Saddleback Laguna
Masonic Lodge No. 672

Greetings Brethren,

I hope this article finds you in good health and spirits. September is going to be an exciting month. We are going to kick it off with an exciting stated meeting hosting a special guest of honor, Past Grand Master, Most Worshipful Tony Wardlow, who will welcome our Lodge as a new Century Member of the George Washington Masonic Memorial.

Septembers Masonic University will be held on Monday, September 22nd at 6PM. This program is taking awesome shape thanks to the participation and enthusiasm from everybody involved - from the youngest Entered Apprentice who comes to learn and absorb information about our Craft to Past Masters who architect the Temple. I advocate that if you have not yet participated in a Masonic University session that you stop by and participate to learn about it.

GRAND LODGE COMMUNICATION
We have a group of at least 8-10 members going to San Francisco this year to represent our Lodge. Please contact me if you are planning to attend so that we can further organize the Saddleback Laguna group. Grand Lodge Communication is an impressive event that is a MUST to witness at least once in your life time.

I received communication from the Grand Guardian Council of California for the Job's Daughters Iternational that they are interested in reopening Bethel No. 63 in our Lodge. A key component of their success is new members. If your daughter or a relative of yours would like to participate, please contact me so that I can connect you with the right person.

By the square,

Erich Kreidler
Master

Message from the West

Greetings Brethren and Welcome to the Beautiful month of September.

I hope that this finds everybody in good health and high spirits. Also I wished that everybody was able to have a nice and relaxing summer and are geared up for the back to school time. I know that its probably going to be a little hard to get the kids back into the swing of school, I know I never liked it when this time of year came around because I always thought that summer was never long enough.

At this time I would like to inform you of some good and bad news. As you remember in my last article I talked about being a little stressed on a test that I had only three weeks to prepare for. Well the bad news is that I did not pass the whole test at this time. The good news is that I did pass the hardest part of the test the first time and didnt miss passing by that much. So now I have a leg up for the next test that I will be taking in February.

Well enough of me lets get down to some business. I hope that all who are able to attend will join us up at the Grand Lodge Annual Communication at the end of this month. I will be attending this year and have heard that it is always a good time. Also a good reason to go is that the incoming Grand Master is from our neck of the woods and that is Right Worshipful Larry Adamson. Right Worshipful Larry is an amazing guy. The last time that I talked and saw him he was the President/CEO of the Midnight Mission in Los Angeles and he had just given us a light hearted but very informative speech on some not so well known Masonic Organizations.

Lastly, I would like to inform you on our degree work for the year. This calendar year so far we have preformed fourteen 1st degrees, seven 2nd degrees, and eleven 3rd degrees. The Masonic year so far, even though it has been a little more than a month, we have preformed four 1st degrees and three 3rd degrees. We have fifteen candidates actively going thru the degrees with eight men in the hopper waiting to be voted on. So once again it doesn't look like our degree work is going to lighten up.

Oh, by the way September 6th is the birthday of Brother Marquis de Lafayette.

On the Level,

Jerad Schulte
Senior Warden

Message from the South

Brethren,

Greetings and salutations. This being the month of September, it's back to school and work. Vacation time is over (typically).

This months Stated meeting September 4th will be catered and we will be having Corned Beef, potatoes and cabbage at 6 PM. Dinner will be $10. We will be having Past Grand Master, Most Worshipful Tony Wardlow visit us on this evening.

The Temple Board meeting will be held Saturday, September 6th at 9:00 AM, come and attend, see if you are interested in helping maintain and enhance YOUR Lodge.

September 10th is an Angels Game vs. New York Yankees. If you wish to attend, contact me @ (949) 422-8796. We have field level seats.

Also, there is a Super breakfast for the Santa Ana Scottish Rite at the EBEL Club coming up on the 21st of September. please attend, assist with preparation, clean-up, help with the Child ID event, support the language Center. Flyers are out and tickets along with it. Pass them out, talk to friends, family and other Masons.

This date in Masonic history:
September 11 - On this date in 2000, the Grand Masters of the Grand Lodge of D.C. and the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of D.C. signed a ceremonial "proclamation" symbolizing their mutual recognition that had been voted on favorably by both Grand Lodges in 1999.

September 12 - On this date in 1826, William Morgan, who had published an expos of Masonic secrets, was taken from the jail in Canandaigua, New York, kidnapped, and possibly later murdered. This was the trigger for the Morgan Affair and the Antimasonic movement and Antimasonic Party in the United States from the 1820s through the 1840s.

September 13 - On this date in 1882, a monument was dedicated in Batavia, New York, to William Morgan, the man whose kidnapping and possible murder by Freemasons started the anti-masonic movement in the United States in 1826. The monument says Morgan was a "martyr to the freedom of writing and printing the truth."

September 14 - On this date in 1844, the Grand Lodge of Michigan was founded.

September 15 - On this date in 1851, the Grand Lodge of Oregon was formed

September 18 - On this date in 1793, the cornerstone of the United States Capitol building in Washington D.C. was laid in an elaborate, formal Masonic ceremony, with George Washington personally playing a key role and wearing Masonic regalia.

On this date in 1856, the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Indiana was organized.

September 20 - On this date in 1784, the Grand Lodge of England issued a warrant to African Lodge #459. This charter is a prized possession of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, and African Lodge #459 has continued to exist to the present time.

September 23 - On this date in 1857, the Grand Lodge of Nebraska was formed

September 25 - On this date in 1786, the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania was organized

September 26 - On this date in 1872, the Shrine of North America (AAONMS) was organized, in New York City.

By the Plumb,

Steve Bass
Junior Warden