Greetings, St. Alban’s Brothers,

If everyone doesn’t already know, in a little over a week, on April 8 th, the date of our next stated communication, our Most Worshipful Grand Master, Rick Baccus, is making a special visitation to our lodge. What a great honor it is to welcome him and all the Grand Lodge officers who travel with his suite. I can properly say with pride that I should know what it’s like to travel with the Grand Master, because I am an honored floor officer, having said yes to his call a little over a year ago. I’m not sure if everyone feels the same as I do, but it’s an incredible feeling to hear your name called as part of his line. My official title is Worshipful, Grand Pursuivant. What is a Pursuivant? Technically speaking , according to those in the know, the definition states: A specialized officer within a The Masonic Grand lodge responsible for guarding the inner door, announcing visitors, is the regalia custodian, provides escort duty and attends Grand Lodge meetings, often acting in processions representing the authority of the Grand Master. In our grand jurisdiction, the Grand Pursuivant is purely ceremonial, but is ready to assist the junior deacon in guarding the west. In any capacity, it has been my honor to represent the position with honor and dignity.

Greetings, St. Alban’s Brothers,

Our opportunity to officially welcome our District Deputy Grand Master, Michael Cunningham to the lodge is upon us. I hope to see all of you there and share this visitation with our brothers from the other East Bay lodges. The program for the evening is the officers' forum. Moving forward, now that we are all back in state, I’ll be putting together a more thorough practice schedule for the degrees once I have good input from the line officers and past masters on the best dates and times for practice. We will be concentrating on the Entered Apprentice degree for now.

Worshipful Dave Lavery of St. John's Lodge No. 1 reached out to me recently to request another joint communication and asked if I would be in favor. I am thrilled to share my visitation with the brothers of St. John's Lodge No. 1 as we move forward to consolidation. Speaking of lodge consolidation, be on the lookout for a special communication to discuss and potentially vote on the whole host of items that the joint special committee has been working on. Time will be of the essence on this special communication, and I’ll be requesting all brothers to attend for the good of the craft.

Greetings, St. Alban’s Brothers,

Writing my first Master’s message in five years, I have plenty of thoughts racing through my mind. Just recently, I was in the west, gazing across the lodge room at the Master. He had an extremely busy year, and with it, the support of the lodge. So much so that he rallied the faithful for a run at the Grand Masters award. EUREKA!

Now I look back on my year, what I want to accomplish, where I want to be in a year, and how many masons will be raised. For many months, I had it all worked out in my head, who, what, why, and how many, all in vivid color; my dreams, hopes, and aspirations were ready to advance. Then came the low rumble, gaining strength of potential lodge consolidation? What is it, how will it happen, with whom, with what, why, and how many.

Greetings, St. Alban’s Brothers,

What a fantastic December, brothers! It started with our annual Holiday Party with the Ladies, Families, and Widows on 12/6/25, and followed with Bristol’s Grand Illumination. All had a great time. “What are ya gonna steal?!” Thank you to everyone who helped plan, coordinate, and decorate!

Next, on 12/10/25, we put on a fantastic Master Mason degree and raised our new brother, Kevin Manual. Again, kudos for coming together and putting on such a great degree for our candidate.

Finally, on 12/20/25, we presented our Adopted Christmas Family with their gifts with Jen Mancieri of the BFD Ladies Auxiliary. We brought tears to Michelle’s (mom) eyes with our generosity. Great job, brothers, we dug deep as a group again and made this family’s Christmas special. And we have even more to come!

January promises to be a very busy month as we head into the New Year. Our January 14th program will have three things: MM Candidate Proficiency, Bylaws Discussion/Approval, and Merger/Name Discussion.

For our January program, please give consideration to what you believe is most important: