What will Dan Brown's book do for Masonry?

I am a very young member of Freemasonry as the title of my blog suggests. Because of my age, I have been asked the question many times before "what young men are seeking from Masonry." One of the issues I see with the new Dan Brown book is that it may paint a picture of Masonry that will give new brothers a different view of what Masonry really is. We have three tenets: Brotherly Love, Relief and Truth. If this book intends to make Masonry an "exciting" organization (by exciting, I mean to say that we go around plotting world domination), we may have to become more focused on each candidate's qualifications to prevent thrill seekers. Unfortunately, I am not sure just how much impact this book will have on Fraternity. Of course, it is quite possible that when I am Master, the lodge may be expecting 1950's numbers. We just need to be prepared.

Sweetheart's Night

Renae and I just got back from Sweetheart's Night and we had a lot of fun. Sweetheart's Night is when the Lodge members and their wives or significant others go to a Supper Club in Miesville and have a fun social gathering. I think it is important that we as Masons bring our families into some of our activities and to see what we are all about, namely fellowship and fraternity.

Freenmasonry and the internet age

There is now an internet lodge founded in the UK and under the jurisdiction of the United Grand Lodge of England. Internet Lodge No. 9569 is a very interesting idea. I find this to be an incredible advancement in Masonic fellowship. We have had Research Lodges for many years and I think that the creation of an Internet Lodge was just the next step in Freemasonry. First, there were military lodges that were completely mobile, then Research Lodges so that men from different lodges could come together to discuss Masonic issues and now we have both the mobility of the internet and the desire to trade information.
I have posted the link of the Internet Lodge on here.

Dan Brown Sequel

Jeffery Trachtenberg wrote a very interesting article about what ate Dan Brown may have in mind for his book. I hope we find out more so that officers of lodges, such as myself, have time to prepare for the onslaught of new petitions into the fraternity.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120122061077215305.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

I have read various news articles about the release of Dan Brown's newest book and a supposed specific date that he has in mind. I am wondering, what date could he possibly have been thinking of? I have racked my brains of all the important dates in Masonry or American history but I don't see the connection. I will list various dates that I know and perhaps someone can leave a comment helping solve this mystery.

June 24th -> Feast of St. John the Baptist
December 27th -> Feast of St. John the Evangelist
July 4th -> American Independence Day
June 24, 1717 -> Formation of the United Grand Lodge of England.
March 6, 1775 -> Prince Hall initiated
The date that De Molay died was October 13th, 1307.

Third Degree

I want to thank everyone who participated in the Third Degree that Corinthian Lodge #67 put on last Tuesday. I believe that it was one of the best third degrees that I have seen in a long time. This event is very auspicious for the coming year and I am very excited to see it unfold.