Making true friends,
improving yourself, having an impact
What is Freemasonry?
Masonry is the world’s first and largest fraternal organization. It is guided by the enduring belief that each man has a responsibility to make the world a better place.
For 300 years, Freemasonry has enhanced and strengthened the character of individual men by providing opportunities for fellowship, charity, and the search for truth – within ourselves and the larger world.
In 2019 there were 46,443 Masons in California, belonging to 335 Lodges. Our members represent the entire spectrum of diversity. We welcome men of all faiths, nationalities, and cultures. In fact, Freemasons have championed equality for all Men and were involved in the Freeing of Slaves, via the Underground Railroad.
Freemasons in the United States of America donate $2,600,000. dollars per day to charity, almost a billion dollars annually. The most popularly known charity is the network of 22 Shriner Children hospitals throughout North America, but there are many others. Charity and making the world a better place is one of the key tenants of Freemasonry.
Our Mission and Our Historic Lodge
Welcome to the door of our Masonic Lodge, and thank you for visiting. Texas Lodge No. 46 of California, was founded in 1853 by Masons who immigrated from Texas, drawn to the fertile opportunities available in what was then the recently-organized California Republic, which at the time was only 4 years old, being made a state in 1850 with its capital at Monterey.
Texas Lodge has been serving as a beacon of brotherhood for friends and fellows ever since those early days in 1853 when the founders came to San Juan Bautista, California.
The Texas Lodge masonic hall building completed in 1869 has been in continuous use since, the original Lodge having never been consolidated with another. The Lodge has enjoyed the great honor of having approximately 500 members in its lengthy 168 year history. Are you one of the future brothers of Texas Lodge?
You have a life story to write, and a life journey to live. You are able to make your life a SPECTACULAR legacy. Knock on our door and ENTER to find friends with warm smiles, welcoming hands, and supportive friendship. We call that “BROTHERHOOD” and we are genuine about it.
LIFE is an individual journey of learning and development that we experience together. Visit our lodge, and help us make each other’s lives EXTRAORDINARY! Application for Degrees
Masonry is a community of men and their families who share similar beliefs and values.
The fraternity finds it important to connect with other men of honor, compassion, love, trust, and knowledge, regardless of their race, color, religious beliefs, political views, sexual orientation, physical ability, citizenship, or national origin.
We are friends and brothers, and are connected through this vital and uplifting organization of moral men.
Improving Ourselves
Our continuing pursuit of truth, knowledge, ethics, and leadership skills makes us better men and brings more meaning to our lives.
Learning the tenets of Freemasonry, paired with being an active part of our community, gives us the opportunity to develop leadership and organizational skills, and builds self-discipline through commitment and self-confidence.
Having an Impact
As a member of the Freemasons, the Grand Lodge of California, and Texas Lodge No. 46, we are a part of a worldwide organization that values tradition, history, and timeless wisdom.
The traditions and core values of our fraternity are meaningful today and will endure for centuries to come due to our direct impact within our community, through our charities, and on a personal level.
How to become a Freemason?
Texas Lodge membership is open to men 18 and older who meet the qualifications and standards of character and intention, and who believe in a Supreme Being. Men of all ethnic and religious backgrounds are welcome.
If you are interested in applying for membership to our lodge, now is a good time to start. Please contact us to schedule a visit during an event, or request more information. You can send us an email at sanjuanbautistatxlodge46@gmail.com It is a journey of a lifetime, you will cherish forever.
Come join the fun! Dress as a Victorian Lady or Gentleman Cowboy, and for a $20 donation to Texas 46, you can play and raise and bluff your way using real silver coins from the Comstock! All proceeds benefit Texas Lodge general fund, and no "winnings" are kept -- only game here is bragging rights ....so long as no gunplay spills into the streets!
Brethren, The Worshipful Master of Texas Lodge no.46 invites you to our monthly stated meeting, should the length of your cable tow allow.
For the brethren to dwell in unity is a wonderful gift, that we hope to share with you each and every month as it has been done each 2nd Saturday of the month, since 1854.
