Burlington Freemasons are raffling off a Colt 1911 this spring for $10 each! We are hopeful to have all 250 tickets sold and can draw at our upcoming Gentlemen's night in March, so reach out to a m...

Last night District 11 and Waukesha 37 honored W. Brother Gary Ebert as the District 11 Mason of the Year for his work guiding perspective members, mentoring those that petition and guarding our We...

Waukesha  Lodge #37 visited Kenosha Lodge #47 on Tuesday July  11, 2023. They joined us for Hungry Mason dinner and captured the District 11 Traveling Gavel by closing  the Lodge in due form   

June 27,2023 was Hawaiian Shirt Night!!

At a Stated Meeting on June 27, 2023, Worshipful Master Wayne Budwick presented  a Lewis Jewel to Brother Charles Smith, son of Brother Thomas Smith. The Lewis Jewel is traditionally given to the s...

As part of the Silas Shepherd Lodge of Research, “Have Apron will travel” series. WBros Napoleon Janczak and Jim McGuigan who travel the state in this 30-45 minute presentation on the role of the o...

We had the opportunity to thank our recent Past Master Michael Peden by presenting him with a beautiful and well earned Past Masters apron.  It was presented by WM Will Pronath. Than you for your s...

Brethren from James M Hays 331 stopped by to deliver the gavel to us.  We can either deliver it to another lodge with one of our principal officers plus 2 members, or it may be captured from us if ...

At our last meeting we discussed the change in types of communication as it relates to generations. Younger generations, prefer text messages, while older generations, still pick up the phone and w...

 



Congratulations to Brother Mitchell Czaplicki on being raised to Master Mason. The brethren of Washburn Lodge welcomes you as our newest Master Mason, and we pledge to help guide and suppo...

Sept. 15th Combined, Past Master Dinner was held at our lodge building. Sister Laurie Budwick made pork loin roast with all the fixins' and the brothers made good efforts to enjoy it all!  It was w...

 On Sept. 13, the brothers of Kenosha Lodge #47 traveled to the Bristol Bethel #79 meeting at the Washburn Lodge. We presented a check for the money the daughters and their advisors raised at our P...

Donors of all blood types are urged to give now to keep the blood supply stable over the holidays.

Give blood on April 19th and be the lifeline patients need. Medical conditions and emergencies ...

Lodge Donation to local High School

 

February 2022, Kenosha Masonic Lodge #47, Free and Accepted Masons of Wisconsin was pleased to present funds totaling $1600.00 to representatives of the ...

Congratulations to our newly elected and appointed Lodge Officers for 2022! Your service to Washburn Lodge is greatly appreciated. We look forward as our combined Lodges continue to provide service...

Please join OES on Saturday November 20th for some good food! Details in attached.

Bretheren, please be advised the Washburn F&AM #145 Officer elections are scheduled for November 11,2021. Please attend and make your voices heard, in selecting our leadership for the upcoming year...

Brother LaReese continues to be an excellent example of how to be the best Mason we all strive to be. His steadfast leadership as a Past Master twice, and his dedication to improving this Lodge...

Congratulations to our newly initiated Brother to our fraternity of Freemasory, Brother John Salopek. We welcome you as a brother and hope to guide you well on your journey through Freemasonry as m...

Kenosha Unity #367 is now also home to the Kenosha Incubator Community Kitchen. They were featured on TMJ4 News. Unity is proud to help this community initiative.

 

https://www.tmj4.com/news/...

Donors of all blood types are urged to give now to keep the blood supply stable over the holidays.

Give blood on February 15th and be the lifeline patients need. Medical conditions and emergenci...

On January 12, 2021, Kenosha Masonic Lodge #47, Free and Accepted Masons of Wisconsin was pleased to present a check for $1550.00 to representatives of the Bradford EndZone Club.  The EndZone Club ...

Donors of all blood types are urged to give now to keep the blood supply stable over the holidays.

Blood donations often decline from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day, and the COVID19 pandemic ma...

