Grand Orient USA

The Need for Masonic Moral Integrity

Grand Orient USA — Thu, 03 May 2012 20:47:12 +0000

Past Grand Master, Jeffrey Peace, has posted a wonderful essay on the meaning of Freemasonry, and how it s symbols point to a state of complete moral integrity. You can read the essay at Tracing Board, his personal Masonic blog.

Halcyon Lodge: The Future of American Freemasonry

Grand Orient USA — Wed, 02 May 2012 16:58:12 +0000

In Cleveland, Ohio Freemasonry is flourishing under the leadership of the Grand Orient USA and the officers of Halcyon Lodge No. 498. Just a few short years ago Masons like Edward King and Christopher Hodapp were prognosticating the failure of Halcyon when they divorced the Grand Lodge of Ohio in acrimonious court proceedings in 2008. [...]

Grand Orient USA, Accepted Freemasons, Elections 2012

Grand Orient USA — Tue, 01 May 2012 11:27:41 +0000

2012 brings significant changes to the Grand Orient USA, Accepted Freemasons. As a rapidly growing modern Masonic organization we are constantly refining the way we do things and adapting to changes in culture and society. Many of these changes have been outlined in Grater’s Constitutions of 2012 and Your Freemasonry -Your Way. Over the past [...]

Liberal Freemasonry

Grand Orient USA — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 13:19:01 +0000

What is Liberal Freemasonry? If you think it has anything to do with modern US politics you guessed wrong. Liberal Freemasonry is the term by which the original Masonic Order created in the early 18th Century has become known. “Liberal” refers to the same Classical Liberalism expressed in the founding documents of the United States [...]

Freemasonry 101: A great place to learn about the Freemasons

Grand Orient USA — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 13:02:37 +0000

Freemasonry 101 is a website about Freemasonry, its Rites, history and philosophy. It’s a wonderful place to learn more about the world’s oldest and largest fraternal organization. Freemasonry 101 is the work of a group of Masons from both liberal and mainstream Masonic lodges that wanted to create an easy to use website for people [...]

Grand Orient USA Freemasonry now on LinkedIn

Grand Orient USA — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 23:37:27 +0000

You can now join the Grand Orient USA, Accepted Freemasons group on LinkedIn. LinkedIn is a business-related social networking site. Founded in December 2002 and launched in May 2003, it is mainly used for professional networking. As of 9 February 2012, LinkedIn reports more than 150 million registered users in more than 200 countries and [...]

Your Freemasonry -Your Way

Grand Orient USA — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:31:53 +0000

The Grand Orient USA is dedicated to the re-birth of Freemasonry and the spirit of true Masonic brotherhood in America. It’s not our Freemasonry -it’s your Freemasonry -your way. We believe that as a Mason you have the right to choose what’s best for you and your lodge. You and your lodge know better than [...]

American Masonic Alliance

Grand Orient USA — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:37:53 +0000

The Grand Orient USA is now a member of the American Masonic Alliance. The alliance is a group of Grand Orients and Grand Lodges operating in North, Central and South America, that meets annually to discuss the state of Freemasonry in the Americas. It is open to all Grand Lodges and Orients operating in the [...]

R.W. Bro. G. David Cooksey has Passed Away

Grand Orient USA — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 20:56:56 +0000

Right Worshipful Brother G. David Cooksey, Past Grand Secretary of the Grand Orient of the United States of America, and Sovereign Grand Commander of the Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite, passed away on Friday, the 13th of April, 2012, after a lengthy illness. Bro. Cooksey served as a founding member and Worshipful Master of Vulcan Masonic Lodge [...]

Graeter’s Constitutions of 2012

Grand Orient USA — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:56:13 +0000

2012 marks the beginning of the seventh year of the Grand Orient USA’s struggle for absolute freedom of conscience for all American Freemasons, and with it comes plenty of changes based on the feedback from our lodges. What has become known as “Graeter’s Constitutions” will become effective on May 1, 2012. They are based on [...]

Tracing Board

Grand Orient USA — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:55:05 +0000

The new Tracing Board website is part of two independent sites: Tracing Board and Freemasonry 101. The original Tracing Board website had a section entitled Freemasonry 101 which contained information about the history, philosophy, literature, and various Rites of Freemasonry. This is now its own site with contributors from both the mainstream and CLIPSAS that are interested in Masonic reform. Tracing Board is now the [...]

Freemasonry 101

Grand Orient USA — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:49:27 +0000

Introducing the new Freemasonry 101 Masonic website. Freemasonry 101 is a collaborative effort on the part of Freemasons belonging to CGMNA (Conference of Grand Masters of Masons North America) and CLIPSAS (Center of Liaison and Information of the Powers and Signatories of the Appeal of Strasbourg) organizations who believe in the need for Masonic reform. It is our hope and intent to [...]

