A.F. & A.M., Chicago, IL
T he officers and brethren of King Oscar Lodge offer warm and hearty greetings to you. We are grateful and honored that you are exploring our website to learn about us. King Oscar Lodge meets formally at 7:30pm on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of every month at the Jefferson Masonic Temple, located at 5418 W. Gale St. in Chicago, …
F reemasonry is neither a religion nor a substitute for one.If not a religion, then why do Freemasons have a Masonic Bible? Freemasonry, often simply called Masonry, is a fraternal organization that emphasizes moral and ethical development, brotherhood, and charitable work, but it explicitly states that it is not a religion or a substitute for one. It does not provide …
Our lodge was chartered on October 5th, 1898 by the MW Grand Lodge AF & AM of the State of Illinois and given the name of the King of Sweden and Norway Oscar II of that time. Since then, we have always been a place “where true Masonic brotherhood flourishes.” “Freemasonry is an organized society of men symbolically applying the …