CHICO-LELAND STANFORD Masonic LODGE № 111 BLOG
Lodge and Other Masonic News
Robert Burn's Charity Dinner and Wiskey Tasting Tickets NOW Available!
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Tickets are now available at the Chico Masonic Family Center lodge secretary office M-F 9 to Noon, or visit the Allies Pub or Pullins Cyclery in Chico to purchase. Tickets at the lodge can only take cash or checks. The Allied Pub and Pullins Cyclery can take card.
Tickets also available at Discount (village) Bookshop in Oroville and Nic’s in Paradise.
You will need to declare if you are choosing Tri-tip or Salmon for dinner choice when you purchase tickets so we get near accurate numbers.
There is only seating for 320, so don’t delay!
3rd Degree Ceremony: Bro. Gerson Cortes Palacios - CANCELED - TBA January
/CANCELED Until January
Sorry for the confusion.
In Memoriam: Bro. Richard Burks
/Bro. Richard Burks
was called to the celestial lodge above on December 3rd.
Services to TBA.
In Memoriam: Bro. Jerry Sharpe, P.M.
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Bro. Jerry Sharpe, P.M.
was called to the celestial lodge above on October 9th.
2nd Degree Ceremony: Bro. Jason Cipta
/When: Tuesday, December 3rd @ 7:00pm
Where: Chico-Leland Stanford Lodge #111
Come out to support Bro. Jason Hendra Cipta as he climbs the stairs of the beautiful 2nd degree.
Do you remember your 2nd degree?
Please make time to come out to support this young brother on his progress.
Contact Bro. Sid Crane, Lodge secretary (893-3171 or 111secretary@sbcglobal.net) if you need assistance with transportation. Lodge officers and others can help get you to the degree and home again.
In Memoriam: Bro. Charles "Chuck" Rodman, P.M.
/Bro. Charles “Chuck” Rodman, P.M.
was called to the celestial lodge above on November 23rd.
Service to be held at Brusie Funeral Home on Saturday December 7, @ 11am.
Christmas Toy Donation: Catalyst of Chico
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Our lodge has partnered with Catalyst Domestic Violence Services of Chico to bring some Christmas cheer to families affected by domestic violence.
· Bring an unwrapped toy to donate. A local Boy Scout Troop will be working with the Catalyst to sort and wrap them for the children.
· During November drop them buy the secretary’s office at the lodge.
· Bring them to the December 10th stated meeting dinner.
· Your toy donation for Decembers stated meeting dinner is in lieu of your $8 payment for dinner.
· If you do not want to donate an unwrapped toy then monetary donations will also be accepted and the Catalyst will purchase toys.
Help children of families affected by domestic violence have a safe and joyful Christmas. A Catalyst representative will be at our December dinner to receive the donations for the families in need this Christmas.
Bring your Masonic Charity to CHICO!
Working Tools Group: Movie at Shrine Club Taco Thursday
/When: Thursday 21st, 6pm - 9pm
Where: Lodge library or Lodge room for movie
The Working Tools Group will be showing a new documentary from the maker of the beautifully done 33 & Beyond: The Royal Art of Freemasonry (2017). Johnny Royal is back this year with Illuminated…yes the true story of the shadowy German (Bavarian) splinter Masonic group, The Illuminati!
“An in depth expose on the truth behind the controversial group, the Illuminati. Written and directed by Johnny Royal ("33 and Beyond"), ILLUMINATED reveals the origins, documents, rituals, and degree ceremonies of the Illuminati.”
Come support the Chico Shrine at Oasis at 6pm, Tacos at 7pm, and movie starting at 7:30pm and will last 86 minutes.
If you want to eat Tacos ($10 per person) before the movie you MUST RSVP with Darrel Deatherage by Monday 18th. You can reach him at 521-5244 or ddeatherage1394@sbcglobal.net
Here is the movie trailer
Passing of Bro. Terry Rist
/Brother Terry Rist
was called to the Celestial Lodge above on
September 24, 2019
Services are pending.
