Resurgam Lodge #31 A.F.
& A.M.
Including
Information about All of Mitchell's Masonic Organizations
Fifth Avenue & Lawler
Street - Mitchell,
South Dakota U.S.A.
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What does Resurgam mean?
Resurgam is the
active voice, present tense, conjunctive form of the Latin verb resurgo.
It means I
shall rise again.
All of Freemasonry is a search for meaning and the building of
the
individual Freemason's moral and spiritual temple. Resurgam,
in the context of Fremasonry, can mean different things, at different
times, to different Masons. It should not be taken
as a
reference to Christianity or Christian salvation. Freemasonry
does require its brothers to profess a belief in a Supreme Being, but
leaves the particulars of that belief to to the individual brother. Resurgam
is consistent with the fundmental tenet of Freemasonry set
forth in a Masonic Funeral Service: Freemasonry,
founded in the older dispensation and perpetuated in the newer, teaches
consistently with the sacred records that death is nothing but the
separation of the soul from the body; the body returns to the dust from
whence it came and the soul, in another state of existence, survives
eternally. Freemasons believe in the resurrection.
We do
not define it. Physical body or spiritual body it matters
not.
Personal identity capable of some form of recognition is a
Masonic article of belief. The life of a Mason you can take;
his
integrity you can not; his integrity assures his risen identity.
Stated Meeting
Resurgam
Lodge #31 meets regularly on the second Tuesday of each month at 7:30
p.m. at the Mitchell Masonic Temple, 112 East Fifth Avenue, Mitchell,
South Dakota. That's one block south and one-half block east
of
the World's Only Corn Palace. Usually we'll meet at 6:30 p.m.
for
dinner. We are dark in July and August, but do hold the
annual
installation of officers on or about August 15 of each year.
Contacting Resurgam
Lodge & All Other Mitchell Masonic Organizations
You can call Resurgam
Lodge at 605-996-4724.
If no one answers, please listen carefully
to the telephone queue and you will be directed to specific information
on various Masonic Bodies and general information. You can also
contact us by email.
Mitchell York Rite
The newly revitalized
Mitchell York Rite bodies meet on the first Tuesday of each month at
7:30 p.m. at the Mitchell Masonic Temple. After several years
of inactivity Mitchell Chapter, Mitchell Council, and St. Bernard
Commandery are again working. On April 8, 2011, with the
assistance of York Rite Masons from across South Dakota, eight brothers
sought further light in Freemasonry by joining the Mitchell York Rite
bodies. All York Rite Masons are welcome to join us on the
first Tuesday and continue the growth and revigoration of the Mitchell
York Rite. Interested in the South Dakota Grand York Rite?
Click
here.
Sigmund F.
Schirmer Scottish Rite Club
The
Sigmund F. Schirmer Scottish Rite Club is organized under the aegis of
Yankton Oriental Consistory #1,
A.A.S.R., located in Yankton, South
Dakota. Membership is drawn from Scottish Rite Masons in
Mitchell
and surrounding communities. The Club holds an annual
Ceremony of
Remembrance on or near April 15, annually, and meets sporadically
throughout the year. Members of the Club are well
known
for their thespian tendencies and ritualistic abilities -
presenting the 6th, 7th,
and 8th degrees at the semi-annual Scottish Rite reunion in
Yankton. We're also currently rehearsing "The Traitor" and
will
be debuting this one act [plus prologue and epilogue] Masonic story of
Benedict Arnold, Washington, and Lafayette on Thursday, June 6, 2013,
at the Mitchell Masonic Temple. We'll be reprising the event at
the 2013 Fall Reunion of the Yankton Scottish Rite. Rehearsals
are every Sunday night at 7:00 p.m. at the Mitchell Masonic Temple.
Order of the Eastern Star
Starlight Chapter #41,
Order of the
Eastern Star, meets at 7:30 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month
at the Mitchell Masonic Temple. Here's a link to the
South
Dakota Grand Chapter.
Corn Palace Shrine Club
The Corn
Palace Shrine
Club is a part of El Riad Shrine, Sioux Falls, South
Dakota.
Our membership is drawn from a wide geographic area around Mitchell
and consists of nearly one hundred and fifty
Freemasons and Shriners dedicated to the support of Shriners Hospitals
for Children. Each year we sponsor the Corn Palace
Shrine Circus at the World's Only Corn Palace. All Shriners
are invited to join the CPSC at its regular stated meeting on the last
Thursday of each month. We meet at the Mitchell Masonic
Temple and other locations, announced in advance, around
the area. Oasis is at 6 p.m. and the dinner/meeting
is at 7 p.m. Come
visit the Corn Palace Shrine Club and Hillbillies on Facebook.
El Riad Shrine Hillbilly
Clan #161
The
CPSC parade unit, Hillbilly Clan #161, parades in
communities
all around eastern South Dakota and western Minnesota
throughout the summer, has been to a number of Imperial Shrine sessions
and every Midwest Shrine Association Summer Session since day
one. We're officially affiliated with the Shrine Imperial
Hillbilly Clan and specifically support Shriners
Hospitals for Children and the transportation costs to get kids to Shrine Hospitals. You won't miss the Hillbillies in any
parade. They're outfitted with the best water guns you can
mount
on a 1929 Ford Model A flatbed truck and an early '50s Hudson Pacemaker
- and produce the best acrid clouds of "parade smoke" you'll ever see!
Add a few "Hillbilly Hawgs" and it's a sight to remember.
In early October, 2011, Hillbilly Clan #161 created
its
first
"Outhouse" by initiating a number of our brother Nobles from Sioux
Falls
and authorizing them to carry on the Hillbilly tradition along South
Dakota's "Eastern Range." Outhouse #1 meets in Sioux Falls
at El Riad Shrine. Take a look at few pictures of
the
"Hillbillies on Parade" by clicking
here.
El Riad Shrine Mitchell
Clown Funhouse
We've
got clowns! The El Riad Shrine Clowns have expanded to Mitchell.
Wally, Popcorn, Rex, and company have organized Funhouse #1
and filled a 3rd floor
dressing
room with grease paint, wigs, and other accoutrements of Shrine
clowning. These guys are fun
loving, outstanding Shrine
ambassadors - and absolutely dedicated and active members of the Corn
Palace Shrine Club & Hillbilly clan #161. Learn more
about the El Riad Clowns here.
Corn Palace Shrine Club
Ladies Auxiliary
The
Shrine Club boasts an active Ladies Auxiliary which meets Sunday
evenings to plan, organize, and implement programs for the benefit of
Shriners Hospitals for Children.
Third Tuesday Discussion
Group
A group of Freemasons
meets the third Tuesday of each month for wide ranging Masonic
discussion. We've had audio and video presentations, reviewed
movies with Masonic themes, and pondered the misapprehensions of
Freemasonry in modern society. Got a topic you'd like to
discuss? Come to the Mitchell Masonic Temple at 7:00 p.m. on
the third Tuesday of the month!
Mitchell Masonic
Building Association
This South Dakota
non-profit
corporation was organized February 7, 1910, as the managing entity of
the Mitchell Masonic Temple building. Representatives from
each
Masonic Body manage our Temple, establish criteria for public use, and
are responsible for the upkeep, renovation, and restoration of the
building. We meet once a month on the second Thursday at 7:00
p.m. Members of all Mitchell Masonic Bodies are welcome to
attend.
Mitchell Elks Lodge #1059
The
Mitchell Elks Lodge has some activities in the Masonic Temple
and is the concessionaire for
beverage service for public events held in the building.
Information regarding the Mitchell Elks is available here.
