October 2013 - DC Scottish Rite

volume 7 no. 4 | september-october 2013
news and views for our scottish rite brothers
SCOTTISH RITE PROGRESS
scottish rite of freemasonry, valley of washington, orient of the district of columbia
The PEN/Faulkner Program | June 4, 2013
Honoring Chris Matthews and Chuck Todd
At Right: Willee Lewis P/F Executive VP introduces the speakers for the evening. Center: The SR presents its annual supporting contribution to the P/F Foundation. At Left:
Dimitry Minin, 32° KSA and guest enjoy the program of politics and history.
~ In This Issue ~
The PEN/Faulkner Program honoring
Chris Matthews and Chuck Todd
1
The SGIG’s Message ~ by Len Proden
1
The Scottish Rite Center ~ 2013 Spring
Reunion
2
2013 General Officers
2
Scottish Rite to Celebrate the Feast of
Tishri ~ October 8, 2013 at 7:30 pm
2
Scenes from the 2013 Ladies Tea
3
2013 Golf Outing held May 20th
3
2013 Biennial Honors for the Orient of
the District of Columbia
3
DCSR Americanism Committee
Program featuring NASA Astronaut
Scott Altman
4
Mark Your Calendars ~ The Masonic
Family Picnic is coming soon!
4
New Dues Cards
4
Scottish Rite Calendar ~
September through November 2013
4
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SGIG’s Message
s this issue of the redesigned PROGRESS reaches you,
the Supreme Council will have completed the Biennial
Session. You may recall that the Southern Jurisdiction
meets to review and ratify all the happenings and activities that
have occurred the past two years. Our Orient was called upon
to support this major undertaking as 23 of our KSA brethren
provided logistical support during the entire four-day event.
Many of you are aware that the 33rd Degree cast was comprised
of members of the DC and Maryland Orients. They presented the
Degree in our auditorium with over 350 brethren present as our
own William T. Rule, 33° served as Director. Our “white hats”
assisted the House of the Temple in processing and organizing
the movement of all the men who witnessed this impressive
Degree. My heartfelt thanks to each of you for your outstanding efforts. Congratulations to
our newest Honor men who are listed on page 3 — our Orient had 13 Inspectors General
Honorary (33°) and 22 Knights Commander Court of Honor (KCCH).
Please review the calendar on page 4 and note that our first scheduled meeting is the second
Tuesday, September 10th for the Evangelist Chapter of Rose Croix. You will see we have
some outstanding programs planned and encourage you to bring your family and friends
to the Americanism Program and the Education-Scholarship Awards Program. These two
programs have special entertainment and of course our outstanding buffet. Our Tuesday
meetings also promise to continue to offer profound, interesting and informative topics and
presentations. Plan to attend as often as your schedule allows, but make sure you support your
Blue/Craft Lodge.
Enjoy the remaining days of summer.
My thanks to all of you who participate and support Scottish Rite Masonry.
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Scottish Rite Center ~ Spring Reunion 2013
May 10-11, 2013
Front Row, L to R: Scott Brown; Gordon Lee Ferguson; Teko Foley; Len Proden, SGIG of Washington, DC; John Vergalla, General Secretary; George Adams;
Bill Rule Row 2: Pierre Gaujard; Messanvi Adjogah; Donald Holliday; Duy Tran; Victor Johnson; Michael Hardie; Scott Goldstein; Eddie Komboigo;
Michel Daboni; Spero Peters; Mark Wright Row 3: William Turner; Kiyon Harley; David Brummell; Joseph Lukas; Robert Seltzer; George Perez; Michael
Broadus; Michael Moussa-Adamo; Ghassan Schbley; Louis Yammine Row 4: Christopher Owen; Paul McFadden; Joshua Demos; Darren Moore; Larry
Villegas-Perez; Jean Didier; Afane Fono; Luiz Santos; Kosuke Tanaka; Robert Youngman Row 5: Alexander Huet; Ian McIntosh; DeWayne Bell; Nicolas
Kouvahey; Caleb DeGroote; Dan Rapoport; Joseph Rogan; Aleksandar Kovacevic; Andrew Lawless
2013 general officers
The Scottish Rite of Freemasonry,
District of Columbia
SGIG of the Supreme Council. . . . . . Ill. Leonard Proden, 33°
General Secretary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ill. John Vergalla, 33°
Personal Representative
AMSRB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ill. Ronald R. Peterson, 33°
Treasurer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ill. Paul D. Gleason, 33°
Assistant Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ill. Carroll J. Collins, 33°
Almoner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . William M. Lanham, 32° KCCH
Assistant Almoner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George E. Whetzel, 32° KCCH
Directors of Work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I ll. Charles W. Wagner, 33°
Ill. William T. Rule II, 33°
Assistant Directors of Work. . . . . . . I ll. Gordon Lee Ferguson, 33°
Ill Donald Holliday Sr. 33°
Chaplain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ill. Bilal M. Raschid, 33°
Associate Chaplains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rabbi
Randall A. Schoch, 32° KCCH
Ill. Rev. Canon Daniel D. Darko, 33°
Kenneth Fuller, 32° KCCH
Rev. Canon Michael M. Marrett, 32°
KCCH
General Council. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ill George R Adams 33° GC
Tilers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C
loyd A. Bittner Sr., 32° KCCH
Mark A. Wright 32° KCCH
Scottish Rite to Celebrate
the Feast of Tishri
T
October 8th at 7:30 PM
he Feast of Tishri is celebrated in many Valley’s of the Scottish Rite
and commemorates the dedication of King Solomon’s Temple. It
also commemorates the period after the exodus from Egypt during
which the Jews wandered in the wilderness and lived in huts. It relates to
the general celebration of Thanksgiving. The Feast of Tishri is an essential
part of the Fourteenth Degree and eludes to the symbolic details of the
Temple’s position, design, construction, furnishing, and decoration
as the metaphorical temple of Freemasonry built in the heart of every
brother. We learn to recommit ourselves to building Freemasonry “in
the hearts of men and among nations.” The consecration of the Temple
teaches the equality and unity of all members of the Rite. In the Feast
of Tishri, all Perfect Elus and those of higher Degrees can join at the
banquet table and share the bond of fraternal unity. The law, legendry,
peace, quality, unity, and fellowship of the Feast of Tishri combine to
make this the Masonic feast of feasts.
