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Masonic Talks are a series of recorded presentations focused on leadership development, Lodge management, or Masonic Education
“Freemasonry and Enlightenment”
Freemasonry is an enigmatic fraternity whose origins are lost in antiquity. Its purpose, however, is something each generation must decide.
This program was recorded on November 6, 2021
Freemasons take a series of obligations that appeal to charity, relief, and support. We obligate ourselves, willfully, to care for our fellow Brothers, their families, but also to the world around us.
This program was recorded on October 24, 2021
Bro. Angel Millar will illuminate the process of initiation through the archetypes of the craftsman, warrior, and magician.
This program was recorded on August 9, 2021
Business meetings. While they are necessary for the function of managing a Lodge, there are best practices that can make meetings more engaging and productive.
This program was recorded on August 2, 2021
Our panel explores the ideas and themes in Star Wars that connect to the teachings of Freemasonry.
This program was recorded on June 6, 2021
Masonic Law and Your Lodge and the fundamentals of Masonic law that all Masters must know and all Brothers should know.
This program was recorded on May 1, 2021
Bro. Alexander Vastola, Director of The Chancellor Robert R. Livingston Masonic Library and Craftsmen Online History co-editors, WB Ron Seifried and Bro. Nathan Tweedie, present the basics to preserving your Lodge’s Artifacts.
This program was recorded on April 9, 2021
Brother Nathan Tweedie will discuss Baseball and Freemasonry are two institutions that have shaped American culture.
This program was recorded on April 2, 2021
RW Bro. Marino has trained our District Deputies and Staff Officers since 1993 as a member of the Grand Lodge Education Committee from 1987 through 1993
This program was recorded on March 18, 2021
RW Daniel Di Natale presents “Stories in Stone,” this history of Freemasonry in Western New York as told through the lens of Forrest Lawn Cemetery.
This program was recorded on February 25, 2021
Craftsmen Online’s virtual celebration of the life and work of WB and Companion Robert Burns, Poet Laureate of the Grand Lodge of Scotland.
This program was recorded on January 26, 2021
Fellowcraft Ricardo Rosado presents the history of The Harlem Hellfighters and their Masonic connections.
This program was recorded on January 19, 2021
MW Daniel Semel shares his oral history of Allied Lodge #1170’s F. & A.M.’s integration in New York City during the Civil Rights Era.
This program was recorded on January 19, 2021
Lodge Insurance 101 – Protecting your Lodge’s Assets.
This program was recorded on January 16, 2021
“Images of America – Long Island Freemasons”
For over 200 years, more than 70 lodges were founded and flourished in various locations from Amagansett to Great Neck.
This program was recorded on December 18, 2020
RW Michael R. Siegel, Esq., District Deputy Grand Master, Mid-Hudson District shares his insight on Lodge and Building Management.
This program was recorded on December 7, 2020
“Responsibilities of a Lodge and Building Trustee”
The second program in our Lodge and Building Management 101 series: Responsibilities of a Lodge and Building Trustee.
This program was recorded on November 24, 2020
RW Steven Adam Rubin, Grand Treasurer hosts a Masonic Talk featuring every living Past Grand Marshal from the Grand Lodge of the State of New York.
This program was recorded on November 19, 2020
Every day in America, approximately 20 military veterans lose their battle with depression and suicidal thoughts.
This program was recorded on November 9, 2020
The Basics of Fiscal Lodge Management and Building Management and Its Financial Structure.
This program was recorded on September 22, 2020
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Are All Present Masons
Are there deeper meanings to the question Masons are asked at the start of a meeting? Learn how this phrase provides focus, help you grow, and contribute.
Bucharest: Capital of the Rite, Moment of Recognition
When I stepped into the hall in Bucharest, I was one New York Mason among 61 delegations from every corner of the world, yet the work felt unmistakably familiar. Under the leadership of Illustrious Brother Stelian Nistor, 33°, Romania had become, for a few days, the capital of the Scottish Rite, a place where civic leaders, sovereign grand commanders, and Prince Hall Supreme Councils finally recognized as full partners all sat under the same banner. It was a powerful reminder that when Masons travel with purpose, borders become meeting points rather than lines of division.
On the Nature of Ritual
I was recently asked to give a talk on the subject of “the power and purpose of ritual,” and I thought a good place to start that talk would be considering what ritual is in the first place.
Being an Upright Man in an Upside-Down World
Explore how the principles of Freemasonry, like Brotherly Love and uprightness, offer a timeless guide for men navigating a modern world filled with division and extremism.
Decorum, Etiquette and Protocol
At their base level, when we speak of Masonic Decorum, Etiquette and Protocol we’re talking about certain conventions we use—conventions of politeness that help us get along with one another.