Agenda: Breakfast & Fellowship 9:00AM Meeting called to order 10:00AM Fellowship often occurs thereafter in the Parlor.
Please join us, and dwell in unity with your brothers.
We are happy to assist you in getting to and from the lodge if traveling has become difficult for you. Please reach out, and we will see to it that you are able to join us.
Come join as friends and family, root for your team and watch the game with us. Vote on which commercials are the best. $20 Fundraiser donation, all proceeds to benefit Lodge 46 general fund.
The Grand Master of California has required us to meet as a standing Executive Committee.
We will meet via "Google Meet" for up to 1 hr. The link is included in this invite.
The following Officers MUST attend.
The Worshipful Master
The Jr. & Sr. Warden
The Treasurer
The Secretary
The Lodge Hall Association President
Please join us for this important meeting. This will enable us to connect on a more regular timeframe, and keep our work moving forward.
Please accept this meeting to Sync your calendar. You will also receive email updates, to agenda items, and reminders to this event.
Come join the fun! Dress as a Victorian Lady or Gentleman Cowboy, and for a $20 donation to Texas 46, you can play and raise and bluff your way using real silver coins from the Comstock! All proceeds benefit Texas Lodge general fund, and no "winnings" are kept -- the only game here is bragging rights! Bring a friend and receive a bonus gift!
TENTATIVE Masonic Cave Picnic and Gold Country weekend
March 4, 2023 - March 5, 2023 @
Travel to Volcano, CA and explore the caves in which Masons met as they planned for the erection of a lodge building. Bring the family and friends and a picnic lunch. Should we visit Drytown Lodge in Plymouth for their stated on that Saturday?
It'll be an overnight weekend so make hotel reservations or plan to camp out.
Brethren, The Worshipful Master of Texas Lodge no.46 invites you to our monthly stated meeting, should the length of your cable tow allow.
For the brethren to dwell in unity is a wonderful gift, that we hope to share with you each and every month as it has been done each 2nd Saturday of the month, since 1854.
Agenda: Breakfast & Fellowship 9:00AM Meeting called to order 10:00AM Fellowship often occurs thereafter in the Parlor.
Please join us, and dwell in unity with your brothers.
We are happy to assist you in getting to and from the lodge if traveling has become difficult for you. Please reach out, and we will see to it that you are able to join us.
The Grand Master of California has required us to meet as a standing Executive Committee.
We will meet via "Google Meet" for up to 1 hr. The link is included in this invite.
The following Officers MUST attend.
The Worshipful Master
The Jr. & Sr. Warden
The Treasurer
The Secretary
The Lodge Hall Association President
Please join us for this important meeting. This will enable us to connect on a more regular timeframe, and keep our work moving forward.
Please accept this meeting to Sync your calendar. You will also receive email updates, to agenda items, and reminders to this event.
Come join the fun! Dress as a Victorian Lady or Gentleman Cowboy, and for a $20 donation to Texas 46, you can play and raise and bluff your way using real silver coins from the Comstock! All proceeds benefit Texas Lodge general fund, and no "winnings" are kept -- the only game here is bragging rights! Bring a friend and receive a bonus gift!
Brethren, The Worshipful Master of Texas Lodge no.46 invites you to our monthly stated meeting, should the length of your cable tow allow.
For the brethren to dwell in unity is a wonderful gift, that we hope to share with you each and every month as it has been done each 2nd Saturday of the month, since 1854.
Agenda: Breakfast & Fellowship 9:00AM Meeting called to order 10:00AM Fellowship often occurs thereafter in the Parlor.
Please join us, and dwell in unity with your brothers.
We are happy to assist you in getting to and from the lodge if traveling has become difficult for you. Please reach out, and we will see to it that you are able to join us.
The Grand Master of California has required us to meet as a standing Executive Committee.
We will meet via "Google Meet" for up to 1 hr. The link is included in this invite.
The following Officers MUST attend.
The Worshipful Master
The Jr. & Sr. Warden
The Treasurer
The Secretary
The Lodge Hall Association President
Please join us for this important meeting. This will enable us to connect on a more regular timeframe, and keep our work moving forward.
