The Maine Masonic College is an initiative of the Grand Lodge of Masons in Maine - the Freemasons. It has been designed to create educational opportunities for members of the Masonic fraternity as well as for our friends and neighbors in the communities where we live and work.
Why we're here:
Our ritual presents the purposes of Freemasonry as a living bulwark against ignorance, immoral avarice, and irrationality. It would appear that the motivations of some masons as far as their attraction to the Fraternity, arise from more personal and narrow interests. In many other cases while the brethren will readily ascribe to the wider mission of Freemasonry, there is a large intellectual component in their calling.
We speak of instructive tongues and attentive ears yet for tongues to be instructive there must be a dedication to disciplined understanding and for ears to be attentive there must be a common understanding of the language being spoken. For a long time, these considerations have not been the prime concerns of the Fraternity.
The present Craft is emerging from an era in which Masonry has been traveling by dead reckoning not by the stars. It has been charting its course by immediate exigency rather than a higher calling and vision of humanity moving toward a thinking, caring, building entity.
This is the magnitude of the situation which those promoting the purposes of a Masonic College face. Perhaps we are not up to the task which calls for such wisdom, enthusiasm, and patience. Perhaps we are not so endowed but the possibility can never be legitimately used as an excuse for not laboring forward.
From a Report of the Curriculum Committee 10/23/2007
This, then, is what we do:
We offer programs that are broad and varied, ranging from the very specific (Masonic symbolism, for example) to those that address the broader exhortation to improve ourselves. These include ethics, astronomy, public speaking and more. We have molded the Maine Masonic College on the best features of Masonic education, 'senior college', lifelong learning and public involvement. Our course offerings are designed with the highest educational standards in mind.
In addition, we offer Extension Programs to provide less formal educational opportunities in more general areas. We are developing suggested reading lists in several broad areas to encourage further pursuit of specific interests.
It is our goal to combine the best ideas of local education programs, group seminars, and college/technical courses into a wide variety of opportunities that will benefit and enhance our communities and the state.
We have also implemented an ONLINE REGISTRATION process for your convenience. Find out more here.
At the Maine Masonic College, we encourage your input, your recommendations, and - most of all - your INVOLVEMENT!
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This site last updated on Wednesday, November 21, 2007 7:40 AM
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