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Welcome to the homepage of the
2007 Achievement Award Recipients
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2009 18th District Lodge Officers |
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Constituent Lodges:
Skip
Perez, DGL at [email protected] |
Rt. W. Carl J. Graf, P.M., District Deputy Grand Master (70) W. Bro. Armando
Skip Perez, P.M.,
District Grand Lecturer (367)
W.B. George J. Lupo, PDDGM,
Secretary
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Building A Better World In The Hearts Of Men |
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District Deputy Grand Master RIGHT WORSHIPFUL
CARL J. GRAF, DDGM Brethren,
Fraternally yours, Rt. W. Carl J. Graf, DDGM Hiram Lodge No. 70, F. & A.M. Metairie, LA 70001 |
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District Grand Lecturer
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| Hello Brothers, I have served as your District Grand Lecturer since 2002 and again I have to say that I feel proud to serve you as your District Lecturer. From the bottom of my heart, I thank you for your vote of confidence and the respect that you have shown me through the years, as I visit the various Lodges throughout the state. I hope that I have not offended anyone, while instructing the rituals or floor work. I am there to help you perform your duties in the Lodge. Please take my comments as constructive and not destructive. Remember, if you need help in your Lodge, please allow me to perform my duties. Call on me anytime and I will gladly try to help anyway I can. Fraternally yours, Armando "Skip" Perez, DGL 18th Ideal Lodge No. 367 F. & A.M. Hammond, LA 70403 |
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Notes from our Brethren,
I plan to have some type of educational program each District Meeting
and have it declared a workshop.
Fraternally
yours,
Troy Perez, PM
Invincible Lodge No. 361
Gretna, LA |
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Recipients of the 2007 Achievement Award! |
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(l/r) Rt. WB George Lupo, DDGM, handing out the awards to the following Brothers: WB Julis M. Ripp, PM, Sec., Graham-Washington No. 413; WB Gary B. Greene, PM, Level Lodge No. 373; WB Armando "Kris" Perez, PM, Ideal Lodge No. 367; William F. Baradell, Jr, PM, Linn Wood-Ionic No. 167; WB Armando "Skip" Perez, DGL 18th District
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2009 Calendar Wednesday, July 29, 2009 Jacques de Molay Lodge No. 389 will host the 18th Masonic District Lodge at 1801 Clearview Pkwy, Metairie, LA. Refreshments served at 6:30 pm and the meeting will begin at 7:30 pm. Friday, October 30, 2009 Invincible Lodge No. 361 will host the 18th Masonic District Lodge at William D. White Lodge Hall, 501 Amelia St., Gretna, LA. Refreshments served at 6:30 pm and the meeting will begin at 7:30 pm.
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Blue Lodge Meetings Coming Up...... |
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The 18th Masonic District Lodge meets quarterly at various Constituent Lodges throughout the District (see Calendar).
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Monthly Meetings 1st & 3rd Mondays 1st & 3rd Wednesdays
1st
& 3rd Saturdays
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Monthly Meetings 2nd & 4th Mondays |
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Congratulations to the following Lodges, at the April 30th meeting. There were approximately 61 Brothers in attendance!!! 11 out of 11 Lodges were represented at this District Meeting!!
Three Grand Lodge Officers Present:
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CONGRATULATIONS TO: Invincible Lodge No. 361 |
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Gold Traveling Gavel Award Invincible Lodge No. 361 (16 members present) |
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Silver Award Level Lodge No. 373 (12 members present) |
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Bronze Award Ideal Lodge No. 367 (10 members present) |
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Saturday, May 23, 2009 7:30 AM 1809 Clearview Parkway, Metairie, LA
Laying of Wreath at the Veterans Memorial. All appendant bodies, Eastern
Star, and all Lodges are encouraged to participate. This is an excellent
opportunity to show the community who we are and what we stand for. We will
meet at the Lodge Hall on Clearview Parkway and depart around 7:30 AM.
There will be a police escort to the memorial prayer service, and the news
media will be there. Please bring your own aprons. For questions and to
RSVP, please contact Willis Couch PM Theodore Roosevelt Lodge #415 and Level
Lodge #373 at cell phone (985) 502-2023. Let's show up in great numbers on
behalf of our Fraternity. WB Nick Randazzo is still teaching the esoteric work in all three degrees at 621 Carondelet St., New Orleans, LA on Sundays at 7:00 to 9:00 a.m. He also instructs the Certificate Work, so if you are interested in Floor Work, Esoteric or Certificate Work, he is available on Sundays and will be glad to see you there. |
Sunday, October 11, 2009 Hiram Lodge No. 70 will host the THIRD Annual 18th Masonic District Picnic at Pontiff Playground in Metairie.
Feedback about last year's picnic: I thought that the Second Annual 18th Masonic District Picnic was a huge success! Hiram Lodge members were there first thing in the morning and set up the pavilion and began setting up for the day's events. Invincible Lodge No. 361 had their barbeque trailer in full operation! The trailer came complete with two or more cooks who were members of Invincible Lodge to do the cooking!
These Brothers began cooking chicken, smoke sauces, steaks and ribs! However Hiram Lodge held their own, with a LARGE pot of Jambalaya, (which was GREAT), a deep fryer, (fried fish was excellent) and all the other trimmings to go with the picnic! OUTSTANDING BROTHERS!!!
This annual Picnic will grow and the District Members will be closer and the Craft better for it. I want to thank all the Brothers that attended the picnic and hope that next year it will grow to double this year's size. Once the other members of the District hear about the success, they will come. Skip Perez, DGL Ideal Lodge No. 367
2007 Picnic Photos and Feedback
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MEMORIAL SECTION |
M.W. Thomas Jefferson Pitman, P.G.M.,
Grand Secretary |
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The Fraternity of Freemasonry is the oldest, largest, and most widely known Fraternity in the world. Originating hundreds of years ago when stonemasons and other craftsmen gathered together in Lodges. Masonry now involves members bound together not by trade, but by a desire to be a Fraternal Brotherhood built upon Honesty, Integrity and Morality with Charity as its chief aim. The basic unit of Masonry is the Blue Lodge. After progressing through "three degrees" to become a Master Mason, members can belong to other organizations, which have roots in Masonry and the Blue Lodge as a prerequisite. Among these related organizations include the Shrine of North America, The Scottish Rite Bodies, The York Rite Bodies and many others. For more information or to become a Master Mason, contact Skip Perez @ [email protected] Louisiana Grand Lodge Web Site www.la-mason.com |
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In loving memory of those Americans who lost their lives, those who survived, and those who protect us in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on our beloved country on September 11, 2001. |
Worshipful Master of the Eighteenth District Lodge, Troy Perez, PM,
presents WM: Farrell Ledet, Invincible Lodge No. 361 with the Gold
Traveling Gavel Award, having 16 members in attendance at the April 30th
Meeting. 
