Message from the DDGM

Dear Brethren,

Gratefully, I have made fraternal visits to all lodges in the 19 East District.

Thank you for your heartfelt stories of what brought you to your lodge-such an amazing number of stories that have brought more light to our time together. It is amazing to see how friendship bonds have been created and are sustained when we visit other lodges and brothers in person and virtually. We are reminded that we are part of a larger community. 

As many of you know, I am a beekeeper with my wife, Carol. We have begun to nurture a new hive this spring after having seen to it that the new queen is nestled safely within the hive. When the weather is cool, the workers do not venture too far from the hive but use that time to surround the queen to protect her as well as to make honeycomb to store nectar, pollen and to cradle new larva from the eggs laid by the queen. In the warmer weather, they are bustling with activity. It is amazing to watch how each worker has a job to perform. The health of the hive is dependent on the bees going away from the hive to procure pollen, nectar and water.

I find a similar parallel to our lives…when we routinely practice the many elements of health as part of a community, we are healthier. Yes, when there are storms, we need to take shelter from the inclemency and draw from the supplies we have stored in our respective shelters. When the storms subside, we have the opportunity to go out of the safety of our shelter and seek to renew our supplies. 

Using our twenty-four-inch gauge, I would urge each of you to consider the benefits of extending ourselves to visit other brethren, physically and virtually.

I continue to look forward to calling those brethren I have not seen in a while as I travel to and from lodge meetings.

When we routinely practice the tenets of our institution with others, we as well as our brethren, become healthier. Let our choices of how we invest our time manage the health of ourselves, our lodges and our great fraternity. I look forward to our time together. Let our light so shine so that we continue to be examples to our lodges, community an 

Cordially & fraternally,     

Right Worshipful   Peter Webster Ham 

• R.W. Peter Webster Ham - District Deputy Grand Master 
• Bro. Ian M. Harcourt - District Deputy Grand Marshal 
• Wor. Dylan W. Arsenault - District Deputy Grand Secretary 
• Bro. Jeremy A. Lavendier - District Deputy Grand Treasurer 
• Wor N Douglas Schneider - District Co-Treasurer
• Wor. Keith L. Amorin - District Ambassador 
• Wor. Mark E. White - District Service Officer 
• Bro. Bradford F. Anselmo - District Youth Officer 
• Bro. Bradford J. Fish - District Veterans Officer 
• Wor. Norman R. Duchesneau - District First Responder 
• R.W. Joshua D. Bumpus - District Webmaster 
• Bro. Ian M. Harcourt - District Information Officer 
• Bro. William N. Travers - Assistant District Information Officer 
• R.W. Joshua D. Bumpus - District Rejuvenation Officer 
• Bro. Kristian V. Berg - District Photographer 
• Wor. Michael  Cordeiro - Lodge of Instruction Coordinator 
• Wor. Donald F. Valenti, Jr. - District Chaplain