Welcome Brethren and guests to The Lodge Room www.thelodgeroom.com, a new Web site that I truly hope will serve as a valuable resource of information on Freemasonry for those in the craft and for those who are just curious.
In the winter of 1992 I took that first regular step in Masonry that all entered apprentices take. Today nearly a decade later, I sit in the West counting the days until I will serve as Master of my Mother Lodge, Moira Lodge A.F. & A.M. #11 G.R.C.
Much has changed in the craft in the 10 years I’ve been privileged to be a member. Many of the men I admired in my early steps have passed to the Grand Lodge Above during that time and many new members have joined who have become friends as well as Brothers. Some of these men both living and deceased have left a mark on the craft and some of their words are contained in this site.
What has not changed in my eyes, is the need for a repository of Masonic knowledge and education. It amazes me to no end that a Fraternity built on Religious tolerance is so often attacked by the religiously intolerant.
To this end, I hope that this Web site with its growing supply of articles and information will shed light on the True purposes and ideals of Freemasonry, the world’s oldest fraternal organization.
I invite all visitors to this Web site to look at the Back to Basics section and to remember the lessons we all learned be it only last night or years ago when we entered the craft.
Until Next Week, Fraternally Yours
Brother Stephen Dafoe