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2009

ROGER W. PAGEAU, Grand Master

Basilios Tsingos, Deputy Grand Master
Peter Randall, Senior Grand Warden
David A. Blake, Junior Grand Warden

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston)

• 03/11: 2009-7;
• 06/10: 2009-38;
• 09/09: 2009-74;
• 12/09: 2009-112; (Annual Communication)

03/11 Agenda

• 2009-20: Report of the Committee on Records.
• 2009-21: Election of Masonic Education and Charity Trust trustees.
• 2009-21: Discipline. Report of the Board of Trial Commissioners.
• 2009-22: Greetings to, and appointment of, Grand Representatives.
• 2009-23: Presentations.

06/10 Agenda

• 2009-50: Report of the Committee on Records.
• 2009-56: Greetings to, and appointment of, Grand Representatives.
• 2009-56: Discipline.
• 2009-57: Presentations.

09/09 Agenda

• 2009-87: Report of the Committee on Records.
• 2009-88: Recognition of the Grand Lodge of Cyprus
• 2009-92: Greetings to, and appointment of, Grand Representatives.
• 2009-92: Discipline.
• 2009-93: Presentations.
• 2009-94: Candidates for Grand Wardens.

12/09 Agenda

• 2009-120: Tribute to Rt. Wor. Roland K. Woodberry, by Rt. Wor. Richard B. Burgess.
• 2009-123: Greetings to, and appointment of, Grand Representatives.
• 2009-123: Discipline.
• 2008-124: Re-election of Grand Master Roger William Pageau. Election of other Grand Lodge officers.
• 2009-130: Recognition of the Grand Lodge of San Marino.
• 2009-134: Report of the Committee on Records.
• 2009-135: Presentation of the Warrant for the Massachusetts Lodge of Research to Rt. Wor. George Bibilos, its first Master.
• Visits by Grand Master Pageau, beginning on Page 2009-152:
  • Anniversaries:
    • United Brethren, Marlborough (04/11; 150th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • Caleb Butler, Ayer (04/18; 150th Anniversary; Special Communication)
  • Institutions of Lodges:
    • Independence, Boston (07/03; Special Communication)
  • Consolidations:
    • Constellation and Eliot-Hyde Park (09/12; Special Communciation)
    • Mount Scopus and Converse (09/23; Special Communication)
    • Globe and Unity (12/12; Special Communication; Rt. Wor. Basilios Tsingos presiding)
  • Hall Dedications and corner-stone layings:
    • United Brethren, Marlborough (04/11; mortgage burning; Special Communication)
  • Lodge visits:
    • John Warren, Hopkinton (01/12)
    • Panama District and Grand Lodge of Panama (01/16-01/21)
    • (unknown lodge, Boston) (02/07; reception for Deputy Grand Master Basilios Tsingos)
    • Winslow Lewis, Boston (02/21)
    • (unknown lodge, Norwood) (02/28; reception for Senior Grand Warden Peter Randall)
    • Rural, Quincy (03/05)
    • John Warren, Hopkinton (03/10)
    • Winslow Lewis, Boston (03/13)
    • Howard, Yarmouth (03/14; reception for Junior Grand Warden David A. Blake)
    • The Masters, Newtonville (03/18)
    • Caribbean Naval, Guantánamo, Cuba (04/02; Special Communication)
    • Winslow Lewis, Boston (04/10)
    • Grand Lodge of New Jersey (04/14-04/17)
    • Grand Lodge of Iran (04/25)
    • Konohassett, Cohasset (05/01)
    • Thomas Talbot, Billerica (05/05)
    • Mount Holyoke, South Hadley Falls (05/07)
    • Winslow Lewis, Boston (05/08)
    • John Warren, Hopkinton (05/12)
    • Grand Lodge of New Hampshire (05/15-05/16)
    • Grand Lodge of Rhode Island (05/17-05/19)
    • The Masters, Newtonville (05/20, installation)
    • Cincinnatus, Great Barrington (05/29)
    • Rufus Putnam, Rutland (06/01)
    • John Warren, Hopkinton (06/09)
    • John Warren, Hopkinton (06/27; installation)
    • Grand Lodge of Canada (Ontario) (07/14-07/16)
    • Lafayette-Greylock, North Adams (09/05; Hill Degree)
    • John Warren, Hopkinton (09/08)
    • Lodge of St. Andrew, Boston (09/10; installation)
    • Winslow Lewis, Boston (09/11)
    • The Harvard, Cambridge (09/17; installation)
    • Mount Tom, Holyoke (09/18)
    • Waltham Triad, Newtonville (09/19; installation)
    • Grand Lodge of North Carolina (09/24-09/26)
    • John Warren, Hopkinton (10/13)
    • Grand Lodge of Ohio (10/15-10/17)
    • The Masters, Newtonville (10/21)
    • Marine, Falmouth (11/02)
    • John Warren, Hopkinton (11/10)
    • Winslow Lewis, Boston (11/13)
    • The Masters, Newtonville (11/18)
    • Pittsfield (11/20; Table Lodge)
    • Thomas Talbot, Billerica (11/29)
    • Lodge of St. Andrew, Boston (11/30; Feast of St. Andrew)
    • John Warren, Hopkinton (12/08)
    • Grand Lodge of Washington, DC (12/11-12/13)
    • Frank W. Thompson, Bedford (12/15)
    • The Masters, Newtonville (12/16)
  • Visits by other Grand Lodge officers begin on Page 2009-156.
• 2009-159: Audit.

