Last night we recalled our recent pilgrimage to Corinthian Lodge in Concord where we took their “RW Kenneth Gendall” Traveling Trowel. It was a great evening and we’re thinking of doing some more traveling soon.

The District Deputy Grand Master of the 22nd District handed out the newly commissioned George Washington Service Medals on behalf of the Grand Master. We have many Veterans in this great lodge and we we’re able to hand out a few of the medals last night.

We would also like to say thank you to Brother Mike Cook and Brother Karl Edmands for taking over the kitchen duties to help support our Veterans and give them a night off.

We covered a lot in the business meeting and it’s looking to be a great year!

See you on December 15th!

The “Traveling Trowel”

On November 13^th 2023, 8 members of Charles W. Moore lodge and the District Deputy Grand Master of the 22nd Masonic District traveled to Corinthian lodge to claim their “Traveling Trowel”. The Presiding Master Anthony Rooney and his officers welcomed us with open arms and a feast.

During the meeting we witnessed a presentation of the George Washington medal to all the present military veterans of Corinthian lodge, a spectacular esoteric discussion of the 1st degree in Freemasonry, and finally the capture of their traveling trowel!

The Trowel itself has a special history that embodies deep masonic significance.  It was crafted by Brother Kenneth Stephen Gendall (a past master of Corinthian Lodge and a Past District Deputy Grand Master of the Old Lowell 12^th District) in the early 1990’s.

The purpose of the traveling trowel is to encourage fraternal bonds and masonic pilgrimages within Freemasonry.  When Brother Gendall retired and moved south, he gave charge of the trowel to Brother Douglas J. Ellis (also a Past Master and Past District Deputy Grand Master) in the summer of 2015.

Brother Gendal sadly passed away shortly after his retirement.  In honor of him and his legacy, Corinthian Lodge has issued the challenge of a pilgrimage to lodges seeking fellowship,  Charles W. Moore lodge proudly met the call.

Now it’s up to Corinthian lodge to send a delegation of 8 members to our lodge to take it back!

When Corinthian lodge reclaims their trowel, all other Masonic lodges within the New England jurisdiction may travel for the honor of taking it (for a time)!

Here’s how you can do it!


Rules:

1. To capture the trowel, a lodge within a New England jurisdiction must bring at least 3 members to a regular communication of Corinthian Lodge.
2. In the event that multiple lodges visit on the same communication, the lodge with the largest product of brothers times distance to their lodge will be the winner. For example, if lodge one has 5 members traveling 20 miles, their product is 100.  To beat that lodge a lodge of 4 brothers needs to travel at least 25 miles from their lodge. If there is a tie in products, the lodge that traveled further will win the trowel.
3. Any lodge that captures the trowel must send an email to trowel@concordmasons.org with the name, address, and meeting day of the lodge so we can update our website and attempt to retrieve it.
4. Any lodge that captures the trowel can only relinquish it to Corinthian Lodge. 
5. To retrieve the trowel Corinthian Lodge will need to send a delegation of at least equal size to the winning lodge. 
6. There will also be a notebook that travels with the trowel as a log of where it has been.
7. A copy of these rules will travel with the trowel.

On October 14th, 2023 Members of Charles W. Moore Lodge and Caleb Butler Lodge hit the streets in Leominster to raise money for the Shriners Transportation Fund.

These events are put together by the dedicated leadership of our local Fitchburg/ Leominster Shrine Club and are largely made up of members of this great lodge!

Are you interested in helping us out for future events? learn how you can become a Shriner! Our areas local Shrine Hub is at Aleppo!

Thank you to everyone who came out to make a donation to help children in need!

On October 7th 2023 W:.M:. Dennis Rinki ceremoniously passed the torch of leadership to W:.M:. Charlie Jones after two successful years of leadership. The event was open to the public and well attended by all members of the Masonic fraternity, Masonic sub organizations, and the public in general.

Thank you to all the outgoing officers for a job well done and congratulations to all the incoming officers, we have much work to do!

We look forward to a re-dedication of our efforts to serve the city Fitchburg and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts with extreme patriotism and pride! We hope to see you out in the community!

What a great night, thank you to all of the friends, families and Masons that came out tonight support Bro Charles Tower, Charles W Charles W Moore Lodge and the historic The Fay Club. Last time the club saw that many masons was when they were laying the bricks for the Fay Family!

A “few” years apart, same building and Fraternity, both a snapshot in time.

On September 25, 2021 we had the pleasure of celebrating RW Richard Stanley Sleeper for his 50 years of service as a past DDGM.

On June 29th 2021, Members of Charles W Moore Lodge and the 22nd District escorted the “Wall that Heals” replica Vietnam Memorial wall to North Middlesex High School as part of the Motorcycle Motorcade.

June 2021, Members of Charles W Moore Lodge and the 22nd District visited Washington DC. While in DC CWM held their June RCM at the Washington Masonic Memorial, cleaned up a Navy Monument for a community service project and visited the Scottish Rite Museum and other landmarks.