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Writing competition

 

In an exciting new development, the VT Lodge of Research has decided to sponsor a writing competition open to all Masons in the Symbolic Lodges. The competition rules are simple and are included after this announcement. The papers can be on any subject of Masonic interest, and those adjudged worthy will be published on our website, where they will be widely read by Masons here in Vermont and around the world! This is a wonderful opportunity for Masons who want to become better known as authors, and for the sharing and dissemination of Masonic knowledge among our Masonic community. Please discuss this competition in your Lodge, and consider entering your work into this contest. The winners will receive valuable prizes at the Grand Lodge meeting of June, 2009, and of course the recognition their work deserves.

 

ALL Master Masons are welcome

to attend any of our meetings.

 

   The Vermont Lodge of Research, F. & A.M. was chartered by the Grand Lodge of Vermont on June 9, 1999. As a research lodge, it is not like other duly constituted lodges. The Lodge typically confers no degrees. Rather, it is entirely a vehicle for its members learning more about Masonry and for sharing that knowledge with other like-minded brethren. A number of these lodges exist throughout the world, including Quatuor Coronati Lodge No. 2076, the premier lodge of Masonic Research in London, England.


    The Research Lodge meets three times a year, each time hosted by a different Masonic Lodge throughout the state
, but the annual meeting has to be held in Rutland Vermont. The Bylaws state: The annual communication shall be the regular communication in April and shall be held at any duly chartered lodge within the City of Rutland, Vermont.  At the annual communication, the Lodge may vote whether to suspend any regular communications during the year.  It is a “Moon Lodge” and follows the historic tradition of bygone days in Vermont when meetings were held according to the full moon. At each meeting one or more of the full members of the Lodge presents a paper of Masonic interest to the membership. Spirited discussion is encouraged in the hope that all present will learn more about the Craft in the process.


    The members of the Vermont Lodge of Research are primarily interested in pursuing their own Masonic interests. Accordingly, not all papers are of a scholarly character nor are they intended to be. Rather, they are intended to be a way of educating the members of the Lodge and the Craft at large about Masonry in a fashion which is accessible and enjoyable.


Full membership of the Research Lodge is conferred upon Master Masons who are in good standing in a primary lodge within or without the State of Vermont. Each candidate for full membership must have submitted and published at least two papers in the Research Lodge Transactions prior to his petition for full membership. In addition, in order to remain a full member of the Lodge, each year, the brother must submit a paper of at least two double spaced typewritten pages in length, with or without footnotes, on a topic of Masonic history, symbolism, philosophy or current events.

 

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For those brothers who are not interested in writing and presenting papers but who desire to expand their knowledge of Masonry, Corresponding Membership in the Vermont Lodge of Research is available. Any Master Mason in good standing in a lodge duly chartered by any jurisdiction recognized by the Grand Lodge of Vermont may petition for Corresponding Membership. Corresponding Members are entitled to receive a copy of the Annual Transactions which contain copies of the papers presented in Lodge and to participate in discussion of the papers. They also have the right to submit papers for consideration by the Master for publication in the Transactions. Please note that any lodge duly chartered by the Grand Lodge of Vermont or duly chartered by any Grand Lodge which is recognized by the Grand Lodge of Vermont may also be a Corresponding Member of the Lodge.


If you are interested in expanding your Masonic horizons, you owe it to yourself to become a Corresponding Member of this Research Lodge. 

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Inquiries can be made to the Grand Lodge Office at (802) 223-1883.
 
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