Austin Lodge No.12

Memorial Day
2025-05-26 00:00 - 23:59 (America/Chicago)
Lodge is DARK. No dinner will be served, and no meeting held afterwards. Masonry 101 class will NOT be held.
Memorial Day is an American holiday, observed on the last Monday of May, honoring the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military.
Originally known as Decoration Day, it originated in the years following the Civil War and became an official federal holiday in 1971. Many Americans observe Memorial Day by visiting cemeteries or memorials, holding family gatherings and participating in parades. Unofficially, it marks the beginning of the summer season.
https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/memorial-day-history

Called Meeting - MM Proficiency Examinations
2025-05-28 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-06-23 17:30 - 18:30
Austin Lodge No. 12 A.F. & A.M. has several brothers turning in their proficiency examinations. Please join us in opening up a called meeting to hear the brothers recite their Entered Apprentice catechism.

Pride Month
2025-06-01 00:00 - 23:59
To quote the Scottish Rite:
“Human progress is our cause,liberty of thought our supreme wish,freedom of conscience our mission,and the guarantee of equal rights to all people everywhere our ultimate goal.”

Masonry 101
2025-06-02 17:00 - 18:30, 2025-06-09 17:00 - 18:30, 2025-06-16 17:00 - 18:30, 2025-06-23 17:00 - 18:30, 2025-06-30 17:00 - 18:30, 2025-07-07 17:00 - 18:30, 2025-07-14 17:00 - 18:30, 2025-07-21 17:00 - 18:30
Masonry 101, also known as Introduction to Freemasonry, is an in-person group meeting for interested people who want to learn more about Freemasonry. Join us every Monday from 5:00 to 6:30 pm to ask your questions and learn the truth about Freemasonry`s storied history, philosophy, symbolism and organization. This is open to all people including men, women, general public and current masons.
Learn more about our program at Masonry101.com

Lodge Dinner
2025-06-02 18:30 - 19:30, 2025-06-09 18:30 - 19:30, 2025-06-16 18:30 - 19:30, 2025-06-23 18:30 - 19:30, 2025-06-30 18:30 - 19:30, 2025-07-07 18:30 - 19:30, 2025-07-14 18:30 - 19:30, 2025-07-21 18:30 - 19:30
The Stewards of Austin Lodge No. 12 will provide a delicious dinner.
Join us for food, fellowship, and fraternity each Monday from 6:30 to 7:30 pm.
Suggested Donation $10.00

Master Mason Degree
2025-06-02 19:30 - 21:00
Austin Lodge No. 12 A.F. & A.M. will raise a worthy brother to the sublime degree of Master Mason. Please join us in conferring this Master Mason degree to a worthy brother.

Educational Presentation - by Dr Robert Uzzel "Prince Hall Masonry in Texas"
2025-06-09 19:30 - 21:00
Join us for the next installation of the “John Brengle Masonic Talk” to hear a presentation by Brother Dr. Robert L. Uzzel, the author of “Prince Hall Freemasonry in the Lone Star State”.
Bro. Uzzel was raised at Waco Lodge No. 92 in 1973. He is a prolific writer, and his articles have appeared in a number of publications. For his Masonic writings, he received Certificates of Literature from both the Philalethes Society and the Phylaxis Society. He is a Fellow of the Phylaxis Society, a holder of the Dr. Charles H. Wesley Medal of History, a Founding Fellow of the Masonic Society, and a member of the Society of Blue Friars an invitation-only organization for Masonic authors and editors.
This presentation will be about the history of Prince Hall Freemasonry in Texas and is open to all EA’s and above.

Father`s Day
2025-06-15 00:00 - 23:59
Father`s Day, in the United States, holiday (third Sunday in June) to honour fathers. Credit for originating the holiday is generally given to Sonora Smart Dodd of Spokane, Washington, whose father, a Civil Warveteran, raised her and her five siblings after their mother died in childbirth. She is said to have had the idea in 1909 while listening to a sermon on Mother`s Day, which at the time was becoming established as a holiday.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Fathers-Day

Stated Meeting - June
2025-06-16 19:30 - 21:00
Austin Lodge No. 12 hosts its Stated Meeting on the 3rd Monday of each month.
Lodge opens at 7:30 pm in the Theatre. All regular masons in good standing are invited. Suggested dress code is coat and tie.An elegant dinner is prepared by our Stewards and served at 6:30 pm.

Entered Apprentice Degree
2025-06-23 19:30 - 21:00
Austin Lodge No. 12 has elected two new candidates for the degrees in Freemasonry. Please join us in initiating the men and future brothers into the Craft.
Let There Be Light.

St John the Baptist Day
2025-06-24 00:00 - 23:59
The first Grand Lodge was formed on 24 June the feast day of John the Baptist in 1717. This may arise from a very old tradition, since the Baptist appears to have been regarded as the patron of stonemasons in continental Europe during the Middle Ages. The guild of masons and carpenters attached to Cologne Cathedral was known as the Fraternity of St. John the Baptist. The earliest surviving record of Grand Lodge of Ireland installing a Grand Master is dated to 24 June 1725. As records of individual lodges appear in Ireland and in the Antients in England, it seems many of them met to install a new master twice a year, on the feast days of both the Baptist and the Evangelist.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._John%27s_Day,_Masonic_feast

Officer Installation
2025-06-30 19:30 - 21:00
Austin Lodge No. 12 is installing its new officers for the upcoming Masonic year.
Please join us for this open meeting, it is open for both masons and the public.

Independence Day
2025-07-04 00:00 - 23:59
Independence Day, also called Fourth of July or July 4th, in the United States, the annual celebration of nationhood. It commemorates the passage of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Independence-Day-United-States-holiday

Stated Meeting - July
2025-07-21 19:30 - 21:00

Called Meeting - EA Proficiency Examinations
2025-07-23 18:00 - 19:00
