April and May and the beauties of visitation

Greetings, Brethren,

I just had the pleasure of visiting Fidelity Lodge #20 F&AM PHA in Washington, D.C. for a stated meeting and 2nd degree. The brothers there treated me extremely well, and their work was very impressive. They meet at the Grand Lodge building, where 25 lodges and 15 OES chapters meet, so you can […]

Past Masters Night

Photos from our Past Masters Night in honor of Past Masters and 50-year members are now online at http://www.berwynlodge.org/photo-albums/?album=4&gallery=5. Pins for 25, 50, and 60 years of membership were given out, and corned beef and cabbage was served.

March happenings

It’s only mid-February, but we’ve already got a packed schedule coming up in March:

Mar 2 1st degree

Mar 9 Stated meeting and Eureka challenge

Mar 16 Past Master’s night and St. Patrick’s day dinner

Mar 23 Stated meeting

Mar 30 Visit to LaGrange Lodge for 3rd degree

With the promise of more degree work […]

February happenings

February is set to be an exciting month at Berwyn Lodge:

Feb 2 3rd degrees (two of them) Feb 9 Stated Meeting and reception of the DDGM Feb 16 Table Lodge at Klas Restaurant (7pm) Feb 23 Stated Meeting and 2nd degrees (three of them)

About 25 brethren are signed up for the Table Lodge […]

Season’s Greetings

Season’s Greetings to members of Berwyn Lodge and visitors to our web site!

Berwyn Lodge will celebrate St. John’s Day by visiting Christ Lutheran Evangelical Church at 607 Harvard St, Oak Park, IL (at Harvard and East) at 10:30 am on Sunday December 27.

Our next special meeting will be Jan 5, 2010. We will […]

Berwyn Life reports on Friend’s Night

The Berwyn Life newspaper has run a short announcement of our upcoming Friend’s Night. You can read it here. We’re currently expecting upwards of 30 visitors.

October Temple Topics

Greetings All, this is you favorite Berwyn newsy, Silence Dogood again. Well October is almost over and I hope everyone has a Spoooooky Costume and ready to Trick and/or Treat.

This has been a busy month at Berwyn, a First Degree and a Second Degree, we are really moving along, as well as the fact […]

Visits back

On the special meeting of September 29, 2009, we had the pleasure of initiating two new Brothers as Entered Apprentices. It was an exciting night, as we hosted not only visitors from Hiram Lodge #14 F&AM PHA, but also brothers from 6 other lodges: Union Park, Azure, La Grange, Integrity, River Forest-Austin, and Clarence P. […]

Visit to Hiram Lodge #14 PHA F&AM

On September 1, I and six other members of Berwyn Lodge had the pleasure of visiting a Stated Meeting of Hiram Lodge #14 PHA F&AM at the Prince Hall Masonic Temple in Chicago. Bro. Milan Gracanin, Berwyn’s Chaplain, provided this report:

Yesterday some of us from Berwyn Lodge were privileged to visit Hiram Lodge of […]

A visit to Argo-Summit #1133

Berwyn Lodge members had the great pleasure of visiting Argo-Summit Lodge No. 1133 for their Stated Meeting of July 21, 2009. Bros. Schwartz, Young, Hrejsa, Pott, Pockrandt, and Capps were in attendance to convey fraternal greetings from Berwyn Lodge to Argo-Summit.

It was a great night for a visit, and the hospitality was terrific. […]