the trestleboard - Temecula Catalina Lodge #524

January 2010
THE TRESTLEBOARD
Temecula Catalina Island Lodge No. 524
Free & Accepted Masons of the State of California
Chartered March 28, 1922
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From The West
Greetings Brethren :
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Dues are Due Pay it online!
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Tis the season for
a PARTY!!!
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Home is where
the Brotherly
Love is
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...And to whom
Dedicated...
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Install this!!!
I N S I D E T H I S
I S S U E :
Celebrating the Season
Together - Party!!
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On the Move
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Coming Home - Home is
Coming to you
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Masonic Education -”Get
Your Masonic Learn On”
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We have reached another
milestone in our lodge.
2009 marked the 20th anniversary of our lodge being
in Temecula and what an
eventful year it was. But
what does 2010 hold for
Temecula Catalina Island #
524? We’ll do everything
we’ve done but we’ll take it
to the next level of course!
Wor. Ron has a vision of
1000 members by 2020
and a plan in place by the
same time for a new lodge
building with funds to complete it. What this means is
that while we’ve done a lot
of work in the past 2 decades, we have much more
to do in the upcoming decade. We will be implementing many fund raising opportunities that will need
your support!
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Calendar of Events/
B-days & Anniversaries
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Sponsors, Officers,
Committees
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community.
This upcoming year will
mark a new age of community exposure for our lodge
and fraternity which will
include the ramping up of
As stated many times, we
cannot leave these ambitious plans to just a handful
of brothers – we need all of
your help and support to
make us an even greater
lodge. I hope you will all, in
some way, show your support to your lodge in the
coming days ahead.
Bro. Michael Coe
Senior Warden
existing programs like child
ID, and expanding our commitment to public schools.
This year you will hear and
read about our involvement
with the local Red Cross
and food banks. We will
show our community in a
most vigorous fashion that
Freemasons care about our
Dues are Due!!
Brothers,
88th Annual Installation
I S L A
& A M
This is just to remind you that if
you have not sent in your dues
for 2010 they are now due and
in January our Secretary will be
sending out 2nd dues notices
this month. Remember you
know have the option to pay
your dues online through the
lodge website at
www.temeculamasons.org
under the “our lodge” pulldown and by clicking “dues
and donations”. Lodge dues
are how we function, pay our
bills, and remit Grand Lodge
per capita, so timely payment
of your dues is essential for us
to function efficiently.
If you are having financial trouble, please contact Ron Perry,
Michael Coe or Tim Stavrakis
and we will find a way to keep
you in good standing. Please
do not let yourself become
delinquent and risk suspension.
We all know these can be
trying times but we are your
brothers and are here to help.
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T r e s t l e b o a r d
2 0 0 9 C h r i s t m a s Pa r t y
The evening began as TemCat’s
brothers took over the restaurant
and all sat down to a great meal.
The festivities continued with a
rowdy round of White Elephant
gift exchange where, at times, it
got quite heated – since a few
did not want to part with their
gift.
On Saturday, December 12th, our lodge
gathered together for the last blast of the
year for its Annual Lodge Christmas
Party. Although Temecula was pounded
with rain, that didn’t stop almost 40
brothers & family members from fellowship at the Captains Cabin.
Thanks go Ron Perry &
Michael Coe for organizing
this event.
What a Great Time!!!!!
However, Peace & Harmony
prevailed and all left with a
warm sense of family – especially those who snagged the
Snuggies!!!!
See you at next years gathering.
D e c e m b e r ’ s
Recent Degrees
3° 12/14/09 Wes Woodward
Current Applications For Degrees
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Bernard L. Truax, II
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Alex Bray
D e g r e e s — o n
Brothers,
Our efforts to provide meaningful instruction to our newly made Masons is
proving successful with Bro. Ralph
Wetmore being a constant beacon of
consistent coaching. We now will have
Bro. Bergstrom stepping in to assist as
well. However we are anticipating a
busy 2010 and will need more brothers to be available each Monday be-
t h e
M ov e
fore lodge to help with coaching.
Please contact Michael Coe at 951795-2381 or [email protected]
to sign up to help
Thank you.
Membership
Team
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M a s o n i c A s s i s ta n c e
We need your help raising member
awareness of Masonic assistance.
Masonic assistance is available to
support our fraternal family through
life's challenges and transitions.
A single call to 888/466888/466-3642 puts
members and their families in touch
with a trained social worker and connects them to all Masonic assistance
programs. Support and services are
available for our senior members as
well as Masons and their families
through our residential and community-based programs:
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Masonic Outreach Service
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Masonic Family Resource Center
How you can help:
Make sure your members know about
Masonic assistance
Masonic Homes of California
The Need
We took a vow to care for our brothers – and that includes helping them
stay connected to the fellowship and
shared values at blue lodge.
Active, participating members are
critical for a viable lodge. To achieve a
high level of engagement, we must
plan programs that bring men back to
the lodge.
The Goals
If you haven’t been to lodge in a
while,
while consider attending the Coming
Home event. When a brother contacts
you about the event, share your reasons for not attending lodge in the
past. Think about why you first joined
Masonry, and how you might rekindle
that sense of excitement and devotion to your craft lodge. Suggest programs that would engage you again.
