MEREDITH CHAPTER OF ROSE CROIX
by: Hon. Howard S. Maxwell, 32°, KCCH -  Wise Master

Brethren,  it is a privilege and honor to serve as Wise Master of the Meredith Chapter of Rose Croix.  This should be another banner year for Scottish Rite in our Valley of Baltimore. We look forward to welcoming our Spring Class of 2010. One of the joys of life is in imparting knowledge to the new generation by making them wiser and better as men and Masons.

Thursday, April 1st will be our Maundy Thursday celebration; dinner will be served at 7PM and you must call for reservations. This is an open ceremony and family and friends are welcome.

If you haven’t visited the Scottish Rite in awhile, you owe it to yourself to do so. Ill. Marlin Mills, 33°, our new Deputy of The Supreme Council in Maryland, needs your support. Get involved and become part of this great Masonic organization.

 

MAUNDY THURSDAY & FEAST OF TISHRI
by: Ill. E. Ray Leppo, Jr., 33°, Personal Representative

On April 1, 2010, the Scottish Rite will be having our annual Maundy Thursday Open Ceremonies, beginning with the Mystic Banquet at 7:00 PM, followed with the ceremony of Extinguishing the Lights.  We will also have a guest speaker that evening, the Ill. Richard E. Fletcher, 33°, PGM.

October 13, 2010 is our Feast of Tishri at 7:00 PM.  No feast day in the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry has ever had or will ever have greater significance than the Feast of Tishri.  It is the symbolic cornerstone of our Rite.  It forms the central theme of most of our degrees.  To understand the Feast of Tishri and its symbolic significance to the Scottish Rite, past and present, is to touch the deep meaning, “The very heart and soul of our Fraternity.”

All Masons and their families are invited to both of these events.  The cost of the meal for each event is only $15.00 per person.  Please call the Scottish Rite Office at 410-243-3200 for reservations.



   

MARYLAND COUNCIL OF KADOSH
by: Hon. Reed H. Cole, 32°, KCCH - Commander

Knights, I am honored to be your Commander for this year.  What a year it plans to be! First, we have Ill. Marlin Mills, 33° as the Deputy of the Supreme Council.  I wish to congratulate him on his appointment and am looking forward to working with him for the betterment of the Rite in the Orient of Maryland.  I look forward to working with a fine line of officers for the Maryland Council of Kadosh.

I have Brother Gerald Poe coming in as our speaker to talk about two exciting new Masonic organizations – the Further Light Research Group and the brand new Maryland Lodge of Research.  In November I will have a speaker come in to talk about Civil War Battlefield preservation.
Degrees this spring are stretched out over a longer period to allow the candidates time to digest the lessons we present them.

I really would like to thank all who helped put on the Installation of Officers this year. It was truly memorable!!  It was a pleasure to watch the Knights of St. Andrew perform.

Please, get active or keep active in your Blue Lodge.  It is the basis of all in Masonry.