Passing of Bro. Melvin Ike
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Brother Melvin Ike
was called to the Celestial Lodge above
on
October 19, 2019
Bro. Melvin Ike was a past Hiram Awardee in 1990.
Christmas Toy Donation: Catalyst of Chico
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The lodge has partnered with Catalyst Domestic Violence Services of Chico to bring some Christmas cheer to families affected by domestic violence.
Bring an unwrapped toy to donate at the November and December stated meeting dinners to support 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 for Decembers stated meeting dinner is in lieu of your $8 payment for dinner. If you do not want to donate an unwrapped toy then monetary donations will also be accepted. Lodge Secretary Sid Crane will be handling the donations in the lodge office. Donate any time during November and up to our stated meeting on December 10th. A Catalyst representative will be at our dinner to receive the donations for the families in need this Christmas.
Bring your Masonic Charity to CHICO!
Want to know more about Catalyst? Here is a letter from their executive director on what they do for our community:
“Each year, hundreds of individuals in your community make the difficult decision to leave their homes, contact us and share their story of trauma and abuse with one of our advocates. This is often a first step in a long journey. And for nearly 40 years Catalyst Domestic Violence Services has been here to offer a safe place to receive help.
Demand for our services has grown over the last year. Over 1,400 victims and survivors of domestic violence reached out for 27,339 units of service in our counseling, advocacy and housing programs. Unfortunately, we are on track to set a record for number of support services provided to community members. Catalyst staff recognizes that on-going prevention and education are key to reducing and eventually eradicating domestic violence in our community. Our prevention workshops and presentations reached over 2,300 individuals throughout Butte County on a variety of topics including healthy relationships.
Catalyst is grateful for your and assures you that any gift you give will be recognized and appreciated by our Board of Directors, staff, volunteers and the participants we work with.”
Sincerely,
Anastacia L. Snyder
Executive Director
What are you doing tonight? Family Game Night!
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When: Tuesday, October 29th
Time: 6pm
Free pizza and snacks!
Bring a game, bring a friend, bring family, or just yourself and be challenged.
No need to RSVP. All ages are welcome. There will be darts and Foosball for the active ones.
1st Degree ceremony: Tuesday, October 22nd
/We will be welcoming to the lodge Mr. Shane Swithenbank, candidate for the First Degree in Masonry
When: Tuesday, October 22nd
Time: 7:00pm
Do you remember your first degree?
Come support this new brother on his Masonic journey.
Contact Bro. Sid Crane, Lodge secretary (893-3171 or 111secretary@sbcglobal.net) if you need assistance with transportation. Lodge officers and others can help get you to the degree and home again.
Light refreshment will be served after the degree ceremony.
2nd Degree Ceremony: Bro. Gerson Cortes Palacios
/When: Tuesday, October 15th @ 7:00pm
Where: Chico-Leland Stanford Lodge #111
Come out to support Bro. Gerson Cortes Palacios as he climbs the stairs of the beautiful 2nd degree.
Do you remember your 2nd degree?
Please make time to come out to support this young brother on his progress.
Contact Bro. Sid Crane, Lodge secretary (893-3171 or 111secretary@sbcglobal.net) if you need assistance with transportation. Lodge officers and others can help get you to the degree and home again.
Lodge Work Day!! This Saturday--Tree Trimming
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When: Saturday, October 12th
Time: 8am-Noon; but please come when you can
Bring: hat, gloves, closed toe shoes, and water
Bring if you have: tree saws, pole saws, pruning shears (loppers), chainsaw, etc. If you have a truck and trailer….that would be awesome!
We are trimming the trees around the lodge building as they need to be a minimum 6’ clearance from the ground.
We will have water, coffee, and some snacks to get us through to Noon.
