Location:
United States
Genres:
Education Podcasts
Description:
Published by the Masonic Service Association since 1923
Language:
English
Contact:
207 446 2529
Website:
https://shorttalkbulletin.com
Episodes
The Secret V19N12
6/13/2024
Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Carl Claudy and first published in December 1940. Interestingly, this bulletin discusses that which cannot be explained, only experienced. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these Podcast episodes with your brothers and your Lodge.
Duration:00:21:24
The Ethos Of Freemasonry V30N6
6/10/2024
Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Carl Claudy, and is brought to us by Bro Alexander Paratore, Cornerstone Lodge, Portland ME. Ethos is defined as the characteristic spirit, disposition or tendency of a people or community regarded as an endowment, and expressed in their customs and tastes, or the […]
Duration:00:17:17
John Paul Jones V76N4
6/6/2024
Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by WBro Michael Kaalback, PM – Charles W. Moore Lodge, Fitchburg MA, and is brought to us by WBro David Koncz, PM – United #8, Brunswick ME. John Paul Jones is probably the best known naval figure of the Revolutionary War. He went to sea from […]
Duration:00:11:26
The Trowel V38N10
6/3/2024
Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Carl Claudy and first published in October 1960. This is not the first time that this episode has appeared in this Podcast, and it will not be the last, because the lessons contained in this most important of our working tools deserves frequent […]
Duration:00:15:47
The Moon In Masonic History V70N6
5/30/2024
Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by RW Bro James P. W. Goss, GH – VT, and is brought to us by WBro John Rock, Solar Star #14, Bath ME. The Moon in Masonic history goes as far back as one cares to look, and here we find an excellent look back. […]
Duration:00:13:33
Thoughts On Memorial Day V55N5
5/27/2024
Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by RW Bro Fordham D. Tabor, first published in May 1977. As has become tradition on this Day of Remembrance, in towns and cities across the land, we pause to remember and give tribute to those that have given the ultimate sacrifice in defense of liberty. […]
Duration:00:12:56
From Left To Right V5N2
5/23/2024
Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Rev Dr Bro Joseph Fort Newton, and first published in February 1927. Bro Newton was among the first to write what became known as the Short Talk Bulletins, and here is demonstrated why. From the first moment after a candidate declares in Whom is his […]
Duration:00:11:04
Swiss Masonry V47N8
5/20/2024
Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode is an address given by Dr MW Bro Walter Winter, GM – Suisse Alpina, one month before he laid down his working tools. It is brought to us by WBro John Rock, Solar Star #14, Bath ME. The view of the future, as seen by Swiss Masonry, largely […]
Duration:00:11:21
The Mystic Tie V18N10
5/16/2024
Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Carl Claudy of the golden pen, and first published in November 1940. It was the poet Robert Burns who first brought these three words in to describe Freemasonry, but what is The Mystic Tie? Is it an obligation? Is it a covenant entered […]
Duration:00:19:30
Masonry’s Eddi Of The Manhood End V24N2
5/13/2024
Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin was written by MW Bro Carl Claudy, and is brought to us by MW Bro Russ Charvonia, PGM – CA. The human heart exalts in tales of devotion to duty. Every child knows of the boy who stood on the burning ship, when all others had fled. Tales come from […]
Duration:00:20:41
A Vibrant Lodge Honorable Men Living Freemasonry V102N4
5/9/2024
Brethren, This Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written and is brought to us by RW Bro Wayne Spooner, member of several committees on the Grand Lodge of Illinois. Subordinate lodges in most jurisdictions are started as an idea for a new beginning, and an opportunity to locally perpetuate the goals and principles of ancient […]
Duration:00:12:59
King Solomons Quarries V70N8
5/6/2024
Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by RW Bro Leon Zeldis, Editor – The Israel Freemason, and is brought to us by WBro John Rock, PM – Solar Star #14, Maine. Visitors to the old city of Jerusalem can take a tour of the Cave of Zedekiah, a cave descending beneath the […]
Duration:00:11:50
Our Most Valuable Asset Friendship V59N6
5/2/2024
Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Bro Alphonse Cerza, GH – IL, and is brought to us by MW Bro Russ Charvonia, PGM – CA. For many years, centuries in fact, men of every race and political position have been drawn to Freemasonry for a variety of reasons. One of the […]
Duration:00:16:31
Pillars V95N9
4/29/2024
Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by RW Bro David Ritchie, PGCh – WI, and is brought to us by WBro Warren E. Bowie, PM – Acacia #121, Durham ME. Here, we find a discussion about who knocks at our West gate: the Pillars of our communities? Or the very rough Ashlar […]
Duration:00:09:22
The Spirit Of Masonry V5N1
4/25/2024
Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by Rev Dr Bro Joseph Fort Newton and first published in January 1927. Outside of the home and the house of God, there is nothing more beautiful than the Spirit of Masonry. Gentle, gracious, and wise, it’s mission is to form mankind into a great, redemptive […]
Duration:00:26:49
Tool Symbolism V30N2
4/22/2024
Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Carl Claudy, and is brought to us by WBro John Rock, Solar Star #14, Bath ME. The essence of a symbol is that it represents something other than what it actually is. A stick is just a stick, but three sticks, arranged in […]
Duration:00:17:28
The Why Of Initiation V18N4
4/18/2024
Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by MW Bro Carl H. Claudy and first published in April 1940. I had the distict honor of participating in the initiation of a new brother recently. There are deep psychological and scientific reasons for initiatory forms and ceremonies, and much more than traditions and ancient […]
Duration:00:18:34
Ashlars Rough And Perfect V57N4
4/15/2024
Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was written by the eminent Masonic scholar J. Fairbairn Smith, and is brought to us by Bro Daniel Margasa, Amity Mosaic Lodge, Danvers MA. Here we find the excellent tale of the two stones which can be found in every well governed and furnished Lodge room. Enjoy, and […]
Duration:00:11:18
More Short Short Talks V43N10
4/11/2024
Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode was first published in October 1965, and is brought to us by WBro John Rock, Solar Star #14, Bath ME. These Short Talks are designed for use by the brother who is called upon for a few short remarks appropriate to the occasion, either in the Lodge room […]
Duration:00:17:19
The Third Great Light V19N5
4/7/2024
Brethren, this Short Talk Bulletin Podcast episode is from the golden pen of MW Bro Carl Claudy, first published in May 1941. Here we find an imaginative story from the stone masons of the middle ages. An apprentice wishes to advance, and here is his story. Enjoy, and do share this and all of these […]
Duration:00:17:26