San Gabriel Masonic Lodge #89

GOOD FRIDAY
2024-03-29

LIGHT MEAL - Work Session
2024-03-26 17:00 - 19:30 (America/Chicago) | San Gabriel Lodge #89 900 College St. Georgetwon, TX 78628, 900 N College St, Georgetown, TX, 78628, United States
Visitors Welcomed: 5:00 PM
Light Meal: 5:30pm
Open a MM Lodge (Projected 1 or 2 MM Proficiency Examination)
Dress Code: Appropriate Business Casual for Member – Collared Shirt/Tie Dress Pants for Officers

PALM SUNDAY
2024-03-24 | San Gabriel Lodge #89 900 N College St Georgetown, TX 78628

LIGHT MEAL - Work Session
2024-03-19 17:00 - 19:30 (America/Chicago) | San Gabriel Lodge #89 900 College St. Georgetwon, TX 78628, 900 N College St, Georgetown, TX, 78628, United States
Visitors Welcomed: 5:00 PM
Light Meal: 5:30pm
Schedule to confer a FC Degree
Dress Code: Appropriate Casual For Members, Dress Pans Collared Shirt/Tie for Officers

Hadassah #188 Texas Order of the Eastern Star (WORK SESSION) 5pm-10pm)
2024-03-18 17:00 - 22:00, 2024-02-19 17:00 - 22:00 UTC | San Gabriel Lodge #89 900 N College St Georgetown, TX 78628
Hadassah #188 OES Facebook Page

ST. PATRICK'S DAY
2024-03-17

Ides of March
2024-03-15

Beware of the Ides of March
2024-03-15 | San Gabriel Lodge #89 900 N College St Georgetown, TX 78628
What Is The Origin Of “Beware The Ides Of March”?

March 15 is known as the ides of March. But why do we need to “beware” of them? What’s so inauspicious about this otherwise normal day? Why has this humdrum mid-month point become a harbinger of ill fortune?
Where did the phrase ides of March come from?
First, let’s talk calendars—specifically, the ancient Roman calendar.
Unlike today, the ancient Romans didn’t number their calendar days in order from the first of the month to the last. Instead, they counted backward in relation to three days: the calends, nones, and ides.

The calends (or kalends; from the Latin word kalendae) was the first of the month. Calends, source of the word calendar, was the time for settling debts.
The nones (from the Latin word nōnae) were the ninth day before the ides. This day was equivalent to the seventh day of March, May, July, and October, and the fifth day of the other months. Originally, the nones corresponded to the first quarter of the moon. Early Romans used a lunar calendar, so they relied on the phases of the moon to determine the beginning of a new month or a new year.
The ides (from the Latin word īdūs) were the fifteenth day of the March, May, July, and October, and the thirteenth day of the other months. The ides originally corresponded to the full moon, storied for its own omens. At the time, March 15th was also associated with various religious observances and celebrations.

So, the Roman day of the month was reckoned by counting the days (including the starting and ending days) before the calends, nones, and ides. March 2 was the Latin equivalent of “six days before the nones of March.” March 13 was the equivalent of “three days before the ides of March.” March 27 was the equivalent of “six days before the calends of April.”
Do you know how the month of March got its name? Learn all about the origin here.
How did the ides of March become superstitious?
The Roman general and statesmen Julius Caesar was assassinated by conspiring members of the Roman senate, notably including Marcus Brutus, on March 15 in 44 BCE Caesar became a dictator after causing a civil war. His rule, and murder, effectively ended the Roman republic—and changed the course of history. Caesar’s assassination would eventually lead to the founding of the Roman Empire by Caesar’s nephew Octavian, better known as Emperor Augustus.
William Shakespeare dramatized the assassination (and its aftermath) of Julius Caesar in his eponymous tragedy. Early in the play, dated to around 1599, a soothsayer warns Caesar to “Beware the ides of March.” On this fateful day as he was stabbed (famously 23 times), Shakespeare has the dying dictator say, in Latin, as he recognizes his one-time friend Brutus among the assassins: Et tu, Brute? (“You, too, Brutus?”)
Caesar probably never said these words. Nor was Shakespeare the first to make them up—though he certainly helped immortalize them, and the ides of March, in culture.

(San Gabriel Lodge #89) MEAL & STATED MEETING
2024-03-14 17:30 - 20:30 UTC | LODGE MTG, 900 N. College Ave, Georgetown, TX, TX, 78628, United States
Meal Served: 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Stated Meeting: 7:00 pm

Dress Code: Officers; Dress Jeans / Slacks, Collared Shirt & Tie & Coat Members: Appropriate Business Casual Collared Shirt/Tie w/Coat (Optional)
DDGM Visitation Planned

LIGHT MEAL - Officers' Mtg / Monthly Planning & Scheduling
2024-03-12 17:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | San Gabriel Lodge #89 900 College St. Georgetwon, TX 78628, 900 N College St, Georgetown, TX, 78628, United States
Visitors Welcomed: 5:00 PM
Light Meal: 5:30pm
Conferral of FC Degree
PRACTICE for Recaption of DDGM Visit 3/19/24
Officers’ Meeting / Planning & Scheduling Session – Monthly
Dress Code: Business Casual Members, officers collared shirt & tie, dress jeans

NATIONAL GIRL SCOUTS' BIRTHDAY
2024-03-12

Hadassah #188 Texas Order of the Eastern Star (Meal 6:30 pm) (Stated Meeting 7:30 pm) - Copy
2024-03-11 12:00 - 22:00 UTC | San Gabriel Lodge #89 900 N College St Georgetown, TX 78628
LODGE BLOCK TIME (NOON-10:00PM)

