Education Programs Make Steady Progress

The Committee on Masonic Education continued its busy pace through the second quarter of the year by offering training for the leadership of the lodges, providing tools for lodge programming, and fostering increased Masonic knowledge among the brethren.

Training workshops for junior and senior wardens have been completed in all of the seven Masonic regions across the state. More than 350 wardens attended the sessions that included the definition of Freemasonry, how Masonic ritual provides a strong foundation for our Fraternity, why there are lodges, the role of various lodges, and the important process for a senior warden to plan for his year in the East.

To help lodges obtain good Masonic programs, the 2002 edition of the Speakers Book has been distributed to all of the Pennsylvania lodges. Edward O. Weisser, R.W.P.G.M., chairman of the Committee on Masonic Education, invited brethren who enjoy public speaking to become part of the team. If you are interested in being listed in a future Speakers Book, contact your lodge education chairman for details.

The Grand Master has continued the practice of having a copy of The Exemplar presented to each new Master Mason as a gift from Grand Lodge. The Committee on Masonic Education provides the books to be presented by the membership chairmen of the lodges.