ANCIENT FREE & ACCEPTED MASONS OF CT SILAS DEANE LODGE NO 147

ANCIENT FREE & ACCEPTED MASONS OF CT SILAS DEANE LODGE NO 147 THIS ORGANIZATION IS A MASONIC LODGE CREATED BY CHARTER FROM THE GRAND LODGE OF CONNECTICUT A.F.& A.M. FREEMASONRY IS A CHARITABLE, BENEVOLENT, EDUCATIONAL AND RELIGIOUS SOCIETY. FREEMASONRY IMPRESSES UPON ITS MEMBERS THE PRINCIPLES OF PERSONAL RIGHTEOUSNESS AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY, ENLIGHTENS THEM AS TO THOSE THINGS WHICH MAKE FOR HUMAN WELFARE, AND INSPIRES THEM WITH THAT FEELING OF CHARITY, OR GOODWILL, TOWARDS ALL MANKIND WHICH WILL MOVE THEM TO TRANSLATE PRINCIPLE AND CONVICTION INTO ACTION.