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Attend Our Annual Meeting at Masonic Week or Online

Attend Our Annual Meeting at Masonic Week or Online

AnnouncingThe 94th Annual Meeting of the Philalethes Society 11:15 a.m., Saturday, February 12, 2022 The Annual Meeting of the Philalethes Society will be held on Saturday, February 12, 2022, at AMD Week — Hyatt Regency Hotel Crystal City Virginia. The meeting will start at 11:15 a.m. and end by 12:30 p.m. You are invited to attend in person or via Zoom telecast. If attending in-person, you must pre-register through the AMD website: https://www.amdusa.org/MasonicWeek/ Cost of registration for AMD Week is $35. However, there is no additional cost to attend the Philalethes Society annual meeting. If you wish to attend the...

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In Memoriam: W. Kirk MacNulty, FPS

The esteemed Masonic author W. Kirk MacNulty passed away in Arlington, Virginia, on November 8, 2020. He was the author of several important books on Freemasonry: The Way of the Craftsman, Freemasonry: A Journey Through Ritual and Symbol, Freemasonry: Symbols, Secrets, Significance, and Contemplating Craft Freemasonry: Working the Way of the Craftsman. W. Kirk MacNulty was born in California in 1932. He studied at Stanford University and the University of Tennessee, and had a career in the United States Marine Corps and in corporate information technology. His interest and involvement in Freemasonry spans more than fifty-five years. He received the...

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In Memoriam: Wallace McLeod, FPS

Wallace McLeod was a Mason, a professor of classics, and a passionate researcher, writer and lecturer on all aspects of Freemasonry who applied his considerable intellectual faculties and great erudition to his work on the history of Freemasonry and its symbolism. He was equally adept at writing and lecturing on the management of the Craft. Early in my Masonic career in Canada, I came to know Wallace and to appreciate his tremendous appeal as a speaker and educator. On a personal level, I found that his great warmth, courtesy, and engaging demeanour drew me to him and encouraged me to...

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