Meet the District Deputy Grand Master (DDGM)...
Welcome to the 10th Masonic District website! Please feel free
to browse our site for futher information about Freemasonry in Virginia
and, more especially, the 10th Masonic District.
I want to thank the brethren of the 10th Masonic District for the
opportunity to serve as District Deputy Grand Master. I will, to
the best of my ability, attend to the needs of the District.
The 163rd Grand Master of Masons in Virginia for 2008 is Most Worshipful
Edmund Cohen. Most Worshipful Cohen's theme for this year is virtue
and honor as these characteristics are the hallmarks of a Master
Mason. We must be virtuous by the way we live our lives and act towards
mankind, honorable as our word is our bond, and we
are men who can be relied on by our actions.
Some of the Grand Master's goals this year will be to grow the Craft,
programs for direct support of the Lodges by Grand Lodge, Grand
Lodge charities, widows program, and bring a friend program.
In keeping with the theme of "Virtue and Honor", we should also
remember the widows we have sworn to "help, aid, and assist" as
well. Lodges need to maintain regular communications with them especially
for social functions such as Ladies Nite, Picnics, and the Grand
Master's Visit to the 10th Masonic District.
We also have regularly scheduled District Ritual Schools and Lodge
Practices during the year. Their purpose is to improve ritual work
competencies and maintain the traditions handed down for centuries.
Be sure to check the District
Trestleboard for Stated Communications, Practices, Ritual Schools,
and other special events scheduled throughout the year. Let's have
a fun year and show our enthusiasm for Freemason and the Craft.
And finally Brethren, live in peace, and may the God of peace and
love delight to dwell with and bless you!