Please accept this meeting to Sync your calendar. You will also receive email updates, to agenda items, and reminders to this event.
Come join the fun! Dress as a Victorian Lady or Gentleman Cowboy, and for a $20 donation to Texas 46, you can play and raise and bluff your way using real silver coins from the Comstock! All proceeds benefit Texas Lodge general fund, and no "winnings" are kept -- the only game here is bragging rights! Bring a friend and receive a bonus gift!
TENTATIVE Masonic Home family tour and Visit Orinda Lodge
May 4, 2023
Join us as we tour the facility at Masonic Home, an all-included, 5-star senior assisted living experience for needy California Master Masons and their wives. See firsthand the new Memory Care Center, open to Masons and friends for dementia and other memory care. See how the rubber of your donations to the California Masonic Foundation meets the road of charitable care. Afterward, we will share our warm Texas fellowship with Orinda Lodge as we "Renegade Raid" their Stated dinner at 6:30 and meeting at 7:30. Family and friends are encouraged to attend the Masonic Home tour and Orinda dinner; stated meeting is open to Masons only. Carpools will be arranged for family to return home earlier that brothers who stay for the meeting.
TENTATIVE family BBQ honoring WB Reb Monaco - 50 years Golden Veteran
May 13, 2023
Linger after meeting to support this fabulous individual and Mason, and bring family and friends to see how Texas 46 can host a backyard BBQ "Texas Style" with all the fixins! Get your tickets early, excess proceeds to benefit the Lodge general fund.
Brethren, The Worshipful Master of Texas Lodge no.46 invites you to our monthly stated meeting, should the length of your cable tow allow.
For the brethren to dwell in unity is a wonderful gift, that we hope to share with you each and every month as it has been done each 2nd Saturday of the month, since 1854.
Agenda: Breakfast & Fellowship 9:00AM Meeting called to order 10:00AM Fellowship often occurs thereafter in the Parlor.
Please join us, and dwell in unity with your brothers.
We are happy to assist you in getting to and from the lodge if traveling has become difficult for you. Please reach out, and we will see to it that you are able to join us.
The Grand Master of California has required us to meet as a standing Executive Committee.
We will meet via "Google Meet" for up to 1 hr. The link is included in this invite.
The following Officers MUST attend.
The Worshipful Master
The Jr. & Sr. Warden
The Treasurer
The Secretary
The Lodge Hall Association President
Please join us for this important meeting. This will enable us to connect on a more regular timeframe, and keep our work moving forward.
Please accept this meeting to Sync your calendar. You will also receive email updates, to agenda items, and reminders to this event.
Fly (or take the overnight Train?) to Denver, and thence to the Mining town built on the "richest square mile of gold" in history! Visit this lodge, built in 1865 in what is now a ghost town 3 miles from modern hotels and casinos. Enjoy the third degree ritual as performed by an AF&AM jurisdiction and in old west style! Master Masons only, so EAs and FCs, get your proficiencies done and prepare for a trip like none other!
Come join the fun! Dress as a Victorian Lady or Gentleman Cowboy, and for a $20 donation to Texas 46, you can play and raise and bluff your way using real silver coins from the Comstock! All proceeds benefit Texas Lodge general fund, and no "winnings" are kept -- the only game here is bragging rights! Bring a friend and receive a bonus gift!
Be sure to arrive early for breakfast and bring family so you won't miss our Past Masters presenting their memories of the Lodge's achievements during their year as Master! Then chuckle as these honored Past Masters fill the officer chairs and attempt to show us how to properly open and run a lodge meeting with ritual perfection! This is a great past-time you won't want to miss! PMs, we honor and appreciate your service and thank you in advance for playing along. This meeting is about YOU and your example to the Craft!
Brethren, The Worshipful Master of Texas Lodge no.46 invites you to our monthly stated meeting, should the length of your cable tow allow.
For the brethren to dwell in unity is a wonderful gift, that we hope to share with you each and every month as it has been done each 2nd Saturday of the month, since 1854.
Agenda: Breakfast & Fellowship 9:00AM Meeting called to order 10:00AM Fellowship often occurs thereafter in the Parlor.
