On behalf of the Supreme Council, I am pleased to report the following information concerning our membership efforts in 2021.
Issued by: Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Southern Jurisdiction; Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction; Shriners International
Dr. Tresner tells us that the contemplation of our symbols is the cultivation of clearer, healthier thinking. I have yet to discover a more striking or disarmingly simple definition of the mission of the Rite than this.
This question is usually one of the first questions a new member will ask when he begins his journey into the more obscure mysteries of the Craft.
This monument is of enormous historical interest in reviewing how Br. George Washington’s countrymen first sought to commemorate him in the operative Masonry of architecture.

Human progress is our cause, liberty of thought our supreme wish, freedom of conscience our mission, and the guarantee of equal rights to all people everywhere our ultimate goal.
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