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Arizona Masonry Table of Contents MWGM Vasquez ................................................... 3 DGM RW Robertson .............................................. 4
Editor in Chief Gregory A. Vasquez, Most Worshipful Grand Master
Managing Editor Bryon P. Howe, Grand Editor
SGW RW Jager ...................................................... 5
JGW RW Baker ...................................................... 6 SGD WB Rusk ........................................................ 7 JGD WB Dale ......................................................... 8 SGS WB Creighton ............................................... 10 JGS WB Biede ...................................................... 11
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WMGM Gross ..................................................... 12 2019 GL Legislation synopsis ............................... 13
Front Cover: 2019 Grand Lodge Photo contest first place winner Bro. Bo Buchanan SW Arizona Lodge No2 Grand Orator GL F&AM AZ
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Arizona Masonry Most Worshipful Grand Master Gregory A. Vasquez 2019/2020 Masonic Year Theme Brethren, It is truly an honor to serve as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Arizona for the 2019-2020 Masonic year. As such, I pledge to you to have an attentive ear and to be of service to all of my brethren. As we start this Masonic year, I would like to reiterate that this year my theme is Back to the Basics and nothing is more basic than our ritual. Our ritual provides us with the knowledge, or cornerstone, upon which we are expected to build our Masonic Temple thereby allowing us to learn and to grow to be exemplary men, fathers, brothers and Master Masons. Over the last several years I have heard complaints of and witnessed a decline in our ritual. Should this be the case as we visit a lodge, I would ask each of you to think about our obligation not to cheat, wrong or defraud a brother, or anyone for that matter, out of the value of anything. I would ask you to remember our charge to correct irregularities and whisper wise counsel to the Worshipful Master and his officers in order to instill the need for our basic teachings as found in our ritual. We are admonished to live our lives as prescribed in our ritual and by the Volume of Sacred Law, so why would we not provide good, wholesome ritual to our new initiates as well as to our established brethren. Second, I would like for us to speak of the Masonic family. Today there seems to be a lot of separation or disjointed behavior between the Blue Lodge and the appendant and concordant bodies. We all have the same precepts of Brotherly Love, Relief and Truth as well as Faith, Hope and Charity. Each of these basic precepts are what make us who we are, so why would we not practice them in our dealings within the Masonic Family? So, I would urge you to practice all the precepts we have been taught, especially Brotherly love and Charity, and support each other, our ladies and our youth groups, in order to assure our future as a people and as Masons. In closing I would like to say, stick to the basics, look to our ritual, study the lesson therein and improve yourself and the world around you by being an upright and just Freemason.
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Arizona Masonry Deputy Grand Master Right Worshipful Boyd Robertson What Gear Are You in? It has been a while since you have seen an article from me so I guess I would have to say that I have been in Neutral. Not that I have just been sitting around idling away my time. Just that I have not written anything for Arizona Masonry in a while. And no, I have not become overly interested in racing. I just think this is a good reference for determining what we are doing as Masons and how we are improving our Lodges and ourselves. First, I would like to say thank you and that I am deeply honored that you have elected me to serve as your “Deputy Grand Master” for the ensuing year. I will continue to do my best to move Masonry in Arizona forward along with the help of all of you and the other newly elected or appointed Grand Lodge officers. I know that several of the Lodges around the State are dark right now, but that does not mean that there is not any work to be done. So, are you and your Lodge in reverse, neutral or drive? Do you have your arm over the seat looking behind you and reveling in the glory of the accomplishments you have attained? Reliving your glory days? Waxing poetic about the past? If you are, snap out of it. Turn around and get ready for what is ahead of you whatever that may be. We absolutely should remember our accomplishments, but we should not be living in our Masonic past. This will lead to the end of the Fraternity. We have to look to the past and remember what we have done and how things were taught to us so that we may move forward and share that knowledge, history and the ritual with our brothers that will carry the Fraternity into the future. I once heard someone say that we needed to teach the youth of our Fraternity how to properly do the work and honor our past and then get out of their way! If you are stuck in reverse, you are not taking on that responsibility to train our figuratively younger brothers. Or are you sitting in neutral just coasting down the hill or sitting still? If so then you are not being an active participant in Freemasonry. Get off of the couch and get back involved with your Lodge and your brethren. Accept a part in the ritual, join a committee, attend a social event. Figure out something that you think everyone would like to do and create your own social event. Or just get together with some of your brethren and catch up. Do something, anything. Everyone making an effort to do something, no matter how small, will help to move the Lodge and hopefully ourselves forward into becoming better men. I believe that if we make contact and make the effort to involve our brethren this will help close off the floodgate that we have which we label as NPD’s. Get it in gear and get moving. Now on to those of you that are in drive, good, keep working at moving the Craft forward. But never forget the guys that may be in reverse or neutral, drive back around the block and pick them up. They have probably tried some of the things that you think are the best idea ever thought up. They can help guide you to success or at least keep you from driving down a dead-end street. I have really enjoyed seeing the Lodges visiting each other over the last few years. Talk to each other, borrow ideas that they have had success with. Or use their successes to come up with some ideas of your own. Work together and strive to make your Lodge a successful vibrant Lodge while moving forward and always remembering the past. Remember that you are a part of the oldest and greatest Fraternity in the World and make sure that you represent it well. Always try to think about what you are doing and how it affects Masonry. There are a lot of eyes upon you so try to remember that as you go throughout your day and leave a good impression!