Please join us, and dwell in unity with your brothers.
We are happy to assist you in getting to and from the lodge if traveling has become difficult for you. Please reach out, and we will see to it that you are able to join us.
The Grand Master of California has required us to meet as a standing Executive Committee.
We will meet via "Google Meet" for up to 1 hr. The link is included in this invite.
The following Officers MUST attend.
The Worshipful Master
The Jr. & Sr. Warden
The Treasurer
The Secretary
The Lodge Hall Association President
Please join us for this important meeting. This will enable us to connect on a more regular timeframe, and keep our work moving forward.
Please accept this meeting to Sync your calendar. You will also receive email updates, to agenda items, and reminders to this event.
Come join the fun! Dress as a Victorian Lady or Gentleman Cowboy, and for a $20 donation to Texas 46, you can play and raise and bluff your way using real silver coins from the Comstock! All proceeds benefit Texas Lodge general fund, and no "winnings" are kept -- the only game here is bragging rights! Bring a friend and receive a bonus gift!
Brethren, The Worshipful Master of Texas Lodge no.46 invites you to our monthly stated meeting, should the length of your cable tow allow.
For the brethren to dwell in unity is a wonderful gift, that we hope to share with you each and every month as it has been done each 2nd Saturday of the month, since 1854.
Agenda: Breakfast & Fellowship 9:00AM Meeting called to order 10:00AM Fellowship often occurs thereafter in the Parlor.
Please join us, and dwell in unity with your brothers.
We are happy to assist you in getting to and from the lodge if traveling has become difficult for you. Please reach out, and we will see to it that you are able to join us.
The Grand Master of California has required us to meet as a standing Executive Committee.
We will meet via "Google Meet" for up to 1 hr. The link is included in this invite.
The following Officers MUST attend.
The Worshipful Master
The Jr. & Sr. Warden
The Treasurer
The Secretary
The Lodge Hall Association President
Please join us for this important meeting. This will enable us to connect on a more regular timeframe, and keep our work moving forward.
Please accept this meeting to Sync your calendar. You will also receive email updates, to agenda items, and reminders to this event.
Come join the fun! Dress as a Victorian Lady or Gentleman Cowboy, and for a $20 donation to Texas 46, you can play and raise and bluff your way using real silver coins from the Comstock! All proceeds benefit Texas Lodge general fund, and no "winnings" are kept -- the only game here is bragging rights! Bring a friend and receive a bonus gift!
Brethren, The Worshipful Master of Texas Lodge no.46 invites you to our monthly stated meeting, should the length of your cable tow allow.
For the brethren to dwell in unity is a wonderful gift, that we hope to share with you each and every month as it has been done each 2nd Saturday of the month, since 1854.
Agenda: Breakfast & Fellowship 9:00AM Meeting called to order 10:00AM Fellowship often occurs thereafter in the Parlor.
Please join us, and dwell in unity with your brothers.
We are happy to assist you in getting to and from the lodge if traveling has become difficult for you. Please reach out, and we will see to it that you are able to join us.
The Grand Master of California has required us to meet as a standing Executive Committee.
We will meet via "Google Meet" for up to 1 hr. The link is included in this invite.
The following Officers MUST attend.
The Worshipful Master
The Jr. & Sr. Warden
The Treasurer
The Secretary
The Lodge Hall Association President
Please join us for this important meeting. This will enable us to connect on a more regular timeframe, and keep our work moving forward.
Please accept this meeting to Sync your calendar. You will also receive email updates, to agenda items, and reminders to this event.
Come join the fun! Dress as a Victorian Lady or Gentleman Cowboy, and for a $20 donation to Texas 46, you can play and raise and bluff your way using real silver coins from the Comstock! All proceeds benefit Texas Lodge general fund, and no "winnings" are kept -- the only game here is bragging rights! Bring a friend and receive a bonus gift!
Brethren, The Worshipful Master of Texas Lodge no.46 invites you to our monthly stated meeting, should the length of your cable tow allow.
For the brethren to dwell in unity is a wonderful gift, that we hope to share with you each and every month as it has been done each 2nd Saturday of the month, since 1854.
