CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEWLY INSTALLED OFFICERS!
WORSHIPFUL MASTER - BRENDAN HICKEY
SR. WARDEN - DENNY HENDERSON
JR. WARDEN - FRANK J. LORINE, P.M.
SECRETARY - MARK FREED, P.M.
TREASURER - GERALD FRANCIS, P.M.
BY ORDER OF THE RWGM, THOMSON LODGE IS PERMITTED TO OPEN AS OF FEBRUARY 1ST, 2021. COVID 19 PRECAUTIONS ARE IN EFFECT.
We will be conducting Zoom meetings on Saturday mornings from 8:30am and other evening Zoom fellowship meetings. Look for the Constant Contact emails for information and dates and how to join the meetings.
If you do not receive the Constant Contact emails, please call or email the
Worshipful Master or Secretary.
If you are in need of any help during these times, Please reach out and let us know.
WORSHIPFUL MASTER - BRENDAN HICKEY
SR. WARDEN - DENNY HENDERSON
JR. WARDEN - FRANK J. LORINE, P.M.
SECRETARY - MARK FREED, P.M.
TREASURER - GERALD FRANCIS, P.M.
BY ORDER OF THE RWGM, THOMSON LODGE IS PERMITTED TO OPEN AS OF FEBRUARY 1ST, 2021. COVID 19 PRECAUTIONS ARE IN EFFECT.
We will be conducting Zoom meetings on Saturday mornings from 8:30am and other evening Zoom fellowship meetings. Look for the Constant Contact emails for information and dates and how to join the meetings.
If you do not receive the Constant Contact emails, please call or email the
Worshipful Master or Secretary.
If you are in need of any help during these times, Please reach out and let us know.
Please update the lodge Secretary with any address, phone and email changes
and keep us posted on your health and well being.
Greetings...
Welcome to our site of the Free and Accepted Masons from Thomson Lodge No. 340 in Paoli, Pennsylvania. The Lodge has been in existence for over 150 years and is named after our Masonic Brother John Thomson, pictured above.
Feel free to peruse our site and contact us if you have any questions or need information
Feel free to peruse our site and contact us if you have any questions or need information
About Brother John Thomson
Brother John Thomson, a Past Master of Lodge No. 51, Philadelphia, who served as Right Worshipful Grand Master in 1861-1862. A common man with little schooling, he developed a respected trade as a cooper, learning the intricacies of barrel and tub construction from an apprenticeship with his father. Lack of formal education was no hindrance to him, for he became a very successful businessman and leader in Philadelphia.
John Thomson's long record of service to the Craft is unmatched by any other man in the history of the Grand Lodge.
Born in 1799, he was proud of the fact that he was, for four months of his infancy, contemporary to that illustrious Brother and First President of our Nation, George Washington. He petitioned for membership on the twenty-second day of March 1827, and was entered into the Fraternity by the officers of Lodge No. 51 during the height of the Anti-Masonic period.
During his Masonic career, Brother Thomson met in three different Masonic Halls owned by the Grand Lodge, and was well acquainted with the financing and details of the construction of the Temple at One North Broad Street that we now enjoy. Throughout his sixty-three year tenure of membership, he served as a Lodge officer for twenty-six years, and a Grand Lodge officer for thirty years. In fact, Brother Thomson was the only individual to ever serve in all six elected offices of the Grand Lodge:
Grand Treasurer from 1842 to 1853 Grand Master in 1861 and 1862
Deputy Grand Master in 1859 and 1860 Senior Grand Warden in 1858
Junior Grand Warden in 1856 and 1857 Grand Secretary from 1867-1880
(Excerpt taken from PA Grandlodge website (http://www.pagrandlodge.org/gmaster/thomsonaward/thomson.html)
John Thomson's long record of service to the Craft is unmatched by any other man in the history of the Grand Lodge.
Born in 1799, he was proud of the fact that he was, for four months of his infancy, contemporary to that illustrious Brother and First President of our Nation, George Washington. He petitioned for membership on the twenty-second day of March 1827, and was entered into the Fraternity by the officers of Lodge No. 51 during the height of the Anti-Masonic period.
During his Masonic career, Brother Thomson met in three different Masonic Halls owned by the Grand Lodge, and was well acquainted with the financing and details of the construction of the Temple at One North Broad Street that we now enjoy. Throughout his sixty-three year tenure of membership, he served as a Lodge officer for twenty-six years, and a Grand Lodge officer for thirty years. In fact, Brother Thomson was the only individual to ever serve in all six elected offices of the Grand Lodge:
Grand Treasurer from 1842 to 1853 Grand Master in 1861 and 1862
Deputy Grand Master in 1859 and 1860 Senior Grand Warden in 1858
Junior Grand Warden in 1856 and 1857 Grand Secretary from 1867-1880
(Excerpt taken from PA Grandlodge website (http://www.pagrandlodge.org/gmaster/thomsonaward/thomson.html)
2020 Lodge Officers, P.M.
Worshipful Master - Brendan M. Hickey Senior Warden - Denny Henderson Junior Warden - Frank J. Lorine, P.M. Treasurer - Gerald Francis, P.M. Secretary - Mark L. Freed, P.M. |
Interested in Joining?If you or someone you know is interested in joining our lodge, please email our secretary, Mark Freed, P.M. at SECY0340@pagrandlodge.org or 610-733-0384 The Worshipful Master, Brendan Hickey at brendan_hickey@hotmail.com 610-306-5898 or leave a message on our voicemail (610) 647-5888 |