March 14, 2016
For the month of March we would like to remember our Senior Past Master, Wor. Dick Woods, who passed away on February 14th, 2016 Wor. Woods was born in Lubbock, Texas, on April 1st, 1926. His career as an educator began in Gruver, Texas, in 1951. He taught 7th and 8th grade in the town which had a population of 452. After relocating to Riverside in July of 1963, he enjoyed a teaching career which spanned 37 years. Wor. Woods also worked in law enforcement. In 1961, while on assignment for the Burns Detective Agency, he had an office…
March 9, 2016
 The Spirt of Hiram is a dramatic presentation of the Master mason Degree. It has been performed by the pasadena Scottish Rite for decades and will return to our stage for one night only. It is a tiled performance for Master Masons only.
March 4, 2016
Brother Christopher H. Gage on February 29th, 2016 at the age of 63 years, 8 months, and 24 days at the VA Hospital in Loma Linda, CA. Â Brother Christopher had been Raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason on December 28, 1982 in Catalina Island Lodge, No. 524, in Avalon prior to the relocation to Temecula. Â Â Brother Christopher who was a disabled Vietnam Veteran, had been ill for some time, fighting lung disease, in addition to multiple other Agent Orange related issues, and had caught pneumonia in the end. No information on Services are known at this time.…
March 1, 2016
In the years that followed Freemasonry’s 18th century rise, explorers, merchants, and adventurers brought the fraternity with them as they sought new lands far beyond European borders. Some brothers used the foundational tenets of Masonry to birth the world’s first democracies; yet, the craft endured in unequal societies as well, established by conquerors engaged in exploitive colonization. Since then, the Masonic contribution to society has endured and expanded, even in societies where cultural values are at odds with Masonic teachings. And, contemporary brothers often find that their fraternity offers a respite from cultural, religious, and economic divides; in some…
