Message from our Most Worshipful Grand Master:

Achieving a goal can be a long monumental journey but achieving the office of Grand Master is a goal and journey like no other. I am truly honored, proud, and humbled to have been elected to serve as the 138th Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Arizona.

Throughout this next Masonic year, I will strive to maintain open communications between the Grand Lodge, its officers, the lodges and appendant bodies.  We are all of a like mind, that of providing Charity for those in need, Brotherly Love to those in our Masonic family and Truth in our dealings with our brethren, our sisters, our youth and those who are not a part of our family but who look to us for guidance and acceptance into our family.

Second, I will work to attend as many the important functions, like installations, communications, conclaves, etc., as possible, or send an official representative, for our Masonic youth groups as well as the adult concordant and appendant bodies.  As Masons it is important that we support those in need but specially to support our brothers and sisters and our youth.

Third, I want to continue our tradition of celebrating Christmas with a party held in the Phoenix area and expand this family activity to include a spring picnic again in the Phoenix area for the purpose of promoting the Masonic Family.

Finally, I want to say “thank you” again for the privilege and honor of electing me to serve as Grand Master for the ensuing Masonic year.  I pledge to serve to the best of my abilities.

Freemasonry is the oldest fraternal organization for men in the world, and its organizational structure shows its age. The basic organizational unit of the fraternity is the lodge. We believe the term comes from the lodges (shelters) constructed at the building sites of cathedrals and castles during the Middle Ages. Masons worked and lived in these shelters.

Each lodge is headed by an officer called the “Worshipful Master.” “Worshipful” means “highly respected” or “honored.” The term comes from the judicial system of England and carries no religious implication. “Master” means “leader,” or “best qualified,” as in “Concert Master” or “Master Architect.”

Each officer of a lodge has a title that originated during the Middle Ages. These titles may vary somewhat from state to state, but in general the officers and their contemporary equivalents are: