[Magdalen] Curse on Masons

[Ann Markle]

My father was also very active in the Blue Lodge and Knights Templar, and
was chaplain of his lodge for several years.  My mother was in Eastern
Star, and later Amaranth and Rebekahs.  I was a Job's Daughter for a couple
of years, and belonged to the Eastern Star on and off -- my mother wanted
to install me as a member during her term as Worthy Matron.  I've never
been active, though, so don't know what happens in Buffalo.  We spent a lot
of time at the Masonic Temple in Terre Haute, a big imposing building.  It
was adjacent to the church we attended, and on Sunday we sometimes parked
in their small parking lot.  I have very good memories of hanging out in
the very large ladies' cloakroom, stroking all the furs that the ladies
wore to the meetings.  My mother told me which types of fur went with which
animals.

Ann

The Rev. Ann Markle
Buffalo, NY
ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
blog:  www.onewildandpreciouslife.typepad.com

On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 4:44 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:

> My father was very active in Masonry, and I was a Rainbow Girl.
>
> A friend who's a Mason now was an RC seminarian at one time. He told me
> that if a RC priest sees a Catholic wearing a Masonic apron, the priest
> will refuse to bury him according to the rites of the church!
>
> Masonry is huge north of Boston (Cape Ann to Portland, Maine). I heard
> there were a thousand people in attendance at some ceremony last Fall. And,
> of course, Shriner's Burns Unit next to MGH does incredible work every day,
> and at no cost whatsoever to its patients. If that's not curse-lifting good
> works, I don't know what is.
>
> One funny thing. One year we were interviewing for a position and one of
> the candidates slipped me the "secret handshake." I was flabbergasted. The
> only time that ever happened to me.
> -M
>
>
> On Tuesday, January 12, 2016, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Knowing the vast amount of knowledge in this group, I've been meaning to
> > pose a question put to me by a parishioner a few weeks ago.  this
> morning I
> > googled it--and was horrified at what I found
> >
>