Short Talk Bulletin

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Ill. Brother James G. Johnston, 33°, Grand Historian of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina and Sovereign Grand Inspector General for North Carolina of the Supreme Council, 33°, A & ASR, Southern Jurisdiction., and is brought to us by MW Bro Russ Charvonia, PGM – […]

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Bro J. A. Hamill, Librarian and Curator, United Grand Lodge of England, and is brought to us by Bro David Asherman, Freeport #23, ME. This Short Talk Bulletin is from his paper (of the same name) published in Ars Quatuor Coronatorum, vol. 101 (1988). Here […]

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Bro Allen E. Roberts, and is brought to us by WBro Zachary Cote, WM – Freeport #23, ME. In our quest to bring More Light into Masonry, or any endeavor, an important step in achieving success is having a plan and knowing where you are […]

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Bro Robert Morris, Manchester Lodge, MA, and is brought to us by Bro David Asherman, Freeport #23, ME. An active Mason in London, Bro Fleming changed medicine forever as the discoverer of penicillin. As a result of his tenacious work, many hundreds of thousands of […]

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Bro Robert Morris, Manchester Lodge, MA, and is brought to us by Bro David Asherman, Freeport #23, ME. An active Mason in London, Bro Fleming changed medicine forever as the discoverer of penicillin. As a result of his tenacious work, many hundreds of thousands of […]

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Houston Brian, PGM – AK, and is brought to us by WBro Zachary Cote, WM – Freeport #23, Freeport ME. This Short Talk was adapted from a paper presented by MW Bro Brian at the 1969 Southwestern Conference on Masonic Education. With our […]

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Herbert A. Ronin, PGM – NE, and is brought to us by WBro Bernard Mulholland, PM – Deering #183, Portland ME. It has been adapted from a paper, “A Sketch of Freemasonry,” which Most Worshipful Brother Ronin prepared for the Scottish Rite several […]

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Conrad Hahn, and is brought to us by WBro Bernard Mulholland, PM – Deering #183, Portland ME. The summer recess is over. Secretaries are busy again, keeping the minutes of meetings up-to-date. For each communication they will put a number in the blank […]

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Carl Claudy, and is brought to us by VW Bro Ambrose Dawson, DER 14th ME. Every Grand Lodge has some system of Lodge inspection or instruction, and these systems are known by many names. In this season of inspections (my own Lodge inspection […]

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Bro Keith Arrington, Past Assistant Grand Librarian, GL – IA, and is brought to us by Bro Kyle Kemph, Solar Star #14, Bath ME. Tradition has it that in ancient times, Masons met on the highest hill and in the lowest vales to secure privacy. […]

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Bro Charles A. Hansen, GSt – WI, and is brought to us by RW Bro Ambrose Dawson, DER 14th, ME. Bro Hansen prepared this Short Talk for the twelfth Midwest Conference on Masonic Education held in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, October 20–21, 1961, and had been […]

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Bro and Dr Gary Leazer, an ordained Baptist minister, and is brought to us by Bro Kyle Kempf, Solar Star #14, Bath ME. Many times religious criticism of Freemasonry centers around the so-called “Mystery Religions.” This is nothing more than an attempt by anti-Masons to […]

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Il Bro Norris G. Abbot, 33rd, GH – RI, and is brought to us by Bro Galen Burke, JD – Rising Virtue #10, Bangor ME. In the frustrating days before the Declaration of Independence was signed, Rhode Island became the first independent sovereign state in […]

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode is from the golden pen of Bro Carl H. Claudy, and is brought to us by MW Bro Russ Charvonia, PGM – CA. The Freemasonry we know is a development of speculative teaching from an operative craft. It could not, therefore, have been other than repository for architectural […]

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Bro Allen E. Roberts, and is brought to us by Bro Galen Burke, JD at Rising Virtue #10, Bangor ME. Why does one lodge grow and another stand still? Why is one lodge active while another stagnates? Why does one lodge have an overflow attendance, […]

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by WBro Allen E. Roberts of Virginia, and is brought to us by Bro Galen Burke, JD – Rising Virtue #10, Bangor ME. In 1972, the MSA endeavored to send to all of the constituent Lodges a series of Short Talks entitled More Light in Masonry, […]

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode is from the golden pen of MW Bro Carl H. Claudy, and was first published in July of 1957. “A beautiful system of morality, veiled in allegory, and illustrated by symbols…” has become so much a part of the imaginative and inspirational Masonic speaking that is has become […]

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by RW Bro Alexander A. Bleimann, PDDGM, Editor of Publications and Fellow of the American Lodge of Research, New York, and is brought to us by WBro “Big Papa” TJ Olson, Somerset Lodge #34, Skowhegan ME. Frequently the MSA is asked about the connection between Freemasonry […]

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Conrad Hahn, and is brought to us by WBro Bill Vivian, GP – ME. This year marks the 293rd Anniversary of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. It was formed during that historic period between the witch trials and the start of the Revolutionary […]

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Bro John H. Watts, and is brought to us by Bro Brian Ellis, PGSD – ME. A recent Masonic Publication had the following item: “Cannibals do not eat clowns because they have a funny taste.” There is a poem that has the following: “Little deeds […]

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode has been adapted from guidelines published by the Illinois Lodge of Research, and is brought to us by WBro “Big Papa” TJ Olson, Somerset Lodge #34, Skowhegan ME. Developing the ability to write a paper can be beneficial to a person in his vocation, in his church work, […]

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Carl H. Claudy, and is brought to us by Bro Brian Ellis, PSGD – ME. What has become of the symbol of the Key in modern Freemasonry? It seems to have gone the way of the Skirret and Pencil, when we should celebrate […]

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Conrad Hahn, and is brought to us by WBro Bill Vivian, PGP – ME. The cost of independence for our forbears was great indeed, and they paid with their fortunes and lives. Here is some of that story. Enjoy, and do share this […]

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode is from a “Masonic Culture” handbook, issued by the Right Worshipful Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. We have extracted several items which came from the inspired pen of Brother MW William A. Carpenter written many years ago. They stand the test of time. Enjoy, and do share this and […]

Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Conrad Hahn, and is brought to us by WBro Michael Blum, Solar Star #14, Bath ME. Here we find an excellent discussion of that almost unanswerable question: did a form of Freemasonry exist in the city of York, England, in the year A.D. […]