Masonic Weekly

Volume 8-50 December 16– December 22, 2019

Let the celebrations begin.

Monday December 16, 2019

Manasseh Lodge #182, by Lodge Class, 1930 District 4

William Singleton #4 RAC, 1930 DC

Lafayette Lodge #137, 1930 District 5

Kena Legion of Honor, 1830

Tuesday December 17, 2019

Old Dominion Commandery #11, Christmas Observance-Open to all, 1800

Independent Orange Lodge #138, 1930 District 7

Bethel #1, @ Arlington Centennial-Glebe Lodge #81, 1930

Occoquan #16 DeMolay, 1930

Fredericksburg RAC #23, 1930

Kena Motor Patrol, 1930

Kena Camel Herders, 1900

Kena Shrine Band @ Birmingham 1400, Christmas Party 1530

Wednesday December 18, 2019

Old Dominion Sojourner’s #364, Elks Club, 1830

Kena Shrine, Dinner & Stated 1830

Thursday December 19, 2019

Cherrydale-Columbia Lodge #42, 1930 District 1A

Cdr. W.L. Herndon DeMolay Stated at Herndon Lodge #264, 1930

Piedmont Commandery #26, Christmas Observance, 1830 dinner followed by program

Acacia Lodge #16, 1900 Officers Meeting District 4

Fredericksburg #1 Commandery, 1930

Linn Banks Lodge #126, 1930 District 7

Cochran Lodge #271, Ritual practice, 1900 District 4

Terrapin Lodge #241, Stated, 1930 MD

Social Order of the Beauceant #266-Fredericksburg, 1930

Friday December 20, 2019

Hiram #45 RAC, 1930

Arlington Commandery #29, 1730 Short Business meeting followed by dinner at 1830 and the Christmas Observance to follow (RSVP to The Commandery)

Saturday December 21, 2019

Mt Carmel Lodge #133, Lodge Breakfast, 0900 District 4

A Douglas Smith Lodge of Research #1949, 1000 Research

The Eagle Lodge #1893, Stated, 1000 DC

The Patriot Lodge #1957, Practice, 1200 District 4

Kena Shrine Leadership Seminar, 1000

Sunday December 22, 2019

Loudoun Shrine Club, 1100

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The six Royal Arch degrees are intimately related to the first three degrees in Masonry. They detail the story of the completion, dedication, destruction, and rebuilding of King Solomon's Temple including the recovery of the lost secrets.

The Royal Arch Degree completes the Blue Lodge Mason's basic instruction and prepares him for a lifetime of seeking light. In Virginia our ancient Constitution of Masonry (Chapter 3, Sec-tion 4, Number 7) states, “to exercise all degrees of the Ancient Craft, and consequently the Royal Arch.” This clearly shows the

