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Voice of Freemasonry Volume 22, Number 3, 2005

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Leonard Proden, Grand Master

MANAGING EDITOR Mansour Hatefi, Grand Secretary

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THE WASHINGTON CATHEDRAL

The Washington National Cathedral is located at Massachusetts and Wisconsin Avenues in Washington, D.C. The sixth largest cathedral in the world and the second largest in the United States, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Construction of the cathedral began in 1907, when the foundation stone was laid in the presence of President Theodore Roosevelt. It was completed in 1990, when the finial was placed in the presence of President George H.W. Bush. State funerals for two American Presidents, Dwight David Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan, were conducted here, as was a memorial service for President Harry Truman.

Table of Contents

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Grand Master’s Message........................................................................................3 Grand Secretary’s Message ....................................................................................4 Leadership Conference ..........................................................................................5 A Salute to Service.................................................................................................7

One Good Mason Saved — Another Good Mason Dead .........................................9

Looking Ahead.....................................................................................................12 Scottish Rite Developments..................................................................................13 I Challenge You ....................................................................................................14 The Grand Lodge — What Is It? ...........................................................................15 Centerfold............................................................................................................16

The Evolution Of The Ritual ..................................................................................18

The Washington National Cathedral ......................................................................19 When Opportunity Knocks — Open The Door! ......................................................21

Men at Work ........................................................................................................22

DeMolay For The Young Or The Young at Heart ....................................................25 Assiduity In Lodge................................................................................................26 Abrogation of Visitation Guideline..........................................................................27 Communications Schedule ...................................................................................30

Ladies of the Grand Lodge ......................................................................back cover

Photo Credits: All photographs printed in this issue of the “Voice” were provided by or arranged for by the Grand Lodge Photographers, William D. Means (7) and Leonard L. Merriman (21).