Brethren:

Harmony, Fidelity and Charity come to mind when I comtemplate the ideals that characterize Freemasonry at the end of the year when we celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, New Year's Day and proceed to install the officer line of our Lodge for the next Masonic year.

In peace we renew our pursuit of these shared ideals that our fraternity recognizes as the keys to successful living. We must have Harmony to move in unity an peace into the next year. Let it never be said that we failed to emulate the noble contention of who best can work and best agree as we apply the cement of Brotherly Love and Affection that binds us together.

In Fidelity we are faithful to our country, to our family and to God thus assuring the unparalleled quality of life that we have here in the United States.

In Charity we recognize and support the needs of our brothers, their families and widows as well as the needs of our community.

We suffered the loss of our Child's ID Chairman, Brother Matt Matheson this past month and we need to rededicate ourselves to the support of that worthy community service to which he dedicated so many hours of his time. Let us regard our brother's passing into the celestial Lodge above as something that binds us closer together in ties of Fidelity and Brotherly Love rather than being separated from his mortal presence.

And lastly, let us not be an organization that is more impressed by a duty to protect the secrets of the craft than our obligation to learn more about the fraternity and share our informed knowledge with the world outside of our Lodge.

Fraternally Yours,

Marco Romey, PM
Senior Warden