Nosahogan Lodge No. 21

01/15/2025

Today, January 15, we celebrate Thomas Wildey Day in honor of the man who brought a new form of Odd Fellowship to North America.

Born in London in 1782, Wildey moved to the United States in 1817 and played a pivotal role in establishing the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.) in America on April 26, 1819, in Baltimore, Maryland.

01/01/2025

Happy New Year!

Drive safe and have a Happy Holiday!

11/28/2024

09/20/2024

Here’s to 173 years of the Rebekahs!

173 years ago today the Rebekah Degree was awarded for the first time in Odd Fellowship leading to the development of this historical rich and benevolent society.

The Rebekahs, also known as the International Association of Rebekah Assemblies is an international service-oriented organization that was originally designed as the female auxiliary of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

Today, the organization welcomes both women and men as members. Women can join the Rebekahs regardless of their connection to an Odd Fellow, provided they meet the moral, ethical, and age requirements

Their mission is to live harmoniously, serve others, and uphold the Golden Rule while engaging in volunteer services around their respective communities.

Are you in Connecticut and looking for additional information?

Winona Rebekah Lodge No. 8

Carol Maggie, Secretary
[email protected]

09/19/2024

“There is sometimes a misconception that regalia is something private, when in fact it is created to be an earnest expression of one’s love for the fraternity, and a proud badge of membership.”

In those early years regalia looked a little bit different than it did today, in fact Odd Fellows were in the habit of wearing both collars, sashes, and aprons. You can find many examples of beauti…

08/31/2024

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07/30/2024

Friendship, which hears all things, believes all things, hopes for all things, and endures all things, is the first step toward progress and personal enrichment, as well as the teachings of Temperance, Prudence, and Justice.

Love is the basis for all of life’s ambitions, service to humanity, a proponent of charity, goodwill, and additionally - helps us to develop a strong bond with both friends and family.

Truth, the supreme virtue, promotes economic stability, equality under the law, freedom of enterprise, the highest ethical standards, and lasting peace, which is the ultimate goal of this fraternity.

Let Friendship, Love, and Truth guide your actions. ✋🏻❤️

07/23/2024

As an organization, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows aims to provide a framework that promotes personal and social development. Lodge degrees and activities aim to improve and elevate every person to a higher, nobler plane; to extend sympathy and aid to those in need, making their burdens lighter, relieving the darkness of despair; to war against vice in every form, and to be a great moral power and influence for the good of humanity.

For members, the degrees in Odd Fellowship emphasizes a leaving of the old life and the start of a better one, of welcoming travelers, and of helping those in need.

The command of the IOOF is to ”visit the sick, relieve the distressed, bury the dead and educate the orphan.”

Specifically, IOOF today are dedicated to the following purposes:

To improve and elevate the character of mankind by promoting the principles of friendship, love, truth, faith, hope, charity and universal justice.

To help make the world a better place to live by aiding each other, the community, the less fortunate, the youth, the elderly, the environment and the community in every way possible.

To promote good will and harmony amongst peoples and nations through the principle of universal fraternity, holding the belief that all men and women regardless of race, nationality, religion, social status, gender, rank and station are brothers and sisters.

Ideally, an Odd Fellows lodge is a place for fellowship in all its forms, from hanging out and just having fun, to discussion, to networking, to collaboration on creative and constructive projects, all with an eye not only on our own satisfaction but on what we might offer to the community at large.

An ideal lodge is a great venue for a lot of positive energy and all members are encouraged to contribute their share.

In addition, lodges provide an international social network of brothers and sisters that extends to 30 countries worldwide.

If travelling is an interest, membership can provide a valuable network that will very much welcome an international visitor, and assist in their enterprises, and certainly their travels wherever possible.

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