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2018

PAUL F. GLEASON, Grand Master

Scott T. Jareo, Deputy Grand Master
Fred A. Dobson, Senior Grand Warden
Michael J. Jarzabek, Junior Grand Warden

GMandOfficers2018.jpg

Front Row: Rt. Wor. Scott T. Jareo, Most Wor. Paul F. Gleason, Rt. Wor. George O'Masta
Back Row: Rt. Wor. Michael J. Jarzabek, Rt. Wor. [MAGLFADobsonJr Fred A. Dobson], Rt. Wor. Mason W. Russell, Most Wor. Albert T. Ames.

A portrait of the Grand Master and officers appeared on the frontispiece and above.


QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston)

  • 03/14: 2018-9;
  • 06/13: 2018-30;
  • 09/12: 2018-67;
  • 12/12: 2018-95; (Annual Communication)

03/14 Agenda

  • 2018-18: Recognition of Proxies.
  • 2018-20: Report of the Records Committee.
  • 2018-21: Recognition and appointment of Grand Representatives.
  • 2018-23: Discipline.
  • 2018-24: Presentations by the Grand Master.
  • 2018-24: Grand Master's Award.
  • 2018-25: Presentations to the Grand Master.

06/13 Agenda

  • 2018-42: Recognition of Proxies.
  • 2018-44: Report of the Records Committee.
  • 2018-44: Report of the Foreign Relations Committee; recognition of Gran Logia Occidental de Colombia, Gran Logia Oriental de Colombia, and Prince Hall Grand Lodge of District of Columbia (PHA).
  • 2018-50: Increases in fees.
  • 2018-51: Election of Trustees.
  • 2018-51: Ruling by Grand Master regarding Widow's Sons.
  • 2018-52: Recognition and appointment of Grand Representatives.
  • 2018-57: Discipline.
  • 2018-58: Presentations by the Grand Master.

09/12 Agenda

  • 2018-78: Recognition of Proxies.
  • 2018-81: Report of the Records Committee.
  • 2018-82: Budget.
  • 2018-84: Election of Director.
  • 2018-85: Installation of Grand Chaplain.
  • 2018-85: Grand Warden candidates for 2019.
  • 2018-85: Discipline.
  • 2018-86: Presentations by the Grand Master.
  • 2018-87: Presentations to the Grand Master.

12/12 Agenda

  • 2018-106: Presentation of Secretary of the Year.
  • 2018-107: Recognition of Proxies.
  • 2018-111: Voting powers of Lodges.
  • 2018-117: Election of Grand Master and other Grand Officers.
  • 2018-120: Report of the Records Committee.
  • 2018-126: Recognition of the Grand Lodge of Brazil/Paraná.
  • 2018-127: Establishment of dues amnesty program for suspended brothers.
  • 2018-128: Discipline.
  • 2018-128: Presentations by the Grand Master.
  • 2018-129: Presentations to the Grand Master.


Lodge By-Law Changes

Necrologies and Memorials

  • NECROLOGIES
    • 03/14: 2018-21: Rt. Wor. Stewart A. Swinamer, Jr., Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 03/14: 2018-21: Rt. Wor. Arthur LeRoy Rockwell, Past Senior Grand Warden.
    • 03/14: 2018-22: Rt. Wor. Neil Thomas Mulrain, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 03/14: 2018-22: Rt. Wor. Wallace Jack Bennett, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 03/14: 2018-22: Rt. Wor. Timothy John Hanks, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 06/13: 2018-53: Rt. Wor. John Raymond Blaney, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 06/13: 2018-53: Rt. Wor. Joseph Isadore Stone, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 06/13: 2018-54: Rt. Wor. Louis Alfred Harmon, Past Senior Grand Warden.
    • 06/13: 2018-54: Rt. Wor. Mark Herbert Rosen, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 06/13: 2018-55: Rt. Wor. Stephen Kaloyanides, Past Senior Grand Warden.
    • 06/13: 2018-55: Rt. Wor. Joseph Goldstein, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 06/13: 2018-56: Rt. Wor. James Arthur Moller, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 06/13: 2018-56: Rt. Wor. Basil Allen Crandell, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 06/13: 2018-56: Rt. Wor. Paul Stephen Chase, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 09/12: 2018-82: Rt. Wor. Harold Ray Fulton, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 09/12: 2018-82: Rt. Wor. Paul Arlon Moore, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 09/12: 2018-83: Rt. Wor. Thomas Todd, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 09/12: 2018-83: Rt. Wor. Wesley Clayton Tucker, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 09/12: 2018-84: Rt. Wor. Hamilton Lee Potter, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 09/12: 2018-84: Rt. Wor. James Eugene Cook, Past District Grand Master.
    • 12/12: 2018-112: Rt. Wor. Paul Edward Gerolstein, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 12/12: 2018-112: Rt. Wor. Irving Elmer Johansen, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 12/12: 2018-113: Rt. Wor. Gene Paul Cannan, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 12/12: 2018-113: Most Wor. Edgar William Darling, Past Grand Master.
    • 12/12: 2018-114: Rt. Wor. Gerald Hersey Jordan, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 12/12: 2018-114: Rt. Wor. Samuel Robert Cook, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 12/12: 2018-115: Rt. Wor. Warren Roy Davis, Past Junior Grand Warden.
  • MEMORIALS

Grand Master's Address

  • 03/14: 2018-25; presentations; opening remarks; CPR Training; findmassmoney.com; education; Super Bowl; discipline and investigations; Grand Master's Award; receivership; membership; One-Day Class.
  • 06/13: 2018-58; opening remarks; Paul Revere anniversary; Master's Path; blood drives; license plates; new hires; new business manager; water damage at Grand Lodge; CHIP; upcoming events; One Day Class; membership.
  • 09/12: 2018-87; opening remarks; Lodge Ambassador training; Open Houses; special 30th/31st Lodge of Instruction; tour guides; Golden Gavels; One Day Class.
  • 12/12: 2018-129: opening remarks; receivership; Golden Gavels; amnesty; social media; Masonic license plates; Grand Lodge dues; new lodge; Bermuda cruise; committee reports.