Remember September: Autumn Equinox, Michaelmas and Masonry
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This week we are between two important dates in the solar and Masonic year: September 23rd – Autumn Equinox and September 29th - Michaelmas (Feast of St. Michael). Whether you subscribe to either date, it is this time of the year in Masonic terms that we return to the center of our circumscribed circle, but only for the briefest moment. This is the time where we find ourselves at the center of the circumpunct, between the two St. Johns. A curious thing for a purportedly non-sectarian group to do. However, Solomon and Moses used to be the parallel line designations, you can read more about that story here.
“There is in every regular and well governed Lodge, a certain point within a circle, embordered by two parallel perpendicular lines... “ - MacKay
The ancient symbol known as the dot in the circle, circled dot, or a circumpunct, is one of the oldest symbols known to humans. According to Gnostics, it is the most primal aspect of God. To Greek philosophers and the Pythagoreans, the circumpunct represents God, or the Monad – the point of the beginning of creation, and eternity. It is the sun of astrologers; the alchemical gold of the alchemist, and the Keter of the Kabbalah. For Masons we are told to circumscribe our desires and keep them within due bounds (the body). The square of humanity is circled by the spiritual compass.
The circle around the dot is the universe or world in which we live. A blank canvas to draw from the circle that which we wish to create. A place to also retreat back from the world when things in life get too chaotic. Erase our problems in ‘order’ to have a clean slate. In a sense, redeem our souls. If you concentrate on the circumpunct, you can visualize your soul as the dot within the world of which we live.
What about Autumn Equinox for the Mason?
"As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being."
- C.G. Jung
Autumn Equinox marks a deepening into the quiet season, celebrating the harvest time and coming into stillness. It is earth’s moment to be in between—weaving light and dark into balance. Equilibrium is point where things can change. It is an opportunity to invoke balance, harmony and communion of opposites. This is the time to harvest the fruits of summer which have created seeds to work on in Autumn into winter, it’s our time to mediate on what we have worked on in our Masonic journey, the journey to the self.
“Transform yourself for the sake of the world.
Learn to practice thinking, feeling, sensing, and willing without egoism.
Let your work be the shadow that your I casts
when it is shone upon by the flame of your higher self.”
Bro. Dr. Rudolf Steiner
What about Michaelmas?
Since 1723 and the Masonic Constitutions, the Feast Day of St. Michael has been recognized as one of the four important dates in the Masonic calendar. While still celebrated in Europe, North American Freemasonry has forgotten the importance of this date, instead Autumn Equinox is the substitute. Why Michaelmas? St. Michael is the archangel of the sun – overseeing earthly evolution. In Western esoteric teaching, there are seven archangelic regents, 1879* marked the return of the solar spirit Michael and the ending of the Hindu Kali Yuga – the Dark Age – and entered the Age of Light. Michael as cosmic ruler, battles to master the “dragon” of the spirits of darkness, and is the guardian of cosmic intelligence for GAOTU. At Michaelmas we are to be reminded that the evolutionary task depends on the free and independent collaboration of human co-workers. Our path is the development of selfless individuality; cosmopolitanism; fearlessness; the transformation of thinking and perception; and the reality of spirit. For Masons, Michaelmas gives us strength in our struggle with mastering personal and collective 'dragons' (to learn to subdue our passions and keep them within due bounds; and all that impedes our potential – coming back to our inner center).
As we go into the Fall season, the season of St. Michael mastering the dragon, may we all find the strength and the will forces to master our own dragons and show our Masonic way to others.
"Brave and True I will be like St. Michael. Each good deed sets me free. Each kind word makes me strong. I will fight for the right. I will conquer the wrong."
Note: *Masons in New York and London erected obelisks (also known as Cleopatra’s Needles) in their respective cities to mark the occasion.
Aloha from the Lodge, as we bid farewell to Summer
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WM Brad Marr wanted a Hawaiian dinner and stated meeting for September and he got it. Lodge officers and members wore Hawaiian Aloha shirts and Chef Fritz made a great Hawaiian themed dinner with homemade pineapple upside down cake!
Great dinner and a fun stated meeting with plenty going on in the lodge.
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