Masonry Comes To The Rockies

The Gold Rush fever of the Pikes Peak region in 1858 was intoxicating. It entranced men of all descriptions, fortune-hunters, prospectors, and rovers, eager for quick wealth and excitement. Its hurriedly-formed wagon trains departing from Missouri river outposts threw together for 700-mile, month-long journeys, men of every ilk, many of them fleeing from the rigidity of law and order and civilization. Read more

In Appreciation

Long ago Tacitus remarked that the principal office of history is to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten.

This volume has been assembled to preserve some of the romance of the founding of Masonry in Colorado – of the organization and development of its Grand Lodge and constituent Lodges during its first century. Read more

Officers of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient Free And Accepted Masons Of Colorado 1961

 

LEON H. SNYDEH, EI Paso No. 13, Colorado Springs – Grand Master
ELLIS LATIMER, Mount Lamborn No. 102, Hotchkiss – Deputy Grand Master
CLARENCE L. BARTHOLIC, Highlands No. 86, Denver – Senior Grand Warden
CHARLES L. THOMSON, Salida No .57, Salida – Junior Grand Warden
THOMAS F. VARDIE, Palestine No. 151, Denver – Grand Treasurer
HARRY W. BUNDY, Denver No. 5, Denver – Grand Secretary
ALBERT E. JAMESON, La Veta No. 59, La Veta – Grand Lecturer
JOHN H. WESCH, Cortez No. 133, Cortez – Senior Grand Deacon
JEAN S. BREITENSTEIN, Columbia No. 14, Boulder – Grand Orator
IRVING M. CANNON, Occidental No. 20, Greeley – Grand Marshal
CHARLES T. GORE, Paul Revere No. 162, Denver – Junior Grand Deacon
STEWART A. SHAFER, Denver No.5, Denver – Senior Grand Steward
WILLIAM L. GOBIN, St. Johns No. 75, Rocky Ford – Junior Grand Steward
ERIC SMITH, Paonia No. 121, Paonia – Grand Chaplain
JOEL C. WALLACE, Jr., El Paso No. 13, Colorado Springs – Grand Tiler Read more

Dictation 1961

To the courageous spirit of “The Original Seven” and the other pioneers who established Masonic principles in the Rocky Mountain area, this voLume is gratefully dedicated. Read more

Colorado Eastern Star Masonic Retirement Community

Independent and Assisted Living in the Location You’ll Love

Situated on 19 picturesque acres in southeast Denver, Eastern Star Masonic Retirement Community offers both patio home living and assisted living for anyone 55 or older. The community is open to everyone with no affiliation required.

Carefree, active senior living is available at Star Vista Village, our gracious patio home community. Spacious one and two bedroom patio units offer a complete range of services and amenities for one simple, low monthly fee. There are no entrance fees.

Assisted living at Eastern Star Masonic Retirement Community offers an enriched lifestyle and the security that health care needs will be met all in a home-like community that is the most affordable in the Denver area.

Eastern Star Masonic Retirement Community is a 501(c) (3) mission driven nonprofit organization and has been providing care to our residents since 1931. To learn more about our community, click on any link above or call (303) 756-9489. You’re also welcome to visit us any time at 2445 South Quebec Street in Denver. If you need a map to find us, please click here.

Colorado Child ID Program

The Worst happens more often than you think

• More than 14,000 Colorado children are abducted each year, according to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.
• If something happens, such as abduction, the faster you can provide accurate and complete information to the authorities, the better the chances are of a happy ending.
• Local Masonic lodges are helping families prepare child “ID” information in case the worst happens to them.
• Parents bring their children to local events, where a computer software program captures digital fingerprints, and photographs of their children. A paper copy is printed for the parents for them to record vital information on their Child. A plastic bag is also included for the child’s DNA sample.
• The parents leave with three documents; Personal Safety information page, ID Cards and the Main ID page.
• These printouts can supply the police with the information they need in the case of abduction.
• The software is designed not to keep any digital trace of the captured information in the system. It supplies a hard copy only.
• The process is meant to be completely confidential!
• The parents and children go through the whole process together, showing the kids that there is nothing to worry about and this is being done to help keep them safe.
• You should update your child’s “ID” information, including a photograph, every six months. Children’s appearances change that quickly. That’s why programs like this are so helpful. Read more

Scottish Rite Foundation of Colorado – RiteCare

The highest calling for a Freemason is to help others regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, or Masonic affiliation. Ever since the Fraternity came to these shores from Great Britain during the colonial period of American history, Masons have sought to provide relief and assistance for those in need.

True to this calling, the Scottish Rite Foundation of Colorado was created in 1953 by Scottish Rite Masons in Denver. Its work is known as the RiteCare Childhood Language Program. It helps enable Colorado families obtain the highest quality of speech-language therapy services for their children with language disorders. Read more

Colorado Teacher Of The Year

Beginning in 1998, the Grand Lodge with the assistance of the Public Schools Committee has honored the Colorado Teacher of the Year. Since 1963 the Colorado State Board of Education (Board) and the Colorado Department of Education (Department) have selected one teacher to represent all Colorado teachers as the Colorado Teacher of the Year.

Beginning in 1998, a Mason and member of the Public Schools Committee, has sat on the Teacher of the Year Selection Committee along with educators and other education professionals. In addition to participation in the selection process, the Grand Lodge awards a $2,500 grant to the Colorado Teacher of the Year to help defray expenses associated with travel and work in conjunction with this office. No funding is provided by the State to support the teacher’s work as Teacher of the Year.
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Colorado Masonic Band Camp

Every year during the July 4th Holiday, the Grand Lodge of Colorado sponsors the Colorado High School Masonic Band camp on the University of Nothern Colorado campus in Greeley.

The Colorado Masonic High School Band Camp is open to all interested high school band students 9th, 10th or 11th grades statewide with who play at least one marching band instrument. High School Band Instructors are urged to select three of thier most promising students who play different instruments, for consideration.

The Masonic High School Band Camp is free of charge to the students who attend, but it is not free. The cost of each student to attend is $300.00 and is funded through scholarships by Masonic Lodges, other Masonic Family groups, and interested individuals. The Colorado Masonic Band Camp ia a 501(c)(3) corportation under Colorado Law, which means all donations made to sponser students are tax deductible.
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Colorado Masons Benevolent Fund Scholarship Committee

The Colorado Masons’ Benevolent Fund Scholarship Committee was established in 1966. Scholarships amounting to over $8.5 million have been awarded to over 700 students to attend institutions of higher learning in Colorado. The scholarships are for up to $7000 per year, renewable for four years for a total of $28,000 and are awarded primarily for leadership, maturity, need, and scholastic ability without reference to race, creed, color, sex, or Masonic relationship. The only requirements are that an applicant be a graduating senior in a public high school in Colorado and the he or she attend an institution of higher learning within the state of Colorado. Read more

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