Our Lodge
Ashler Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons was chartered on March 16, 1851 and is
part of the
Tenth Masonic District. Our lodge is situated on the corner of
Broadway and School Streets in Rockport, Massachusetts.
We meet on the first Monday of each month, September excepted when the meeting is moved to the first Thursday after
Labor Day. The lodge is normally in recess during the months of July and
August.
Freemasonry
Freemasonry is
the oldest and largest fraternal organization in the world. The Grand Lodge of
Massachusetts was established in 1733 and is the third oldest Grand Lodge in the
world. Today, there are over 50,000 Freemasons in Massachusetts that meet in
more than 275 individual Lodges in cities and towns throughout the Commonwealth.
Grand Master Donald Gardner Hicks, Jr. is the latest
in a succession of distinguished Massachusetts Freemasons to hold that office.
Previous Grand Masters include Revolutionary War patriots Paul Revere and
General Joseph Warren.
Freemasons
in North America contribute more than $2,000,000 each day to charity. Freemasons
operate the Shriners Burns Hospital in Boston where more than 750 severely
burned children are admitted each year and treated at no charge. Some 3,700
children are treated each year in the hospital’s clinic, again at no charge.
Freemasons also operate the Shriners Orthopedic Hospital in Springfield where
children are treated at no charge. Freemasons are responsible for collecting
more than 80% of the blood collected by the Red Cross in Massachusetts—more than
20,000 pints annually. They also provide more than $200,000 in scholarship
assistance annually.
General Douglas MacArthur once said "Freemasonry embraces the highest moral laws
and will bear the test of any system of ethics or philosophy ever promulgated
for the uplift of man".
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