Hightstown Apollo Lodge #41 F&AM

09/03/2026

I was inspired tonight to compile a list of what our world would not have or have much less of, were it not for my Brother Masons. If you're ever interested in learning about or becoming a part of something much larger than yourself, ask a Mason or visit a lodge.

• Founding Shriners Children's

• Free/subsidized specialty medical care for children

• Pediatric orthopedic medicine

• Polio treatment and rehabilitation

• Osteogenesis imperfecta surgical treatment

• Pediatric burn medicine

• Craniofacial and cleft-palate surgery

• Pediatric spinal-cord injury rehabilitation

• Prosthetics and orthotics

• Gait and motion-analysis research

• Medical research

• Physician education and residency programs

• Scottish Rite pediatric orthopedic institutions

• Hospital visitation for veterans

• Veterans' hospital assistance

• WWI/WWII military service centers

• National disaster-relief coordination

• Earthquake relief

• Hurricane relief

• Flood relief

• Wildfire relief

• Tornado relief

• International disaster assistance

• Masonic homes for the elderly

• Orphan care

• Widow assistance

• Burial assistance

• Scholarships

• Youth development

• Prince Hall mutual-aid institutions

• African-American educational advancement

• Community leadership development

• Volunteer hospital service

• Fraternal mutual aid

• Long-term charitable infrastructure

The list could be much longer longer.

Respectfully,
Tom Reynolds,
Jr. Warden,
Hightstown-Apollo Lodge No. 41of F&AM

09/01/2026

HT-A 41 having a bit of weekend fun with our families! A successful picnic on a glorious day.

08/29/2026

Top sales dog of the evening is...Robin! We will still be selling duckies on Oct. 3rd at the Hightstown Harvest Fair. See you there! 🐤🐤🐤

08/22/2026

A great day with a Brethren from Pennsylvania! NJ represented very well at the Bridging Brotherhood event.

08/20/2026

Congratulations to our Brother Joseph Ragno, passed to the Fellowcraft Degree. A special thank you to our Brethren of Rising Sun Lodge No. 15 Haddonfield, NJ for the spectacular and inspiring degree work, as well as your hospitality.

08/20/2026

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Most Masons know the moon has a place in the Craft.

Very few know some American Lodges still let it decide when Lodge night happens.

They are called Moon Lodges.

Long before headlights, paved roads and streetlights, Brothers could be traveling miles by foot, horseback or buggy just to attend Lodge. Scheduling the meeting near the full moon gave them something incredibly valuable on the trip home.

Light.

Most Lodges eventually abandoned the practice.

Some never did.

Their stated meeting can still move across the calendar according to the moon, preserving a tradition that reaches back to the days when getting home from Lodge meant watching the sky.

One Masonic history source estimates roughly 129 Moon Lodges remain in the United States, with Texas historically leading the count and Pennsylvania maintaining one of the strongest concentrations.

The electric light replaced the moon for most of America.

These Lodges kept looking up.

Traveling Ashlar
Wear. Share. Travel.

08/16/2026

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07/24/2026

We're back!! The Hightstown-Apollo Lodge #41 Ducky Derby has returned! PRE-SALES HAVE BEGUN!Come out tonight or the 4th Friday in August to secure your duck sponsorship! The Duckies race on Oct 3rd! We will be selling the day of.

07/09/2026