Archive for 'About Our Lodge'
Give em’ the Third Degree!
Brothers, After we conduct a degree it is common for us to give a pat on the back and say good job to those who participated and to welcome the new brothers with a hearty hand shake. This last degree has sparked a different feeling in me that I thought I would share. Our ancient [...]
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Thanks to the brothers who came out on short notice to help support the Cass Park Spit Shine event. We helped to make our neighborhood more beautiful and engaged a growing community of our neighbors who are making strong efforts to improve Cass corridor. Great care was taken by Brother Stokes to maintain the integrity [...]
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So far this summer is hot! It has also been damn hot outside! This past Sunday, our Lodge enjoyed a nearly historic baseball game. The Tigers won but all-star pitcher Justin Verlander was an inning away from becoming the fifth person in MLB history to throw 3 no hitters in his career before falling short [...]
Full StoryDetroit Masonic Temple: From Grandeur to Ghetto
This article was originally published in Issue 3 of Masonic Magazine. By Stephen Dafoe The Poet’s Tears & The Masons’ Shame Robbie Burns is standing in Detroit’s Cass Park with his arms folded. The poet’s stance suggests that he might be contemplating his next literary work, except for the tears in his eyes. Looking northward [...]
Full StoryDetroit News Reports End to Olympia Concert Pact
In an article on the Detroit News website, Detroit News writer Jaclyn Trop has a report on what is now becoming a fading deal with the concert pact with Olympia Entertainment. The article is reproduced here as follows: Olympia Entertainment, part of Mike and Marian Ilitch’s billion-dollar entertainment and pizza empire, confirmed Tuesday it has [...]
Full StoryDetroit Free Press Reports Illitch To Bow Out from Temple.
An article on the Detroit Free Press website by Free Press Staff Writers MATT HELMS and BRIAN McCOLLUM claims that “Olympia Entertainment no longer manages [the] venue, which will remain open.” The article which contains input from Detroit No. 2 Worshipful Master Bisham Singh is reproduced here: Management at the Masonic Temple said the Detroit [...]
Full StoryBro. Luke Bruhns Interview on National Public Radio
Detroit Lodge No. 2 Brother Luke Bruhns appeared on the Craig Fahle Show. The show was broadcast on Detroit NPR station affiliate WDET 101.9 FM at 10am on 11-10-10. Bro. Bruhns addressed public concerns that the Detroit Masonic Temple was not in use, and defended it’s viability as not only a fraternal meeting place for [...]
Full StoryBe There. Do.
With the passing of elections I look to the west at the setting sun on this year for Detroit 2. You will often hear from the man in that chair in the west of our wages and his payment of them to us. You will also often hear brothers say that you get out of [...]
Full StoryHotbed Around The Masonic Temple?
Bro. Luke came across this article in the Free Press today and it seems very timely… new stadiums anyone? Hard to say for sure, but it lends a lot to why 100 Temple Avenue is a hot commodity at the moment. I also can’t help that in another article, the Temple is referred to as [...]
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URGENT: All Brethren, there is an emergency meeting called for the Tuesday of June 8th, 2010. It is highly recommended from Worshipful Master Bisham Singh that all members of Detroit Lodge No. 2 meet at the Masonic Temple on our floor at 7:30 promptly. Lodge will open.
Full StoryMemorial Day
Happy Memorial Day to all our Brothers here in America and overseas. We should take a moment here to think about all the Brothers who have passed on during conflicts particularly those whom were members of this Lodge. We hope that you enjoy the holiday with your friends and families but never forget why we [...]
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Full StoryA New Website!
I would like to firstly thank Worshipful Brother Rob Romanczuk for the previous iteration of this website for Detroit Lodge. We used as much as we could from the old site and ported it to this one so your efforts helped a lot to get things started here. Up to this point the website has [...]
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