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GRAND MASTER
M.W. Bro. Art M. Di Cecco
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GRAND SECRETARY
R.W. Bro. Louis M. Domjan
DEPUTY GRAND MASTER
R.W. Bro. James O. Wark
Meet Your District Deputy Grand Master
R.W. Bro. Joeseph Bodnar I am married and I have three sons and three grandchildren. 1 am a retired tradesman and 1 currently operate a 40 head cow/calf beef farm south of Devlin, with my wife and sons. We currently farm on about 750 acres. I do a lot of volunteer work in the community. Presently I am the second vice-president of the Rainy River Valley Agricultural Society. In the past eight years, we have fund raised and acquired grants of approximately 2.5 million dollars. We completely replaced two of the buildings and restored the exhibition hall. More rebuilds and more improvements are being planned. I actively volunteer at the Devlin United Church. Helping with suppers and other fundraisers. I attend the services with my wife and our children and grandchildren. In the past, I coached minor hockey and was also on the Emo Minor Hockey board for over 20 years. I stay very involved in community activities and have been called upon on numerous occasions to help out where needed. I have been an active Mason for 36 years. During this time, I have been on examining boards, the building committee, the auditing committee, the sick and visiting committee and I have been called upon to sit in various chairs when
needed. I have also mentored many applicants in all three degrees. I was Master of Granite Lodge for the term of 1998-1999. During this term, it was the 100th Anniversary of Granite Lodge. We held a banquet and there was brethren from many surrounding lodges, including a large contingent of brethren from Grand Lodge. I also sat as the Master at the amalgamation ceremony. When our three lodges combined (Granite, Manitou and lonic). All seven lodges from the district where represented and a large contingent of brethren from Grand Lodge were present. I have also visited lodges in our district, including International Falls, Minnesota, and Austin, Manitoba. I am applying for the position of Western District Deputy Grand Master, with the hopes of being able to expand on my Masonic journey. I do enjoy the prospect of visiting many lodges and being able to meet more brethren. The experience of being a DDGM would be an honour and very rewarding. I have always enjoyed visiting with the past DDGM in our lodge or the ones from the lodges that I have visited. When I am elected as DDGM, a major part of my focus will be the Cornerstone Program. There is a number of beneficial programs for lodges and individual brethren. I would like to concentrate on a few of these opportunities. I believe we need to bring back the fellowship and harmony within the lodges of the district. The events that I would like to see started or returned are a ladies night, summer barbecue, fish fry, steak fry. Our summers are long and it is good to meet and have a visit. We need to invite new prospects out to these events, to show them how Masonry works. It is important to keep Masonry moving forward and active. I believe that there are men out there that want to become Masons. We as Masons, need to watch, pay attention and listen. They are out there.Lastly, I would like to thank you for your support. 1 do enjoy speaking with brethren and visiting with other brethren. I look forward to the challenges of this office. It is always good to hear brethren opinions and concerns. I sincerely hope that we can all come to conclusions for the better of Masonry and the Brotherhood.
Meet Your District Secretary
Western District DDGM Official Visits
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District Meeting
Border Waters Lodge No. 446
Golden Star Lodge No. 484
Sioux Lookout Lodge No. 518
Pequonga Lodge No. 414
Chukuni Lodge No. 660
Lake of the Woods Lodge No. 445
Atikokan Lodge No. 668
DISTRICT MEETING
Tuesday 19:30
Tuesday 19:00
Monday 19:00
Wednesday 19:00
Wednesday 19:00
Monday 20:00
Wednesday 19:00
Saturday 13:00
