At our stated meeting of Jan. 12, 2019, we had about a half a dozen regular members and a half dozen visitors to make a total of a bakers dozen, 13 members and visitors at our stated meeting!
The photo provided by Brother Bart Dawson show some of the brethren after the meeting. Brother Dawson, unfortunately, was behind the camera.
We thank the brethren and the visitors for making our meeting a successful and enjoyable endeavor!
Secrets of the Castle, is a British factual television series that first broadcast on BBC Two from 18 November to 17 December 2014. In the series, the team takes part in the medieval construction project at Guédelon Castle in Treigny, France.
The castle construction site shown in the series is Guédelon Castle in France, a 25-year experimental archaeology project where a castle is being built using only the techniques, tools and materials from the Middle Ages.
Recently The Secrets of the Castle, was published on YouTube. I have listed the episodes with their links below. These videos offer some useful insight into our free mason ancestors. and the Freemason will recognize much of what is discussed by the masons building this medieval castle.
In the article Mind the Gap in the January 2019 issue of Knight Templar Magazine, brother Matt Nelson shares some astute observations that Masons should consider.
"We attract what we are, not what we want. If we are an organization of motivated, influential, good men, we will attract the same. If we are simply another social club that promotes pseudo-elitists to fulfill egotistical goals, that is exactly the kind of man that will knock on our doors."
"Men have an idea of what Masonry is already, and they have expectations. If we do not help set these expectations, but simply demand that the candidates appreciate the ceremonies, they will leave disappointed."
Olive Branch Lodge No. 26 will hold its next stated meeting on Saturday, January 12, 2019.
Please come for food and fellowship at noon.
It is reported that some five brothers from Brookshire who have an interest in our Lodge and in the history at San Felipe are planning to visit at our meeting on Saturday.
We should have a good attendance this weekend! Y'all come!
