Freemasons in Utah

October 10, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes One joins the Freemason fraternity for one of three reasons: to feel part of something, to gain a social network of people or to find out their secrets.   Junior Warden of the Damascus number 10 chapter, Matthew Nelson, joined for what he describes as a healthy combination of the three. In the early 2000s, […]

Student made film to premiere at SLC Masonic Temple

September 6, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes It’s a movie about Porter Rockwell, Free Masons, ancient bloodlines and the Ark of the Covenant. Oh, and UVU students. “The Masonic Map,” which was written and directed by senior Communications major Joseph James, is set to have its Utah premiere in downtown Salt Lake City. As James describes it, the movie “a story about […]