04/28/2025
Cigar Cutters is leading the charge for their upcoming 1st Annual Charity & Poker Tournament in support of Araba Shrine in celebration of the Kentucky Derby. The tournament for Saturday, May 3rd, will kick off @ 2PM, and will continue till midnight. There will be live music, complimentary food, raffle, and a variety of prizes. The grand prize will be an 85" UHD Smart TV. The proceeds go to Araba Shriners. Come enjoy an awesome evening of racing thrills, fun, & festivities in support our club & Temple for a worthy cause.
CIGAR CUTTERS
@ Cypress Square
13451 McGregor Blvd
Ft. Myers, FL 33919
04/20/2025
A Race to the East
Too many enter the Craft believing that the goal is to one day sit in the East;
that the Master's chair is the final achievement,
the highest honor,
the top of the mountain...
But Freemasonry is not a career ladder.
It's not a series of titles or offices to collect like merit badges.
It is (and always has been) a lifelongapprenticeship to wisdom.
The real work of a Mason doesn't end with the degrees...
That's when it truly begins.
The titles, the offices, the regalia... they are scaffolding.
They are helpful, perhaps even necessary at times, but they are not the structure itself.
A man can serve in the East ten times and still miss the point if he confuses leadership with Light.
The East offers visibility, but visibility isn't understanding.
Wisdom isn't granted by election, it is earned.
In solitude.
In reflection.
In moments of quiet struggle when no one is watching.
Apprenticeship in the Craft is not something we grow out of.
It's something we grow deeper into.
The same working tools, the same symbols, the same phrases; they reveal more each time, but only if we bring more of ourselves to them.
The Square and Compasses are not decoration.
They are mirrors. Look long enough, and they will show you the edges still rough, the corners still untrue, the work yet unfinished.
The world loves speed, promotion, and position.
Masonry asks for patience, depth, and transformation.
It is not the rush to the East that defines a Mason.
It is the slow, deliberate labor of becoming the kind of man who doesn't need a chair to lead or a title to live with wisdom.
The true Mason doesn't race toward the East;
He remains a humble student.
But what do you think?
~ MasonicFind.
04/06/2025
Welcome to the Fraternity our 4 new Entered Apprentice Brothers
12/03/2024
It's with deep regret to inform you that the Mother of Brother Rick Penneweart has joined our Creator a few hours ago. We would like to ask for your prayers for her soul and strength for her family and loved ones through this very sad and difficult time. πππ
To Brother Rick, we pray that God will grant you the strength you need to face this sad occasion, and that He will give you comfort and healing for the loss of a loved one. We know that Godβs care and love will embrace you, as well as the support of us all. We send our condolences to you and your family.
2 Corinthians 4:17-18
βFor our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.β
11/26/2024
Cape Coral Masonic Lodge No. 367 will be conferring a Fellow Craft Degree on December 5th. Dinner at 6:30 and Degree starts at 7:30. Hope to see you there.