Alhambra Masonic Lodge no. 322

From the West

February 2012

I am frequently asked "what do you get out of Masonry?" I tell people that Masonry's major benefit to those outside the fraternity is our philanthropy; and the greatest benefit to those that are members of the fraternity is the inner fulfillment of belonging to an organization that improves the quality of a man's life through the emphasis of the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man.

An organization that accepts every man as an equal. An organization that can support (without interfering in) a man's personal spiritual belief while at the same time not insulting or excluding another's. In short Masonry is the antithesis of the old adage that "you get out of it what you put into it." No matter how much I put into Masonry, I still get more out of it. All this at the bargain price of my annual dues, which cost less that going to see a movie once a month.

John Harney, S. W.