Congratulations to our newly elected and appointed Lodge Officers for 2021! Your service to Washburn Lodge is greatly appreciated. Hopefully, God willing with the pandemic behind us in the early pa...

 

Brother Terpstra has provided a great example of how his current means and constant dedication to his craft can be a lesson to us all. Charity is one of our most revered virtues as Masons. Bro...

Please support and offer respect for our fallen brother's family and friends if able. 

Funeral Service:

July 23, 2020 at 2PM at the Sunset Lodge, Kenosha WI

Very soon our lodges will start to re-engage. Being able to meet again is desired but it must be taken seriously. Following to the letter the precautions published in the edict and in the news medi...

For 98 years Shriners have provided care for children care for 1.4 million children starting with orthopedic needs later expanding to children suffering burn care  cleft pallets and speech therapy ...

May 25, 2020 

Remember

By Bro. Jim McGuigan

Right now we’re all struggling. We’re used to going to lodges, conferring degrees and enjoying fellowship with our Brothers. COVID-19 is putting stress on everyone and no on...

I Hope We Never Go Back to Normalby Midnight Freemason Contributor

RWB Spencer Hamann

 



Humans are social creatures, and members of Fraternities tend to be especially so. One of the pa...

Westosha Central High School has selected Massimo Rovella to be the recipient of the $1,000 Wisconsin Masonic Foundation Scholarship. Massimo is a young man proving by example many of the same valu...

The Scottish Rite Research Society publishes their Quarterly Bulletin, The Plumbline, for their members, so you usually don't see the articles published for all to see.  The last issue contained an...

Click here to get the latest news from the George Washington Masonic National Memorial.

 

Washburn Lodge #145 F & AM - Wellness Plan 

The COVID-19 virus pandemic has significantly impacted our personal and financial lives. In response to this healthcare challenge, by order of the Mos...

Brothers, I will try to update our posts with some online resources over the next week or so.  We can use this time to learn more about some other aspects of Freemasonry.

Freemasons for Dummies ...

The brethren of Washburn Lodge welcomes you as our newest Master Mason, and we pledge to help guide and support you as you continue your lifelong journey through Freemasonry. You have reached the s...

Our Quarterly meeting has been canceled due to the GM's letter.

Unity Lodge added two more Master Masons to the rolls of Workmen this past Saturday in Racine. Please welcome Brothers Eric and David. 

The Brothers of Burlington #28 visited Unity on the 20th of February to steal the District 11 Traveling Gavel and support two Brothers being Passed to the degree of Fellowcraft. Congratulations to ...

A note on the Madison Masonic Center $10 Assessment from the Grand Master. Please read below; Link at bottom to pay $10.00 minimum.

    Every Brother recently received a letter from me about the...

Brothers:

The last stated meeting in 2019 is one week away.  I wanted to take this time to thank everyone who made our Dinner with Santa a success, especially those who helped with setting up an...

On December 5th we will be not only hosting Santa and having dinner but we will also be having an EA Degree for Mr. Matthew Thomas.  The evening itenerary is as follows:

5:45 - Lodge opened - im...

This year's Dinner with Santa event will be held prior to the 1st Stated in December - Dec. 5th.  Just as in past years the dinner will be a pot luck style with the WM providing the meat.  This yea...

If anyone has not yet seen the information regarding the blood drive on Sept. 14 please note the information below:

Girl Scout Troop 8015 / McKinley Lodge Blood Drive

When: Sept 14, 2019 / 8 ...

Kenosha Lodge  #47 is hosting a day at the Kingfish on Sunday July 7, 2019.  We are inviting all Masons, OES members, DeMolays, Jobies and their family and friends to join us.  Tailgating starts at...

On May 22nd Bros Jon Schroeder, Jose Rivera and Tom Kelley were in attendance at the Brookfield East Senior Honors Night to present the Emil Stoklasa Scholarships.  Many years ago Bro. Stoklasa wor...

The brethren of Washburn Lodge welcomes you as our newest Master Mason, and we pledge to help guide and support you as you continue your lifelong journey through Freemasonry. You have reached the s...

