Sioux Falls Scottish Rite

Here are Illustrious Brothers Wheeler, Smith, Runge, and Maxwell who received their 33rd Degree courtesy of the Valley of Washington, Orient of the District of Columbia during the Biennial Session in Washington this past week. Congratulations Brothers!

Additionally, our very own SGIG Jeff Larson was named the new Lieutenant Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite, Southern Jurisdiction, Mother Supreme Council of the World. Congratulations SGIG Larson!

"Joseph Fort Newton’s observations are a poignant appreciation of the wisdom accumulated with age, the ability afforded by age to appreciate life differently in light of the nuances time casts upon it." —A. Hammer

Learn more in "The Patriarchs: Joseph Fort Newton and the Contemplation of Wisdom in a 'New Age'" in the September/October 2023 Scottish Rite Journal.

In the Online Edition—
📖 https://pubs.royle.com/publication/?i=801044&p=24&view=issueViewer

On the Podcast—
🔊 https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-patriarchs-joseph-fort-newton-and-the-contemplation-of-wisdom-in-a-new-age--66978783

Illustration: Historic glass slide depicting the hour-glass, a Masonic emblem of human life. Source: Patmos-Solomon’s Lodge No. 70, Savage, Maryland

To those who celebrate, Happy Diwali!

Diwali is known as "The Festival of Lights" and is one of most widely celebrated holidays by mainly Indians and Hindus.