Master and Wardens Retreat — San Ramon
Get inspired to jumpstart your lodge for the year ahead. Whether you’re a current officer, in the line, or aspire to someday be, the Leadership Retreats offer specialized sessions to help you envision the change you want to see—and put it into action. Learn about the 2025 Fraternity Plan, new fraternity-wide updates, and how to […]
Secretary and Treasurer Retreat — San Ramon
Choose the level of training that suits your role. Whether you’re new to the office or have held it for years, the Leadership Retreats are a chance to learn new skills and tips to ensure your lodge is being managed smartly and efficiently. Learn about the 2025 Fraternity Plan and what the three pillars of […]
Secretary and Treasurer Retreat — Irvine
Choose the level of training that suits your role. Whether you’re new to the office or have held it for years, the Leadership Retreats are a chance to learn new skills and tips to ensure your lodge is being managed smartly and efficiently. Learn about the 2025 Fraternity Plan and what the three pillars of […]
Helge Horrisland: Books at the Cost of Life
REGISTER NOW Freemasonry was a source of deep fascination—and vicious persecution—for the Nazi Party during World War II. A deep suspicion of underground organizing and suspected Jewish collaboration led Nazis to round up scores of European Freemasons, seizing their belongings and sending many to die in concentration camps. Masonic lodges saw records and archives going […]
Inspector Leadership Retreats 2021 Irvine
Irvine: 9/17–19 After more than a year apart, it’s time chart a path forward—and take steps toward implementing our new, shared vision for the future of Freemasonry. At the 2021 Inspector Retreats, district inspectors have an opportunity to come together and do just that, learning time-tested leadership and management skills so they can excel in […]
Inspector Leadership Retreats 2021 San Ramon
San Ramon: 8/20–22 After more than a year apart, it’s time chart a path forward—and take steps toward implementing our new, shared vision for the future of Freemasonry. At the 2021 Inspector Retreats, district inspectors have an opportunity to come together and do just that, learning time-tested leadership and management skills so they can excel […]
Martin Faulks: A Mosaic Palace: Freemasonry and the Art of Memory
REGISTER NOW In the 16th century, William Schaw, the royally appointed Master of the Works, issued the “Schaw Statutes,” which acted as a code of rules governing the activities of operative Masons in Scotland. Within it, he stated that “The Warden of the Lodge… shall take trial of the art of memory and science thereof […]
Adam Kendall: The Scandals and Secret Rites of Benjamin Hyam
REGISTER NOW Join Adam Kendall for a biographical deep dive into one of California Freemasonry’s most unsung—and misunderstood—pioneers. Through Benjamin Hyam’s forays into Masonic politics, obscure high-degree rites, and a little-known alliance with the famous esotericist John Yarker, Kendall paints a picture of the power dynamics of the 19thcentury fraternal experience and sheds light on […]
2021 Master and Wardens Online Leadership Retreats
At the 2021 Master and Wardens Retreats, officers have an opportunity to learn time-tested leadership and management skills so they can excel in their role and inspire their lodge. This year’s retreats are open to lodge masters, senior and junior wardens, and senior deacons, with officer-specific breakout sessions geared toward each position.The online retreat is free […]
2021 Master and Wardens Online Leadership Retreats
At the 2021 Master and Wardens Retreats, officers have an opportunity to learn time-tested leadership and management skills so they can excel in their role and inspire their lodge. This year’s retreats are open to lodge masters, senior and junior wardens, and senior deacons, with officer-specific breakout sessions geared toward each position. The online retreat is […]