Agenda: Breakfast & Fellowship 9:00AM Meeting called to order 10:00AM Fellowship often occurs thereafter in the Parlor.
Please join us, and dwell in unity with your brothers.
We are happy to assist you in getting to and from the lodge if traveling has become difficult for you. Please reach out, and we will see to it that you are able to join us.
The Grand Master of California has required us to meet as a standing Executive Committee.
We will meet via "Google Meet" for up to 1 hr. The link is included in this invite.
The following Officers MUST attend.
The Worshipful Master
The Jr. & Sr. Warden
The Treasurer
The Secretary
The Lodge Hall Association President
Please join us for this important meeting. This will enable us to connect on a more regular timeframe, and keep our work moving forward.
Please accept this meeting to Sync your calendar. You will also receive email updates, to agenda items, and reminders to this event.
Come join the fun! Dress as a Victorian Lady or Gentleman Cowboy, and for a $20 donation to Texas 46, you can play and raise and bluff your way using real silver coins from the Comstock! All proceeds benefit Texas Lodge general fund, and no "winnings" are kept -- the only game here is bragging rights! Bring a friend and receive a bonus gift!
Brethren, The Worshipful Master of Texas Lodge no.46 invites you to our monthly stated meeting, should the length of your cable tow allow.
For the brethren to dwell in unity is a wonderful gift, that we hope to share with you each and every month as it has been done each 2nd Saturday of the month, since 1854.
Agenda: Breakfast & Fellowship 9:00AM Meeting called to order 10:00AM Fellowship often occurs thereafter in the Parlor.
Please join us, and dwell in unity with your brothers.
We are happy to assist you in getting to and from the lodge if traveling has become difficult for you. Please reach out, and we will see to it that you are able to join us.
The Grand Master of California has required us to meet as a standing Executive Committee.
We will meet via "Google Meet" for up to 1 hr. The link is included in this invite.
The following Officers MUST attend.
The Worshipful Master
The Jr. & Sr. Warden
The Treasurer
The Secretary
The Lodge Hall Association President
Please join us for this important meeting. This will enable us to connect on a more regular timeframe, and keep our work moving forward.
Please accept this meeting to Sync your calendar. You will also receive email updates, to agenda items, and reminders to this event.
Come join the fun! Dress as a Victorian Lady or Gentleman Cowboy, and for a $20 donation to Texas 46, you can play and raise and bluff your way using real silver coins from the Comstock! All proceeds benefit Texas Lodge general fund, and no "winnings" are kept -- the only game here is bragging rights! Bring a friend and receive a bonus gift!
Tentative Family Cowboy BBQ Celebration in honor of WB Rob Wilson - 60 YEARS A MASTER MASON
November 11, 2023
Linger after meeting to support this fabulous individual and Mason, and bring family and friends to see how Texas 46 can host a BBQ "Texas Style" with all the fixins! Get your tickets early, excess proceeds to benefit the Lodge general fund.
Texas Lodge Stated Meeting and Election of 2024 officers
November 11, 2023 @ 9:00 am - 1:30 pm
Brethren, The Worshipful Master of Texas Lodge no.46 invites you to our monthly stated meeting, should the length of your cable tow allow.
For the brethren to dwell in unity is a wonderful gift, that we hope to share with you each and every month as it has been done each 2nd Saturday of the month, since 1854.
Agenda: Breakfast & Fellowship 9:00AM Meeting called to order 10:00AM Fellowship often occurs thereafter in the Parlor.
Please join us, and dwell in unity with your brothers.
We are happy to assist you in getting to and from the lodge if traveling has become difficult for you. Please reach out, and we will see to it that you are able to join us.
The Grand Master of California has required us to meet as a standing Executive Committee.
We will meet via "Google Meet" for up to 1 hr. The link is included in this invite.
The following Officers MUST attend.
The Worshipful Master
The Jr. & Sr. Warden
The Treasurer
The Secretary
The Lodge Hall Association President
Please join us for this important meeting. This will enable us to connect on a more regular timeframe, and keep our work moving forward.
Please accept this meeting to Sync your calendar. You will also receive email updates, to agenda items, and reminders to this event.
