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Feast of Sts. John Missoula District
Hall of Missoula No. 13, Feast of Sts John hosted by Sentinel No. 155.
The following Lodges were present, Sentinel No. 155, Missoula No. 13, Victor No. 43,
Stevensville No. 2 8, Ionic No. 38, Deerlodge No. 14 and Mission Valley No. 48.
Picture by district officer Don Powell
The Masonic tradition of the observance of Saints John dates back to the eighteenth
century and included toasts, chants and orations. Many masons celebrate this
observance with a Table Lodge or feast of Sts John. Only Masons are allowed to
attend, a charter must be present and tyled. The Table Lodge is not an ordinary
dinner, but a special ceremony with a ritual, the ritual of the table lodge requires
seven toasts. It is a time of commemoration; Masons remember the many men who
have gone before and each individuals Masonic journey.
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