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Arizona Masonry Senior Grand Warden Right Worshipful Randy Jager Brethren, I bring you warm Fraternal greetings from the Grand West! We have certainly had many wonderful experiences since my last article. As a capstone to a very successful Masonic year, MW Craig Gross conducted a very efficient and entertaining Grand Lodge Communication. My congratulations to WB Ben Pronneke (60,66) for being selected as Arizona Mason of the Year, and WB Paul Weathers (52) for being selected to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award. Then, our newly elected Grand Master, MW Greg Vasquez truly hit the ground running, with a very well attended Grand Master’s trip to Washington DC, a new Grand Master’s pin, plus a Grand Lodge shirt and coin available for purchase. Very exciting times indeed! In the past Brothers have mentioned that they had a problem with our motto of “Making Good Men Better,” but I have always attributed these problems to simply grammatical concerns with the two words “Good” and “Better.” Of course, Grammar being one of the seven liberal arts and sciences, should not be ignored. Even still, my thoughts always moved off the topic and onto another that I perceived as more important at the time. Then someone else would voice the same concern, and someone else, until I decided to spend some time considering the phrase on my own. To the Brothers who have discussed this topic with me previously, I certainly apologize that it has taken me this long to focus on it! The fact that we start with “Good Men” highlights the fact that we should be closely guarding the West Gate. Many of us have seen well-intentioned Brothers who have lost sight of this idea and simply turned the process into a frog-kissing exercise to see which will turn out to be a prince. We should all realize that starting with anything less than a “Good” man is too dangerous to our beloved Fraternity. Many of us have personally witnessed just how much havoc a lesser or bad man can wreak on the harmony of a Lodge when he is given an opportunity. Once we have the “Good” man, can we actually make him a “Better” man? Through my discussions regarding this question, I realize that I consider this phrase in a different context. I think of it as “Making Good Men Enlightened Men.” Next, I asked myself what is the LIGHT we can bring to these men? We all probably have our own definition, but mine has become clearer to me as an acronym: (L)iving (I)n (G)race, (H)onor, (T)ruth. I have also assigned some action words to these letters, but for me this acronym embodies the teachings that I have received from our great Fraternity. Keeping this simple phrase in mind helps to remind me of what my goal is every day. I hope that it might help some of you as well. I look forward to seeing you all in Lodge very soon!