The KCCH Club invites all our Scottish Rite Brethren to join us in
celebrating our Feast of Tishri. A superb family-style repast will be
served and the traditional toasts offered. The Keynote Speaker will be
Stephen J Ponzillo III, PGM of Maryland.
You MUST RSVP to jdholt@dcsr.org or call 202-232-8155 no later than
October 1, 2013 to reserve your seat. ATTIRE: Dark suit, tie and Scottish
Rite Cap required.
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2013 Ladies Tea
2013 Biennial Honors
June 1st, 2013
for the Orient of
the District of Columbia
Inspectors General
Honorary (33°)
Paul M. Curran
Paul D. Dolinsky
James T. Feezell
Barry P. Gossett
Carlos A. Landazuri
Anthony S. Murray
Jeffrey Y. Schilling
Armen Simonian
Gilbert Stepanian
Alwyn B. Taylor
Donald C. Titus
Marcus Trelaine
Edwin J. Whitcomb
Knights Commander
of the Court of Honour
(32° KCCH)
The Valley of Washington honors our Ladies and Widows at the Normandie Farms luncheon with award
winning author, Alice McDermott (bottom left).
2013 Golf Outing
May 20, 2013
Peter L. Ahearn
Bradley D. Andrukitis
Alexander Basilia
Robin C. Bodie
Scott E. Brown
Peter W. Brusoe
Marlon K. Curtis
Peter A. Darke
Donald J. Ellis
Donald R. Ferguson, Sr.
Bruce D. French
Donald H. Hadley
Paul M. Hays
William M. Hickman
Eloi P. Kpamegan
Douglas B. McFadden
Myron H. Murley
Sylvanus J. Newstead
Tissah G. Ntche
Philip J. Palmer, Jr.
Joseph G. Scheuring
Jason R. Van Dyke
CONGRATULATIONS
to Our Newest Members to
Serve the Supreme Council
as Appointed Officers:
Ill. Paul D. Dolinsky, 33º
Grand Organist
and
Ill. William G.L. Turner, 33º
Grand Tiler
The Scottish Rite Clinic for Childhood Languages Disorders had a successful fund raising Golf Outing on
May 20th. Special thanks to Bud Michels 32° KCCH for and running an outstanding event.
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The DCSR Americanism
Committee Program
Scottish Rite
Calendar
Featuring NASA Astronaut Scott Altman Tuesday June 25, 2013
September through
November 2013
September
3
Mithras Lodge Meeting
Cancelled
10
Evangelist Chapter of Rose Croix
7:30 P.M.
17
Robert de Bruce Council of Kadosh
7:30 P.M.
24
Albert Pike Consistory
Arturo de Hoyos and S. Brent Morris
talking about their new book “Allegorical
Conversations”
7:30 P.M.
October
Captain Scott Altman (USN-Ret) wowed a near capacity crowd with his spaceflight
exploits. Committee Chairman Bud Michels, 32° KCCH welcomes Astronaut Altman.
KSA members greet Captain Altman.
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Masonic Family Picnic
ark your calendars! The Masonic Family Picnic will be held on
Saturday, September 28, 2013 from noon to 5 pm at Glen Echo
Park (MacArthur Blvd at Goldsboro Rd).
The Grand Master of Masons for the District of
Columbia invites all Freemasons of this jurisdiction to come with their families and friends
to join us for an afternoon of fun, food, drinks,
clowns and music. We have arranged for fun activities for all ages. Entertainment will be provided.
A
1
Mithras Lodge of Perfection
7:30 P.M.
8
Feast of Tishri
(RSVP and CAPS required)
7:30 P.M.
12
JROTC Awards – Americanism Program
(Open to family and friends)
7:30 P.M.
15
Robert de Bruce Council of Kadosh
7:30 P.M.
22
Albert Pike Consistory
7:30 P.M.
29
5 Tuesday of the Month
No Meeting
Held
November
5
Outside affiliated members as well as newly honored members (33rds and
KCCH’s) will receive temporary paper cards until official plastic ones are
made available for them.
If by any chance your card is lost or destroyed you will
be issued a temporary paper card. There may also be a
fee applied to receive a new plastic card but that has yet
to be decided.
Mithras Lodge of Perfection
7:30 P.M.
FALL REUNION: November 8th-9th, 2013
Friday, November 8th
4:00-5:15 PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Registration
9:15 PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recess to Saturday
New Dues Card
ll members will be getting plastic membership cards for 2014.
Members that have paid for a Life Membership will be getting Gold
Cards with the words Life Member printed on them and so will the
50 year Members that are coded L. The rest of the members will get Silver
Cards with a date on the card. When they pay their 2015 dues they will get
a 2015 sticker to put over the date.
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Saturday, November 9th
8:00 AM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Class Reports, light breakfast
7:30 PM . . . . . . . . . . . Reunion Concluded with Dinner and Festivities
11
Veterans Day
Office Closed
12
Evangelist Chapter of Rose Croix
7:30 P.M.
19
Robert de Bruce Council of Kadosh
7:30 P.M.
26
Scholarship Awards and Education
Program
7:30 P.M.
28-29
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
Office Closed
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