Freemasonry is the world’s first and largest fraternal organization. It is centered on the belief that each man has a responsibility to help make the world a better place. Freemasonry enhances and strengthens the character of the individual man by providing opportunities for fellowship, charity, and personal growth towards truth. Through our culture of philanthropy, we make a profound difference for our brothers, our families, our communities, and our future.

In the Middle Ages, the term “freemason” was awarded to highly skilled masons of freestone. These stonemasons were hired as free agents to build castles and cathedrals in Europe. Because of the inherent danger of their work as well as the need of upholding proficiency in the work, stonemasons formed local organizations, called lodges, to uphold quality of instruction and trade secrets through the art of memory, and to take care of sick and injured members as well as the widows and orphans of those who perished on duty. Eventually, men who were not skilled workers in stone joined these lodges to share in the rights and benefits, while upholding the traditions imparted. These men were known as “accepted masons.” The institution thereby transitioned from a craft guild to a fraternity upholding the greatest virtues of brotherly love, relief and truth.

Brother Albert Pike said the following regarding the veritable and timeless value of Freemasonry:
“Masonry is useful to all men: to the learned, because it affords them the opportunity of exercising their talents upon subjects eminently worthy of their attention; to the illiterate, because it offers them important instruction; to the young, because it presents them with salutary precepts and good examples, and accustoms them to reflect on the proper mode of living; to the man of the world, whom it furnishes with noble and useful recreation; to the traveler, whom it enables to find friends and brothers in countries where else he would be isolated and solitary; to the worthy man in misfortune, to whom it gives assistance; to the afflicted, on whom it lavishes consolation; to the charitable man, whom it enables to do more good, by uniting with those who are charitable like himself; and to all who have souls capable of appreciating its importance, and of enjoying the charms of a friendship founded on the same principles of religion, morality, and philanthropy.” (Morals and Dogma 10:6)

Are you a Woman wishing to participate in Masonic teachings and experiences? We are pleased to welcome, Order of the Eastern Star (originally formed in 1850), that now meet here at our Lodge! Eastern Star is a Co-Ed Masonic group covering Masonic knowledge practiced in a typical Men’s Lodge with both men and women. So, if you are a Woman of outstanding moral character and no criminal record or a Man that is a Master Mason (same criteria), you may be eligible to join!