Come join the fun! Dress as a Victorian Lady or Gentleman Cowboy, and for a $20 donation to Texas 46, you can play and raise and bluff your way using real silver coins from the Comstock! All proceeds benefit Texas Lodge general fund, and no "winnings" are kept -- the only game here is bragging rights! Bring a friend and receive a bonus gift!
TENTATIVE family honor WB Bates, 50 years Master Mason and St John Holiday feast
December 9, 2023
Linger after meeting to support this fabulous individual and Mason, and bring family and friends to see how Texas 46 can host a holiday meal with all the fixins! Get your tickets early, excess proceeds to benefit the Lodge general fund.
Brethren, The Worshipful Master of Texas Lodge no.46 invites you to our monthly stated meeting, should the length of your cable tow allow.
For the brethren to dwell in unity is a wonderful gift, that we hope to share with you each and every month as it has been done each 2nd Saturday of the month, since 1854.
Agenda: Breakfast & Fellowship 9:00AM Meeting called to order 10:00AM Fellowship often occurs thereafter in the Parlor.
Please join us, and dwell in unity with your brothers.
We are happy to assist you in getting to and from the lodge if traveling has become difficult for you. Please reach out, and we will see to it that you are able to join us.
The Grand Master of California has required us to meet as a standing Executive Committee.
We will meet via "Google Meet" for up to 1 hr. The link is included in this invite.
The following Officers MUST attend.
The Worshipful Master
The Jr. & Sr. Warden
The Treasurer
The Secretary
The Lodge Hall Association President
Please join us for this important meeting. This will enable us to connect on a more regular timeframe, and keep our work moving forward.
Please accept this meeting to Sync your calendar. You will also receive email updates, to agenda items, and reminders to this event.
Come join the fun! Dress as a Victorian Lady or Gentleman Cowboy, and for a $20 donation to Texas 46, you can play and raise and bluff your way using real silver coins from the Comstock! All proceeds benefit Texas Lodge general fund, and no "winnings" are kept -- the only game here is bragging rights! Bring a friend and receive a bonus gift!
Brethren, The Worshipful Master of Texas Lodge no.46 invites you to our monthly stated meeting, should the length of your cable tow allow.
For the brethren to dwell in unity is a wonderful gift, that we hope to share with you each and every month as it has been done each 2nd Saturday of the month, since 1854.
Agenda: Breakfast & Fellowship 9:00AM Meeting called to order 10:00AM Fellowship often occurs thereafter in the Parlor.
Please join us, and dwell in unity with your brothers.
We are happy to assist you in getting to and from the lodge if traveling has become difficult for you. Please reach out, and we will see to it that you are able to join us.
The Grand Master of California has required us to meet as a standing Executive Committee.
We will meet via "Google Meet" for up to 1 hr. The link is included in this invite.
The following Officers MUST attend.
The Worshipful Master
The Jr. & Sr. Warden
The Treasurer
The Secretary
The Lodge Hall Association President
Please join us for this important meeting. This will enable us to connect on a more regular timeframe, and keep our work moving forward.
Please accept this meeting to Sync your calendar. You will also receive email updates, to agenda items, and reminders to this event.