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Upcoming Events

Some upcoming date changes

Sinclair/Black Horse AMD Council December 27, 7pm, Mt. Carmel Lodge

Kena Events

December 21 Leadership Seminar

December 31 New Years Eve Party

Shenandoah Conclave Red Cross of Constantine January 11 0900

Winchester Lodge #21

Bull Run Operatives Assemblage, 1300 Winchester Lodge #21

Regional Masonic Organizations MASTER SCHEDULE

Masonic District 1A

Alexandria-Washington Lodge #22 2nd Thursday 7:30pm

Andrew Jackson Lodge #120 3rd Thursday 7:30pm

Henry Knox Field-John Blair Lodge#349 2nd Tuesday 7:30pm

Elmer Timberman Lodge #54 3rd Monday 7:30pm

Arlington Centennial-Glebe Lodge #81 4th Monday 7:30pm

Cherrydale Columbia Lodge #42 1st & 3rd Thursday 7:30pm

Concord Lodge #307 3rd Tuesday 7:30pm

Kemper-Macon Ware Lodge #64 2nd Tuesday 7:30pm

Sharon Lodge #327 2nd Thursday 7:30pm

Masonic District 1B

Dale City Lodge #319 3rd Friday 7:30pm

Fort Hunt-Skidmore Daytime Lodge #353 2nd Wednesday 11:00am

John A. Lejeune Lodge #350 3rd Monday 7:30pm

Mount Vernon Lodge #219 4th Monday 7:30pm

Occoquan Lodge #310 2nd Monday 7:30pm

Springfield Lodge #217 1st Tuesday 7:30pm

Masonic District 2

Ashburn-Sterling Lodge #288 2nd Tuesday 7:30pm

Freedom Lodge #118 1st Friday 8:00pm

Hamilton-Thompson Lodge #37 3rd Thursday 7:30pm

Olive Branch Lodge #114 1st Monday 8:00pm

Herndon Lodge #264 3rd Monday 7:30pm

Masonic District 3

Spurmont Lodge #98 1st Monday 7:30pm

Treadwell Lodge #213 1st Thursday 7:30pm

Unity Lodge #146 1st Wednesday 7:30pm

Washington Lodge #78 2nd Monday 7:30pm

Winchester Hiram Lodge #21 2nd Tuesday 7:30pm

Masonic District 4

Acacia Lodge #16 1st Thursday 7:30pm

Hay Market Lodge #313 2nd Monday 7:30pm

Henry Lodge #57 2nd Tuesday 7:30pm

Manasseh Lodge #182 1st Friday 7:30pm

Mt. Carmel Lodge #133 4th Tuesday 7:30pm

Cochran Lodge #271 2nd Thursday 7:30pm

The Patriot Lodge #1957 3rd Friday 7:00pm

Masonic District 5 Charles Franklin Schuler Lodge #74 1st Monday 7:30pm Ashlar Lodge #125 2nd Monday 7:30pm Lafayette Lodge #137 3rd Monday 7:00pm Magnetic Lodge #184 4th Monday 7:30pm Masonic District 7 Fairfax Lodge #43 2nd Thursday 7:30pm Barboursville Lodge #112 2nd Saturday 7:30pm Linn Banks Lodge #126 3rd Thursday 7:30pm Independent Orange Lodge #138 3rd Tuesday 7:30pm Cryptic Councils-D.C. Washington #1, Adoniram-Zabud #2, and Triangle #3 4th Monday 7:30pm Alexander Green #183 May & October 4th Monday 7:30pm Fiat Lux #9, Sojourner Kilwinning #7-Oct only 1st Saturday 6:30pm Sojourner Kilwinning #7 Months 2,3,5,8 2nd Saturday 6:30pm Fiat Lux #9 3rd Saturday 6:30pm English Invitational Orders Bull Run Operatives Assembly Second Saturday in January, April, and July, Third Saturday in September– Winchester Lodge #21 Duke of Cumberland #101 Masonic Order of Athelstan Second Saturday in April, and July, Third Saturday in September– Winchester Lodge #21

Royal Arch Chapters

Warren Chapter #5 1st Tuesday 7:30pm

Fauquier Chapter #25 1st Wednesday 7:00pm

Manassas Chapter #81 2nd Thursday 7:00pm

Potomac Chapter #88 4th Monday 7:30pm

Mt. Vernon/William Singleton Chapter #3 D.C. 1st Mon Feb Mar Apr June Sept Oct Nov 7:30pm

