During the course of my conversations with potential candidates, I always tend to bring up this benefit. While discussing with him the scope of our brotherhood, I'll invariably mention our fraternity is a worldwide organization, one that wherever I am in the world, I could visit a local lodge and be welcomed. I tell them that to not only inform, but to impress. It's especially important to military members, since they will move at least a half dozen times in their career.
It's not just because of jobs, however. Families are making migrations out of states whose politics they don't agree with to find sanctuaries of sanity elsewhere.
I can share that I’ve been able to experience this in a very positive way. Having retired and moved out of the Jurisdiction, then working through Covid, I started attending a lodge near where I live and was accepted as a brother. I immediately felt welcomed and have started developing new friendships.
In the beginning of Freemasonry, Masons that traveled likely stayed in the homes of Brothers where they had an immediate bond and felt safe.
During the course of my conversations with potential candidates, I always tend to bring up this benefit. While discussing with him the scope of our brotherhood, I'll invariably mention our fraternity is a worldwide organization, one that wherever I am in the world, I could visit a local lodge and be welcomed. I tell them that to not only inform, but to impress. It's especially important to military members, since they will move at least a half dozen times in their career.
It's not just because of jobs, however. Families are making migrations out of states whose politics they don't agree with to find sanctuaries of sanity elsewhere.
I can share that I’ve been able to experience this in a very positive way. Having retired and moved out of the Jurisdiction, then working through Covid, I started attending a lodge near where I live and was accepted as a brother. I immediately felt welcomed and have started developing new friendships.
In the beginning of Freemasonry, Masons that traveled likely stayed in the homes of Brothers where they had an immediate bond and felt safe.