Some brothers got together for a fun night of fellowship on Sept 17th to discuss conspiracy theories

Remember You're A Mason

Unknown Author

When the pressures of recession
Make us concentrate on greed,
Take heed, a worthy Mason
Cares about another's needs

Don't let pressures of the moment
Make your obligation sway,
Stop and help a fallen brother
Or another by the way

What you give is like a bubble
Whenever you assist,
What it costs in time and trouble
Is, soon after, never missed

Brother, bear that obligation
You accepted on your knee,
It's in direct relation
To your own security

Never hesitate, my brother
Square your actions now and say,
I'll remember I'm a Mason,
And behave like that today

With regard to human kindness
And the 'Golden Rule', I pray,
I'll remember I'm a Mason...
And behave like that today.

October Masonic Events in History

At the September stated Brother John Camillieri presented an education on "Observant Freemasonry an emerging subculture in Anglo-American Masonry. In addition, we decided as a Lodge to renew posting the flag west of the altar as well as providing "The Magic Flute" by Brother Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart a piece of classical music known for its Masonic symbolism during the altar ceremony.

Secretary's Note
Unknown Author

Forget the hasty, unkind word:

Forget the slander you have heard

Forget the quarrel and the cause

Forget the whole affair, because,

Forgetting is the only way.

Forget the storm of yesterday

Forget the knocker, and the squeak

Forget the bad day of the week.

Forget you're not a millionaire

Forget the grey streaks in your hair

Forget to even get the blues -

But don′t forget

To Pay Your Dues!

Arizona Grand Master
Most Worshipful Leigh Creighton

October 5, 1874 – Grand Lodge of Oklahoma was established.

October 12, 1492 – In 1492 (Sir Knight) Christopher Columbus landed on an island in the Bahamas which he christened San Salvador in the name of Spain. Columbus was a member of the Knights of Christ Order which formed after the dissolution of the Knights Templar Order by King Philip IV of France and Pope Clement V. Those Templars who escaped Philip's wrath spread throughout Europe and became fugitives who developed the signs, passwords and recognitions which are the underpinnings of today's Freemasonry. Those who went to Spain formed the Knights of Christ of which Columbus was a member.

October (Friday) 13, 1307 – King Philip IV arrested 15,000 Knights Templar at dawn. As the Templars planned a new Crusade against the infidel, King Philip IV of France was planning his own private crusade against the Templars. He longed to be rid of his massive debts to the Templar order, which had used its wealth to establish a major banking operation. Philip wanted the Templar treasure to finance his continental wars against Edward I of England. When word arrived in Cyprus that the new pope would mount a Crusade, the Knights Templar thought that their time of restoration to glory was at hand. Summoned to France, their aging grand master, Jacques DeMolay, went armed with elaborate plans for the rescue of Jerusalem. In Paris, he was humored and honored until the fatal day. At dawn on Friday, the thirteenth of October, 1307, every Templar in France was arrested and put in chains on Philip's orders. Their hideous torture for confessions of heresy began immediately. And ended several years later with the slow roasting to death of Grand Master Jacques DeMolay on the steps of the Cathedral of Notre Dame. Under Philip's orders Pope Clement V, literally under house arrest at Avignon, dissolved the Order making the Knights who managed to escape fugitives- literally men without country or religion, and forced to develop secret recognition signals and grips which were to become the traditional underpinnings of Freemasonry. The Templar order was founded in Jerusalem in 1118, in the aftermath of the First Crusade. Its name came from the location of its first headquarters on the site of the ancient Temple of Solomon. Helping to fill a desperate need for a standing army in the Holy Land, the Knights of the Temple soon grew in numbers, in wealth, and in political power. They also grew in arrogance, and their Grand Master de Ridfort was a key figure in the mistakes that led to the fall of Jerusalem in 1187. The Latin Christians managed to hold onto a narrow strip of territory along the coast, where the Templars were among the largest owners of the land and fortifications.

October 13, 1778 – Grand Lodge of Virginia was founded

October 15, 1794 – Grand Lodge of Vermont was established

October 16, 1800 – Grand Lodge of Kentucky established (founded 1788)

October 20, 1920 – The Order of Job’s Daughters, founded in Omaha, Nebraska.

Scottish Rite                           Eastern Star                              Rainbow GIrls                          Shriners International                         York RIte                              DeMolay for Boys                         Job's Daughters                              

CENTRAL ARIZONA MASONIC LODGE STATED MEETINGS:  Second Wednesday of the Month; 7:30 p.m. DINNER: 6:15 p.m. - 7:15 p.m.

Central Arizona Masonic Lodge #14

Worshipful Master

John Cam​​illieri

Masons are on journeys of self-discovery believing in something greater

than himself, a journey in which he will be supported by other good men.