All events hosted by the Odd Fellows of San Jose.
A Meritorious Service Jewel is considered the highest award in Odd Fellowship. By Sovereign Grand Lodge code, they can only be awarded by a Grand Lodge, Grand Encampment, or Department Council. And grand bodies are limited in the number they can award based on their number of members. It is reserved for those who render …
Even though it goes without saying that Mason Wolf is an exemplar of Odd Fellowship, sometimes it is important to embarrass him just a little bit by pointing out that his home Lodge community at True Fellowship Lodge no. 52 is very proud of his accomplishments. At Grand Lodge Sessions, he not only completed his term …
On Friday May 16 at Sessions, I was surprised and honored when Grand Master Dave Reed called me up on stage, along with Marcus Marino of Davis Lodge #169. He had 3 Grand Master’s awards to hand out: myself, Marcus, and Jack Cain of Upper Lake #241 (who unfortunately was unable to attend). In his …
On April 15, after months of planning, weeks of promoting, days of decorating, hours of rehearsing, and frantic minutes setting up final details before people walked in, a party hosted by the District 107 Odd Fellows, and celebrating 175 years of Odd Fellowship in California, brought delight to about 80 guests from around the district …
On Wednesday March 12th, everyone, including Saint Patrick’s ghost, left well fed from True Fellowship’s annual observance of St. Patrick’s Day. Whether it was the corned beef, cabbage, potatoes, onions or carrots that filled you up, or Sis. Debbie Shuler’s amazing green whipped marshmallow dessert: it was a time for feasting and merrymaking for all …
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On March 13th, 6 new members of Barnes 77 traded in their black collars and became the patriarchs to learn the sublime and enduring mysteries of the Golden Rule Degree. Using a modified script provided by Chief Patriarch Debra LaVergne, the Golden Rule Degree reminds us of the virtue of tolerance in our day to …
A dream come true often looks like an experiment, where we try something we have never done before in hopes that we get better results than what had been happening before. In the case of Cupertino Lodge no. 70’s Kanikapila and True Fellowship Lodge no.52’s Burger Fry: four times this year we were scheduled to …
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Some of the interesting things on display in the museum. As Odd Fellows, we’re heirs to a rich tradition of crafters and artists creating beautiful custom pieces for their lodges, as well as a number of lovely yet mass-produced items that lodges could acquire from the established fraternal supply houses of their time. On April …
True Fellowship no.52 and Cupertino no.70 have been cooking up a plan for music, dance, and juicy hamburgers for the last few months: and it all finally came together at the February Kanikapila hosted by Cupertino Lodge no.70! Noble Grands Jim Kabbage and Andrew Crockett reached agreement that instead of running events in competition with …
“Cherish the beautiful teachings of our Order, which, falling upon the heart like rays of light, give color to every affection of our nature, and dictate every act of our lives.” This was Brother Don Lang’s final live degree. On Thursday, February 13th, my new Brothers and Sisters of Barnes Encampment #77 conducted a Patriarchal …