‘ONYJRW is next month!’

    

UPDATE 9.10.24: Event cancelled.

Buffalo is much closer to Canton, Ohio than it is to New York City. You can’t even compare the two commutes. Canton is about 150 miles nearer to Buffalo. Plus, you could sail most of the way.

Having just learned this, I no longer feel offended by the Buffalo research guys finding partners in Ohio instead of with us in Manhattan, which I’d assumed would have been the obvious choice. That partnership has birthed an event planned for next month that will bring together five research bodies for what they are calling the Ohio-New York Joint Research Weekend. From the publicity:

Call to Assembly

Joint Meeting

September 13-14

Canton Masonic Temple

836 Market Avenue North

Canton, Ohio

The Ohio Chapter of Research, The Ohio Lodge of Research, The Ohio Council for Research and Development are pleased to announce they will host a joint meeting with The Thomas Smith Webb Chapter of Research of New York and The Western New York Lodge of Research.

Friday, September 13

Buffet dinner at 6 p.m., with ladies invited, followed by an evening of paper presentations.

Saturday, September 14

Continental breakfast, followed by additional paper presentations.

Call for Papers: Anyone wishing to present a paper should contact Jeff Slattery here with your title and approximate presentation length. Also, advise if you will need any equipment for accompanying audiovisuals. If possible, please email a copy of your presentation prior to the meeting. Questions may be directed there too.

Click here for hotel information and ideas for activities for the ladies.

I’d go, except it’s way too far.

     

‘Researchers to look at Pope Leo XIII’

    

Kolbe Foundation

Pope Leo XIII

Western New York Lodge of Research will meet next Saturday for its Installation of Officers, Festive Board, plus a paper on the papal past. From the publicity:

Western NY Lodge of Research

Annual Election,

Installation of Officers,

Festive Board

& Presentation

Saturday, May 11, 10 a.m.

Bro. Ken Stuczynski will present “The Libel of Pope Leo XIII.” Menu: vegetable soup and turkey sandwiches, and dessert. $20 at the door. RSVP no later than May 8. Attire: jacket (tie optional).

These guys have their whole year planned. Click here. They meet in the Scottish Rite Valley of Buffalo, located at 2379 Union Road in Cheektowaga.

If I understand, there is a chance this meeting will be available via Zoom. Also, if you’re a regular, hopefully you know how to RSVP. (I don’t want to publish the phone number.) I would go just for the soup, but it’s 300 miles away.

   

‘Show & Tell at research lodge’

    

Looks like a fun idea for a research lodge meeting next Saturday: an exhibition of pieces from a brother’s own Masonic treasures. From the publicity:

Western New York

Lodge of Research

Show and Tell:

A Personal Masonic Collection

by RW Dan DiNatale

Saturday, March 9 at 10 a.m.

Valley of Buffalo

Cheektowaga, New York

and Zoom (click here)

This research lodge maintains a busy schedule. While it tiles two Communications per year (in May and November), it holds monthly meetings with speakers addressing a variety of subjects. Visit its website for the specifics.

Sign up and join. Dues cost fifteen bucks!

     

‘Masonic researchers to unite’

    

Thank you for reading The Magpie Mason. We have been together fifteen years now.

So I told you about The American Lodge of Research meeting jointly with Thomas Smith Webb Chapter of Research at the end of October, but before then, TSW will meet with Western New York Lodge of Research and Ohio Chapter of Research. From the publicity:

A joint meeting of Thomas Smith Webb Chapter of Research, Ohio Chapter of Research, and Western New York Lodge of Research will be convened on Friday, October 13 and Saturday, October 14 at Western Star Lodge (692 Ridge Road) in Lackawanna, New York.

Western Star Lodge 1185.

Friday evening, Holy Ark Chapter 304 will host dinner at 6:30. The supper will consist of baked Italian chicken with cold green bean salad, garlic salt potatoes, and “make-your-own sundaes.” Dining fee is $22 payable at the door, but reservations to Jeff Williamson here are necessary.

Following dinner, Thomas Smith Webb Chapter will open at 7:30 for the purpose of research and study. Several papers will be presented. Masons who are not Royal Arch Masons will be accommodated to listen and participate.

On Saturday morning, we will reconvene at nine o’clock and additional papers will be presented until noon, including RW Bruce Renner, who will discuss “A Lodge Walkabout for the Esoterically Inclined.”

Attire is sport coat & tie and Royal Arch regalia, if applicable. Brothers from WNY Lodge of Research, who are not Companions, will wear a white Masonic apron or symbolic lodge regalia.

     

     

‘Western NY Lodge of Research’

     
Buffalo is far beyond my orbit, but here’s what Western New York Lodge of Research No. 9007 has planned for the coming months. From the publicity:

Stated Communication
Saturday, February 13
10 a.m.
Cheektowaga Masonic Center
97 Lucid Drive in Buffalo
Program: “The Gothic Cathedral Builders” by Mark Robson.

Discussion Group
Saturday, March 12
10 a.m.
Masonic Service Bureau
121 South Long Street in Williamsville
Program: “The Book of Enoch” (The group circulates a PDF to be read before the meeting.)

Field Trip to the Morgan Monument
Saturday, April 9
9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Batavia Cemetery
Batavia, Genesee County, NY
A visit to “the infamous statue and obelisk erected in 1883.”


This research lodge does something that I admire: meeting monthly! The regular communications are held in February, May, and October on the second Saturdays, but there also is the Discussion Group that gathers in each of the other nine months.
     

‘Western NY Lodge of Research’

     
Coming this week and into the spring at Western New York Lodge of Research No. 2007: Read all the way through to find the information on the College of Freemasonry on March 28.

Saturday, February 14

Summoned Communication: Early Masonic Catechisms. The brethren of the lodge will demonstrate the very first Masonic catechisms.These earliest works are the origin of our modern ritual. Master Masons only. Tuxedo preferred. 10 a.m at the Cheektowga Masonic Center, located at 97 Lucid Drive in Cheektowaga, New York.

Saturday, March 14

Discussion Group topic: Third Degree Harris Tracing Board, a lecture by VW Daniel J. Di Natale. Building off of last year's lecture, this presentation will expound on the Bro. John Harris Third Degree "Pit Grave" Tracing Board and methods of instruction from a series of tracing boards. Casual dress. 10 a.m. at the Masonic Service Bureau, located at 121 South Long Street in Williamsville, New York.

Saturday, April 11

Discussion Group topic: “The Custodians of the Work” by RW Michael Clayton. The oversight of the ritual in NewYork is rumored to be controlled by a shadowy organization far removed from the average Mason. We shall learn more about the work, how it has evolved, and how choices are made as it evolves further. Casual dress. 10 a.m. at the Masonic Service Bureau, located at 121 South Long Street in Williamsville, New York.

Saturday, May 9

Summoned Communication: Election and Installation of Officers. Master Masons only. Tuxedo preferred. 10 a.m at the Cheektowga Masonic Center, located at 97 Lucid Drive in Cheektowaga, New York.

And then there are these events in the area:

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‘From East to West...someday’

  
I cannot promise I’ll ever be able to visit, but Western New York Lodge of Research No. 9007 is at labor in the Buffalo area, and in fact will celebrate its 30th anniversary on Saturday.

The brethren will salute the lodge’s founders and Past Masters at the Cheektowaga Masonic Center at 10 a.m. This tiled meeting will be followed by lunch at a local restaurant. All Master Masons are welcome.

Cheektowaga Masonic Center is located at 97 Lucid Drive in Buffalo.

For more information about the lodge, please contact Bro. Mark Robson at markrobson(at)yahoo.com