Coming up @ Lodge 693

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14TH, 2019, 12 O'CLOCK
​Ben Manierre Memorial Service will be at Palm Springs Lodge. All Brothers and friends are encouraged to attend and help us celebrate Ben's life. "Viruts Junxit Mors Non Separabit"
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The Symbolic Blue Lodge is where everyone's Masonic journey begins. Whether you're a Shriner, Scottish Rite, York Rite, Royal Arch Mason, they all began their search for light in the Symbolic Blue Lodge. 

Socrates Cafe/  Trivium Discussion Group

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 Insightful conversations exploring the key questions of life. We convene every 3rd Tuesday of the month to discuss philosophical questions we ourselves have chosen and to think for ourselves about the life we want to lead. This is open to the public.
To learn more, click on the Trivium Tab above.

  Master's Message December 2019
Greetings and thank you for visiting our website:

This will be my last message to you as Master of Palm Springs Lodge #693. This past stated meeting we nominated our new Master, SW, JW, Treasurer and Secretary. Brother Ted Parker will be leading the lodge now and with his group of dedicated officers, the lodge will continue to move in the same direction we have been moving in the last three years. We have given our lodge stability, consistency, continuity and meaningful degrees.  November was supposed to be calm and not much was supposed to happen but the GAOTU always laughs at our most well planned calendar. This month we will be dark most of the time except for the dates shown below. We will be gathering on December 21st for a Winter Solstice celebration from 6:30pm to 10pm.This will be another potluck event. Music, food, drinks and cigars will be had and we want you to bring the family as there will be a reading as to why the winter solstice is so important.  I have had a great time sitting in the East these last three years, none of the success we have had would've been possible without those who also served and pitched in where they could. There have been some pretty rough times over those three years as well as many good times. Great memories and members lost. No man is an island, we all need help in some way or another and we all need to learn to subdue our passions. Our Installation date has been moved to January 4th of 2020. Invitations will be in the mail.

Brother Ben Manierre gave his last breath on Sunday, December 1st at 3:25am. The sands of time in Ben's hourglass had run out and so he has journeyed to that undiscovered country, from whose bourn, no traveler returns. He was with Brothers at the time of his passing. 

Dec 3rd - Stated meeting dinner - 50 Year Pin Award
Dec 10th - Dark
Dec 14th - Ben Manierre Memorial Service at 12pm.
December 21st - Winter Solstice Celebration
Recently @ Lodge 693

Worshipful Bill Sullivan's 
Celebration of
50 Years Being A Mason
​He drank all of our wine then left for the evening.

Saturday October 26th
3rd Degree for Brother Guillermo Morales
Congratulations Brother!!
Approximately 25 Master Masons from Local Lodges Assembled To Either Assist Or Witness
The Conferral Of 
THE THIRD DEGREE
That's Right: "Take Him Downtown & Give Him the Third Degree!"

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Our Message to All: Welcome!


Vision Statement: To restore Palm Springs Lodge #693 as a beacon of light in Masonry for all worthy and well qualified men.

Mission Statement: Our Mission is to lead by example.  To provide a sanctuary away from the world at large where brothers are free to teach, learn, and explore the symbols, values, morals, and principles of speculative Freemasonry that will help us live as righteous and noble men.

Masons meet "on the level."  No matter your profession or your economic status (some financial responsibilities required), when our Lodge is in session, we're equals where outside worldly titles and social status disappear while we are in the pursuit of our Masonic labors.  We are a sacred society, or band of brothers formed in a centuries-old tradition.

What's Freemasonry all about?  Freemasonry is refinement in everything we do.  From the way we  dress, speak, prepare for our meetings, interact with one another and share meals, it's all about hard work.  That work is work we do internally,  True, there's a lot more to the vast tapestry of our Craft. Learn more here.

Masons do not solicit new members.  Interested men must approach of their own initiative.  However, first a friend, then a brother.  All prospective members are vetted over a 6 to 12 month period.  No one is guaranteed membership, not every man should be a Mason, and not every Mason should be a member of our lodge.

Don't know a Mason?  No problem. Lodge 693 welcomes inquiries!  Contact us here