Petitions for Charters

Petition for Dispensation

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

  • 01/30: 2018-6. Worcester. 240th Anniversary and rededication of Trinity Lodge.
    • 2018-7: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Robert E. Aggas of Trinity Lodge.
    • 2018-7: Carpet ceremony.
    • 2018-7: History of the Lodge by Bro. J. Graeme Noseworthy.
    • 2018-7: Remarks by other brothers.
    • 2018-8: Presentations and remarks by the Grand Master.
  • 06/16: 2018-63. Attleboro. Consolidation of Ezekiel Bates and St. James Lodges.
    • 2018-64. Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Robert L. Vreeland, Master of St. James Lodge.
    • 2018-64: Merger ceremony.
    • 2018-64: Proclamation by the Grand Marshal.
    • 2018-64: Remarks by the Grand Master.
  • 08/25: 2018-65. East Longmeadow. Consolidation of The Meadows and Wilbraham Masonic Lodges.
    • 2018-66. Grand Lodge opened and was received.
    • 2018-66: Merger ceremony.
    • 2018-66: Proclamation by the Grand Marshal.
    • 2018-64: Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brothers.
  • 11/10: 2018-92. Boston. 175th Anniversary of Star of Bethlehem Lodge. Scott T. Jareo, Deputy Grand Master, Acting Grand Master.
    • 2018-93: Grand Lodge opened and was received.
    • 2018-93: Carpet ceremony.
    • 2018-93: Proclamation by the Grand Marshal.
    • 2018-93: Remarks by the Acting Grand Master and other Brothers.
  • 12/20: 2018-143. Boston. Constitution and installation of theLodge of the Royal Secret, U. D.
    • 2018-144: Grand Lodge opened and was received.
    • 2018-144: Reading of Dispensation. Installation of officers.
    • 2018-144: Remarks by Wor. Peter J. Lawson, Master.
    • 2018-144: Lodge business meeting.
    • 2018-145: Remarks by the Grand Master.

FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston, 12/27/2018)

  • 2018-193: Opening and roll call.
  • 2018-203: Report of Grand Secretary; 528 diplomas issued. List of lodges not represented in Grand Lodge in 2018, as well as the past 2 years.
  • 2017-203: Installation of Grand Master Paul Fulton Gleason. Installation of other Grand Officers.
  • 2018-206: Feast of St. John. Toasts and names of speakers.
  • 2018-208: Deputy Grand Master Lawrence E. Bethune.
  • 2018-216: Right Wor. Graeme H. Marsden.

LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 2018

There were 32 districts in Massachusetts in 2018 (numbered 1 through 32), as well as districts for Cuba and Panama (which includes the lodges situated in Chile).

DISTRICT 1

Antonio Lopez, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 2018-A2

DISTRICT 2

Robert F. Stanley, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 2018-A3

DISTRICT 3

Jonathan D. Buck, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 2018-A4

DISTRICT 4

Sergio R. deAssis, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 2018-A5

DISTRICT 5

Scott D. Inglis, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 2018-A6

DISTRICT 6

Robert S. Vartanian, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 2018-A7

DISTRICT 7

Alan G. Leishman, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 2018-A8

DISTRICT 8

Arthur B. Dunham, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 2018-A9

DISTRICT 9

Richard E. Haley, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 2018-A10

DISTRICT 10

Eric F. Bergengren, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 2018-A11

DISTRICT 11

Brian J. Richard, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 2018-A12

DISTRICT 12

H. Mark Leonard, Jr., District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 2018-A13

DISTRICT 13

Paul B. Craigie, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 2018-A14

DISTRICT 14

Michael J. Boucher, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 2018-A15

DISTRICT 15 NORTH

Alfredo J. R. Canhoto, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 2018-A16

DISTRICT 15 SOUTH

Stephen M. Emery, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 2018-A17

DISTRICT 16

Michael R. Durocher, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 2018-A18

DISTRICT 17

Daniel G. West, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 2018-A19

DISTRICT 18

Steven L. Swinhart, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 2018-A20

DISTRICT 19

Wally C. Therrien, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 2018-A21

DISTRICT 20

Michael D. Bailow, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 2018-A22

DISTRICT 21

William A. Benoit, III, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 2018-A23

DISTRICT 22

Craig A. Claflin, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 2018-A24

DISTRICT 23

John F. Sullivan, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 2018-A25

DISTRICT 24

Christopher M. St. Cyr, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 2018-A26

DISTRICT 25

Edward L. Savage, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 2018-A27

DISTRICT 26

Donald J. McKinnon, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 2018-A28

DISTRICT 27

Tyler W. Seavey, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 2018-A29

DISTRICT 28

J. Jay Papianou, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 2018-A30

DISTRICT 29

Anthony J. Leroux, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 2018-A31

DISTRICT 30

Robert E. Briggs, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 2018-A32

DISTRICT 31

Christopher A. Tonini, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 2018-A33

DISTRICT 32

Douglas J. Eames, District Deputy Grand Master; 1 Lodge
Tabular: 2018-A34

  • Sinim (Tokyo, Japan, 1903)

PANAMA DISTRICT

George O'Masta, District Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 2018-A36

CUBA DISTRICT

George O'Masta, District Grand Master; 1 Lodge
Tabular: 2018-A35


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