The aims of
Freemasonry are quite clear:
We seek to make good men better
and the world a better place in which to live.
... With a firm reliance on
the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each
other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor ...
Freemasonry
Many of
America's early patriots were Freemasons, including 9 signors of
the Declaration of Independence, 13 signors of the Constitution,
14 Presidents of the United States, 8 Vice Presidents, and 42
justices of the Supreme Court.
We often have request for information on
Freemasonry ... and we truly WELCOME those requests!
This video below was developed by the Grand
Lodge of Indiana, and is an excellent introduction to our
fraternity. Please take a moment to watch it ... it is
time well spent!
Acalanes Fellowship Lodge #480
F&AM
Well, what is
Freemasonry? It is kindness in the home; honesty in business;
courtesy in society; fairness in action. Freemasonry also
teaches love for one another as well as reverence for and love
of God. Freemasonry often uses symbols because only by them can
we speak the language of the spirit. For example the trowel is
an instrument we are taught to use for the purpose of spreading
the cement of Brotherly Love and affection.
By the
exercise of Brotherly Love we are taught to regard the whole
human species as one family, the high and the low, the rich and
the poor, who, as created by one almighty parent, and
inhabitants of the same planet, are to aid, support and protect
each other. On this principle, Masonry unites men of every
country, sect and opinion, and causes true friendship to exist
among those who might otherwise have remained at a perpetual
distance.
You might ask
what can I, an average Mason, do? I'm not interested in being
an officer or a committee chairman. President and Freemason
Theodore Roosevelt had an answer: “I am only an average man,
but, by George, I work harder at it than the average man.”
Friendship,
fraternity, fellowship – the very soul of Freemasonry. True
friendship within a Masonic Lodge leads to its becoming a
friendly Lodge. Thus the reputation of Acalanes Fellowship as
being the “Friendly Lodge”.
