Answering the question of "What do Masons do?"
The Mission of Oshkosh Lodge #27 is to be the choice for men seeking self-improvement, purpose, and significance.
Focused Mission - To foster educational pursuits within the greater Oshkosh community.
Focused Mission - To foster educational pursuits within the greater Oshkosh community.
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Community Engagement
Faith, hope, and charity are virtues derivative of the principal tenets of Freemasonry. As such, a main focus of the Oshkosh Lodge is community service including outreach in the following ways:
-Fire Suppression Tools for First Responders -Annual Coat Drives - Food donations to food pantries -Hygiene products for King Veterans Home -Volunteering at King Veterans Home -Ringing Bells for Salvation Army -Oshkosh Area School District Scholarships -Building usage for Oshkosh Area School District for Art Shows, Madrigals Performance, and many more events. -Annual City Bird Fest In the past 20 years, Oshkosh Freemasons have donated over $50,000 to the aforementioned causes. |
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Freemasonry is a society of men bound by Brotherhood, united through the practice of sound moral and spiritual values and a love of family. Masons serve all humankind through fraternal and charitable opportunities found within the Masonic Family.
What is the purpose of Freemasonry? One of its most basic purposes is to make good men even better. We place an emphasis on the individual man by helping him strengthen his character, improving his moral and spiritual outlook, and broadening his mental horizons.
We believe in the principles of personal responsibility and morality, encouraging each member to practice in his daily life the lessons taught through symbolic ceremonies within the lodge. One of the universal doctrines of Freemasonry is a belief in the “Brotherhood of Man and the Fatherhood of God”.
Each Freemason practices the three principle tenets: Brotherly Love, Relief and Truth, while promoting a way of life that binds like-minded men in a worldwide brotherhood transcending all religious, ethnic, cultural, social and educational differences.
Wisconsin Masons practice Family Friendly Freemasonry. We do this out of love and practice it in how we live and through programs we support. Included in these programs are help for families of our deployed military, scholarships, support for youth, medical research, children’s hospitals, and our Honored Ladies. Masons champion the heroes of our society such as veterans, teachers, police and first responders.
What is the purpose of Freemasonry? One of its most basic purposes is to make good men even better. We place an emphasis on the individual man by helping him strengthen his character, improving his moral and spiritual outlook, and broadening his mental horizons.
We believe in the principles of personal responsibility and morality, encouraging each member to practice in his daily life the lessons taught through symbolic ceremonies within the lodge. One of the universal doctrines of Freemasonry is a belief in the “Brotherhood of Man and the Fatherhood of God”.
Each Freemason practices the three principle tenets: Brotherly Love, Relief and Truth, while promoting a way of life that binds like-minded men in a worldwide brotherhood transcending all religious, ethnic, cultural, social and educational differences.
Wisconsin Masons practice Family Friendly Freemasonry. We do this out of love and practice it in how we live and through programs we support. Included in these programs are help for families of our deployed military, scholarships, support for youth, medical research, children’s hospitals, and our Honored Ladies. Masons champion the heroes of our society such as veterans, teachers, police and first responders.
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Pictured above are the Officers of Lodge 27 for the 2023 year.
Officers for the 2023 Year
Worshipful Master - Alex Rabe
Senior Warden - Will Cochrane
Junior Warden - Paul Brown
Secretary - Jordan Wilcox
Treasurer - Steve Labus
Senior Deacon - Chris Mattmiller
Junior Deacon - Morgan Ringeisen
Senior Steward - Jose Martinez
Junior Steward - Daniel Augsburger
Chaplain - Ryan Schroeder
Counselor - Mark Arend
Tiler - Nate Stiefvater
Worshipful Master - Alex Rabe
Senior Warden - Will Cochrane
Junior Warden - Paul Brown
Secretary - Jordan Wilcox
Treasurer - Steve Labus
Senior Deacon - Chris Mattmiller
Junior Deacon - Morgan Ringeisen
Senior Steward - Jose Martinez
Junior Steward - Daniel Augsburger
Chaplain - Ryan Schroeder
Counselor - Mark Arend
Tiler - Nate Stiefvater