*RSVP via email required* Please join the Brothers of the 17th Masonic District as we revive the infamous Master Mason Beach Degree. This event is open to all Master Masons in good standing! Attire is Masonic Polo/Masonic T-shirt and dark jeans/slacks. Shoes are optional. Please bring your own beach chair. Commemorative shirts will be available […]
Join us for an in-depth and informative whiskey presentation by Ryan Caswell, whiskey aficionado, distributor and friend of the Lodge! $35/person. Scotch and cigars are on us! Open to Brother Masons and their friends! For tickets and information email tasting@olivebranchlodge.org. (RSVPs will only be accepted via email).
Brethren, Welcome back! We got a lot done over the summer: redoing the Fellowship Hall floor and repainting both the Fellowship Hall and Kitchen and a great landscape clean-up on probably the hottest possible day of the summer! I wish to offer my sincere thanks to all those who came out to help with these […]
Serv-ice “The action of helping or doing work for someone.” “Millions are involved in voluntary service” synonyms: act of assistance, good turn, favor, kindness, helping hand; assistance, help, aid, offices, ministrations “he has done us a great service” The definition of service can take many turns and have many meanings. I was honored this past […]
Brethren, Family, Friends, and all Honored Guests. You have been invited to celebrate the newly installed 2020 Lodge Officers on Saturday, December 28, 2019, from 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM at the Jumping Brook Country Club in Neptune City, NJ. This New Years Eve themed event will make history yet again.The event will include dinner, […]
Please join us as we march in the Freehold Borough Memorial Day Parade. This is open to all Masons and their families (district- and state-wide). Attire for Brothers is a polo (Masonic preferred) and dark (non-faded) jeans. Assuming we meet the required number of Brothers in attendance, aprons will be worn. OB16 Officers will wear […]
Brethren, First and foremost, on behalf of Olive Branch Lodge no 16, I wish to congratulate RW Gary J. Olsen on his election to Junior Grand Warden of the Most Ancient and Honorable Society of Free and Accepted Masons for the State of New Jersey. Olive Branch Lodge will always be a home for you […]
Brothers, April… Wow! Has it gone fast for you? It has for me; perhaps a bit too quickly. I have thoroughly enjoyed being with you all so far and, well, I want to slow it down. There’s so much more we need to do together! At the closing of each regular communication, during my final […]
Brethren, Another month is behind us in our Masonic journey this year. We’ve managed so far to bring four Brothers to the craft in our first Entered Apprentice degree of the year. During the closing after the degree, I had asked the Senior Warden how should Masons meet. His response was, “on the level”. I […]
Due to a scheduling issue, this event will be postponed until the summer refreshment. More information to come once it’s been rescheduled. Thank you for your continued support of our Lodge!