Update 1Feb2014

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A bit of an update on how things are going here at Celestial Brotherhood. First, I am now back stateside. I had an amazing time with the beautiful Emily, I am getting back into the groove here stateside inside my unit, getting back into my writing and getting more involved with my lodge here at Triangle Lodge #548, Lawton Oklahoma. It feels good to be back having fellowship with like-minded individuals. It is definitely a bonus, to have more brethren involved with the Lodge than when I first arrived here at Triangle. Especially the youth that is involved. Now in my lodge there are a number of younger Masons that fill the seats in the North and South, and are moving through the officer chairs. It is nice to have younger generations with young fresh minds and ideas pushing them for the better of our noble fraternity.

My lodge has made it a goal to donate clothing and different items to the Shelter for Battered Women of Lawton. An organization that helps women who have been in abusive relationships get back on their feet after leaving their abusive situation at home. I feel that this is actually a responsibility we as Freemasons must accept. It is a great a noble cause to help women, some with children, some without. Either way it is a great way for Triangle Lodge #548, to reach out in the community and become more visible to the community. I make the suggestion that your lodges reach out with something similar.  In fact, I have done a little bit of research and have found no such program within our Freemasonic community that is dedicated to helping women in abusive relationships. We have programs to help children who have been abused and so forth, but nothing for women. If there is such a program I would greatly appreciate anyone’s assistance in finding said program. If I am correct—there is no program, I would like to make a motion to start one.  You can bring the idea up to your lodge; I just ask to be cited as your reference to the idea. Now, with every other Masonic program we would have to have a name that fits what it represents, I suggest “Widow Son’s Against the Abuse of Women.” It would be a Blue Lodge program and we can really come together and help out the mothers and other women of our communities together and reach it on a national level—much like the Shriners Hospital.  I will write another article in reference to my idea and publish it shortly. With that idea prospering around in my mind I have a few other announcements of things going on in my life.

I am still writing my book—haven’t gotten much further than when I left off the last time, however, I am just getting back into it. I am also getting very deep within the studies of Freemasonry once more since I have settled in a bit more and I am getting use to being back in these fine United States of America. I have found some great information that I will be sharing with everyone else involving the degrees of the craft and different Rites that I have never heard of, appendant bodies that seem fitting for those who would like to seek more and more light, as I do.  I am also currently working on an article for the Midnight Freemason’s, trying to find my own little niche within the community of fine brethren and sister whom of which write very well. To find said niche, I have contacted the Minnesota Grand Lodge and requested information regarding their history, present and future events as well as different ways they are representing the Craft. I would like to get the information from them and write the article and have it published on Midnight Freemasons by February 24th, in celebration of the Grand Lodge’s 161st anniversary.  The Grand Secretary has contacted me and he speaks great things of Celestial Brotherhood as well as the Midnight Freemasons.  He is quoted from his email to myself as saying, “I have been to both of the sites you are working with, Celestial Brotherhood and Midnight Freemasons; and I like what you seem to be doing.” He continued his praise about what we are doing at Celestial Brotherhood and the Midnight Freemasons—saying thank you for what we are doing for the Craft. Well, I am still waiting for any information that they wish for me to write about, however, I understand they are extremely busy at this time of year and I do not wish to rush them. Even, if I would like to have the article written and published by their anniversary. I just would like to thank Grand Secretary Douglas Campbell for the kind words and wish them the best of luck with the upcoming year.

I have a few more articles I am working on as well, just may take a little bit more of studying, research and the time to write. I would like to thank all the loyal readers again for keeping this page up and running,  I would also like to thank the new followers, or even the first timer readers. Remember, I may be the main contributor to this blog but it is a Celestial Brotherhood and your ideas and your emails count. Please E-mail me at aaron.r.gardner@me.com  or follow me on Twitter or Facebook. If you have an idea that you feel would fit here on Celestial Brotherhood, please send it my way and I will take a look. 

Until we meet again under the constellations, I am fraternally yours.

AG