All fellow Mark Master Masons are invited to join us for the conferral of the Mark Master Mason Degree on Monday, February 15, 2009. Watching degrees you’ve already taken is a great way to reinforce the lessons contained, plus it’s a fantastic opportunity for experiencing the fellowship of your fellow Capitular Masons.
Taunton Council will be meeting first at 7:30pm with Saint Mark’s opening at 8:00pm. We look forward to your companionship.
For quick updates about what’s happenning, or for a variety of other uses, St. Mark’s Royal Arch Chapter is now using Twitter. The Officers are each granted access so that they can post updates or other information with this new service. Posts are available on the Twitter site, and are displayed on the Chapter’s site.
In a continued quest to drive awareness, our High Priest set up a Facebook profile for St. Mark’s Royal Arch Chapter. All news and information updates from www.stmarksrac.org are automatically shared with fans of the Chapter on the popular site.
All Royal Arch Masons are invited to attend the performance of the Royal Arch Degree in full costume. It is not often that we get to see it this way, so this is an opportunity for education, entertainment, and fellowship you won’t want to miss.
Please join us on Monday, February 8th at 6pm at the Fall River Masonic Building on Columbus Road in Fall River.
The Companions of St. Mark’s keep working hard and getting recognized. Most recently, and very shortly after affiliating with our Chapter, Comp. Gerard Bergeron was installed as the newest District Deputy Grand Master of the 19th Masonic District.
Comp. Bergeron is a Past Master of Star In The East Lodge, A.F. & A.M. of New Bedford, Massachusetts. In the York Rite, he is a member of Adoniram R.A.C., New Bedford Council, R&SM, and Sutton Commandery #16, K.T., all also of New Bedford, Massachusetts.
The officers and members of St. Mark’s Royal Arch Chapter extend our congratulations to Comp. Bergeron for this much-deserved accomplishment, and our heartfelt appreciation for all that he has done and continues to do for the Craft, as a whole.
At St. Mark’s December Convocation we had the pleasure of welcoming R.·.E.·. Leon Cudworth, Jr. for a fraternal visitation. Companion Cudworth is the District Deputy Grand High Priest of this, the Third Capitular District. He was introduced by his Captain of the Guard, E.·. Arthur Dill.
Even though we had just previously had a snow storm and also considering that it was only four days before Christmas, the turnout for the evening was truly impressive. It was certainly a good showing for our visiting officer’s reception.
As a part of his visitation, Companion Cudworth presented our High Priest, E.·. Dustin Werstler, with his Past High Priest Diploma for serving his first year here at St. Mark’s. Before coming to St. Mark’s, Companion Werstler was High Priest of Old Colony-Harmony R.A.C. in Middleboro.
The new communication and newsletter are both now online in PDF format.
Companions of St. Mark’s can expect their printed copies to be arriving in the mail shortly.
As a reminder, we will be having a joint Installation at a Special Communication with Fall River Royal Arch Chapter at the Fall River Masonic Building. If you would like to carpool with someone travelling from your area, please call Dustin Werstler to help coordinate transportation.
Dress for officers will be tuxedos while our valued members and guests are asked to please wear a business coat, shirt and tie.
Please Join Us: This will be an OPEN installation.
Our regular Convocation will be Monday, September 21 at 7:00pm in Taunton for the purpose of conducting Chapter business. Dress for the evening will be business suits.
Through the combined efforts of several of our members, in the form of experienced guidance, financial assistance, and coordination, M.·.E.·. James Douglass is now home.
It’s been approximately five months since Jim’s ordeal started, which included journeys through several medical and nursing facilities. Through it all his goal was to get home and be afforded the additional options that would provide. In fact, one of the first things he did upon being sent home was attend a Grotto clam boil!
We would also like to recognize Cherry Construction Corporation of Seekonk, Massachusetts for providing fair rates, quality service, and quick turnaround. Cherry took the time to understand the situation and worked closely with our High Priest to complete the job on a tight deadline.
It is through the combined efforts of our Companions that good things can happen. At Saint Mark’s, this is who we are and what we do.
M.·.E.·. James Douglass is almost ready to come home. He would be there already, it appears, save for one critical issue: he now requires the use of a wheel chair. All that sits between him and that goal of returning to his Somerset home is the building of a wheelchair ramp.
Jim spoke to E.·. Dustin M. Werstler, High Priest of St. Mark’s, and asked him to install a ramp on his behalf. To better understand what he was up against, Dustin found www.wheelchairramp.org which provides instructions, helpful advice, handy resources, and engineering plans. Dustin then went to Comp. Al Noles for his experienced advice. Considering the short notice and inherent difficulty in recruiting volunteers, it was quickly decided that a contractor would have to be hired.
Dustin has met local construction companies, at times with Jim’s daughter present, and has been in regular communication with Jim.
One Companion of St. Mark’s who choses to remain anonymous donated $100 towards this costly project. If you would like to make a donation, please call Dustin at 508-916-1377.
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