Aurora Lodge #48 F&AM

04/24/2026

Aurora Lodge will be conducting two Masonic funeral services in the next few days.
First will be Saturday April 25th @1:00pm for brother Lowell Glenn Eldridge, at Robinson Funeral Home 400 Main St. South Shore Ky.
The second will be Monday April 27th @8:00pm for brother Randy Sizemore at Swick Bentley Funeral home in New Boston.
Please make every effort to attend these services as we help these families lay our brothers to rest. Hope to see you there.

04/09/2026

Aurora Lodge will confer the EA degree this evening. We will have food on the 7th floor at 6:00pm, degree work will begin at 7:00pm on the 5th floor.

03/25/2026

A good opportunity for any of our EAs to get back into their journey! Contact us for more info

03/06/2026

ONE DATE - TWO LOCATIONS - Join Your Valley of Cincinnati Brethren in Scioto & Lawrence Counties for a Great Day of Fellowship & 2 Degrees at Each Location. Bring your candidates.
Petitions available here: https://tinyurl.com/mr3nyehk
Directions to each location:
Portsmouth: https://tinyurl.com/4p74cj92
Proctorville: https://tinyurl.com/4rw5zte5

03/05/2026

Tomorrow, Thursday March 5th, EA degree.
Pizza on the 7th floor at 6:00pm
Degree work on 5th floor at 7:00pm.

03/03/2026

03/02/2026

Tonight is a special evening at Aurora Lodge’s Stated Meeting.

Monday, March 2nd - Lodge Opens

I am honored to present The Candlelight Charge — also known as On Yonder Book or the Canadian Charge — written by M.W. Benjamin L. Hadley, P.G.M., Grand Lodge of Maine, A.F. & A.M.

This beautiful and time-honored piece will be shared in honor of all who have been raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason since January 1st. It is not merely a recitation, but a solemn reflection — a reminder of the vows we take, the light we seek, and the responsibilities we willingly accept as Masons.

Without revealing its sacred particulars, this Charge calls each of us to look inward and ask two enduring questions:

Will we be worth something to the Craft… and will the Craft be worth something to us?

It speaks to fidelity, honor, charity, integrity, and the quiet strength required to live out our obligations in daily life — as better men, better citizens, better husbands, fathers, sons, and friends.

To those newly made Master Masons this year: tonight is for you. May the words rekindle the light first received and remind us all why we knocked.

Fraternally,
Guy Martineau, PM, MSA, 32°

02/13/2026

On Friday, October 13, 1307, the Knights Templar were arrested under orders of King Philip IV of France. Accused of crimes widely believed to be false, many were imprisoned, tortured, and executed. Their wealth was seized. Their reputation attacked. Their brotherhood tested under fire.

History shows this was less about heresy… and more about power and debt.

But here’s what stands the test of time:

The Knights Templar became a symbol of loyalty under persecution. Faith under pressure. Honor unto death.

Centuries later, Freemasonry carries forward those same timeless principles — not as a continuation of medieval warfare, but as a continuation of moral warfare:

• Truth over tyranny
• Brotherhood over division
• Light over darkness

Freemasons do not claim to be the medieval Templars. But in our York Rite Commanderies and in our teachings, the Templar story lives on as an allegory of steadfastness and virtue.

Friday the 13th isn’t about bad luck.

It’s about remembering men who stood firm in their obligations when the world turned against them.

Loyalty. Sacrifice. Brotherhood.

Presented by
The Two Burning Tapers Podcast

02/12/2026

Reminder: Aurora Lodge will confer the EA degree this evening. We will have pizza in the dining room on the 7th floor at 6:00pm, degree work will follow at 7:00pm. Bring a brother and join us, hope to see you there.

02/07/2026

Congratulations to Jon Bartos, Aurora Lodge's newest Master Mason !

Also, to the officers of Aurora Lodge and all of the assistance we received to put on what I would call an excellent degree ! You should all be very proud! I know I was proud to be right there with you.

Jon received what I would consider an excellent experience !

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