• “Freemasonry is a beautiful system of morality, veiled in allegory, and illustrated by symbols.” – Hemming

  • “The grand object of Masonry is to
    promote the happiness of the human
    race.” — Washington

  • “Masonry is an art, useful and extensive, which comprehends within its circle every branch of useful knowledge and learning, and stamps an indelible mark of preeminence on its genuine professors, which neither chance, power, nor fortune can bestow.” — Preston

  • “Freemasonry is an establishment
    founded on the benevolent intention of extending and conferring mutual
    happiness upon the best and truest principles of moral life and social virtue.”
    — Calcott

Who We Are: Freemasonry

Freemasonry is a fraternal organization that arose from obscure origins in the late 16th to early 17th century. Freemasonry now exists in various forms all over the world, with a membership estimated at around six million, including approximately 150,000 under the jurisdictions of the Grand Lodge of Scotland and Grand Lodge of Ireland, over a quarter of a million under the jurisdiction of the United Grand Lodge of England and just under two million in the United States.

The fraternity is administratively organized into independent Grand Lodges or sometimes Orients, each of which governs its own jurisdiction, which consists of subordinate (or constituent) Lodges. The various Grand Lodges recognize each other, or not, based upon adherence to landmarks (a Grand Lodge will usually deem other Grand Lodges who share common landmarks to be regular, and those that do not to be "irregular" or "clandestine").

There are also appendant bodies, which are organizations related to the main branch of Freemasonry, but with their own independent administration.

Community Lodge #684

Community Lodge #684 was chartered October 19, 1922 and has since been growing to its current size with nearly 250 members. Community has a very active and young officer line and is always looking for future lodge leaders. This could be you!