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Welcome to the homepage of the
Eighteenth Masonic
District Lodge

of the
Grand Lodge of Louisiana
Free and Accepted Masons
www.geocities.com/ladistrict18

Meets quarterly at various constituent lodges
throughout the district; see calendar for details.

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Next Scheduled Meeting

 

Of Interest to the District

 

Traveling Gavel Awards

 

Masonic Funeral Planning Form

 

2007 Achievement Award Recipients

 

2008 18th District Lodge Officers

Constituent Lodges:


If your lodge does not have a Webmaster, or Website, contact:
 

Skip Perez, DGL at skipperez@bellsouth.net 
to update your individual Lodge websites.  All websites are free and individual webmasters for each Lodge are encouraged.

Rt. W. Bro. George J Lupo, PM, District Deputy Grand Master (473)

W. Bro. Armando Skip Perez, P.M., District Grand Lecturer (367)
W. Bro. Carl J. Graf, P.M., Worshipful Master (70)
W. Bro. Troy Perez, P.M., Senior Warden (361)
W. Bro. Arnold Kinchen, P.M., Junior Warden (300)
M.W. Bro. Eugene Wagner, P.G.M., Treasurer (413)

W.B. George J. Lupo, PDDGM, Secretary (473)
W. Bro. Marc Hale Conrad, P.M., Senior Deacon (70)
W. Bro. Julius Ripp, P.M., Junior Deacon (413)
W. Bro. William "Bill" Baradell, P.M., Master of Ceremonies (167)

Armando "Kris" Perez, PM, Senior Steward (367)
Joseph A. Gilardi, Jr., PM, Junior Steward (389)
Gary L. Greene, PM, Tyler (373)
________________________, Tyler I (**)
________________________, Tyler II (**)

Building A Better World In The Hearts Of Men

 

District Deputy

Grand Master

Right Worshipful
GEORGE J. LUPO, DDGM
18th Masonic District
GLUPOB36@aol.com

(Arthur M. Retif Lodge No. 473, F. & A.M.)

Brethren,

Thank  you for the honor and pleasure of serving you as District Deputy Grand Master of the 18th Masonic District for the Fraternal year 2008. I am honored by your vote and your confidence in me to serve you. Please do not hesitate to contact me if I may be of help to you or your lodge

 

Also it is an honor to serve as the Secretary of the 18th Masonic District Lodge.  Again I thank you for your vote of confidence. 

 

Fraternally yours,

Rt. W. George J. Lupo, DDGM

Building A Better World In The Hearts Of Men

District Grand Lecturer

Worshipful Brother

Armando "Skip" Perez, DGL


18th Masonic District

SkipPerez@bellsouth.net

Hello Brothers,

I have served as your District Grand Lecturer since 2002 and again I have to say that I feel proud to serve you as your District Lecturer.  From the bottom of my heart, I thank you for your vote of confidence and the respect that you have shown me through the years, as I visit the various Lodges throughout the state.  I hope that I have not offended anyone, while instructing the rituals or floor work.  I am there to help you perform your duties in the Lodge.  Please take my comments as constructive and not destructive. 

Remember, if you need help in your Lodge, please allow me to perform my duties.  Call on me anytime and I will gladly try to help anyway I can. 

Fraternally yours,
Armando "
Skip" Perez, DGL 18th
Ideal Lodge No. 367 F. & A.M.
Hammond, LA 70403

2008  Three  Principal  Officers

(l/r) WB. Troy Perez, P.M., SW., WB Carl J. Graf, PM, WM & WB. Arnold Kinchen, P.M., JW

 

Building A Better World In The Hearts Of Men

Notes from our
District Worshipful Master
Worshipful Carl J. Graf, P.M.
18th Masonic District
 

Brethren,

Thank  you for the honor and pleasure of serving you as Worshipful Master of the 18th Masonic District for 2008.  I am overwhelmed by your vote of confidence in me to serve as your District Master.  Please do not hesitate to contact me if I may be of help to you or your lodge.

 

I plan to have some type of educational program each District Meeting and have it declared a workshop.  In April I plan to help the Lodges with their tax preparation and explain the new laws pertaining to the new tax code concerning tax exempt organizations. 

 

Fraternally yours,

Carl J. Graf, PM

Hiram Lodge No. 70

Metairie, LA

Recipients of the 2007 Achievement Award!

