s annual meeting
To be hosted by the Henry Wilson Coil Library & Museum of Freemasonry in San Francisco, California.

Monday, November 9
Re-dedication of Daniel D. Tompkins gravesite
AASR-NMJ to assist United States Daughters of 1812 in restoration, and unveiling of the first Sovereign Grand Commander’s gravesite monument. 131 East 10th St., New York City.

Wednesday, November 11
Alpha Lodge No. 116 in East Orange, New Jersey
Thomas R. Hughes, Grand Master of the MW Prince Hall Grand Lodge of New Jersey, to speak on Freemasonry’s historic importance to African-Americans.

Saturday, November 14
Scottish Rite Day, AASR-Northern Masonic Jurisdiction
31° and 32° to be conferred at Valley of Southern Jersey by ritualists from across New Jersey and Philadelphia.

Saturday, November 14
Nutley Lodge No. 25 in Nutley, New Jersey
Heather Calloway, Director of Special Programs, Supreme Council of the A&ASR-SJ, to speak on “Significant Masonic Buildings in the United States.”

Sunday, November 29
Fairless Hills Lodge No. 776 in Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania
Annual Lodge Banquet with keynote speakers Thomas Jackson and S. Brent Morris.

Saturday, December 12
New Jersey Lodge of Masonic Research and Education No. 1786
Meets at 100 Barrack St. in Trenton at 10 a.m. All Master Masons welcome.