The Masonic Lodge created and supports the largest burn center and cripple children’s hospitals in the US among hundreds of other charitable events annually. And no the Masons do not participate in political controversies of either party nor to they promote the Catholic church or any other denomination. As I stated Masonry is not a substitute for church and does not wish to be!!! I have no desire to berate KoC, I think it is a fine organization and Masons work hand in hand with KoC in numerous communities. As to the reason KoC was created I stand by my original post....it is not that hard to research....maybe you should put forth the effort!!!!
As to the reason KoC was created I stand by my original post....it is not that hard to research....maybe you should put forth the effort!!!! >>
your post stated that the organizations do the same, they do not. I am well aware of the Shriners’ hospitals and know someone who sent their child to the one in Philadelphia. The KofC started because of Anti-Catholic bigotry some by the masons and other Protestants, so they are nothing alike, the K of C is a mutual benefit society, the masons are not. Because of the anti-Catholic bigotry by the WASP’s, masons and protestants, the Catholics in this country had a high mortality rate, many men had dangerous and labor-intensive jobs which caused them to die at a young age causing many widows and orphans who could not sustain themselves financially and that’s what the K of C is about: sustaining a catholic man’s family in case of death or disability through insurance products, the K of C now has over $80 billion in force.
If you read another post I made to a FReeper on this thread, many priests were murdered in Mexico by the Freemason and Socialist regime in the 1920’s; it is not that hard to research....maybe you should put forth the effort!!!!