If you are active in your blue lodge,
lodge
take time to reflect on how the fellowship, community, and shared values
there have shaped you. Make a personal commitment to live your fraternal vows everyday. Reach out to your
inactive brothers and remind them that
they are valuable members of the fraternal family. Support lodge programs
that bring them back to the lodge.
The Reward
When we Come Home in February, we
will prove our enduring commitment to
each other and to our craft lodges. It’s
an event that will reaffirm our our fraternal vows, celebrate our shared Masonic experiences, and reach out to
our inactive brothers.
Our Lodge
In the past 3 years we have had several “inactive brothers” pass on to the
Grand Lodge above without our even
knowing about it for several months
after the fact. This is the sort of goings
on that should not be going on. How
would our loved ones feel about the
Fraternity if no one from the lodge
were even aware we weren't there, let
alone passed away.
Every member of our lodge is important to us, which is why we have put
together a permanent program in conjunction with the Grand Masters Coming Home Program to be in permanent
contact with all members of our lodge
on an ongoing basis. If you’re reading
this you will be hearing from a brother
who you may not know or recognize,
but he is your brother and cares about
you and your well being. Spend a few
minutes talking to him and keep us
updated on you life story.
Our lodge program isn’t designed to
get you to lodge but to bring the love,
caring and fellowship of the lodge back
to you.
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THE TRESTLEBOARD
M a s o n i c
E d u c a t i o n –
J o h n ’ s
From the 2nd WestchesterWestchester-Putnam
Masonic District
Among American Freemasons there
are two festivals in the Masonic calendar. The Feast of St. John, the Baptist, is celebrated on June 24th and
the Feast of St. John, the Evangelist,
on December 27th.
The two dates fall at the time of the
summer and winter when the sun
attains its greatest north or south
declination when it apparently stands
still for a short time before turning in
its course. These are known as the
summer and winter solstices.
Why is it that Masonry has chosen
these two men as patrons? Why are
Masonic lodges dedicated to
them? Why do Masons hold celebrations in their honor each year? Were
the Saints John Freemasons?
Before answering these questions, let
us review a bit of ancient history. Before the days of Christianity
the early Greeks and Romans dedicated their temples and sacred things
to some god. To the ancients the sun
was the source of power. They observed the course of the sun through
the year and knew that at one period
the sun brought them warmth, new
vegetation, bountiful crops and with it
all, a new source of energy and
hope. Then the sun, after a fruitful
season, left them and they felt the
cold, the grains in the field failed to
flourish, and all nature seemed to
sleep. The ancients knew that, after
due time, the friendly sun in its cycle
would come back to them bringing
again light, warmth, food and hope.
Is it any wonder that these people
worshipped the sun as a god? Even
today people the world over, revere
the sun and welcome its warmth, and
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even travel to follow it during the
cold and dark winter months.
It is significant to note that the two
festival days of the Saints John fall
at these two seasons - first when
the sun is nearest, and second,
when the sun has reached its northern-most summit and again turns
toward the south.
People in the early ancient days
had their organizations and guilds
even as we do today and dedicated
them to a pagan god for protection.
The worshipping of the sun or other
deities had so permeated mankind
that when Christianity was introduced to the world the church
found it was impossible to stop the
people from such pagan celebrations. It was natural to feel the
need for adopting some patron for
protection. The church therefore
consecrated its churches to God
and wisely substituted the names
of its saints as patrons. Other societies and organizations followed
the same practice.
ST. JOHN, THE BAPTIST
BAPTIST
Why did the Freemasons choose St.
John, the Baptist, as patron? One
would suppose that they would
name some outstanding person. But, St. John, the Baptist, was
a humble man, a plain man who
held, above all, his obligations to
God and, with almost unbelievable
steadfastness, met martyrdom. He
continually preached repentance and virtue - and humiliation.
Yes, the early freemasons chose
well in selecting such a man as St.
John, the Baptist, as a patron of
Freemasonry!
ST. JOHN, THE EVANGELIST
EVANGELIST
For a long period only St. John, the
Baptist, was patron saint of Freemasonry. It was not until after the
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16th century that St John, the Evangelist, was also adopted as a patron. The "Old Charges" of Freemasonry speak of St. John, the Evangelist, as a "Saint of the Craft." He was
constantly admonishing the cultivation of brotherly love. Of all the gospels, The Gospel of St. John is the
most Masonic for the central theme
is LIGHT. It portrays God as "the
Light of the World."
LODGES DEDICATED TO THE HOLY
SAINTS JOHN
Lodges then came to be dedicated
to the Holy Saints John and it is interesting to note that the early Masons were called "St. John's Masons"
or "St. John's Men."
It matters not whether the two Saints
John were actually members of the
Masonic fraternity. But they have
been called the patrons of the fraternity down through the ages because
they have exemplified the principles
of Freemasonry in their daily lives by
their deeds and their words. These
two humble men did not engage in
any of the pomp and glory of the
world.
