CHICO-LELAND STANFORD Masonic LODGE № 111 BLOG
Lodge and Other Masonic News
Special Meeting and Dinner Tomorrow: 6:30 Members Only
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Important meeting of our membership, TUESDAY 27th @ 6:30pm
We will be discussing the future of YOUR lodge. There will be a dinner at 6:30 with discussion to follow. Members only, no guests.
This is YOUR lodge therefore your input is critical. We can’t fix it if we don’t know what’s broken or how to fix it. COME SPEAK YOUR MIND. Come be validated. Bring your complaints, issues, but bring your constructive ideas. Historically we have been poorly represented in endeavors such as this. Its a new day and a new way for Masonry.
There are 220 members in our lodge, everyone has a voice. It is time to revitalize your lodge and what YOU as a member want from it. Masonic revival is on the move in California. Your lodge wants to hear from you. Learn from the past to develop news ways of operating in the future.
See you Tomorrow!
Sunshine Report: Brothers to keep on our mind
/We have two brothers that have been struggling with their health. Please keep them in your thoughts, and reach out to them with well wishes.
- Bro. and WM Darrel Hunter who left the hospital today after surgery yesterday.
- Bro. and PM Steve Catteral who is fighting cancer.
Please also consider our older members who may not make it to our dinners or meetings but would like to hear from other Brothers. They should not be forgotten.
Contact Secretary Sid Crane at the lodge for more information on how to reach out to those brothers in need.
Mozart's Magic Flute: Freemasonry Inspired Opera @ CSU Chico
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Filled with ritual and symbolism, Mozart’s final masterpiece is a playful but profound look at man's search for love and his struggle to attain wisdom and virtue. Mozart joined a Masonic Lodge in the autumn of 1784 at the age of twenty-eight.
That the Magic Flute is a barely veiled Masonic allegory cannot be doubted. It acts, in fact, as a kind of introduction to the secret society. Its story celebrates the main themes of masonry: good vs. evil, enlightenment vs. ignorance, and the virtues of knowledge, justice, wisdom and truth. The evocation of the four elements (earth, air, water and fire), the injunction of silence in the Masonic ritual, the figures of the bird, the serpent and the padlock as well as the ‘rule of three’ all play important roles in the plot or in the musical fabric of the opera (three ‘Ladies’, three ‘Boys’, three loud chords at the beginning of the overture signifying the three ‘knocks’ of the initiates at the temple, three temples, the three flats of E-flat Major which is the primary tonality of the work, etc.). All of these symbols and characteristics come from Egyptian lore and the various original texts of Masonry. (Source: San Francisco Opera Education)
February 16 and 17th @ 7:30pm
Opera returns to California State University, Chico when the Department of Music and Theatre present two performances of Mozart's delightful "The Magic Flute" in Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall. Performed (in English) by Chico State vocal students, community members, the University Chorus and Chamber Orchestra, the "Magic Flute" is a comic opera the whole family will enjoy!
Call the University Box Office -- 530-898-6333 -- for tickets. For more information, call the Department of Music and Theatre at 530-898-5152.
Let's get a group of Chico-Leland Stanford No. 111 brothers and their wives/partners to support this "Freemasonic" opera of Mozart!
Join Us for a 3rd Degree Raising - February 6th
/When: Tuesday, February 6th @ 7:00pm
Light snacks and desert afterwards.
Do you remember your 3rd degree?
Please make time to come out to support this young brother and help raise him to the sublime degree of Master Mason.
Contact Sid Crane (893-3171 or 111secretary@sbcglobal.net) in the Lodge secretaries office if you need assistance with transportation. Lodge officers and others can help get you to the degree and home again.
Working Tools Group: Showing movie Thursday January 25th
/When: Thursday, January 25th
Time: 6:30-8:30
Where: Lodge Library
We will be showing the documentary Terra Masonica: Around the World in 80 Lodges. We showed a teaser of this documentary in October, just the first 30 minutes at the stated meeting dinner. Now we will show the whole movie. Its a beautiful documentary celebrating Freemasonry around the world in recognition of the 300th Anniversary of Freemasonry.
Come join us for special movie night. Come share some snacks and a cool beverage with your brothers. You will not want to miss seeing this Masonic documentary.
Please let brothers know in other local lodges: Paradise, Orland, Gridley, and Oroville
Called from Labor: Bro. Walter J. Matthews
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Walter J. Matthews
Was called to the Celestial Lodge Above
on January 16, 2018
Memorial services to be held at:
Newton Bracewell Funeral Home
680 Camellia Way
Chico, CA
Monday, January 29, 2018
10:00am
Lodge 2018 Installation
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Back row, left to right: Chris Burchfield, Mike Johnson, George Ghawai.