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Arizona Masonry Junior Grand Warden Right Worshipful Jim H. Baker Back to the Basics Brethren, I express my gratitude to you for electing me to serve as your Junior Grand Warden. As an elected Grand Lodge Officer, I am accountable to you as well as the Grand Master. It is an Honor to serve and I will strive to labor for the best interest of Free Masonry in Arizona. MWGM Greg Vasquez’s theme for this Masonic year is “Back to the Basics”. I can’t think of a better way to kick off the new year than our recent trip to our Nation’s Capital and Arlington National Cemetery. First on the agenda was laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. It was a very moving and humbling experience to take in the enormity of the cemetery grounds filled with the bodies of Men and Women that have sacrificed their lives in the pursuit of forming this great Nation and defense of it. I was fortunate to be part of the GL of AZ group laying the wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The next morning, we traveled up the hill from our hotel to the George Washington Masonic National Monument to open the GL of AZ in honor of Arizona being the featured GL at the Memorial for July. After opening we went from Labor to Refreshment for the wonderful Oration from Bo Buchanan. This was another moving experience we shared with our Masonic family of wives, children and guests. The tour of the building was fantastic and our Guide, WB Shawn Eyer was a wealth of knowledge and a Brother of true Masonic principles. Mount Vernon was the next stop which at this time of year was beautiful with the greenery and immaculate grounds and buildings. Saturday morning found us at the House of the Temple in Washington DC. Again, our guide for the tour, Brother Stuart was a great host and very informative. The history and memorabilia housed in this architectural gem is phenomenal. Next, we toured the National Mall and our guide, Brother Eric enlightened us about the Masonic influence in the design and buildings of Washington DC. During the entire trip, I experienced common courtesy at its finest by everyone we encountered from Sky Harbor to DC and Alexandria and back to Phoenix. Brotherly Love was in full display by our entire group of Masons, wives, children and guests. I could only dream of possessing the fortitude of our forefathers in the forming of our new Nation. I refer to the Entered Apprentice Degree to reinforce “Back to Basics”. We learn that Fortitude is that noble and steady purpose of the mind whereby we are enabled to undergo any pain, peril, or danger when prudently deemed expedient. The charge informs us that as an individual, we are charged to practice the public and domestic virtues. Let Temperance chasten, fortitude support, and prudence direct us, and let justice be the guide of all our actions. Being especially careful to maintain in their fullest splendor those truly Masonic ornaments, Brotherly Love, Relief and Truth. Also, in the charge we learn about loyalty and being on the National Mall brings that to heart by paying due obedience to the laws under whose protection we live and by never losing sight of the allegiance due to our country. I will close by quoting rule 110 of George Washington’s Rules of Civility & Decent Behaviour in Company and Conversation. “Labour to keep alive in your Breast that Little Spark of Celestial fire Called Conscience”.
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Arizona Masonry Senior Grand Deacon Worshipful Brother George R Rusk Balance Part One of a four-part series designed to help individuals and lodges manage themselves to be prosperous and healthy. You attend lodge, you participate in ritual, you join the events, you donate to the charities, all while you have other hobbies or interests, are raising a family and trying to maintain a job. How do you find the balance? How do you keep your family intact? How do you support your lodge? How do you maintain a healthy body and a healthy mind? It is my belief that a good balance will help us keep our physical and mental health longer. And the longer we are healthy the longer we can enjoy life, enjoy our family and enjoy service to God. And the longer we can support Freemasonry. Remember the lesson we learned of the 24-inch gauge? This lesson helps us determine our values. First comes our service to God. Second should come family, and third our profession. Without these three commitments how can we expect to support or be true to Freemasonry? There is a lesson called Big Stones and Little Stones. Even if you have heard it, it is worth repeating. Imagine that you have a big glass jar in front of you, this represents the time you have for all the elements in your life. Stones and sand represent these elements. Put the big stones in first. These are the most important elements in your life: Spending time with loved ones. Service to your God. A good job. Your health. Next fit in the medium stones. These are still important elements but not the most essential for you right now: Furthering your education. Volunteering. Now drop in the little stones, for example, hobbies. Shovel in some sand (Cleaning the house, ironing). Your jar is now full. The important part of this story is that if you don’t put the big stones in the jar first then you’ll never be able to fit them all in the jar. If you give priority to all the little stones and sand, you will not have enough time dedicated to the important elements of your life. Does your jar have any big stones or have the little stones and sand taken over?? To find balance I suggest a few things to try: Learn to set boundaries. Protect your time. Review your priorities. Remember the lesson stated above (“a time for…”). A healthy body helps us manage stress better. A healthy mind helps us keep our passions within due bounds. Understand the commitments required when we take on projects or tasks. We have learned good and true lessons in Freemasonry. We should live by those lessons and teach our newly initiated brothers how to use them in their daily life. These lessons are a way of life. I am a good example of needing to “practice what you preach”. I get involved in many things, volunteer a lot, and find myself stretched thin often. Although lately I have stepped back and learned to say no so I can focus on the Grand Lodge. It’s hard, but I know I must do it to maintain a healthy body and a healthy mind for many years to come and dedicate my time to what is most important. Still, being involved is important for the craft. Do what you can. They say it’s about finding balance, but sometimes, to me, it feels like a see saw.
