Daily News | Broad Street’s iconic 150-year-old Masonic Temple is not ‘a secret, forbidden place’
, as well as presidents, athletes, entertainers, and other celebrities in the fraternity, helped anchor Freemasonry in the mainstream.
To be considered for membership in this private organization, a candidate must be male, 18, and believe in the existence of a supreme being of some sort. Women and men are welcome to seek membership in theAs has been true in recent decades among many fraternal and service organizations, Masonic membership has declined nationwide. “People just don’t want to join things anymore,” said Comfort, a former journalist and longtime Mason.
To meet the challenges of attracting new members, “we just need to tell our story,” he said. “We need to tell them how members help each other and help the community.”“Material from merged lodges — minutes, ledgers,, commemorative items, anything that gave the lodge an identity, end up at the Grand Lodge,” said Michael Laskowski, who since 2020 has served as archivist of the library and museum. Before that, the position had been vacant for at least a decade.
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