Hadassah #188 OES Facebook Page

LIGHT MEAL - Confer FC Degree & Brief Business Mtg
2024-03-05 17:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | San Gabriel Lodge #89 900 College St. Georgetwon, TX 78628, 900 N College St, Georgetown, TX, 78628, United States
Visitors Welcomed: 5:00 PM
Light Meal: 5:30pm
Brief Business Meeting
Practice for the Reception of DDGM Visit 3/19/24
Practice FC Degree Planned for 3/12/24 & 3/19/24
Dress Code: Appropriate Casual Dress

2024 PRIMARY ELECTION DAY 7am-7pm
2024-03-05 07:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago)
2024 OPEN PRIMARY ELECTION DAY
Date: Tuesday March 5, 2024 Time: 7:00am – 7:00pm
Where Do I Vote? – Locate Election Day Vote Centers –> CLICK HERE
To get your Sample Ballot –> CLICK HERE

If you have questions and/or concerns about the election, leave a mesage for the Webmaster. Click Here

LIGHT MEAL - Work Session
2024-02-27 17:00 - 19:30 (America/Chicago) | San Gabriel Lodge #89 900 College St. Georgetwon, TX 78628, 900 N College St, Georgetown, TX, 78628, United States
Visitors Welcomed: 5:00 PM
Light Meal: 5:30pm
Planned FC Conferral
Dress Code: Officers; dress jeans/slacks shirt w/tie Members; Appropriate Business Casual

"Last Saturday Breakfast"
2024-02-24 08:00 - 09:00 (America/Chicago) | San Gabriel Lodge #89 900 College St. Georgetwon, TX 78628, 900 N College St, Georgetown, TX, 78628, United States
Plan to come and enjoy a fine breakfast and some great company and conversation.

LIGHT MEAL - Work Session
2024-02-20 17:00 - 18:30 (America/Chicago) | San Gabriel Lodge #89 900 College St. Georgetwon, TX 78628, 900 N College St, Georgetown, TX, 78628, United States
Visitors Welcomed: 5:00 PM
Light Meal: 5:30pm
MM Practice
Dress Code: Appropriate Casual For Everyone

ASH WEDNESDAY
2024-02-14 03:00 - 04:00 (America/Chicago)

LIGHT MEAL - Work Session
2024-02-13 17:00 - 18:30 (America/Chicago) | San Gabriel Lodge #89 900 College St. Georgetwon, TX 78628, 900 N College St, Georgetown, TX, 78628, United States
Visitors Welcomed: 5:00 PM
Light Meal: 5:30pm
Two FC Conferrals
Dress Code: Dress Jeans. Collared shirt & ties for lodge officers

Abraham Lincoln's Birthday
2024-02-12

SUPER BOWL SUNDAY - Las Vegas
2024-02-11 17:30 - 21:30 (America/Chicago)

"Survivor's Luncheion"
2024-02-10 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | San Gabriel Lodge #89 900 N College St Georgetown, TX 78628
Survivor’s Luncheon planned for wives who have lost husbands who were members of our lodge. Also included are Eastern Star members who have lost their husbands.
Invitations have been sent to our widows.

(San Gabriel Lodge #89) MEAL & STATED MEETING
2024-02-08 17:30 - 20:30 UTC | LODGE MTG, 900 N. College Ave, Georgetown, TX, TX, 78628, United States
Meal Served: 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Stated Meeting: 7:00 pm

Dress Code: Appropriate Business Casual

LIGHT MEAL - Work Session
2024-02-06 17:00 - 18:30 (America/Chicago) | San Gabriel Lodge #89 900 College St. Georgetwon, TX 78628, 900 N College St, Georgetown, TX, 78628, United States
Visitors Welcomed: 5:00 PM
Light Meal: 5:30pm
Business Meeting Plans Stated Meeting Feb 8
Practice FC Conferral
Dress Code: Appropriate Casual

Masonic Burial Service - Brother Howard Walker, PM Duck Creek Lodge
2024-02-03 11:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | San Gabriel Lodge #89 900 N College St Georgetown, TX 78628
Masonic Burial Service

Brother Howard Walker, PM

San Gabriel Lodge Members will be conducting a Masonic Burial Service Program in honor of Brother Howard Walker, PM Duck Creek Lodge who recently passed away in the local area. This will be an “Open Service”.
All Brothers are invited and encouraged to attend.
Following the service we will serve light refreshments in the dining area.

Attire: Dark Suit For Members Participating in Service – Funeral Dress for others.

GROUND HOG DAY
2024-02-02

LIGHT MEAL - Work Session
2024-01-30 17:00 - 18:30 (America/Chicago) | San Gabriel Lodge #89 900 College St. Georgetwon, TX 78628, 900 N College St, Georgetown, TX, 78628, United States
Visitors Welcomed: 5:00 PM
Light Meal: 5:30pm
Work Session (2 EA Proficiencies)
Dress Code: Dress Jeans, slacks with collared shirts for lodge officers

"Last Saturday Breakfast"
2024-01-27 08:00 - 09:00 (America/Chicago) | San Gabriel Lodge #89 900 College St. Georgetwon, TX 78628, 900 N College St, Georgetown, TX, 78628, United States
Plan to come and enjoy a fine breakfast and some great company and conversation.
Meal Preparers – 7:00 am
Meal: 8:00 am

LIGHT MEAL - Work Session
2024-01-23 17:00 - 18:30 (America/Chicago) | San Gabriel Lodge #89 900 College St. Georgetwon, TX 78628, 900 N College St, Georgetown, TX, 78628, United States
Visitors Welcomed: 5:00 PM
Light Mel: 5:30pm
Work Session Proficiencies – FC or MM Degree Practice
