Brethren,

I hope we all had an enjoyable Holiday Season with time to focus on our families and friends.

January is host to our annual Robbie Burns Day dinner; the menu this evening will be the "traditional" "haggis". The banquet will be followed by the always entertaining DRPS degree Team, they will confer a second degree that evening on Bro. Keith Schlotzhauer. Good luck Keith!

January is also a busy month throughout the District. Multiple installations taking place at Oshawa lodges, please join me in supporting the district and these lodges. Keep on eye out for the weekly district trestle board in your e-mail, it is also available on the Ontario District website.

Wishing us all a happy and safe 2016!

May the G.A.T.O.U. watch over you and your loved ones.

Sincerely & Fraternally,

Freemasonry is many things to many men. Rightly so. It is one of the few organizations that still believes in freedom for the individual, including freedom of thought. Its adherents are free to interpret its symbolism and other facets as their minds, hearts, and consciences may dictate.

It is an organization of men based on the Fatherhood of God and Brotherhood of Man, using builder's tools as symbols to teach basic moral Truths, thereby impressing upon the minds of its members the cardinal virtues of Brotherly Love, Relief, and Truth which they should apply to everyday activities.

Freemasonry is kindness in the home, honesty in business, courtesy in society, fairness in work, pity and concern for the unfortunate, resistance toward the wicked, help for the weak, trust in the strong, forgiveness for the penitent, love for one another and, above all, reverence and love for God. Freemasonry is many things, but most of all: FREEMASONRY IS A WAY OF LIFE.