Winter weathers and a low of 20° below zero was no hindrance to the February Scottish Rite Lodge dinner. About 90 Scottish Rite Masons and their ladies attended the Lodge dinner. After the Culinary Masters served an excellent diner of chicken parmesan with fettuccine, garlic breadsticks, and salad . . .
KSA Recognizes 2021 Dennis Samuelson Service Award recipient
Venerable Master Kyle Beckner, 32° welcomed Knights of St. Andrew and their ladies to the annual Membership Appreciation Dinner on Friday, January 9, 2021. He acknowledged that the COVID-19 pandemic had been a difficult year, but acknowledged several members who had volunteered for numerous gigs, including bartending, greeting, serving ice cream, and helping at events. . .
Lodge of Sorrow: Passing of Hon. David K. Karnes, 33°
Scottish Rite Lodge Room Recarpeted
Frank Kroupa, 33°, Chairman of the Scottish Rite Cathedral Board estimated that the Lodge room was re-carpeted last in the early 1980s. And Frank would know, having been an active member since 1971! Before that, it is estimated the room was re-carpeted last with the building remodel in 1968 or 1969. . .
23rd Annual RiteCare Classic Raises $20,000 for Speech and Language Clinic
This year celebrated the 23rd year of the RiteCare Classic – the Scottish Rite golf benefit, which has grown into a major benefit for the RiteCare Speech and Language Clinics. This year’s RiteCare Classic was held on September 30th at Pacific Springs Golf Course, raising nearly $20,000 for the speech and language clinics. . .
Scottish Rite Recognizes 2020 50-Year Members
Masonic Education Series Kicks off on Zoom
Brother Don Albrecht, 32° KCCH often conducts interesting discussions on Masonic education after the Lincoln Valley Scottish Rite meetings. Rather than a lecture, Don has hosted education - often surrounding the lessons and philosophy of a Scottish Rite degree - not as a lecture but as a discussion among the members.
Don believes that the Scottish Rite, as the “University of Freemasonry,” education is one of the valuable benefits of Freemasonry, and wanted to extend this statewide. He enlisted Dan Deffenbaugh, 32° KCCH, Associate Dean of Instruction at Central Community College. Dan often presents Masonic history in the Hastings Valley, bringing his background as a professor of religion and philosophy into conversations about Masonic degrees.
And the monthly Masonic education series was born, with a new presentation on the last Monday of each month, open to all Masons, via Zoom. The first educational program was hosted on Monday, August 31, with M.W. Tom Hauder, Past Grand Master of Masons in Nebraska in 2013, offering the first of two lectures on the history of the Catholic Church and Freemasonry. The second part of the lecture will be in September. Future lectures will include Masons during the Revolutionary War, a history of Nebraska as told through historic maps, and other interesting topics.
You can watch M.W. Tom Hauder’s presentation online here.