Masonic Information Center (MIC) Announces Winners Of The 2008 Mark Twain Award For Excellence In Masonic Awareness

Twenty-four Masonic Lodges accomplished civic acceptance for their 2008 affairs and accomplishments as accurate in their submissions to the Twain Award competition. MIC ceremoniousness Lodges' efforts to focus on education, energy, and authoritative Freemasonry relevant.

Silver Spring -- The Masonic Information Center (MIC) announces the 2008 winners of the awful admired Mark Twain Award for Excellence in Masonic Awareness. The Twain Award recognizes Lodge administration for asserting a abnormally Masonic character both aural the Lodge and throughout the association that is connected with the Fraternity's celebrated focus on education, self-improvement, acceptable works, and fellowship.

Richard E. Fletcher, Executive Secretary of the Masonic Information Center says, "The 2008 Twain Award winners represent hundreds of Masons who are putting activity and adroitness into their Masonic identity." Fletcher continues, "Winning a Twain Award agency that associates of a Lodge accept appear calm to plan, implement, and appraise a year's account of activities focused on adorning the acquaintance of accepting a Freemason." Winners accept a custom advised accolade for affectation and civic acceptance through MIC web and book publications. Fletcher says, "When accustomed the opportunity, I adore accommodating in presenting the accolade and acquainted the individuals who are deepening the acumen of accepting a Freemason."

"The Twain Award represents our Fraternity's grass-roots efforts to accomplish activity and body appliance for Freemasonry, Brother by Brother -- Lodge by Lodge," says Fletcher. "The Twain Award antagonism is just one way that associates of assorted backgrounds and assorted ancestors plan calm to innovate Masonic apprenticeship and communication."

Most historians accept Freemasonry arose from stonemasons' guilds in the Middle Ages and began to curl in the 1700's in Europe, the American Colonies and Canada. Today North America's Masonic Fraternity provides acquaintance for over 1.4 actor members. Masons are accepted for their charge to authoritative acceptable men bigger and their altruistic work.

For added advice on Freemasonry and the Mark Twain Award go to http://www.msana.com [Masonic Service Association of North America (MSANA)].

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