April 5, 2024
In the center of a Masonic Lodge is the altar of obligation upon which rests the Volume of Sacred Law, the Great Light in Masonry. In the Grand Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Minnesota, the VSL is the
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April 21, 2023
Libraries are places to learn; both for what-is-where as well as for self-edification. Here are some items from Charles W. Nelson special library at the Minnesota Masonic Heritage Center…perhaps they may incite your curiosity to begin your own search for
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October 6, 2020
Items in our third Grand Master’s hand.
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July 1, 2020
Freemasons know about (or at least have heard of) the book of which the title page is pictured above. For those unfamiliar with some of the older type characters, the modern English script for the above says: The CONSTITUTIONS OF
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March 22, 2020
Many of you have had occasion to visit the Grand Lodge office. You may remember that the photographs of PGMs lined both sides of the hallway of the Minnesota Masonic Charities (MMC) offices, and were spilling around the corner. No
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August 14, 2019
May 14, 2019 was a typical day at the Minnesota Masonic Heritage Center (MMHC). Flowers were in bloom on the campus grounds; spring was scheduled for 2:00–5:00 p.m., after which summer would immediately commence. Typical, that is, until a particular
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February 6, 2019
More than 60 years ago, Minnesota’s Order of the Eastern Star (OES) Matrons realized a long-held dream. In 1957, they watched as dignitaries broke ground on the OES Memorial Chapel at Minnesota Masonic Home. In 2020 we will celebrate the 100th
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January 24, 2019
When a new year rolls in during the darkness of winter, it’s human nature to resolve to make life a little brighter in the coming year. Many of us focus resolutions on personal betterment. As enumerated by data journalist Martin
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