Meeting Format
6:00pm - candidate instruction
6:45pm - dinner
7:30pm - lodge opens, 9:00pm-lodge closesCandidates, Masters and Wardens required to attend
Other Officers and Masons invited. Open to the public ONLY AS NOTED
Candidates are required to attend four sessions to complete their Initiation Process and prior to receiving his dues card. It is not required to complete a session prior to receiving the next degree. Missed sessions can be made up at subsequent L.O.I. meetings, working with the candidate's own lodge instructor, attending another district's L.O.I9'th Masonic District
Lodge of Instruction
Instructors
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Lodge of Instruction Officers
Mission Statement
The Lodge of Instruction has been established to reinforce and encourage the practice of our Masonic tenets. It accomplishes this by providing education for candidates and information for officers, members, families and guests in a friendly and social atmosphere.Lodge of Instruction Warrent
Each district shall be responsible for conducting a Lodge of Instruction and it shall be authorized to hold meetings through a Warrant issued by the Grand Master. The Warrant remains the property of the Lodge of Instruction and is to be treated and maintained as any Lodge Charter. It is to be kept and preserved by the Secretary of the Lodge of Instruction.
Lodge of Instruction Governing Structure
The Lodge of Instruction governing structure as imparted by Grand Lodge is as follows:
1. Grand Master
2. District Deputy Grand Master
3. District Deputy Grand Secretary
4. Department of Education
9'th Masonic District Lodge of Instruction Regulat meeting is the Fourth Thursday of the month at Philanthropic Lodge, Marblehead Open/Download 9'th Masonic District Lodge of Instruction Schedule in Adobe PDF format
Regular meeting is the last Wednesday of the month6:00pm - candidate instruction
6:45pm - dinner
7:30pm - lodge opens, 9:00pm-lodge closesCandidates, Masters and Wardens required to attend
Other Officers and Masons invited. Open to the public ONLY AS NOTED
Schedule of Lodge of Instruction meeting location and evening activity (same as on pdf flyer)25 Sep. 2008 Philanthropic, Marblehead
topic: Grand Lodge Masonic Service Committee
presenter: R.W. Ernest Pearlstein23 Oct. 2008 Star King, Salem
topic: The Hostory of the Masonic Gavel
presenter: R.W. Geoffrey Arnold25 Nov. 2008
(Tuesday)Amity-Mosiac - Joint meeting with 10th Lodge of Instruction, Danvers
topic:
presenter:Dec. 2008
No Meeting
22 Jan. 2009 Mount Carmel, Lynn
topic: Tour of the Grand Army of the Republic Museum
presenter: TBA
26 Feb 2009
Amity-Mosiac, Danvers
topic: The life and times of Brother Rudyard Kipling
presenter: Bro. Graham Marsden26 Mar 2009 Jordan, Peabody
topic: Masonry and the Roselyn Chapel
presenter: R.W. Walter Hunt23 Apr 2009 Essex, Salem
topic: Aleppo Shrine
presenter: Bro. Phil Kumpf
21 May 2009 Golden Fleece, Lynn
topic: TBD
presenter: Wor. James Weiss
officer instruction: tbd
25 Jun 2009
(Thursday)Mount Carmel, Lynn
Election & Installation for 2010