The Masonic Service Association of North America has released the list of U.S. and Canadian Masonic membership statistics.



The total Masonic membership of North American continues to decline, and the numbers for 2010 were 1,373,453 (lowest since they began compiling stats in 1924). For Canada it is 86,210, a decline of 2,489 from 2009. However, the rate of decline is slowing, slowly.



The grand lodges of the District of Columbia, Utah, Alabama, Hawaii, New Mexico and Newfoundland/Labrador all show gains for 2010.



H/T to Ed King.

The Grand Lodge of Indiana F&AM encourages Indiana Masons to support our brothers and their families in need of relief. The Grand Orient D'Haiti has 51 lodges and our support is critical to the relief of our Brothers, their families and the communities they serve.

The Masonic Service Association of North America has been in contact with The Grand Orient D'Haiti and they are coordinating the distribution of all donations.

Indiana brethren may send your donations made out to "MSA Disaster Relief Fund" to:

Indiana Freemasons' Hall
Attn: MSA Haiti Relief
P.O. Box 44210
525 N. Illinois St.
Indianapolis, IN 46244-0210

Or, the Grand Lodge of Indiana has also set up a Paypal page that will forward donations to the MSA: click here.

The Masonic Society, the Masonic Service Association of North America, and the George Washington Masonic Memorial have collaborated on a new website that will address the references to Freemasonry found in Dan Brown's new novel, The Lost Symbol.

http://www.freemasonlostsymbol.com

The website is being provided for the use of lodges and grand lodges to provide factual information to the public and the press, and as a central location for common questions and answers that will arise once the book is officially released on September 15th. The desire of TMS, MSA and the GWMM is to inform the public and Freemasons themselves about the references to the fraternity in the book, and to save us all from reinventing the wheel for hundreds of websites.

The site also contains a link to a recommended reading list, as well as to a master list of grand lodge websites.

Please spread the word.