Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Massachusetts

The Herald

 

M\E\ Charles A. O’Wril, Jr., Grand High Priest Date: February 2005

 

Dear Companion:

 

Risks

To laugh is to risk – Appearing foolish.

To weep is to risk - Appearing sentimental.

To reach out to another is to risk – Involvement.

To place your dreams before the crowd is to risk – Ridicule.

To love is to risk – Not being loved in return.

To try is to risk – Failure.

But risk must be taken, because the greatest danger in life is to risk – Nothing.

The person who risks nothing – Does nothing, gains nothing and is nothing.

He may avoid pain, hurt, and sorrow

But he also avoids learning, feeling, changing, growing, loving…living.

The barriers he erects to protect become the walls of his prison.

Only one who risks is free!

                                             Author Unknown

 

My theme for the year is “What can I, as an individual Companion, do for my Chapter and the Grand Chapter”. I hope that each individual Companion has given some thought of how they can improve the status of their Chapters or Grand Chapter.

There are several fields to improve. You can contribute to attendance by simply being at your Chapter’s convocation every Month or at least as many as you possibly attend. Organize a car pool among your Companions to attend each meeting. Make it possible for your aged or handicapped members to attend. Organize a call list to remind each member to attend. Would you believe that I still hear Companions say that they cannot remember what day of the month their Chapter meets? Organize a call list to urge attendance at meetings that celebrate a highlight in a Companion’s life. Call the sick and shut-ins who can not attend monthly convocations. These are just a few of the ways to improve the attendance and companionship in your Chapter.

 

One day classes are planned for May:

May 14, 2005 The Grand Royal Arch Chapter Degree Team will confer all of the Capitular Degrees.

May 21, 2005 The Grand Council of Royal and Select Master Masons will confer all of the Cryptic Degrees.

May 28, 2005 The Grand Commandery of Knight Templers and the Appendant Orders of Massachusetts and Rhode Island will confer all of the Orders of Templary.

 

All the classes will be held in the Fitchburg Masonic Apartments. More information will follow.

 

 

Feb. 19 - Your Grand High Priest will be attending the Meeting of the Unity Committee in the Haverhill Masonic Apartments.

 

Feb 22 - Your Grand High Priest will be Officiating at the merger of Houghton Royal Arch Chapter and Walden Royal Arch Chapter at the Concord Masonic Apartments.

 

March 6 - Your Grand High Priest will be at the joint reception of the Elected Grand Officers of Massachusetts Grand Royal Arch Chapter at the Masonic Apartments in Needham.

 

 

Until next month I remain,

 

Yours fraternally,

 

 

M\E\ Charles A. O’Wril, Jr.