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April 7, 2023
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Our 2022-2023 Has Gotten Off to a Good Start

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We have had several official visits already and it is great to see our sisters and brothers out and about. We are looking forward to a fun filled year. We wish everyone a happy Easter and Passover and look forward to seeing many more members as our travels continue.

Please keep in mind our Eastern Star Home. The appeal we sent out in January is doing well, but we have not reached our goal as of yet and are truly grateful for the support we have received so far.

Please watch our newsletter for other announcements and plan to attend as many events as possible as the Grand Patron says in his address, let us Respond and Build harmony.

April 1, 2021
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Spring is in the air

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oesny-flowerSpring is in the air and our Sisters and Brothers are getting restless. It has been a long year of isolating, distancing and self-preservation. Many chapters are getting back to the business of meeting in person, with careful consideration of the fact this pandemic is not over. We encourage social gatherings so long as you keep distanced, wear masks and continue to sanitize. While the Grand Matron and Grand Patron have cancelled their formal official visits, they are still open to attending small celebrations whenever they are invited. We are working with a committee to review the feasibility of having a Bazaar on our Campus in Oriskany in July and a Grand Session in October. News is shared regularly on our OES newsletter. If you do not get the newsletter and are interested, contact the Grand Secretary to be put on the list. We wish you well as you start to open your lives again and look forward to seeing many of our sisters and brothers as opportunities present themselves.

Sincerely….. Jane Stuart; Grand Matron and Michael Kessler; Grand Patron.

January 12, 2021
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Our 2020-2021 has officially begun.

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We enjoyed our installation at Grand Chapter although due to this pandemic it was a bit different than normal. We regretted not being able to be with all of our officers as they were installed. We are sorry that we have not had the opportunity to meet each one as yet. We are praying that things take a turn toward what we know as normal and we will have an opportunity to spend time with our Staff and all members. December brought us to our Campus in Oriskany. We were not able to spend time with our residents or the employees as the facility was in lockdown to protect everyone. We did bring Christmas Greetings and our thanks to the employees for doing an outstanding job all year. Our facility has been fortunate to have very few COVID positive cases among the staff and none among the nursing home residents. We did share time with a few of our Most Worthy family who could join us for a dinner on Friday night. The Grand Patron and I enjoyed sharing time with our new Grand Line and are looking forward to executing the plans we have made for our year. There will be no sojourn to Florida this year as it is not safe, nor wise to travel and meet in large groups. We are sad that we will not get to make this journey as the Grand Matron and Grand Patron but are grateful that we did get to go in 2020 and will make an effort to attend again if the world situation permits. We wish all members in New York and around the world good health, safety and much love. Our Grand Master says that Masonry never stops and that goes of OES as well. We will continue our good works no matter what.

Sincerely, Jane L Stuart Grand Matron and Michael F Kessler, Grand Patron