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Arizona Masonry Junior Grand Deacon Worshipful Brother Michael A Dale Funeral Ceremonies Funeral ceremonies not only function as a final tribute to the deceased, they also convey
our beliefs and our values about life and death. This is especially the case of funerals involving members of our own family and close friends. It is even more important for us as Masons to attend the funeral of a deceased Brother, both to express our esteem for him and to give support and comfort to his family. With that being said, let us look at the funeral ritual itself and explore further why it is important to attend these funerals. The basic American funeral consists of several parts. There is the visitation or viewing of the deceased, which allows the family to gain support from other family members and friends. The funeral or memorial service, which usually includes a religious ceremony conducted by the clergy and eulogies delivered by family and friends. The funeral procession carrying the body to its final resting place whether it be the burial or a cremation service. This part of the funeral leads to our final separation from the body of our loved one. The placement of the body in the ground or the crematorium niche often marks the beginning of the process of acceptance of the death. Finally, there may be a reception upon return from the gravesite where family and friends can sympathize with each other over the loss. There are many among us who dread going to funerals. This could be because it makes us sad. When someone close to us dies, we naturally become distressed, and being at the funeral tends to increase this distress. Second, we may be uncomfortable in the presence of those who are grieving. Third, some of us find that viewing the deceased, or even seeing pictures of the person when he or she was alive as painful, causing us to experience powerful emotions of our own. Notwithstanding the validity of these concerns and fears, the funeral ceremony provides us with a way to openly release the pain we are feeling. This is one of the few times that our society condones the open expression of sadness. The funeral provides us with a sheltered place to embrace our discomfort caused by death through the social binding ritual of the funeral. By attending the funeral, several human needs are met. While we may have acknowledged the death in our minds when we are told that someone has died, a meaningful funeral ceremony can help us internalize and better comprehend the death of that person, just as lowering the body into the ground helps us understand the finality of death. The funeral also allows friends to show their concern for the mourners as they adapt to the loss of their loved one. This is a time for us to remember the deceased by telling stories and sharing our memories of that person. This sharing often helps the bereaved family, as well as the friends of the deceased, and provides some measure of closure for both. The funeral in its several parts not only addresses a societal need and upholds the value of life itself. It has positive psychological and social healing aspects. The funeral serves as the beginning of a grieving process, and it helps the mourners to transition from the situation in which they were before the death to the new one in which they find themselves as they seek to resume their place in the community without the person who just died.
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Arizona Masonry Conducting Masonic funerals is a very old tradition and is rich in symbolism and purpose. In the days of Operative Masonry, stonemasons would bury their own. The deceased usually was someone they had worked with for many years, if not for their entire lives, and generally all the Craftsmen and the deceased’s family would attend the funeral. This tradition has carried forward in our present Masonic funeral service. This is a time when most non-Masons become acquainted for the first time with Freemasonry and have an opportunity to see a small part of our meaningful traditions and our beautiful and timeless ritual. The Masonic funeral service is one of the most beautiful pieces ever written. Those listening to this service cannot help but be affected by the words as they touch the hearts of all those present. One of the first things a non-Mason will observe is the size of the turnout of Masons for the funeral. If the turnout is small, they may think that the Lodge did not hold the deceased Brother in very high esteem. If the turnout is large, then the opposite will be perceived by the non-Masons, who will leave with a very positive impression of Freemasonry. When attending a Masonic funeral, one should arrive at least thirty minutes early at the funeral home, church, grave, or wherever the funeral is to be held. Dress in a conservative manner which reflects your respect for the deceased, preferably in a dark suit and tie. Locate the Brethren, sign the register, and secure your apron, which is worn outside the coat. The Masons will be congregated, and at the appropriate time organized by the Marshall to conduct the Masonic ceremony or to be seated together in the sanctuary or assembled at the grave. By our demeanor and actions, we need to show the appropriate solemnity and respect that such an occasion requires. We also need to give our respects to the widow and family and show our appreciation for being allowed to perform the Masonic funeral service. The Masonic funeral service should be seen for what it is intended and designed to be, a solemn ceremony for the living and our final tribute to our deceased Brother. We are there to extend our sympathy to the Brother’s grieving family, and as we state in the funeral service, while we can do nothing more of a material nature for our departed Brother, we do not forget our obligations to the living. Our mere presence shows that this promise is true and not just words uttered at the service. Each Mason has an obligation to his Brethren, and this will be the last opportunity he has to show it, so we honor his memory by attending his funeral and offering a tribute of respect and love. This is the case even if we may not have personally known the Brother. One day each of us will stand at death’s threshold. After spending many years in the Masonic Fraternity, we would not feel very good, if our Brethren did not make every effort to attend our Masonic funeral. We have an obligation to our Brother that we need to keep, and we need to demonstrate, if only to ourselves, that we keep our commitments, and practice that brotherly love and affection even to the grave. Thus, attending the Masonic funeral service is probably more important than attending any other Lodge meeting. I will conclude by saying the obvious. If you receive a telephone call from a Lodge member informing you of a Masonic funeral service or happen across a notice about a Masonic funeral service in the obituary section of your local newspaper, please try to make the time to pay this final act of respect and tribute. No matter how busy we are, we should not treat an opportunity to attend a Masonic funeral as an inconvenience. It is, rather a great privilege to stand with our fellow Brethren on a mournful occasion and demonstrate that we sincerely care about our Brethren even after their death and have an opportunity also to reflect on our own mortality and reaffirm our faith in our God.
