New Lodge Consecrations

CEDRUS LIBANI LODGE NO. 1003

After much hard work and preparation, on January 12, 2022, Cedrus Libani Lodge No. 1003 was consecrated at the Al Fanar Freemason Hall in Beirut, Lebanon. MWB Charbel Fahed, Past Grand Master (2019), represented the Grand Master and the Grand Lodge at the ceremony.

The name Cedrus Libani references the famous “tall cedars of Lebanon” which were used in the construction of Solomon’s Temple and are mentioned in our ritual.

MWB Charbel Fahed looks on as the Master of Cedrus Libani Lodge, WB Elias Hindy, reads the new Charter to the Brethren.

JOHN PHILIP SOUSA LODGE NO. 1106

On Sunday, November 21, 2021, Most Worshipful Brother Alan L. Gordon, the 2021 Grand Master of Masons of the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia, the Deputy Grand Master, Right Worshipful Brother Daniel A. Huertas, the Senior Grand Warden, Right Worshipful Brother Annas F. Kamara, the Junior Grand Warden, Right Worshipful Brother Jacob M. Bressman, and the Grand Secretary, Most Worshipful Brother Jeffrey D. Russell, and other Grand Lodge and Lodge officers, consecrated the Lodge and signed the charter. The Grand Master, along with the Grand Marshal, Worshipful Brother, Perry J. Blatstein, installed the very first Pillar officers: Worshipful Brother Marshall N. Willner, Worshipful Master, Worshipful Brother Bernard J. “Bud” Michels, Senior Warden, Worshipful Brother Scott C. Jacobs, Junior Warden and the rest of the officers and is now known as JOHN PHILIP SOUSA LODGE NO. 1106 Free And Accepted Masons of the District of Columbia.

The Lodge’s mission and programs will focus heavily on music, with a connection to all forms of art as it can be applied to music such as dance, song, theater, painting, cinema, sculpture and others. This will align to the Seven Liberal Arts and Sciences of the Fellow Craft Degree, all of which we strive to live by every day of our lives while projecting all great things of the arts to the outside world through Freemasonry. We intend to honor Brother Sousa whose works are performed around the world to this day. Brother Sousa’s gift of music benefits the world with sounds which are innovative and remain timeless. With all of that said, this Lodge is neither a Sousa fandom lodge nor a musician’s lodge as we welcome all Masons to join us on this journey and help shape a new Lodge in our Nation’s Capital and be a part of the experience that is John Philip Sousa Lodge No. 1106.

Grand lodge Pillar Officers sign the charter of John Philip Sousa Lodge.