Short Talk Bulletin

Short Talk Bulletin episodes:

• 06.17.2024

  Joseph Hewes V53N1

  Brethren, this SHort Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by IMW Ill Robert L. Pugh, 33rd, PGM – NC, and is brought to us by WBro John Rock, Solar Star #14, Bath ME. Joseph Hewes, patriot and large ship...

  
• 06.13.2024

  The Secret V19N12

  Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Carl Claudy and first published in December 1940. Interestingly, this bulletin discusses that which cannot be explained, only experienced. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these...

  
• 06.10.2024

  The Ethos Of Freemasonry V30N6

  Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Carl Claudy, and is brought to us by Bro Alexander Paratore, Cornerstone Lodge, Portland ME. Ethos is defined as the characteristic spirit, disposition or tendency of a people...

  
• 06.06.2024

  John Paul Jones V76N4

  Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by WBro Michael Kaalback, PM – Charles W. Moore Lodge, Fitchburg MA, and is brought to us by WBro David Koncz, PM – United #8, Brunswick ME. John Paul Jones is...

  
• 06.03.2024

  The Trowel V38N10

  Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Carl Claudy and first published in October 1960. This is not the first time that this episode has appeared in this Podcast, and it will not be the...

  
• 05.30.2024

  The Moon In Masonic History V70N6

  Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by RW Bro James P. W. Goss, GH – VT, and is brought to us by WBro John Rock, Solar Star #14, Bath ME. The Moon in Masonic history goes as...

  
• 05.27.2024

  Thoughts On Memorial Day V55N5

  Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by RW Bro Fordham D. Tabor, first published in May 1977. As has become tradition on this Day of Remembrance, in towns and cities across the land, we pause to remember...

  
• 05.23.2024

  From Left To Right V5N2

  Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Rev Dr Bro Joseph Fort Newton, and first published in February 1927. Bro Newton was among the first to write what became known as the Short Talk Bulletins, and here...

  
• 05.20.2024

  Swiss Masonry V47N8

  Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode is an address given by Dr MW Bro Walter Winter, GM – Suisse Alpina, one month before he laid down his working tools. It is brought to us by WBro John Rock, Solar...

  
• 05.16.2024

  The Mystic Tie V18N10

  Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Carl Claudy of the golden pen, and first published in November 1940. It was the poet Robert Burns who first brought these three words in to describe Freemasonry,...

  
• 05.13.2024

  Masonry’s Eddi Of The Manhood End V24N2

  Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin was written by MW Bro Carl Claudy, and is brought to us by MW Bro Russ Charvonia, PGM – CA. The human heart exalts in tales of devotion to duty. Every child knows of the...

  
• 05.09.2024

  A Vibrant Lodge Honorable Men Living Freemasonry V102N4

  Brethren, This Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written and is brought to us by RW Bro Wayne Spooner, member of several committees on the Grand Lodge of Illinois. Subordinate lodges in most jurisdictions are started as an idea for...

  
• 05.06.2024

  King Solomons Quarries V70N8

  Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by RW Bro Leon Zeldis, Editor – The Israel Freemason, and is brought to us by WBro John Rock, PM – Solar Star #14, Maine. Visitors to the old city of...

  
• 05.02.2024

  Our Most Valuable Asset Friendship V59N6

  Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Bro Alphonse Cerza, GH – IL, and is brought to us by MW Bro Russ Charvonia, PGM – CA. For many years, centuries in fact, men of every race and...

  
• 04.29.2024

  Pillars V95N9

  Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by RW Bro David Ritchie, PGCh – WI, and is brought to us by WBro Warren E. Bowie, PM – Acacia #121, Durham ME. Here, we find a discussion about who...

  
• 04.25.2024

  The Spirit Of Masonry V5N1

  Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Rev Dr Bro Joseph Fort Newton and first published in January 1927. Outside of the home and the house of God, there is nothing more beautiful than the Spirit of...

