Many of you may be wondering what became of the Lodge furniture that we were unable to move to our new home at 907 Monroe St. The answer is that, through the courtesy of WB Dave Thomas, he has move...

Brotheren,

A ritual practice will be held on Wed 1/31/24 at 907 Monroe St. This is open to all who would like to learn ritual. Practice will start at 6:30pm

Jeff Goldberg WM

Move completed to 907 Monroe St, Dearborn

Thanks to the Brothers who assisted in our move from Garden City Lodge to the Valley of Michigan building at 907 Monroe St, Dearborn. We are still setti...

Many thanks to the few Brothers and wives who attended our Fowling Fundraiser at the Fowling Warehouse in Ypsilanti. Co-owner of the Warehouse and our Brother Scott Brown and his wife Patti were gr...

On September 22, 2023, Olive Branch #542 held a Lodge awards banquet at Angelo Brothers Restaurant in Westland. The banquet was a great success and a wonderful time was had by all. The following Lo...

Congratuations to Brother Vince D'Aguanno, who was awarded the Grand Master's Award on May 22nd by our outgoing Grand Master Leonard K. Davis. Brother Vince was one of four Masons in Michigan selec...

Congratulations to the Corbin and Buxton families, who were awarded the Royal Arch Masons Heritage Award on May 5th at the Regular Communication. This award is presented to families with mulltiple ...

On April 28, 2023, WM John C. Corbin Jr. and the Lodge Officers presented checks totaling $3,380 to WB John C. Corbin Sr, Chairman of the Harley J. Corbin Foundation. The Harley J. Corbin Foundatio...

Retirees Club Meetings Resume -  Monday, March 27 @ 11AM.

WB Bob Patterson plans to cook lunch for the Retirees Club on Monday, March 27th at 11AM. Lunch costs $5, the fellowship is priceless. P...

Due to severe weather/travel concerns, tonight's Regular Communication is postponed to Wednesday, March 8th at 7:30 PM. We apologize for any inconvenience this might create. This change is approved...

Brothers, our joint Fellowcraft Degree with Garden City Lodge #587 and Dearborn Lodge #172 was a great success. We passed 4 Brothers to the degree of Fellowcraft. The sidelines of the Lodge were fu...

A new printed "Olive Brancher" newsletter is being mailed out to all of you within the next couple of days with articles by the WM, JW, and Secretary. We hope you will enjoy it and find the informa...

Brothes, this is a reminder that we need your dues payment for 2023 as soon as possible. There are 74 Brothers who have not yet paid their 2023 dues, which equates to $9,400 of our budget. We will ...

Congratulations to our new Worshipful Master John C. Corbin Jr. and his Officers, who were installed on December 3rd.  Our new WM promises a very active year, with many social events being planned ...

Hello Brothers,

This is a reminder to please RSVP for the Annual Installation of Officers and Banquet on Saturday, December 3rd. The Installation will be held at Wayne Lodge #112 and will begin ...

Worshipful Master- elect John C. Corbin Jr. cordially invites the Olive Branch Lodge Past Masters to a proud Olive Branch tradition, shopping for the Master's hat at Henry the Hatter's store in the...

Dear Brothers, if you have not already done so, it is time to RSVP for the Awards Banquet on Friday, September 16th at Angelo Brothers Restaurant, located at 33550 Ford Rd. in Westland, MI.  Social...

On August 14th, 15 Brothers and family members attended the Michigan Masons Day at Jimmy Johns Field in Utica. We traveled in style on a chartered bus. We stood on the field and watched our Grand M...

Congratulations to our own WB Mike Zimnicki, Sr., who was chosen Class Honoree for the 371st Scottish Rite Reunion, Southeast Region, on March 26th. Surely, the Reunion was very successful, well at...

The Worshipful Master desires to return to a full Lodge schedule of meetings every Friday night. Therefore, Lodge meetings are now planned for every Friday in March. The priorities are to improve o...

The Olive Branch Retirees Club meeting and luncheons wiil resume on Monday, February 14th at 11 AM at the Lodge. Lunch costs $4. Regular Retirees Club  meetings and luncheons occur on the second an...

First of all, many thanks to the 95 Brothers who have paid their 2022 Lodge dues. There are still 58 Brothers who need to pay their dues. This is an important time to get your dues paid up. As many...

Hello Brothers,

The dress code for tomorrow night's meeting at Lodge is casual.

Please join us. No live degree candidate, but ritual practice makes perfect. It's also a great time to stop in ...

Just within the past few days our Lodge has lost two more great Brothers. On January 7th WB Phil Hudson passed to the Celestial Lodge above. WB Phil was Worshipful Master of Olive Branch Lodge in 1...

Brothers,

I am informed by the Olive Branch Retirees Club that their regularly scheduled meetings on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month will be postponed until further notice due to safety con...