Columbia Chapter #1 D.C. 2nd Monday 7:30pm

William Singleton Chapter #4 D.C. 3rd Monday 7:30pm

Mt. Vernon Chapter #14 1st Tuesday 7:30pm

Luray Chapter #4 2nd Wednesday 7:30pm

Arlington Chapter #35 2nd Wednesday 7:30pm

Annandale Chapter #77 @ Springfield Lodge #217 2nd Monday 7:30pm

Mt. Pleasant Chapter #13 D.C. 4th Wednesday 7:30pm

Washington Potomac Chapter #8 1st Thursday 7:30pm

Fairfax Chapter #13 2nd Tuesday 7:30pm

Hiram Chapter #45 3rd Friday 7;30pm

Fiat Lux Chapter #19 D.C. 3rd Saturday 6:30pm

Sojourner Kilwinning Chapter #17 D.C. 2nd Saturday 6:30pm

Knights Templar Commandery

Old Dominion #11 Commandery 4th Wednesday 7:00pm

Piedmont #26 Commandery 4th Thursday 7:30pm

Arlington #29 Commandery 3rd Friday 7:30pm

Turner Ashby #35 Commandery 2nd Wednesday 7:30pm

Winchester Commandery #12 3rd Monday 7:30pm

Harrisonburg Commandery #10 (Even Months) 4th Monday 7:30pm

Luray Commandery #19 1st Tuesday 7:30pm

Charlottesville Commandery #3 4th Tuesday 6:00pm

Washington Commandery #1 D.C. 2nd Wednesday 7:30pm

Columbia Commandery #2 D.C. Months 1,3,5,9,11 4th Wednesday 7:30pm

Potomac Commandery #3 D.C. Months 2,4,6,10. 12 4th Wednesday 7:30pm

Fredericksburg Commandery #1 3rd Thursday 7:30pm

Miscellaneous

Alexandria Scottish Rite 2nd Friday 7:30pm

Kena Shrine 3rd Wednesday 7:30pm

Klown Meeting 2nd Wednesday 6:00pm

Lord Fairfax Council #90, AMD 5th Friday 7:30 pm (@Sharon Lodge 327)

Perfect Ashlar Council #349, AMD 5th Tuesday 7:30 pm (@Herndon Lodge 264) C.A. Sinclair, JR. Council #412, AMD 5th Thursday 7:30 pm (@Manasseh Lodge 182) H. A. Fisher Council #442, AMD 5th Monday 7:30 pm (@GWMNM North Room)

Black Horse Council #555, AMD 5th Thursday 7:30 pm (@Mt. Carmel Lodge 133) Nova Vita Tabernacle LXXIII, HRAKTP, 1st Saturday in June, Saturday after Thanksgiving (Manassas) Nova Chapel No. 25, St. Thomas of Acon, 1st Saturday in June, Saturday after Thanksgiving (Manassas) Shenandoah Conclave, Red Cross of Constantine, 2nd Saturday in January (Winchester) Virginia College, MSRICF, 2nd Saturday in June (Richmond) Washington & Lee York Rite College #93 1st Saturday in June, Saturday after Thanksgiving (Manassas) Virginia Council #12 Knight Masons 1st Saturday in June, Saturday after Thanksgiving (Manassas) Manasseh Chapter IORG 2nd & 4th Tuesdays 7:30pm

Wimodausis Chapter #106 Order of the Eastern Star 3rd Tuesday 7:30pm

Destiny Court #14 Order of the Amaranth 3rd Thursday 7:30pm

Prince William DeMolay Chapter TBD

Bethel 52 IOJD 2nd & 4th Tuesdays 7:30pm

Cmdr. W. L. Herndon #6 DeMolay 1st & 3rd Thursdays 7:30pm

Edwin A. Mroz DeMolay 1st & 3rd Wednesday 7:00pm

Occoquan #16 DeMolay 1st & 3rd Tuesdays 7:30pm

Old Dominion Sojourners #364 (Meet at The Elks Lodge in Fairfax) 3rd Wednesday 6:30pm

Royal Arch District 1 Ritual School at Elmer Timberman Lodge #54 1st Wednesday 7:00pm

Loudoun Shrine Club 2nd Wednesday 6:30pm Bethel 22, Job’s Daughter meeting at Mt. Vernon Lodge #219 2nd & 4th Sun 2:00pm George Washington Lodge of Research #1732 1st Saturdays 11:00am Rock of Cashel Knight Masons #100 Twice Yearly 7:30pm

