Continuing Our Retreat Discussion

A long Masonic weekend

Last week I raised the idea of Emeth hosting a Masonic retreat, and we had a very good discussion about that, with a lot of Brothers sharing their thoughts.

With this post, I’ll try and compile what I understand from all that was shared, and I hope that everyone will continue the discussion so that assuming we do host a retreat, it is as good as we can make it, fun and fulfilling for everyone.

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I also think that this is a valuable continuing discussion, because I think that Lodges need to hold regular Lodge retreats. They are superb ways to forge the bonds of Brotherhood, so I hope that they will be embraced on a much broader scale.

Here’s what I think you have told me.

• A private, secluded location, rural or mountainous. From this, I assume this means a rental home, as opposed to a hotel or resort.

• A reasonable cost.

• A limited number of Master Masons.

• Centrally located.

• No set schedule.

This leads to a number of questions.

• The costs involved would be the rental of the house, and groceries for the group. Keeping those costs in mind what do you think is a reasonable price to pay for a three day weekend retreat?

• Should a Mason be able to bring a prospective Mason along with him?

• How far would you be willing to travel for a three day weekend retreat?

And of course I’m certain that there are a lot of other questions that I’m just not thinking of.

So I hope that we can discuss the above questions, and everything I’ve forgotten to ask here today.

Please tell me, what do you think?

Let’s chat about it…

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I did a bit of writing beyond Emeth yesterday. I wrote about our U.S. Election, on Election Eve. If you’d like to read those thoughts, you can find them here: Election Day In America.

I also had a bit of fun with Tarot. If you’d like to check that out, you can find it here: Dear Bolo Tie Guy No. 3.