Middle row, left to right: Ray Dunham, Sid Crane, Scott Wonacott
Front row, left to right: Brad Marr, Darrel Hunter, Rob Peters
Missing: Fritz Zanker and John Barneson
We had a good turn out for the installation on Tuesday night. Sean Loch made a great dinner of baked ham with fixings and fresh apple crisp. His fearless kitchen partner junior steward Fritz Zanker was out with the flu but Sean handled it well, especially using his new apple peeling toy!
Be sure to see all our new officers in the Officer section of the website. If you have the interest and time, we need a treasurer to work with secretary Sid Crane.
2018 Worshipful Master Darrel Hunter, PM started two new initiatives for the year:
- Thursday morning coffee at the lodge from 6:00-9:00am
- Any month with a 5th Tuesday will be a family night with games and refreshments. Starting at 6:30pm
As an added bonus, Bro. Sid Crane has donated a dart board for the library and we are looking for anyone to consider donating a large flat screen TV to mount on the wall in the library to show movies via DVD or Internet. Let the lodge know if you can help out. The library will become a multi-functional room for meetings and entertainment.
Happy 2018 to all our Brothers and Sisters in the Masonic Family!
Lodge College Scholarships Available - Chico and Durham Highschools
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Chico Freemasons Offering Scholarships for College-bound High School Seniors
Up to $2,400 for Each Student Available
CHICO, Calif. – Chico Freemasons are accepting applications for scholarships from college-bound high school seniors in Chico and Durham. Each recipient can receive $300 per semester for a total of $2,400.
Applications must be received by March 16 to be considered. Seniors currently attending Chico Unified or Durham Unified high schools are eligible to apply.
Application forms are available from guidance counselors at the high schools in Chico and Durham. Forms can also be downloaded from the Chico-Leland Stanford Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons No. 111’s web site HERE
The Chico-Leland Stanford Lodge has offered scholarships for decades. Applicants need to include high school transcripts showing grades and overall grade point average. While academic performance is important, applicants are also evaluated on financial need, hardship and extracurricular activities.
Each scholar will receive $300 upon proof of full-time enrollment in the first semester of college and needs to maintain a 2.5 GPA or better and submit proof of completion for each subsequent $300 payment.
For more information email chicolelandstanford111@gmail.com
Happy New Year! Lodge Officers Installation Postponed...
/2018 Lodge Officers Installation Ceremony
-- Postponed TBA --
The installation of the 2018 Lodge officers was scheduled for this coming Saturday January 6th, but unfortunately the FLU has struck! Some of the new officers are under the weather. Thus the installation is canceled until further notice. See you all for the ham dinner next Tuesday!
credit: freemasonryfordummies.com
The Chefs: December Dinner in Good Hands!
/Bros. Fritz Zanker and Sean Loch are busy in the Kitchen preparing TWO brined turkeys for Decembers dinner. They will always be inspired by Chief Chef Steve Catteral!
The REAL turkeys in the kitchen.
Hey Sean, are you sure you know how to cook a turkey?!
December Dinner: Toy donations and Holiday Music
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The December dinner and stated meeting is here! Come join us tomorrow at 6:30 for as special holiday meal with live music and a unwrapped toy for children will pay for your meal.
- Turkey dinner with all the trimmings. Fritz and Sean are going to spoil us!
- Bring an unwrapped toy to donate to the Catalyst Domestic Violence Services here in Chico. Help children of families affected by domestic violence have a safe and joyful Christmas. Your toy donation is in lieu of your $8 payment for dinner. Bring your Masonic Charity to CHICO!
- Accomplished Celtic harpist Susan Crane and her husband Bro. Sid Crane on mandolin will be performing Christmas songs during dinner from around the world. Susan just released her new holiday CD "Love's Devine Light".
Come join us as we end 2017, the 300th anniversary of Freemasonry. Bring your family and a friend who might be interested in Freemasonry. Please try to RSVP with the lodge secretary, a simple email to 111secretary@sbcglobal.net is helpful to plan for dinner numbers.
Lodge Openhouse in the News!
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Our lodge was featured in last Sunday's edition of the Chico Enterprise-Record and this weeks edition of the Chico News and Review. Both articles were written in support of our openhouse celebrating the 300th anniversary of Freemasonry.