  
• 04.22.2024

  Tool Symbolism V30N2

  Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Carl Claudy, and is brought to us by WBro John Rock, Solar Star #14, Bath ME. The essence of a symbol is that it represents something other than...

  
• 04.18.2024

  The Why Of Initiation V18N4

  Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Carl H. Claudy and first published in April 1940. I had the distict honor of participating in the initiation of a new brother recently. There are deep psychological...

  
• 04.15.2024

  Ashlars Rough And Perfect V57N4

  Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by the eminent Masonic scholar J. Fairbairn Smith, and is brought to us by Bro Daniel Margasa, Amity Mosaic Lodge, Danvers MA. Here we find the excellent tale of the two...

  
• 04.11.2024

  More Short Short Talks V43N10

  Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was first published in October 1965, and is brought to us by WBro John Rock, Solar Star #14, Bath ME. These Short Talks are designed for use by the brother who is called...

  
• 04.07.2024

  The Third Great Light V19N5

  Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode is from the golden pen of MW Bro Carl Claudy, first published in May 1941. Here we find an imaginative story from the stone masons of the middle ages. An apprentice wishes to...

  
• 04.04.2024

  Meeting A Young Mans Needs V61N1

  Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by RW Bro E. Gene Ross, DGM – IL, and is brought to us by WBro John Rock, PM – Solar Star #14, Bath ME. Before we determine what kind of...

  
• 04.01.2024

  So Mote It Be V5N6

  Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Rev Dr Bro Joseph Fort Newton and first published in June 1927. How familiar the phrase is. No Lodge is ever opened or closed, in due form, without it. Yet...

  
• 03.28.2024

  Easter Lillies And Acacia V7N4

  Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Rev Dr Bro Joseph Fort Newton, one of the wisest elder statesmen of the Craft to ever put pen to paper. Spring brings us to Easter Day, the festival of...

  
• 03.25.2024

  Freemasonry Defender Of Personal Conscience V71N1

  Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Bro Dr John Boucher, past managing editor of the Scottish Rite Journal and member of Cypress #295, Naples FL, and is brought to us by MW Bro Richard Nadeau, PGM...

  
• 03.21.2024

  William George Storm, Architect And Mason V82N10

  Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by RW Bro Wallace McCloud, Grand Historian of the Grand Lodge of Canada in Ontario, and is brought to us by WBro John Rock, PM – Solar Star #14, Bath ME....

  
• 03.18.2024

  Freemasonry And Scouting V102N3

  Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written and is brought to us by Bro Matthew Phillippi, Rockingham Union Lodge #27 – VA. Bro Phillippi wrote this piece because his joining Freemasonry was largely influenced by his time in...

  
• 03.14.2024

  Rite Of Destitution V1N11

  Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was first published in November 1923, and is by an unknown author. Nothing in Freemasonry is more beautiful in form or more eloquent in meaning than the first degree. It’s simplicity and dignity,...

  
• 03.11.2024

  Freemasonry And The White House V102N2

  Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written and is brought to us by Bro Chris Ruli, author. Bro Ruli was recently a guest speaker at the annual Conference of Grand Masters in Seattle WA, where he spoke on...

  
• 03.07.2024

  The Petitioner Knocks V56N4

  Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Dr and Bro George H. T. French of the Texas Lodge of Research, and is brought to us by Dr and MW Bro Richard M. Nadeau, PGM – ME. Often,...

  
• 03.04.2024

  Masonic Etiquette Part 1 V58N4

  Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was first published in April 1980, and is brought to us by WBro John Rock, PM – Solar Star Lodge, Bath ME. Although etiquette, Masonic or otherwise, is something we participate in on...

  
• 02.29.2024

  Why Ethiopia? V56N12

  Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was first published in December 1978, and is by an unknown author. Last night, I had the privilege to participate in conferring the Sublime degree by playing the part of the Wayfaring Man....

  
• 02.26.2024

  The Black Cube V7N11

  Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was first published in November 1929, and is by an unknown author. “White ball elects, black cube rejects,” or a phrase just like it, is familiar to every Master Mason who has participated...