Westosha Central High School has selected Chloey Manerek to receive the $1,000 Wisconsin Masonic Foundation Scholarship. Chloey was unanimously selected by the Central High School Counseling Depart...

Masonic Breakfast ClubThis past week I’ve had one of my classes analyzing the movie “The Breakfast Club” from the 1980’s - a movie that many of us have seen & is widely considered a cult classic & ...

There will be a Masonic service for Brother Rich Gossling Friday May 10th at 1pm with a Masonic service at 1:30 

This is rescheduled for 6pm the 16thCongratulations to Brother Guerra on being passed to Fellowcraft. We look forward to continuing to assisting you in finding more light in Masonry. We are extreme...

    Just a reminder to our Brothers that there is a Hungry Man before the first stated meeting of each month. Brother Ben is now in charge of taking reservations for the dinners, so please RSVP bef...

A very special welcome to Washburn's newest Master Masons, Brother Roger Rosenthal, Brother Paul Rosenthal, and Brother Steven Rosenthal. Our newest Master Masons were raised on January 12, 2019 at...

     As the Trestleboard is going out a bit later this month, this is to remind Brothers to RSVP with Bro. Jeff concerning the first Hungry Man of the year on January 3rd. 

Your family and friends are welcome! The Installation of the Officers for 2019 will begin at 1 pm. It will be followed by a Reception with a light meal.Come and meet your new officers for 2019!Look...

Welcome to Brother Jason Lagowski. He was initiated as an Entered Apprentice on December 13, 2018. Please join me and congratulate him on his commitment to becoming a Mason!

Worshipful Master Joseph E. Brown will lead us in fulfilling his vision, and continue improvement of our lodge in supporting our brethern and community involvement in 2019. WM Brown has great knowl...

Bretheren, please be advised the Washburn F&AM #145 Officer elections are scheduled for November 8, 2018. Please attend and make your voices heard, in selecting our leadership for the upcoming year...

On September 6th we had Unity’s Awards and Anniversary Night    followed by a reading of the, “Defense of the Ruffians” by    Brothers Bob Haggarty and    Burgermeister. It was a great night. Our H...

  Today (15.June.2018) is the day for our Blood Drive! It's from 1.30 to 5.30. If you haven't signed up yet for a time, please get a hold of Jeff, the Junior Warden at jw@kenoshamasons.org or show ...

The new Trestleboard is out. If you didn't get your copy, check the Files link here on this page. I'm trying out a new format for what I'm calling the E-Trestleboard. Mostly the new format is inclu...

Tonight saw Unity Lodge's Reunion Dinner for 2018. 27 of us broke bread together tonight before sitting lodge. It was a great night full of stories and fraternity.

Notes from the EastBrethren,Some news as we all shiver waiting for spring. I have been working on the 2018 calendar, some of the dates are not set in stone but probably pretty close. The following ...

   Tonight a group of brothers, along with a couple of wives, and a little one pitched in to get the Raffle tickets ready to mail out to the Brethren. Due to logistics, we kept the mailing to Wisco...

Unity #367 and Joppa #9 PH Lodges are sponsoring a blood drive. Contact the Junior Warden, Jeff Woosley to sign up. Once we have 35 names on the list we'll get a firm date for the drive at our Lodg...

Please take a look at our brand, new, Web Site.  It is now available.  It is Phase 1 and there is more to follow.   Members will recxeive the user name and password which is the key to the Members ...

On June 24, 1717 four London Lodges, which had existed for some time, came together at the Goose and Gridiron Tavern in St Paul's Churchyard, declared themselves a Grand Lodge, and elected Anthony ...

The 2017 Annual Communication will be held at the Madison Masonic Center 301 Wisconsin Ave, Madison, WI 53703. June 2-3 starting at around 8:30 AM and going to noon on Saturday. Stop by our table n...

Trestleboards can now be found under the Files tab

The transactions are still waiting for certain papers to be delivered as soon as these are obtained the transactions will be bound and sent to our members. An electronic version will also be sent t...

Dues notices were sent out and albeit slowly the concurrent dues cards have been sent also.