Stated Communications are held the 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month at 7:30 PM. "Freemasonry is a beautiful system of morality, veiled in allegory, and illustrated by symbols." Freemasonry is the world's oldest and largest fraternity. Through the study and practice of virtue, its members endeavor to advance their spiritual interest. The system of morality, to which we have just referred, is that
which every Mason is bound to profess and practice. It doubtless includes principles with which he was familiar before he became a Mason. These principles are presented in new ways and under forms different from those with which he was previously familiar. If he does not find in Masonic teachings anything surprisingly new, he should remember that in many respects at least there is "nothing new under the sun"; and that the essence of morality is to be found in the utter simplicity (though not the ease) of its requirements. Freemasonry is neither a religion, a political organization, nor a social club. It has for its foundation the basic principles of the Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of Man. It teaches a belief in a Supreme Being, in the immortality of the soul, and that the Holy Book is the inestimable gift of God to man as the rule and guide for his faith and practice. It is a Fraternity or brotherhood pledged to the building of character -- thoughts, words, motives, and deeds being the materials used. It strives to teach man the duty he owes to God, his country, his neighbor, and himself. It inculcates the practice of virtue and morality in daily conduct, and it conveys its teachings through ceremonies and symbols.
