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Supreme Council N.M.J. annual meeting Boston will be the site of this year’s annual meeting for the Scottish Rite Supreme Council for the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction. More than 2000 Thirty-Third Degree Masons and their ladies from 15 northeastern states are expected at the meeting on September 1-4, 2002. The Supreme Council last met in Boston in 1996. The 2002 Session will be highlighted by the conferral of the organization’s Thirty-Third Degree upon 136 Scottish Rite Masons, including Arthur G. Quade, Past Thrice Potent Master of Eliadah Lodge of Perfection, and Bradford A. Goebel, Past Commander-in-chief of Lake Erie Consistory in the Valley of Cleveland, who were elected for this high honor at last year’s meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Thirty-Third Degree is awarded for outstanding achievement in the fraternity or for significant contributions to others, reflecting credit on Freemasonry. The impressive ceremony will take place in Boston’s John Hancock Hall on Tuesday, September 3. Introductory luncheons honoring the Thirty-Third Degree candidates and their ladies will be on the schedule for Sunday noon. Earlier business conferences attended by the Active Members and officers of the Supreme Council will be held on Friday and Saturday August 30th and 31st. The larger scale events will begin on Sunday afternoon, September 1, when the Grand Ballroom at the Marriott Copely Place Hotel will be the scene of the traditional Supreme Council Vesper Service. Sovereign Grand Commander Robert O. Ralston will preside over the General Session of the Supreme Council on Monday, September 2. It is expected that prominent leaders from other Masonic organizations in the U. S. and throughout the world will be in attendance. A number of other events have been scheduled including a Monday luncheon in the Americas Ballroom, Westin Hotel for the ladies attending. Mrs. Susann Ralston will preside over the program and luncheon. At the same time, another luncheon will be served for all Supreme Council members, distinguished guests, and members of the class in the University of Massachusetts Exhibit Hall, Boston Marriott Hotel. The 2002 meeting will conclude with the announcement of those elected to receive the Thirty-Third Degree in 2003 in St. Louis, Missouri. |