![]() ![]() Further, all the higher degrees of the Scottish Rite and York Rite are done in those appendant bodies. All the hardwork of making Masons via the three degrees is done in the Blue Lodge. Many brothers in the fraternity call the Shrine – the “playground of Freemasonry.” Here is why they that. Why is the Shrine called the “Playground of Freemasonry”? No Master Mason can be a Shriner if fails to pay his Blue Lodge Dues annually or if he suspended from the fraternity for any reason by on that Grand Lodge’s Masonic Law. All Shriners must be Master Masons in good standing within a Blue Lodge in the Grand Lodge where the Shrine Temple is located. The local organization is called a Shrine Temple. The Shrine offers ceremonials for it’s candidates versus the traditional degrees offered by the Masonic Blue Lodge. Yes, the Shrine is an independent appendant body part of the Masonic organization. Is the Shrine an appendant body of Freemasonry? By getting involved in a unit that appeals to their interests or hobbies, a Shriner will be excited to help with big events that help the community. ![]() A Shriner intention is to very social while giving back to the community. From being part of the clown unit which helps in the Shrine Circus or a local Parade to motorcycle groups, horse patrols, marching bands, veteran clubs, photographers, Past Masters, classic-car owners, and the list goes on. A Shriner does this by getting involved in a club or unit which the Shrine. A Shriner is a Freemason that helps the community. Lionel Rowe was unavailable for comment Wednesday.First off, yes a Shriner is a Freemason. ![]() 179, chairman of the Ottawa Shrine Circus, is called to answer to counts of theft and assault. The issue will come to an Ottawa courtroom when Lionel Rowe, retiree, past-president of the Capital Shrine Club of the Tunis Shrine No. Police weren’t commenting Wednesday on why after five months they decided to lay charges over the scuffle. Gap or not, the video and witness statements persuaded police to file charges, the league says. We hear screams from other league members - “We’re saving his life,” yells the camera-holder, in reference to Goldberg. ![]() The video ends with the older man, his face red, rising to his feet. A third man joins and puts his own choke hold, this one double-armed, on the alleged perpetrator until he releases his grip on the man with no hat. The two meet and grapple and fall to the ground, the older man’s arm firmly around the young guy’s neck. The hat-snatch isn’t captured but you do see a now-bare-headed younger man pursuing an older chap who is gripping Exhibit A. The league was protesting the treatment of elephants and other animals in the annual circus.Īccording to the league, an assailant stole Goldberg’s eBay-purchased hat and then assaulted him with a chokehold for “more than half a minute” before he could be pried loose.Ī video shot by a league member and posted to YouTube - search “Cowardly Shriner Ambushes Protester With Choke Hold” tells a more complicated story. The charges were filed in January, Ottawa police confirm, but didn’t get much notice until the animal leaguers issued a news release Wednesday describing as heinous an attack as the beatings the group claims are given the circus animals to force them “into performing demeaning tricks.” The presence of said fez on a non-Shriner apparently triggered what the league is calling an attack on member Len Goldberg - not by a phalanx of minibike-riding men in curly-toed slippers, but, it is alleged, by one older guy in shorts and bright-patterned sport shirt. A member of a group called the Ottawa Animal Defense League had his “Shrine-style hat” - legally bought on eBay, the group insists, revealing if nothing else a premeditation to taunt - removed in an altercation outside the Shrine Circus at the RA Centre on Riverside Drive. This is the question raised since last August. OTTAWA - It’s unwise to sew on an Airborne badge if you’ve never jumped from a plane.Īnd stupid to wear a fake Hells Angels patch to a biker bar.īut could it be an even more offensive clothing offence to a don a Shriner’s fez if you aren’t, in fact, a bonafide member of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine? Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.National Capital Region's Top Employers. ![]()
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