Faith

FAITH LODGE

Location: Charlestown

Chartered By: William Sewall Gardner

Charter Date: 06/09/1869 VII-372

Precedence Date: 06/10/1868

Current Status: in Grand Lodge Vault; merged with Mizpah Lodge to become Mizpah-Faith Lodge, 03/11/1981.

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REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

• Petition for Dispensation: 1868
• Petition for Charter: 1869
• Consolidation Petition (with Mizpah Lodge): 1981

ANNIVERSARIES

• 1918 (50th Anniversary)
• 1968 (Centenary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

• 1869 (Gardner; Constitution of Lodge and installation)
• 1879 (Welch)
• 1894 (Deputy Grand Master Holmes; dedication of burial lot and monument)
• 1899 (Hutchinson)
• 1900 (Gallagher)
• 1907 (Blake)
• 1911 (Flanders)
• 1914 (M. Johnson)
• 1918 (L. Abbott)
• 1925 (Ferrell)
• 1930 (Deputy Grand Master Jones; in Shelburne Falls)
• 1940 (Perry)
• 1968 (Booth; Centenary)
• 1981 (Berquist; consolidation with Mizpah Lodge)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1881 1885 1894 1903 1927 1937 1939 1945 1947 1953 1954 1959 1965 1966 1973

HISTORY

• 1918 (50th Anniversary History, 1918-67)
• 1968 (Centenary History, 1968-118)

OTHER

• 1919 (Presentation in Grand Lodge, 1919-213)

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1981

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GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

• William George Bowler, DDGM, District 3 (East Boston), 1916, 1917; N
• Alexander M. Hayward, DDGM, District 3 (East Boston), 1888, 1889; Faith; SN
• Grover C. Hoyt, DDGM, District 3 (Chelsea), 1932, 1933; N
• William H. Kent, DDGM, District 2 (Charlestown), 1873, 1874; SN
• Norman H. Shaw, Jr., DDGM, District 3 (Chelsea), 1977, 1978
• Bertram W. Sweetland, DDGM, District 3 (Chelsea), 1960
• A. Wylie Van Wart, DDGM, District 3 (Chelsea), 1967, 1968; N

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DISTRICTS

1868: District 2 (Charlestown)

1883: District 3 (East Boston)

1911: District 3 (East Boston)

1927: District 3 (Chelsea)

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LINKS

Massachusetts Lodges