Grand Constitutions Amendment Proposals

• 03/11: 2009-168. Petition to amend Section 600; discussion.
  • 06/10: 2009-56. Approved.

Grand Master's Address

• 03/11: 2009-23; opening remarks; 275th Anniversary committee; travels, including to Panama; building; finances; dispensation for Independence Lodge; DeMolay; MORI.

• 06/10: 2009-58; opening remarks; visits; MORI; Chamber of Reflection and other building renovations; Grand Master's Fair; institution of Independence Lodge; changes in programs and meetings; electronic notices; MORI.

• 09/09: 2009-94; opening remarks; Hill Degree; new Grand Chaplains and Associate Grand Tyler; new committee members; travels; membership and other programs; MORI and IRS filings; conclusion.

• 12/09: 2009-135; death of Grand Master Lovering; ritual award named for him; York Rite; travels; Rookie Award; DeMolay and Rainbow; education; edicts; health; conclusion; committee reports (scholarship, library, education and training, membership, insurance, service); visits; medals.

Lodge By-Law Changes

• 03/11: 2009-16;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Amicable, Artisan, Bethany, The Harvard, Joseph Warren-Soley, J. Philip Berquist, Marine, Moses Michael Hays, Pythagorean, Republican, Satucket; approved.

• 06/10: 2009-47;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Elm-Belcher (with changes), Euclid, Friendship, Hope, John Hancock, John T. Heard, Liberty (with changes), Montgomery, Mount Hollis, Mount Holyoke (with changes), Mystic, North Shore Daylight, Olive Branch, Pacific, Perfection, St. Mark's, Simon W. Robinson, Vernon; approved. Day Spring, Jerusalem, Mount Vernon-Galilean, Siloam; not approved.

• 09/09: 2009-83;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Oriental-Martha's Vineyard (with changes), Prospect (with changes), Satuit, St. James, Tahattawan, Wamesit, West Roxbury-Dorchester, Weymouth United Masonic (with changes), Wilder; approved. Rising Star, not approved.

• 12/09: 2009-125;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Artisan, Daniel Webster, Liberty, Phoenix, St. George, Vernon; approved.

Necrologies and Memorials

• NECROLOGIES:
  • 03/11: 2009-18: Rt. Wor. Elliott John Gillard, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/10: 2009-49: Rt. Wor. Andrew Welsh Waugh, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/09: 2009-85: Rt. Wor. Kenneth Arthur Churchill, Past District Deputy Grand Master, Senior Grand Deacon.
  • 09/09: 2009-85: Rt. Wor. Rodney Wentworth Preston, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/09: 2009-86: Rt. Wor. Robert Leland Spinney, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/09: 2009-86: Rt. Wor. William Thompson Seaver, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/09: 2009-86: Rt. Wor. John Lawrence Waterman, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/09: 2009-122: Rt. Wor. Alan Frederic Kaye, Past District Deputy Grand Master.

• MEMORIALS:
  • 12/09: 2009-127: Most Wor. David Whitcomb Lovering, presented by Most Wor. Albert T. Ames, for the committee.