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Arizona Masonry Senior Grand Steward Worshipful Brother Leigh Creighton The question is often asked why Masonic lodges are called “blue” lodges. One short answer is that “our ancient brethren met on hills and in vales, over which the blue vault of heaven is a ceiling” or “the covering of a lodge is the clouded canopy or starry decked heaven”. These two answers sound familiar as they are part of the ritual lectures and imply that because blue is the color of the sky therefore Masons should meet in a blue lodge and strive for celestial attributes. This is just all too esoteric for many. According to One Hundred One Questions about Freemasonry published by the Masonic Service Association, from which the above quotes were taken, there is another source for blue lodge. Also, in our ritual is a description of the lambskin apron as being more honorable than the Star and Garter. “The adoption of the color by the early Grand Lodge in imitation of the nobility and the fame of the color of the most famous Order of Knighthood in the world” is another explanation for blue lodge. This indicates a desire by the early Grand Lodge for masonry to be recognized as consisting of honorable men who make significant contributions to the world. Honi soit quit mal y pense = shame on him who thinks evil of it (the motto of the Order of the Garter)
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Arizona Masonry Junior Grand Steward Worshipful Brother Roger Biede Are we making a Difference? A quick study of history can tell us that our Fraternity has counted amongst its membership some of the greatest leaders and thinkers of their generations. While they were out making history, establishing countries, and changing the world they found the time to come to Lodge. They made time for Masonry because they felt that the association was beneficial to them as individuals. When a Man joins Freemasonry, it is hoped that he is joining for the right reasons. If our ‘Friend to Friend’ and Investigation Committees are doing their jobs correctly, when a man enters that West Gate, he is a good man looking to become a better man. He is looking to the Lodge and to his new Brothers as a medium for personal growth and fulfillment. Our yearly membership numbers show that we have people coming to our doors in very good numbers, people are seeking us out. There are many Fraternal organizations out there to choose from and they came to our door. While Masonry is never about the numbers, it is about the quality and I would challenge you, does Masonry in the 21st century and your Lodge live up to the expectations? Are we providing the Education, or rather the Masonry to encourage growth? Freemasonry in its purest form was built around learning and self-discovery that came from analyzing of its rituals and teachings. Do your Lodge Mentors actively discuss ritual with new Masons or are we just memorizing the work? Do your educations within Lodge talk through the rituals and encourage discussion? Grand Master MWB Gregory A. Vasquez has put forward the need for “Back to the Basics” this year as his theme with a push to improve our ritual and to instill the basic teachings of our ritual. How proficient are the Officers and Degree teams in your Lodge? Is it taken seriously and treated with the reverence it deserves? Freemasonry in Arizona is not dying; we have the numbers. We have men coming to our doors at almost every Lodge. We need to live up to their expectations and keep our new and old members interested and active. We have to ask ourselves, if a lodge is losing more members to Demits and NPD than the Celestial Lodge, what are we doing wrong? We have the members, the knowledge, and the educational tools are available, they just need to be used. Use the DDGMs, the DDGL’s, the Education Committee, they are all appointed for a reason and here to help. Since time immemorial, Lodges have been the cornerstones of communities, a place for men of all standings to congregate and improve themselves. In Territorial Arizona when a Town formed a Masonic Lodge, it meant something, that they had arrived as a Town. No longer were they some dusty western camp, they were a growing respectable town with citizens looking to improve themselves. While towns have grown to cities, the Men of Arizona are still looking to improve themselves. Freemasonry has the tools, let’s put them to good use. 11 Arizona Masonry—A Grand Lodge F. & A.M. of Arizona Publication www.AzMasons.org
Arizona Masonry Most Worshipful Past Grand Master Craig L Gross My Brothers, I want to thank all of you who attended the 137th annual communication of the Grand Lodge of Arizona. It was a great event and I hope that you all enjoyed yourselves. We tried our best to provide a function that accomplished all the necessary business and still had fun. The brotherhood and fellowship that I witnessed proved to me that Masonry in Arizona is healthy and going strong. A communication of this size and complexity does not plan and run itself. There were many many Brothers who helped and assisted and spent many months planning and organizing all parts of the communication. As much as I would like to do so, I do not have the space in this article to thank each one of you. Suffice it to sat that the communication would not have been a success without all of you being involved. However, I could not ignore all the time and effort that my spouse Lynda put into the function. She took care of so many of the little things that needed to be done. I can never thank her enough and will spend the next several years making it up to her. As I start my next journey as a Grand Trustee, I look forward to continuing to work for the Craft and all my brothers. There is much to do and many more things to accomplish. I still plan on traveling and visiting the lodges. I hope to see you all as we meet upon the level and act upon the square. I love the Fraternity.
