tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607997782014255741.post1941362540586844808..comments2024-01-25T07:48:25.888-08:00Comments on Beacon of Masonic Light: The Masonic TempleTheron Dunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08071430921547904160noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607997782014255741.post-91201740893435981142007-11-30T07:53:00.000-08:002007-11-30T07:53:00.000-08:00I serve on my lodge's relocation committee. The Sc...I serve on my lodge's relocation committee. The Scottish Rite is planning to build in the same part of the valley we've selected and have approached us. No one in my lodge trusts them to be honest landlords and if we go in with them as part owners they will have the controlling interest. Same problem. We've discussed sharing a building with two other lodges in need of a facility and I've been assured it would never work. Wonderful as a single temple for many lodges is, except in rare cases, I don't see it happening in America.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607997782014255741.post-79832153829877797262007-11-29T04:19:00.000-08:002007-11-29T04:19:00.000-08:00You'll find that the vast, vast majority of masoni...You'll find that the vast, vast majority of masonic 'centrea' in England work on this basis.<BR/><BR/>And, not only will craft (blue) lodges meet there, but also MArk Lodges, Chapters, RAM, all sorts - the centres are equipped to change the lodge rooms around in a very, very short amount of time to allow almost any of the side-orders to meet there.<BR/><BR/>For instance, take both the Berkshire Masonic centre, near Reading, and the Middlesex Masonic centre in Twickenham, West London - both have 4 or 5 temples, along with 4 or 5 dining rooms - along with a bar in each, full catering facilities, and lounges. Both also have full office suites for administering the provinces of Middlesex and Berkshire.<BR/><BR/>On top of this, Berkshire Masonic centre has an old people's home tagged on the side to provide for older masons and their dependents who can no longer look after themselves, and a conference suite which generates further funds for the running of the centre.<BR/><BR/>In Berkshire round about 100 lodges, chapters, marks, etc meet over the year - roughly 2 or 3 a night. In Middlesex that number is nearer 200 meeting at that one centre.<BR/><BR/>Both provinces also have 4 or 5 other, smaller, centres affiliated with them - with one or two temples, at which 10 or so lodges, etc, will meet.<BR/><BR/>It's all good fun.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03090717868470713976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607997782014255741.post-5713883764734583372007-11-28T21:07:00.000-08:002007-11-28T21:07:00.000-08:00My lodge, until recently, was one of many that met...My lodge, until recently, was one of many that met at the Scottish Rite Temple, as part of the Houston Masonic Center. The Shrine has sold the land (which the Scottish Rite least half of, and in turn, leased space to us), and tomorrow night we do our first degree-work in our new home, that which has been the home of Holland Lodge #1 for many years. It works out well for all... We had to move, and Holland has a high property tax. Having more tenants made sense for them. (I think another displaced lodge is also going to use the space on another night, though the Scottish Rite in Houston still hasn't found a new home for itself, last I heard.)ChuckEyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09730705889399748968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607997782014255741.post-40333966709760262192007-11-28T19:09:00.000-08:002007-11-28T19:09:00.000-08:00Bars in the lodge building!!! Gee golly, i wish it...Bars in the lodge building!!! Gee golly, i wish it was like that here!!! I am a manager at an Irish Pub in GA, about 15 years ago I couldn't have been a mason in GA because I worked in an establishment which served alcohol!!! And at one point that even disabled people who worked in grocery stores that sold beer from becoming Masons or people that owned taverns, grocery stores, package store. Does that give Masons out there how extremely conservative people are out here! LOL<BR/><BR/>-FreethinkerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607997782014255741.post-52057766792646480752007-11-28T17:38:00.000-08:002007-11-28T17:38:00.000-08:00Theron,This is happening in the GL of CA at least ...Theron,<BR/><BR/>This is happening in the GL of CA at least in my area.<BR/><BR/>The San Jose Temple has about 15 lodges, 3 york rite bodies, several OES chapters, Demolay, Rainbow, Jobs all meeting in a facility that has 3 lodge rooms meeting rooms a massive dinning room and kitchen.<BR/><BR/>There is also a lodge that had a builder build an appt complex that houses the lodge with a similar agreement to the 99 years lease.Gregg Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11313896121606792227noreply@blogger.com