The Lodge was chartered in 1962 pursuant to a petition filed by 12 Masons who referred to themselves as the Twelve Apostles. Our Stated Meetings are held on the Second Monday of each month. Dinner is served at 6:30 p.m. and the Lodge opens at 7:30 p.m. We also have regular ritual practice sessions on Monday and Thursday of each week, subject to special meetings or other events. Our Google Calendar
includes information about meetings, events, and the meetings of other appendant bodies that meet at the Lodge including the Lloyd L. Gibson Council No. 392 and the Baytown Chapter No. 3 of the Order of the Amarath. The Lodge is named after Lorenzo De Zavala. He was born named Manuel Lorenzo Justiniano de Zavala y Sáenz to Anastasio de Zavala y Velázquez and María Bárbara Sáenz y Castro in the village of Tecoh near Mérida, Yucatán, on October 3, 1788. He graduated from the Tridentine Seminary in 1807 and started a political career that spanned more than 25 years. When Lorenzo de Zavala arrived in Texas in 1835, he had held offices on the local, state, and national levels in the Mexican Colonial, Imperial, and National governments. He was imprisoned twice for his political beliefs. From 1814-1817 he was in San Juan de Ulua prison for advocating democratic reforms in the Spanish government. In prison he studied English and medicine. He took up the practice of medicine upon his release until 1819 when he returned to politics. Later, after the overthrow of President Guerrero in 1829, he was kept under house arrest and then forced into exile. Lorenzo De Zavala also affected political life in Mexico by his active part in establishing York Rite Masonry in Mexico in 1826. The York Rite at this time included a membership that championed liberal ideals and a decentralized, federal plan for government. Zavala became the Charter Master of Independencia Lodge No. 454, and he continued in that office until his exile in 1830. He extended his political influence both as a writer and newpaper publisher. He established the first newspaper published in Yucatan. As an author, he may is known for his history of Mexico, Ensayo Historico de las Revoluciones de Megico des 1808 hasta 1830 and his Viages a los Estados-Unidos del Norte de America (Paris, 1834). Lorenzo De Zavala was advocated for the separation of Texas from Mexico based upon a dislike for Gen. He was one of the framers of the Texas Constitution and signers of the Declaration of Independence, and he was member of a committee appointed to design a flag for the Republic of Texas. His design of the Lone Star Flag became the official flag of present day Texas. He was a colonizer, bringing families to settle the area.