In 2020 the Grand Lodge of California changed the way in which we pay our dues and what a “dues cards” is. (its digital, not a physical card anymore) Here are the facts you need to know. Dues Cards: All Freemasons in California must have an iMember 2.0 account. Dues cards are now signed by […]
he December 10th stated meeting of Texas Lodge no. 46 Free & Accepted Masons of California was opened upon the first degree of Masonry in San Juan Bautista California, to conduct regular business, and the installation of 2023 Officers. This Lodge of Masons opened at 10:00am with Worshipful Brother Raymond E. Hill IV PM in […]
Texas-46 January, 2023 Greetings Brother Texan, Thank you for your trust in affording me the distinguished honor of being elected Master of Texas-46. I am honored to join the distinguished company of all previous masters of this acclaimed and notorious lodge, under whose leadership we have gained a reputation and the attention of Masons and […]
In the December 2022 issue of the California Freemason magazine, Texas Lodge no.46 is featured in the “Small Town Masonry” article. For a building tour click here: Download Building Tour Excerpts: “Kevin Herrick, the assistant lodge secretary at Texas № 46, in San Juan Bautista, puts it plainly. “Our purpose as a lodge is […]
Eve Mata and Christina Leon, who administer the H.O.M.E. Resource Center in Hollister, California, receive fundraiser proceeds from representatives of Texas Lodge #46, in support of their local shelter and food provision programs. On November 12, 2022 Texas Lodge held a fundraiser to benefit local youth and homeless programs. Texas Lodge, like all California Masonic […]
he November 12th stated meeting of Texas Lodge no. 46 Free & Accepted Masons of California was opened upon the 623rd page of our Bible in San Juan Bautista California. This Lodge of E.A. Masons opened at 10:16AM with Worshipful Brother Raymond E. Hill IV PM in the East, Brother Damir Hermann PM in the […]
Dear Brethren of Texas Lodge no.46 F&AM of California, A resolution was proposed at the November Stated meeting on 11-12-2022 to increase Texas Lodge no.46 Dues and Degree Fees. A vote will be held @ the December Stated meeting. If votes at the December 10th Stated Meeting are in the affirmative by 2/3 of the […]
In the Burgundy region of France, a 25 year Archeology project is undertaking the building of an ancient castle, the only one of its kind in the world. This is a story of how to 13th century building techniques are employed to build a castle as it would have been back then. Explore how operative […]
Texas Lodge has held its Monthly Stated Meeting each and every, “Second Saturday of the Month”, at 10AM since its founding in 1854. Being a “daylight” lodge, where the stated meeting is held during the day, rather than after nightfall as most Lodges do, Texas Lodge creates the opportunity for a Texas Style Breakfast. Given […]
Texas Lodge no. 46 was opened on the 2nd Degree of Masonry, at 10:06AM on October 29th 2022. Worshipful Kevin Herrick PM sat in the East, Richard Bartlett PM sat in the West, and Ray E. Hill IV PM sat in the South. Brother Matthew LeBaron our Senior Deacon placed the working tools upon the […]
he October Stated meeting of Texas Lodge no. 46 Free & Accepted Masons of California was opened upon the 543rd page of our bible. (The same page as last month) This Lodge of E.A. Masons opened at 10:16AM with Worshipful Brother Raymond E. Hill IV PM in the East, Brother Richard Bartlett PM in the […]
In this issue of California Freemason Magazine, we’re casting our gaze anew at our fraternal home, the California Masonic Memorial Temple in San Francisco.
Explore some stunning examples of this fraternal craftwork through the ages in From the Hands of Fellowship, a new virtual exhibition from the Henry Wilson Coil Library and Museum of Freemasonry.
Members of Texas Lodge have always dressed a bit more simply than their City Slicker Brethren. As seekers of light and education, Masons can certainly explore the various dress codes of the past with our friend Sven at the Gentlemen’s Gazette. Take a look at his excellent website for more information: Why did men stop […]
Maybe you’ve seen the square and compass logo on buildings around town or wondered about the meaning of emblems like the Masonic trowel. What’s the history behind Masonic symbols, and how do they factor into what happens in a lodge?
In this special issue of California Freemason, we take a Masonic road trip south of the border to learn about the long history of Freemasonry in Latin America.
Say hello to a series of brand-new web resources for prospects and new members available on freemason.org, the online home of the Masons of California.
A tiny, sandy cove, San Francisco’s Aquatic Park is one of the most reliably sunny spots in town. Yet clues of the city’s distant past are still there.
Beginning in 1852, Masonic cemeteries have provided a final resting place for some of the most important figures in California’s history. From Shasta to San Diego, they’ve brought Masons together to celebrate, mourn, and pay homage.
The Masonic funeral ceremony is often the first encounter of the craft for outsiders—which is fitting, because the concepts of death, rebirth, and legacy are important elements to Freemasonry.
In the newest issue of CaliforniaFreemason, we celebrate life by examining the Masonic customs and traditions related to mortality, death, and whatever comes next.