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At Meridian Height One last thought on meridian height, before I end;
consider that we say the lodge is dark in the north,
Brethren let me start by thanking you and consider that we are in the northern hemi-
for the suggestions for our dining ex- sphere, as is Jerusalem, are lodges in the southern
perience, as well as meal suggestions, hemisphere still oriented in the same manner, do
these are a huge help… Keep them they still say the lodge is dark in the north? Just
coming! some food for thought.
I also want to thank everyone that came out for the
Masonic Family Breakfast, and especially those Zach Cagley
that took part in our calling activity. Reaching out 308– 0451
to our brothers that haven’t been in attendance zach.cagley@gmail.com
lately is not just a good way to get these brothers
back in, not just a way for us to interact with some
old friends, but also a great way for us to all get Did You Receive Your Call ?
together with a simple team-oriented task. Now
THAT’s what I call brotherhood. During the January Lodge Breakfast the Broth-
ers in attendance called 210 members of Aztlan
Changing hats, briefly, I want to take this oppor- Lodge. If they didn’t speak to you directly, they
tunity to remind you that the Aztlan Masonic left a voice mail if possible.
Scholarship applications are due in by the 1st of
April. If you or any brother of Aztlan Lodge or Unfortunately there were a number of you that
appendant Youth Organization has a child in we couldn’t get in touch with due to disconnect-
need of consideration, please reach out to me for ed phone lines or other extenuating circum-
an application package, and as always, remember stances.
that you can apply multiple years. We want to be able to stay in touch with you, so
Another thing I wanted to share with you this if you didn’t hear from us please call to lodge or
month, is a bit about something I say in every stat- email me your updated contact information
ed meeting; I would like to encourage a little pon- (Email: zach.cagley@gmail.com).
derance here, if I may. “Meridian height” what
does that mean and how does it explain some of The Lodge is striving to communicate more
the things we reference in Lodge, and what is dif- than once a month via email so if we don’t have
ferent between our lodge and the grand one we are your email, or if it has changed please update
all built in imitation and commemoration of? Me- me with this information so you can receive no-
ridian height (or meridian altitude) refers to the tifications between issues of the Trestleboard.
positioning of an astronomical object in relation to
the horizons, meridian altitude is one of the easiest
and most ancient means of navigation, such as
measuring the altitude of an astronomical object at
its meridian contact, in order to estimate latitude.
So, what is meridian contact? This is moment
when any object following a celestial path reaches
the observer's meridian, one good example of this
is that the solar meridian is usually around noon,
respectively.
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