Golden Compasses Research Lodge

Press Release The Masonic Book Club Is Restarted! Washington, DC, September 16, 2020: The Masonic Book Club (MBC), formed in 1970 by Brothers Alphonse Cerza and Louis Williams, has been restarted fifty years later by the Supreme Council, 33, SJ USA, to continue the MBC mission of printing fine Masonic books. After forty years of service to the Craft, the directors in 2010 decided to dissolve the original MBC. In 2017 MW Barry Weer, 33, the last president of the MBC, transf...erred the MBC name and assets to the Supreme Council, 33, SJ USA. The revived Masonic Book Club has the goals of publishing classic Masonic books and of supporting Scottish Rite SJ USA philanthropies. Membership is open to anyone 18 years or older interested in the history of Freemasonry and allows them to purchase MBC editions at a pre-publication discount. The club originally was limited to 333 members, but the number eventually expanded to nearly 2,000, with 1,083 members when it dissolved in 2010. The new MBC will have a different business model from the old. Most significantly, there will be no dues; being a member entitles you to purchase books at a prepublication discount. An editorial committee (Arturo de Hoyos, S. Brent Morris, and others) will select the books using survey feedback from MBC members. The first publication should be announced in early 2021 with anticipated shipment 34 months later. For more details, check out the Masonic Book Club page at https://scottishrite.org/media-publicati/masonic-book-club/. For specific questions, write to [email protected].

Members of GCRL and Master Masons, the Sacramento Scottish Rite is hosting a Zoom Conference on September 11 & 12, 2020. They have invited some of the top scholars in the country to be presenters! This is an event not to miss! See the below flyer for more information!

Stay strong, stay hopeful, stay united. From all of us at Grand Lodge, we wish you all a happy and safe #FourthofJuly. #MasonsofCA #4thofJuly

Happy 4th of July!

Brethren if you would like to attend this Zoom presentation by Worshipful Brother John Belton as he delivers "The Imperatives that made a Union of Ancients and Moderns inevitable by 1813", please send email the Secretary, Bill Miklos at [email protected]!

We will get started with "Spreading the Cement of Our Fraternity; The Introduction of the Trigradal System in thirty minutes! If you would like to join us on ZOOM! At 7:00 pm. The link is provided below! https://us02web.zoom.us//tZAocOyvrjosHdJEpFliNzC_QtMkTQetu

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