Showing posts with label Daniel Gardiner. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Daniel Gardiner. Show all posts

Friday, January 31, 2025

‘Lookit this line-up of speakers!’

    

Registration is open now for the Midwest Conference on Masonic Education, this time in Indianapolis May 2-4. These are the speakers waiting for you in the majestic Indianapolis Masonic Temple:

• Dr. Heather K. Calloway, Executive Director of University Collections at Indiana University

• Bro. Daniel Gardiner, Past Master of Helena Lodge 10 and Idaho Lodge 1

• Bro. Adam Kendall, Editor of Heredom (Scottish Rite Research Society) and President of the Philalethes Society

• Bro. Chris Hodapp, Masonic author

What is the MCME? From the publicity:


This conference is comprised of the grand jurisdictions in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Texas. The conference was formed in 1949 at a gathering of interested Masons from Illinois and Iowa. The outcome was to continue getting together by establishing its first annual meeting which was held in December 1950 in Cedar Rapids.

The organization is comprised of a loose and ever-changing collection of Masonic educators from grand lodges in twelve north-central states and the Province of Manitoba. Other participants frequently include chairs of Masonic education as well as grand lodge officers. Their aim is to promote Masonic education, in part, by providing a forum for educators to gather, freely discuss Masonic issues, socialize, and learn from sharing experiences while building beneficial relationships.

In addition, the conference initiates special projects, such as collecting data on educational practices across all North American jurisdictions, as well as encouraging Masonic research and writing by individual educators.

The conference meets once a year, usually in late April or early May, in one of the member jurisdictions. Responsibility for conducting the annual meeting rotates, eventually being hosted by all member jurisdictions before repeating. A typical program schedule includes presentations by well-known Masonic speakers, experiential as well as scholarly participant presentations, roundtable discussions, and jurisdiction reports. Sufficient time is also arranged to provide informal chats among attendees.

For more than a half century, our participants have expressed the view that our conference is well worth the time, effort, and cost in order to gain the many benefits from attending and participating.


Maybe somebody (not me) here in the Northeast could arrange something similar?