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Arizona Masonry BRETHREN, THIS IS A BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF THE LEGISLATION TAKEN UNDER CONSIDERATION AT THE 137TH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION. THE COMPLETE LIST AND FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE IN THE YELLOW BOOK AND WAS ALSO LISTED IN THE RECENT ISSUE OF ARIZONA MASONRY. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LODGE SECRETARY OR AN ELECTED OFFICER OF YOUR LODGE. GRAND MASTER’S RECOMMENDATIONS GMR 2019-01 (APPROVED) MAINTAIN MEMBERSHIP IN MASONIC ORGANIZATIONS GMR 2019-02 (APPROVED) AMEND WHEN LONGEVITY AWARDS MAY BE PRESENTED GMR 2019-03 (APPROVED) AMEND REQUIREMENTS FOR GRAND SECRETARY GMR 2019-04 (APPROVED) CLARIFY HOW LODGES DEAL WITH COMPLETING THE MM PROFICIENCY GMR 2019-05 (APPROVED) PROVIDE GUIDANCE REGARDING USE OF TERMS “HOLY BIBLE” AND “VOLUME OF THE SACRED LAW” GMR 2019-06 (APPROVED) CLARIFY THAT ONLY THE GRAND MASTER HAS AUTHORITY TO EXPEL A MASTER MASON RESOLUTIONS 2019-01 (NOT CONSIDERED) NOT IN PROPER FORM PER JURISPRUDENCE 2019-02 (APPROVED) RECOGNIZE THE THIRD-DEGREE MASONIC RIDERS ASSOCIATION 2019-03 (FAILED) PROVIDE FURTHER GUIDANCE ON LODGE BY-LAWS 2019-04 (HELD OVER) MODIFY THE ANSWER “TO LEARN TO SUBDUE MY (FOR RITUAL REVIEW) PASSIONS AND IMPROVE MYSELF IN MASONRY” BY ADDING COMMA BETWEEN “TO LEARN” AND “TO SUBDUE….” 2019-05 (CARRY OVER) CLARIFY THE REQUIREMENTS TO CONFER OR EXEMPLIFY EACH DEGREE ONCE EACH CALENDAR YEAR 2019-06 (FAILED) MODIFY MINIMUM PROFICIENCY REQUIREMENTS 2019-07 (APPROVED) CLARIFY AND SIMPLIFY THE VOTING PROCEDURE 13 Arizona Masonry—A Grand Lodge F. & A.M. of Arizona Publication www.AzMasons.org
Arizona Masonry 2019-08 (APPROVED) REQUIRE PRINTED NAME FOLLOWING CANDIDATES SIGNATURE ON LODGE BY-LAWS 2019-09 (APPROVED) CLARIFY REINSTATEMENT FROM SENTENCE OF SUSPENSION FOR NPD 2019-10 (APPROVED) CLARIFY WHEN CANDIDATE SIGNS LODGE BY-LAWS 2019-11 (APPROVED) ADD MISSING REPORTING FORMS TO STATUTES 2019-12 (FAILED) CHANGE AGE TO SUBMIT PETITION FOR DEGREES 2019-13 (NOT CONSIDERED) NOT IN PROPER FORM PER JURISPRUDENCE 2019-14 (HELD OVER) REVISE SPANISH LANGUAGE RITUAL (FOR RITUAL REVIEW)
CARRY OVER GRAND MASTER’S RECOMMENDATIONS GMR 2018-03 (FAILED) ESTABLISH GRAND MASTER-ELECT WHEN ELECTED AS DEPUTY GRAND MASTER CARRY OVER RESOLUTIONS 2018-03 (APPROVED) REVISE ELECTION OF TRIAL COMMISSIONERS
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