  
• 02.22.2024

  What Would Washington Do? V93N6

  Brethren this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written and is brought to us by MW Bro William J. Thomas, PGM – NY. It is interesting to speculate what the great historical figures might have done when faced with some...

  
• 02.19.2024

  Washington The Man V30N10

  Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Carl Claudy and first published in October 1952. The education of the Father of America was a haphazard affair at best, and yet we will find no man...

  
• 02.15.2024

  The SignificanceOf A Hand V49N6

  Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Bro Eugene Beckman, PGCh – SC, and is brought to us by WBro John Rock, Solar Star #14, Bath ME. The human hand is one of the greatest things God...

  
• 02.12.2024

  The Lodge V5N12

  Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Rev Dr Bro Joseph Fort Newton and was first published in December 1927. After the home and the house of prayer, the Lodge, or men’s house, has been part of...

  
• 02.08.2024

  Freemasonry In Today’s World V82N3

  Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Stewart Minor, PGM – VA, and is brought to us by WBro John Rock, Solar Star @14, Bath ME. It seems sometimes that Freemasons are preoccupied with the...

  
• 02.05.2024

  Secrecy V5N1

  Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by the Rev Dr Bro Joseph Fort Newton, and first published in January 1927. Written almost 100 years ago, these words ring as true and relevant today as they did then,...

  
• 02.01.2024

  Freemasonry And Civil Law V32N11

  Brethren this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode is an abstract from a much larger volume by Bro Alphonse Cerza, and is brought to us by MW Bro Russ Charvonia, PGM – CA. Freemasonry is a supporter of civil law, government,...

  
• 01.29.2024

  The Ruffians V5N9

  Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Bro Rev Dr Joseph Fort Newton, and first published in September 1927. The story of the Ruffians is familiar to every Master Mason, and a grim reminder that evil men,...

  
• 01.25.2024

  The Hiramic Legend V67N10

  Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Bro George S. Graffen, PDGM – Scotland, and is brought to us by VW Bro David Koncz, PM – United #8, Brunswick ME. The Master Mason degree is called the...

  
• 01.22.2024

  Our Masonic Responsibilities V59N3

  Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro H. Dwight McCallister, PGM – NC, and was first published in March 1981. Every man who comes into Masonry comes of his own free will and accord; he...

  
• 01.18.2024

  Stones Of Evil V75N4

  Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Dr. Bro John W. Boucher, Cypress #295, Naples FL, and is brought to us by WBro John Rock, PM – Solar #14, Bath ME. In 1996, several members of a...

  
• 01.15.2024

  The Lodge Secretary V32N9

  Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Carl Claudy of the golden pen, and pays homage to these most important brothers in our Lodges. Think of your own Secretary, and how much he does. Maybe...

  
• 01.11.2024

  Masonic Opportunities V66N1

  Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was first published in January 1988, and is brought to us by WBro David Koncz, PM – United #8, Brunswick ME. On September 11, 1987, at the Masonic Temple in Philadelphia PA, Lt...

  
• 01.08.2024

  Selecting A Line Officer V64N9

  Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by WBro Charles S. Anthony, PM – Paul Revere #321, St. Louis Park MN, and is brought to us by WBro David Koncz, PM – United #8, Brunswick ME. We must...

  
• 01.04.2024

  Privileges And Pleasures Of Being A Mason V52N12

  Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode are the remarks of WBro Frederick H. Buck, PM – King Soloman’s Lodge #44, Shakopee MN, at a banquet held to honor his 70 years of Masonic service, and is brought to us...

  
• 01.01.2024

  The Challenge Of Freemasonry V52N7

  Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode is part of a manual for Masons, published by the Grand Lodge A.F. & A. M. of Canada in the Province of Ontario, and is brought to us by MW Bro Russ Charvonia,...

  
• 12.28.2023

  The Holy Saints John V53N12

  Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written in 1975 by Rev Bro Oscar Alan Gwyn, and was released on this Podcast previously. As this year finally draws to a close and we celebrate with our loved ones, let...