Revolutionary Brotherhood

Grand Orient USA — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 22:41:37 +0000

Freemasonry and the Transformation of the American Social Order, 1730-1840 -By Steven C. Bullock In the first comprehensive history of the fraternity known to outsiders primarily for its secrecy and rituals, Steven Bullock traces Freemasonry through its first century in America. He follows the order from its origins in Britain and its introduction into North [...]

The Bill of Rights and the Social Contract

Grand Orient USA — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 15:49:51 +0000

The Grand Orient USA will begin a series of open public discussions about the importance of the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights. Everyone has heard of these famous documents but few have read and understand them. John Locke’s concept of the Social Contract is implicit in both yet is seldom [...]

Halcyon Lodge Weekend Masonic Retreat

Grand Orient USA — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 15:12:58 +0000

Halcyon Lodge hosted a weekend Masonic retreat for Freemasons from across America.The weekend started Friday night with several music acts to benefit WooHoo Breast Cancer research. About 500 people showed up for the event. Over the course of the weekend there were discussions about the history of Freemasonry and Esoteric Freemasonry. Four Apprentices were entered [...]

Are you connected?

Grand Orient USA — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:52:35 +0000

Watch the trailer for Connected: An Autoblogography about Love, Death & Technology.

Thank You!

Grand Orient USA — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:29:40 +0000

The Brothers and Sisters of the Grand Orient USA would like to thank all of our supporters world-wide. Creating a liberal and progressive Masonic body in the United States has been a monumental task. We couldn’t have done it without our friends, brothers, and sisters from around the globe. Your emails, messages and phone calls [...]

The Masonic Peace Intitute

Grand Orient USA — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:28:11 +0000

The Masonic Peace Institute is a great cause worthy of support by all Freemasons. Declaration We, the members and supporters of the Masonic Peace Institute, are committed to the peaceful coexistence of all peoples, no matter where dispersed. To this end we will toil, spreading the cement of Brotherly Love and affection throughout humanity. We [...]

Project Polymath

Grand Orient USA — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:30:53 +0000

Project Polymath is creating a new type of interdisciplinary university dedicated to the universal pursuit of knowledge and the development of students’ full potential as thinkers, doers, and leaders. We believe that many students have talents that lie across multiple disciplines, and that it is possible to fully develop all of these talents in the [...]

Women Freemasons

Grand Orient USA — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:02:01 +0000

The life philosophy offered by Grand Orient Freemasonry meets the needs of modern western culture. It’s an adaptive and evolving system that stresses the potential of the individual to have a positive impact on the lives of those around them. Perhaps this is why it’s so popular with women. In a series of short interviews [...]

Atlantis Lodge Degree Work: March 9-10, 2012

Grand Orient USA — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:09:15 +0000

Atlantis Lodge will be holding a two day degree event at Halcyon Temple in Cleveland, Ohio March 9-10. They will be performing the three degrees of the Preston-Webb American Rite. All Freemasons are invited to attend. The event is sponsored by the Grand Orient USA

Sirius Lodge to Host Fall Degrees

Grand Orient USA — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:06:32 +0000

Sirius Lodge, Atlanta, GA, will host a series of degrees in the fall of 2012. The three day event will include the Entered Apprentice, Fellow-Craft and Master Mason of the Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite. All Freemasons are invited to attend. The event is being sponsored by the Grand Orient USA.

York Rite coming to Grand Orient

Grand Orient USA — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:12:28 +0000

The fall session of the Council of the Order of the Grand Orient of the United States opened the door for many changes and one of them is the introduction of the Preston-Webb York Rite. This is the same degrees of Freemasonry that have been practiced in American Masonic lodges for over two centuries. The [...]

The Times They Are A-Changin’

Grand Orient USA — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:58:59 +0000

Yes, indeed “The Times They Are A-Changin’” at the Grand Orient USA and in American Freemasonry. Generation-X brothers are handing over the reigns to the Millennials, and we have some different ideas about Freemasonry. First, we owe a great debt of gratitude to the brothers at Sirius, Halcyon, and Regulus lodges for breaking open the [...]

The New Freemasonry is Everyone’s Freemasonry

Grand Orient USA — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 22:04:58 +0000

How do you become a Freemason? You simply decide to join the movement and set yourself free to be the person you’ve always wanted to be. The new Freemasonry is about bringing people together who might never have met in any other way. It’s about finding friends just like yourself who care about others and [...]