Kemper Macon-Ware Lodge #64 Ritual School 1,3,4,5 Tuesdays 6:00pm

The Masonic Roundtable, Tuesdays at 10pm www.themasonicroundtable.com

Master Schedule Continued

http://www.msana.com/index.asp

Gigi Costis, Grand Worthy Advisor of Virginia My charity is Give‐Kids‐the‐World Village in Kissimmee Florida. Here is the full write up I have about my charity, and the reason behind my choosing it. This year I am serving as the Grand Worthy Advisor of Virginia. As Grand Worthy Advisor, I choose my fundraisers, ser-vice, and charity projects, but to understand my charity you have to understand a little about me. As some of you know, I have a brother. Matthew Thomas Costis was born 18 months be-fore I was and was the best big brother a girl could ask for. When we were little, Matthew treated me like a princess. He was an amazing little boy, competitive, funny, and imaginative, an amazing soccer player, and above all, my hero. As a child, I truly believed that Matthew was invincible. That is until he disappeared to the hospital with my parents one day in 2008. Matthew was 8 years old when he was diagnosed with brain cancer. Stage 4, terminal. Sud-denly the fairytale we had been living in was falling apart. I stopped being a princess, and he stopped being invincible. Matthew was no longer Matthew; he was the little boy with cancer. Our “normal” life was over, and I could not for the life of me figure out why. I didn’t even know what cancer was, all I knew was my brother, my best friend, my hero, was dying, and I couldn’t do anything about it. There are many parts of this term that have been inspired by my childhood, and Matthew, but nothing more so than our Charity project. As I stated before, my family was distraught when Matthew was sick, it was hard for us to do anything. When every day is full of chemotherapy, surgeries, doctor visits, and pills, it’s hard to focus on anything more than just surviving. There was one time however, one week that my family was able to do more than just survive. One week of normalcy, one week of fun, one week where I was a princess, and Matthew was invincible again. That was the week that my family was sent to Give‐Kids‐The‐World Village. Give Kids the World is a magical place just out-side of Disney world, where Make‐a‐wish and organization like it, send children who are too sick to stay at a Disney resort. Give Kids the World Village takes in families for one week, for a completely free vacation. They provide a magical experience for terminally ill children. Everything in the park is handicap accessible. They have Disney characters come to the vil-lage to visit the children that are too sick to make it to Disney parks. At Give Kids the World every family is treated with respect and kindness. Every child gets to be normal. When my family was sent to give kids the world village, we had the most amazing experiences. We were able to meet Disney characters during the day and explore the storybook village. At night we were brought hot food, and a volunteer named the “wish fairy” would bring gifts for Matthew and me. At the end of every child’s visit to Give Kids the World a star is placed in the Castle of Miracles. They are just small mirrors cut into the star shape with the name of the sick child engraved on them. They are in the castle to symbolize hope. Hope for a cure, hope for a miracle, and to give hope to the children who see them and know that they are not alone in their illness. Matthews star is placed in a constellation in the castle of miracles. Mat-thew died shortly after our trip to Give Kids the World, and the last memories I have of him are from that trip. This year we will be raising money for Give Kids the World. They are completely non‐profit, everyone who works there is a volunteer, and they rely completely on donations to do what they do. We are trying to raise $9000 this year, enough money this year to send one family to Give‐Kids‐ the World for a week. It’s a lot of work, but I know that to-gether we can raise enough money to give a family just like mine a chance to have a happy, normal, amazing week.

Give Kids the World Village

https://www.gktw.org/

Virginia Rainbow

https://virginiarainbow.org/

Donations can be made to Virginia Rainbow with “Give Kids the World” or

“Grand Worthy Advisor Charity” in the memo field and mailed to

Manassas Rainbow Assembly

C/O Manasseh Lodge #182

9810 Cockrell Road

Manassas, VA 20010

Contact The Grand Worthy Advisor for more information

Gig Costis

gigicilla7@gmail.com

Most Worshipful Douglas Vernon Jones

175th Grand Master