Chico ER link: http://www.chicoer.com/article/NA/20171118/NEWS/171119692
Chico News and Review link: https://www.newsreview.com/chico/open-secrets/content?oid=25391408
Here are some photos from the event
2nd Degree Ceremony: Bros. Glenn Story, Brett Kimball and David Perry
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Join us in passing Bros. Glenn Story, Brett Kimball, and David Perry to the Fellowcraft degree.
When: Tuesday, November 28th @ 7:00pm
Light snacks and desert afterwards.
Remember your 2nd degree? Please make time to come out to support and welcome these young brothers to the beautiful Fellowcraft degree.
Called from Labor: Bro. William F. Shrum
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Brother
William F. Shrum
Was called to the Celestial Lodge Above
on November 8, 2017
Grave side services to be held at:
Chico Cemetery
881 Mangrove Ave.
Chico, CA
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
11:00am
November Dinner and Stated Meeting: Guest Speaker!
/TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH
DINNER: 6:30PM
STATE MEETING: 7:30PM
SPECIAL SPEAKER:
DR. ASA MITTman, CSU CHICO, DEPT. OF ART AND ART HISTORY
"In the Hidden Corners of the World: Medieval Maps and Monsters"
In the Middle Ages, authors and artists took the notion of monsters living at the edges of the world quite seriously. The most influential theologians and historians worked on the subject extensively. In this talk, I will introduce medieval mapping conventions – quite different from modern practices – and then will examine some of the prominent monsters depicted on the periphery.
All Members, their families and interested visitors most Welcome! Bring a friend who may be interested in Freemasonry.
FRITZ'S MENU WITH INSPIRATION FROM STEVE
- Homemade Lasagna, both vegetarian and meat versions.
Toasted garlic sourdough French bread.
Mixed green salad with choice of dressing.
Homemade brownies with vanilla ice cream
RSVP: Lodge Secretary @ 893-3171 or111secretary@sbcglobal.net
2nd Degree Ceremony - Bro. Matthew Brown
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Join us in passing Bro. Matthew Brown to the Fellowcraft degree.
When: Tuesday, October 24th @ 7:00pm
Light snacks and desert afterwards.
Remember your 2nd degree? Please make time to come out to support and welcome this young brother to the beautiful Fellowcraft degree.
Junior Grand Warden Visit - October 10th!
/Guest Speaker at October Dinner & State Meeting—CA Junior Grand Warden Bro. John Trauner
“During dinner Bro. John will present what is happening at grand lodge and what is grand lodge’s future vision for Freemasonry in California. In our stated meeting he will have a fireside chat about lodge evolution, new lodge formats being tried in CA, and in general ways or approaches to evolving stated meetings so that they are more meaningful, especially to the new generation coming in, our future lodge leaders.”
We welcome officers and members of neighboring lodges to participate in this Grand Lodge officer visit.
Come join us for dinner and Octobers stated meeting!
RSVP with the lodge secretary at 111secretary@sbcglobal.net
Working Tools Group: November Read & General Lodge Progress Discussion
/When: Thursday, November 2nd at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Where: Lodge library.
What is the Working Tools Group?
We get together on a regular basis in order to help each other become the greatest version of ourselves in our business / work / personal lives. We provide you with an opportunity to discuss challenges you may be facing with ideas on how we can apply Masonic principals, both practical and esoteric. Together we help fulfill a Mason’s mission to be a seeker of knowledge, truth, and Light. Our aim is to make our lodge a better place for all our brothers.
Books to read: "The Meaning of Masonry” By Bro. W.L. Wilmhurst
From Amazon: Although the Freemasons number over six million members worldwide, the general public today thinks of them as a social fraternity like the Rotary Club, but that is hardly the whole truth. By mysterious coincidence, it seems, many Masons have been major figures in modern history. many of the Founding Fathers of the United States—including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and Paul Revere—were Freemasons. Giuseppe Garibaldi, the Italian freedom fighter, was also one, as were the composers Franz Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and writers François Voltaire and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The Meaning of Masonry explores the beliefs behind the order, its cryptic rites and symbols, and uncovers its ultimate purpose.
Where to get the Book: Your in luck! We have a PDF copy on our lodge website in the Education Modules section. Just scroll down to the Entered Apprentice section and you will find the link to click and download. You can also obtain the hardcopy of the book on Amazon.com at a very reasonable price some copies as low as $1.45. This is a convivial as well as an educational gathering. Even if you choose to not read the book come join the discussion, brotherly support, and a cool fall weather beverage and light snacks. Please RSVP by sending an email to Bro. Dean Fairbanks, dhfairbanks@csuchico.edu