Good morning, Brothers,

As most of you are probably aware, our great friend and illustrious Secretary, WB Gil Strachan, P.M., passed away on Novenber 14th. His loss as a friend and mentor to me ...

Attention Brother Fellowcraft Degree Team Members!  Our team has been invited to perform the second section of the Fellowcraft Degree on Saturday, October 30th at Wayne Lodge #112 [37137 Palmer Rd....

Good morning Brothers,

This is a reminder that we are conducting a Fellowcraft Degree tonight at Garden City Lodge. The gavel drops at 6: 30 PM. Dinner will follow the degree. Please come out an...

Good morning Brothers,

We will resume prctice tonight, 6 PM at Garden City Lodge.

Hope to see you there!

Hello Brothers,

We will hold anotheer Lodge ritual practice on Wednesday May 26th at 6 PM.

Practice is open to all Brothers. Please come and join us!

Good morning, Brothers,

We will conduct another ritual practice on Wednesday, May 19th at Garden City Lodge, beginning at 6 PM. This practice will focus on opening and closing Lodge, but is also...

Good afternoon Brothers,

We will conduct a ritual practice on Wednesday May 5th at 6 PM at the Lodge in order to prepare for the May 7th Regular Communication. The WM remains out of town on busi...

Greetings, Brothers,

  Today, the City of Dearborn announced that Covid immunizations are now available for seniors ages 65 and up, who reside in:

 

  Dearborn

  Dearborn Heights

  I...

On December 10th, Olive Branch and Garden City Lodges completed our 4th delivery of lunch for all the members of the Garden City Police and Fire Departments.  We delivered large trays of chicken, f...

On December 3rd, Grand Master Craig Maison issued Ruling #5, to wit: " That all lodges that have already elected officers and have filed their certificate of election for for Masonic Year 2021 are ...

Hello, Brothers,

Our fall food drive to benefit the OUR Home Food Pantry concluded today with our final delivery of food and cash donations. For this two week period, we delivered 2,029 Lbs.of f...

Greetings, Brothers,

On November 17th, our Grand Master issued 2 edicts to all Michigan Lodges:1. Due to State health department directives re: Covid, all Regular and Special Communication meeti...

Due to safety concerns, I have decided to postpone tomorrow night's Annual Memorial Service to a later date yet to be determined.  It is apparent that the risk of Covid infection is high and I cann...

The latest newsletter for 2020 is going to press and will be mailed out soon. If you prefer to read it now, I have posted it on this web site under Files>eNews.

2021 dues cards have been received from Grand Lodge and our Secretary, WB Gil Strachan, is now mailing them out to those of you who have paid your dues for 2021. Thanks for your patience.

Hello Brothers,

We have received some early dues payments for 2021, apparenly in response to correspondence from the Our Lodge Page web application.  We thank you for paying your dues in advance...

My 5th Olive Brancher in Brief for 2020 will be mailed out to you within the next day or two. Watch your mailbox for it!

Paul Johnson, WM

The multi-Lodge food drive to benefit the OUR Home Food Pantry in Garden City concluded July 1st with the delivery of a $470 check to the pantry staff.The 3 Lodges involved: Garden City #587, Archi...

Good morning Brothers,

We have collected 1,182 lbs. of food and $345 cash donations for the food drive to benefit OUR Food Pantry in Garden City. We have 4 dates remaining to collect food and do...

Good Morning, Brothers,

Our food drive to benefit the OUR Home Pantry in Garden City resumes tomorrow. We have collected 1.142 lbs of food and $300 in cash donations to date. Our goal is 2,000 l...

Good morning, Brothers,I am pleased to announce that our first week of our food drive to benefit the OUR Home food pantry in Garden City has been a great success. We collected 822 lbs. of food and ...

Olive Branch and Garden City Builders Lodge are partnering to conduct a food drive to benefit the OUR Home food pantry in Garden City. Brothers from both Lodges will be collecting non-perishable fo...

On May 20th, the Grand Master issued another edict, allowing some Lodges in Northern Michigan to meet with 10 or fewer members, in keeping with State guidelines for social gatherings in those areas...

Good Morning, Brothers,

The Olive Branch in Brief newsletter [3rd edition] is printed and will be mailed to all of you this week. Subjects discussed include our closed building, alternative mean...

Brethren: I am drafting a printed mini- Olive Brancher newsletter, which I hope to mail out within the next week or so. Subjects included will be basic Lodge information, tentative sale of 1170 Mas...

Brethren:It looks like March is going to be another busy month.We have candidates, our annual School of Instruction and a great education program put on by our Lodge Education Officer (LEO) & his c...

Brethren:We no longer have an “Olive Brancher” since we lost our editor and have been unable to find a replacement.  I would like to try some other methods of communicating with the members of Oliv...