We are most pleased about the news, carried elsewhere in this newsletter, of the appointment of Ill. Arthur L. Salazar, 33°, as the Deputy of the Supreme Council in the Orient of California. It is an honor to have a member of our Valley appointed to such a prestigious position, of course, and it is also a cause for celebration that our Orient will be led by such a truly distinguished and capable Masonic brother.

Here’s the truth: what we have here is good. Really good. But imagine what it could be like if every Master Mason in Orange County found his way to the Scottish Rite. Imagine reunions filled with fresh energy, Stated Meetings packed with new ideas, service projects teeming with willing hands, and our degrees performed by full casts of passionate Brothers. That’s not a dream—it’s a vision. A vision that becomes reality when each of us takes it upon ourselves to reach out, invi

Ryan Tickle, 32° The Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry traces its formal beginnings in the United States back to 1801 in...