Masonic Educational Quiz #8A
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The following educational quiz is a part of the continuing program of the Masonic Education Committee of the Grand Lodge to provide a monthly educational program for lodge use. The leader simply reads the questions and lets various members provide answers until all the points are covered. If the brethren do not have all the answers read them from the quiz.
This quiz has been adapted from a Short Talk Bulletin published in February 1931 by the Masonic Service Association of the U.S.A. Credit should be given to the Masonic Service Association.
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT MASONRY?
1. WHO IS THE GRAND MASTER OF MASONS OF LOUISIANA?
2. WHO IS THE GRAND SECRETARY?
3. WHEN WAS THIS (LA) GRAND LODGE FORMED?
1812 The year LA became a state.
4. HOW MANY LODGES WERE INVOLVED IN THE FORMATION OF OUR GRAND LODGE?
Seven (April 18, 1812):
Perfect Union № 29 (South Carolina), Charity № 93 (Pennsylvania), Louisiana № 1 (New York), Concord № 117 (Pennsylvania), Perseverance № 118 (Pennsylvania), Harmony № 122 (Pennsylvania), and Polar Star № 129 (Pennsylvania)
Five met, elected, and installed the first GM on June 20, 1812 (Perfect Union, Concord, Perseverance, Charity, and Polar Star).
5. NAME THE OLDEST LODGE IN LOUISIANA?
In 1793, Parfaite Union (Perfect Union) Lodge was organized by several Masons living in New Orleans and applied to the Grand Lodge of South Carolina for a charter. On March 30, 1794, Loge la Parfaite Union № 29, having been duly constituted held the first installation of officers.
Note: LA has two lodges numbered No. 1 The other is Etoile Polare (Polar Star) chartered through the Grand Orient of France in 1796.
6. APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY MASONS ARE THERE IN LOUISIANA?
15,178 including 1,741 plural members as of 10-9-2018.
7. HOW MANY CONSTITUENT LODGES ARE IN THIS GRAND JURISDICTION?
237 as of 10-9-2018
8. HOW MANY MASONIC DISTRICTS IN THIS GRAND JURISDICTION?
19
9. WHO IS THE DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTER FOR THIS DISTRICT?
The answer will vary according to which district your lodge is in. All districts can be found here.
10. WHO WERE THE FIRST ELECTED OFFICERS OF THE GRAND LODGE OF LOUISIANA?
M:W: P.F. DuBourg elected as the first Grand Master, R:W: Moreau Lislet as Deputy Grand Master, R:W: Jean Blanque as Senior Grand Warden, R:W: Francois Pernot as Junior Grand Warden, R:W: Jean Pinta as Grand Treasurer, R:W: Jean Veron as Grand Secretary
11. WHEN AND WHERE WAS THE FIRST GRAND LODGE IN THE WORLD FORMED.
June 24, 1717 (St. John’s Day), in London, England.
12. WHO WAS THE FIRST GRAND MASTER OF THE FIRST GRAND LODGE?
Anthony Sayers
13. HOW MANY LODGES FORMED THE FIRST GRAND LODGE?
Four.
14. WHAT WERE THE NAMES OF THE LODGES?
Lodges at that time were not named or numbered.
15. WHICH TWO U.S. PRESIDENTS SERVED AS GRAND MASTER OF MASONS?
Andrew Jackson (TN) and Harry S. Truman (MO).
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