Petitions for Charters

• 06/10: 2009-51. Petition by Mount Scopus and Converse, as Converse; granted.

• 06/10: 2009-53. Petition by Constellation and Eliot-Hyde Park, as Eliot-Hyde Park; granted.

• 09/09: 2009-89. Petition by Globe and Unity, as Globe Unity; granted.

Petitions for Dispensation for New Lodges

• 03/11: 2009-24; Dispensation granted for Independence Lodge, mentioned in Grand Master's Address.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

• 04/02: 2009-28; Guantánamo, Cuba. Official Visit to Caribbean Naval Lodge.
  • 2009-29: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Brethren of Caribbean Naval Lodge.
  • 2009-29: Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brothers. Installation of Rt. Wor. Scott Alan Ross as District Deputy Grand Master. Presentations.

• 04/11: 2009-31; Marlborough. 150th Anniversary and Mortgage Burning at United Brethren Lodge.
  • 2009-32: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Brethren of United Brethren Lodge.
  • 2009-32: Mortgage burning ceremony, described in detail, with Bro. Richard Jacobs (the oldest member) and Bro. Kenneth Urato, Jr. (the most recently raised member) participating.
  • 2009-33: Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brothers.

• 04/18: 2009-35; Ayer. 150th Anniversary of Caleb Butler.
  • 2009-36: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Brethren of Caleb Butler Lodge.
  • 2009-36: Rededication ceremony.
  • 2009-36: Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brothers. Presentation by Bro. and Rep. Robert Hargraves.

• 07/03: 2009-64; Boston. Institution and Installation at Independence Lodge.
  • 2009-65: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Brethren.
  • 2009-65: Institution of the Independence Lodge by Rt. Wor. David P. Newcomb, District Deputy Grand Master, "in full form and ceremony according to the ancient usages of the Craft."
  • 2009-65: Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brothers. (Remarks by Wor. Luiz Carlos Rodgrigues de Santos reproduced in full.)

• 08/29: 2009-69; Feeding Hills. Dedication of new Masonic Building and rededication of Esoteric-Sherwood Lodge.
  • 2009-70: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Warren M. Coughlin, Master of Esoteric-Sherwood Lodge.
  • 2009-71: Ceremony of dedication.
  • 2009-71: Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brothers, including Hon. Susan R. Dawson, Mayor of Agawam.

• 09/12: 2009-100; Westwood. Consolidation of Constellation and Eliot-Hyde Park, as Eliot-Hyde Park.
  • 2009-101: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Masters of the two Lodges.
  • 2009-101: Merger ceremony, described in detail.
  • 2009-104: Installation of the officers of Eliot-Hyde Park Lodge.
  • 2009-105: Remarks by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers. Presentations.

• 09/23: 2009-106; Malden. Consolidation of Mount Scopus and Converse, as Converse.
  • 2009-107: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Masters of the two Lodges.
  • 2009-107: Merger ceremony, described in detail.
  • 2009-110: Remarks by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers. Presentations.

• 12/12: 2009-178; Dalton. Consolidation of Globe and Unity, as Globe-Unity. Deputy Grand Master Basilios Tsingos presiding.
  • 2009-179: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Masters of the two Lodges.
  • 2009-179: Merger ceremony, described in detail.
  • 2009-182: Installation of officers of Globe-Unity Lodge.
  • 2009-182: Remarks by the Acting Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers. Presentations.

FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston, 12/28/2009)

• 2009-183: Opening and roll call.
• 2009-191: Reception of guests, including Grand Representatives.
• 2009-191: Report of Grand Secretary; 1,556 diplomas issued. List of lodges not represented in Grand Lodge in 2009, as well as the past 2 years.
• 2009-192: Installation of Grand Master Roger William Pageau. Installation of other Grand Officers.
• 2009-195: Feast of St. John. Toasts and names of speakers:
• 2009-197: Deputy Grand Master Jay A. Jolicoeur; The Traveling Man.
• 2009-203: Most Wor. and Rev. David Cash, Past Grand Master of North Carolina.

LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 2009

There were 32 districts in Massachusetts in 2009 (numbered 1 through 31), as well as districts for Chile, China, the Caribbean and Panama.

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