(l/r) Rt. WB George Lupo, DDGM, handing out the awards to the following Brothers:

WB Julis M. Ripp, PM, Sec., Graham-Washington No. 413; WB Gary B. Greene, PM, Level Lodge No. 373;

WB Armando "Kris" Perez, PM, Ideal Lodge No. 367; William F. Baradell, Jr, PM, Linn Wood-Ionic No. 167;

WB Armando "Skip" Perez, DGL 18th District

 

2006 Achievement Photo

2008 Calendar

Thursday, November 20, 2008, Hiram Lodge No. 70 will host the 18th Masonic District Lodge at 1801 Clearview Pkwy, Metairie, LA.   Refreshments at 6:30 pm and the Meeting @ 7:30 P.M.  Election of Officers for the ensuing year!

New Orleans area lodges are suffering the damaging effects of Hurricane Katrina. 

Contact a lodge officer for meeting location and other information.
Blue Lodge Meetings Coming Up......
Click the lodge links below for maps, directions, and meeting times
For a complete directory of New Orleans area Lodges, see the NOLALodges pages at
www.geocities.com/NOLALodges

The 18th Masonic District Lodge meets quarterly at various Constituent Lodges throughout the District (see Calendar).

Monthly Meetings

1st & 3rd Mondays
Invincible No. 361
Sam B. Dryfuse No. 396

1st & 3rd Tuesdays
Hiram No. 70
Ideal No. 367

1st & 3rd Thursdays
Arthur M. Retif No. 473

1st Saturday
Graham-Washington No. 413

 

Monthly Meetings

2nd & 4th Mondays
Lee E. Thomas No. 421


2nd & 4th Tuesdays
Linn Wood-Ionic No. 167


2nd & 4th Wednesday
Level No. 373

2nd & 4th Fridays
Osiris-Trowel-Fidelity No. 300

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Congratulations to the following Lodges,
Winners of the coveted attendance awards (Traveling Gavel)

at the September 29th meeting.

There were approximately 31 Brothers in attendance!!!

9 out of 11 Lodges were represented at this District Meeting!!

 

 Gold Traveling Gavel Award

Hiram Lodge No. 70

(8 members present)

WB Carl Graf, PM, District Master, hands the Traveling Gavel to

Frederick Foucha, PM, WM of Hiram Lodge No. 70

 

Silver Award

Invincible Lodge No. 361

(8 members present too, however Hiram's Master was present)

Bronze Award

Ideal Lodge No. 367

(7 members present)

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Monthly Calendar of 18th District Lodges

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Guest Book
 

SPECIAL INTEREST SECTION

GARY GREENE, PM of Level Lodge No. 373 is in the process of starting a Demolay Chapter at 1801 Clearview Pkwy, Metairie, LA.  He is looking for a few fathers and good young men to help accomplish this very worth while endeavor.  If you are interested or know anyone that is interested please call WB Greene at 504-436-4043 or on his Cell at 504-228-3572.  Or call his Brother Terry Greene, JW at 504-210-5906.

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WB Nick Randazzo is still teaching the esoteric work in all three degrees at 621 Carondelet St., New Orleans, LA on Sundays at 7:00 to 9:00 a.m.  He also instructs the Certificate Work, so if you are interested in Floor Work, Esoteric or Certificate Work, he is available on Sundays and will be glad to see you there. 

Sunday, October 12, 2008 Hiram Lodge No. 70 is hosting the SECOND Annual 18th Masonic District Picnic at Pontiff Playground in Metairie.  We are asking that the Lodges who are planning to attend, please contact the Worshipful Master of the District Lodge or Hiram Lodge Secretary by September 1st, so that they may plan for the food and entertainment, especially if you have small children. 

 

Feedback about last year's picnic:

I thought that the First Annual 18th Masonic District Picnic was a huge success!  Hiram Lodge members were there first thing in the morning and set up the pavilion and began setting up for the day's events.  I arrived around 10:00 am and noted that everything was under control!  About 11:00 am Invincible Lodge No. 361 arrived with a barbeque trailer in tow!  The trailer came complete with two generators, a rotisserie type huge butane barbeque pit and the members of Invincible Lodge to do the cooking!

These Brothers began cooking chicken, smoke sauces, steaks and ribs!  It wasn't long before Hiram carried their ice chest to the cooking trailer, as they knew they were out gunned in the barbeque department.    However Hiram Lodge held their own, with a LARGE pot of Jambalaya, (which was GREAT), a deep fryer, (fried fish was excellent) and all the other trimmings to go with the picnic!  OUTSTANDING BROTHERS!!! 

This annual Picnic will grow and the District Members will be closer and the Craft better for it.  I want to thank all the Brothers that attended the picnic and hope that next year it will grow to double this year's size.  Once the other members of the district hear about the success, they will come. 

Skip Perez, DGL

Ideal Lodge No. 367                2007 Picnic Photos and Feedback

 

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Comedian, Artist, Entertainer, and Master Mason !

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