[Magdalen] History of Masonry in the United States

[Jay Weigel]

S/O's late brother was a Mason, and there was apparently a large Masonic
presence at his funeral when he died suddenly and tragically in 2008. S/O
has never been interested in it. There are none in my family either. I have
always admired the Shriners, though, for the work they do with children.

On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 10:13 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Somehow I never ran across Freemasonry other than hearing the word
> "Masonic" until I was about 25, and a young businessman parishioner I
> had a crush on mentioned to me that I might like to find out about
> being a Mason and that if I wanted to be one I should talk to him
> about it. The crush I had on him wasn't that strong, though; I think I
> read some stuff and decided I had enough going on with church and my
> job. None of my family were Masons; not even Knights of Columbus, as
> far as I know.
>
> On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 8:40 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford
> <oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Nobody is ever asked to be a Mason; one must ask a Mason to recommend
> him.
>
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> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>