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Washington, D.C. DeMolays Sponsor Knight Templar Book
The Tree of Life Seminar Series: A Unique Learning Experience
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ll. Leonard Proden, 33°, SGIG in the District of Columbia (r.), and “Dad” Albert McNair Smith, 33°, Executive Officer in D.C. and Active Member of DeMolay International (l.), presented Bro. Kevin Eastridge (c.), with his and the Nation’s Capital DeMolay members their Adopt-a-Book certificates. Kevin and the rest of his DeMolay brothers donated funds from tip money from running the coat check at the Grand Lodge of DC’s annual communication. The Nation’s Capital DeMolay then took the money, put it towards the House of
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the Temple Preservation Foundation, and sponsored the preservation of the 1842 book, The Knights Templars, by C. G. Addison. The book was sponsored in honor of SGC Ronald A. Seale, 33°. Way to go Nation’s Capital DeMolay! Very special thanks to Peter Brusoe, 32° for setting it all up. For more information on adopting a book to help restore the House of the Temple please go to Scottishrite.org, or call 1–866–448–3773. —Submitted by Bro. Robert Heffelfinger, 32°
RITECARE CONFERENCE 2012 The Art and Science of Speech, Language and Literacy
ome join us! The RiteCare Conference Program Committee is at the drawing board for the 2012 Conference in Dallas, Texas, which will be held September 13–15. Our conference, titled “The Art and Science of Speech, Language and Literacy,” will be filled with informative presentations by nationally recognized speakers on evidence-based clinical applications. In addition, round table
May/June 2012 THE SCOTTISH RITE JOURNAL
he Valley of Washington, DC, and the DC College, Societas Rosicruciana in Civitatibus Foederatis (Masonic Rosicrucians) are sponsoring an eight-session open, virtual, workshop, “The Tree of Life Seminar Series.” The first two sessions were held on March 25 and April 22, but the remaining six will be held between May 20 and November 11. Seminars will be on “The Tree of Life” and the evolution of enlightenment from the vantage point of Kabbalah, Yoga, Sufism, Buddhism, Science, Esoteric Christianity, and Freemasonry. Proceeds from the seminar program are tax-deductible and will benefit the Scottish Rite Language Disorders Clinic. Seminar presentation will be 60 minutes, with 30 to 60 minutes for Q&A with the speaker and panel. The participants may join the workshop either on the phone or in person. Virtual participants will be limited to 100. Students will have the opportunity to learn how the different mystical traditions view the spiritual path to enlightenment. These hand-picked spiritual luminaries will address the question: How do traditional spiritual paths serve the needs of humanity in the 21st century? The great wisdom traditions emerged at a time when life was radically different than it is today. The world has changed immeasurably in the past two thousand years, and human beings have changed along with it. We live a global existence, and it is more
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