It is because Masonry regards the
character and internal qualifications
of a man - not the exterior appearances - that these two men are fittingly called the patrons of this great
fraternity. They possessed those
internal qualifications that made the
TRUE MAN. Masonry honors them
above all others for they were the
living examples of the Golden Rule,
the practice of virtue, love for their
fellow-men and love for their God.
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88th Annual Installation of
officers
On December 5th, 2009 Temecula
Catalina Island Lodge # 524 held
its 88th Annual Installation of Officers with a packed house. Most
Wor. David Decker, PGM officiated
over the ceremony with Wor. Russ
Baldauf, PM as Master of Ceremonies and Wor. Don Young, PM as
Installing Chaplain. The Jobs Daughters presented the Flag of our country in fine form to begin the event.
The audience was treated to a
beautiful and professionally performed ceremony by those who participated as well as a few witty moments involving the officers.
Following the ceremony the newly
installed officers and guests were
treated to a fine feast.
This upcoming year will mark the
continuance of change in our lodge
as future months will reveal, and
rest assured that the officers installed in this lodge for 2010 are
dedicated to and enthusiastic about
the discharge of their duties in fulfilling these changes for the betterment of the lodge, Freemasonry, and
all of mankind.
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THE TRESTLEBOARD
January Schedule
of Events
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Events At A Glance
• 01/04 6PM Stated Dinner
7PM Stated Meeting
Sun
• 01/06 6PM TMC Meeting/
7PM Jobs Bethel
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• 01/09 7PM Jobs Daughters
Installation of Officers
• 01/11 7PM 1st Degree
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Wed
30
Holidays
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10
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5
6
Thu
Fri
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ew Years
Eve
Happy
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Coaching is available on all
Mondays at 5:30 PM except
for Stated Meeting nights.
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ew Year
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6PM Dinner
6PM TMC
7PM Jobs
7PM Stated
7PM Jobs
Installation
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12
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7PM Degree
7PM OSI
7PM Jobs
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26
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Master Masons
Seminar
• 01/25 7PM Degree TBA
Please Note:
Sat
7PM 1st Degree
• 01/20 7PM Jobs Bethel
• 01/23 All Day Master
Masons Seminar @
Evergreen Lodge
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Tue
Dark for
• 01/18 7PM Degree TBA
• 01/19 7PM OSI @ Hemet
Lodge # 615
Mon
24
28
29
30
7PM Degree
Masonic
Jan uary B ir t hdays
Jeovanni Atallinni - January 1
Ahmad N. Saab - January 1
Nicholas George- January 6
Ralph O. Beattie, Jr.- January 9
Travis M. Elder- January 9
Rudy Gordines - January 12
John W. Mc Kie, Jr.- January 13
Fred A. Jordan, Jr.- January 14
Alan D. Walbridge, Jr.- January 21
Robert L. Cranton, Sr.- January 23
Demar R. Machuca - January 30
Anniversaries
James J. Mc Grath, PM
John A. Null
John W. Mc Kie, Jr.
Gregory J. Vogel
Michael J. Coe
Frederick L. Grace
Randolph B. Clymer,
Jr.
01/16/1987
01/30/1990
01/26/2004
01/17/2005
01/23/2006
01/28/2008
01/19/2009
Please Visit the “Calendar” page at www.temeculamasons.org for complete Calendar changes and updates
or call our Lodge Secretary, Tom Hafeli, for further details at (951) 526-9300
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TEMECULA MASONIC BUSINESS CENTER
2010 OFFICERS
MASTER - Ronald C. Perry, PM- (951) 440-0005
Eric Steineman, President
SENIOR WARDEN - Michael J. Coe- (951) 951-795-2381
Michael Sekera, Vice President
JUNIOR WARDEN - Timoleon D. Stavrakis- (951) 296-8362
Ralph Wetmore, Secretary
TREASURER - Eric L. Steineman
Kevin Nett, CFO/Treasurer
SECRETARY - Thomas K. Hafeli - (951) 526-9300
Bill Kinnick, Board Member
CHAPLAIN - Lester M. Starbuck
Steve Batiz, Board Member
SENIOR DEACON - Danny R. Bagwell
Ronald C. Perry, Ex-Officio
JUNIOR DEACON - Anthony C. McLean
Michael Coe, Ex-Officio
MARSHAL - Michael J. Sekera
LODGE TRUSTEES
SENIOR STEWARD - Stephen L. Batiz
JUNIOR STEWARD - Evgeny O. Li
TILER - Gary L. Endersbe
Chuck Miller
Ralph Wetmore
Simon Aman
Les Starbuck
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Temecula-Catalina Island Lodge #524 F&AM
Temecula Catalina Island Lodge No. 524
Free & Accepted Masons
27895 Diaz Road
Temecula, California 92590
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``USPS—Identification Statement
1963
Merrill Balser
P. M. of other LODGES
Bold represents years they were Master of 524
2002
William R. Knight
1981,1997
Russell L. Baldauf
2000
1994, 2005, 2006,
2008
James J. McGrath
Larry G. Long
1993,1998,1999,
2001, 2004
1951
Ronald C. Perry
Harvey H. Cowell
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J A N U A R Y 2010