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Posting Requests to
Patti L Rhinesmith, RWG Secretary at
NJOESGC@optonline.net GC Ofc 908-725-0222 ****************************************************** Notary services available, call Grand Chaper Office Patti Rhinesmith, RWG Secretary can help you with that. ************************************************************* ALL DONATIONS FOR VOLUNTARY DONATIONS, TO BE MAILED TO SISTER JUDY BROWN, CHAIRMAN. *********************************************************** MWGM, MWGP letter regarding Funeral Services: Most Worthy Grand Matron's Letter on Funerals Release Form can be found in FORMS www.njoes.com/forms.html August 27, 2020 letter from the MWGM & MWGP mwgm_ltr_5_covid19 8-27-20.pdf December 17, 2020 letter from the MWGM & MWGP mwgm_ltr6_covid19 12-17-20.pdf ****************************************************** The MWGM and MWGP along with Grand Chapter are inviting you to the Be Loyal to the Royal Bingo - To be annouced. **************************************************** The New Star Journal - March 2021 is available on the NJOES home page, under the information tab. The September 2020 issue of the STAR JOURNAL may be found under the Information Tab on NJOES home page. |
| 3/30/21 |
Chapters to resume staring May 1, 2021
March 30, 2021
Dear Sisters and Brothers:
After much consideration and discussion, along with the approval of
the Most Worshipful Grand Master, we are allowing Chapters to resume
meeting as of May 1, 2021.
In opening we must obey the NJ State guidelines:
Indoor Gatherings
Face coverings are required in indoor public spaces and in outdoor
public spaces when social distancing is difficult to maintain. General
indoor gatherings must be limited to 25 people. All attendees at
indoor gatherings must wear face coverings and stay six feet apart.
Last Updated: 03/18/2021
https://covid19.nj.gov/search.html?utm_campaign=20201024_nwsltr_b&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery&query=can+organizations+reopen+and+meet+again%3F
Grand Chapter is requiring that for Chapters to be able to hold
meetings, the members that are attending and participating must adhere
to the following:
1. Read, answer the attached questionnaire, and then sign the waver
before the meeting starts. (Forms are to be in the secretary’s
possession before the meeting can start. She will maintain copies of
them on file. The Worthy Matron should maintain copies as well.)
2. Wear a facial mask that always covers both the mouth and nose. No
exceptions. If there is a
medical reason one cannot wear a mask, it must be approved beforehand
by the MWGM through the WDD.
3. Wear white gloves, including the Worthy Patron (Avoid using lace or
open crochet gloves. Gloves are to be worn for your protection)
4. Maintain social distancing by standing and sitting 6 feet or more
apart. No handshakes, hugs or touching.
5. There is to be no singing as part of the meeting.
6. Presentations of dignitaries or visiting guests are to be made from
the sidelines.
7. The number 25 people is 25 people in the building and not per room.
This must be adhered to, as per the Most Worshipful Grand
Master.
If any of these requirements are not complied with, the member(s)
cannot attend or participate and will be required to leave.
We are giving a permission granted for chapters to elect and install
officers on the same night.
We are giving a permission granted to install elected officers only
and to declare all appointed officers installed.
We are giving a permission granted for chapters to meet with less than
quorum but at least a minimum of five in attendance for it to be
considered a legal meeting.
We are giving a permission granted allowing officers to sit in places
other than their assigned stations to maintain social distancing.
These permissions granted will remain in effect until Sister Daria and
Brother Bruce take office.
While refreshments are permissible, social distancing must remain in
effect. The decision to
serve refreshments is a chapter-by-chapter decision.
The continued health and safety of our membership remains our
priority. Should you have any questions, please contact your Worthy
District Deputy, who has been given more detailed instructions from
the Most Worthy Grand Matron.
We remind all of you to follow the recommendations to stay safe by
practicing good hygiene, social distancing, and self-quarantining.
It is extremely important that you share this information with the
members of your chapter. It is vital that they are kept informed of
the determinations made by our Elected Line and the direction our
Order is heading in during these unsettling times. In the meantime, we
must ASK God for guidance and BELIEVE that He will send His Blessings
for us to RECEIVE.
Fraternally,
Norma J. Hines, Most Worthy Grand Matron
Danny L. Cooper, Most Worthy Grand Patron
Attest: Patti L. Rhinesmith, PGM
Right Worthy Grand Secretary
covid_release_questionnaire_2020_mtg.pdf |
| Charity Foundation News | |
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Do
you shop Amazon.com?
Did
you know that you can benefit the
Eastern Star Charity Foundation
when you do, at no additional cost? The next time you plan to shop on
Amazon, simply log in as Smile.Amazon.Com. You can then designate the
Eastern Star Charity Foundation as the charity you support. You use
your existing Amazon account, there are no additional fees, and it's
very easy to do! Please spread the word to family and friends, and any
businesses who make purchases on Amazon - as long as they designate
the Eastern Star Charity Foundation of NJ as the charity they support,
the Charity Foundation will receive a small donation from most
purchases. We appreciate the support! |
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| Mar 4, 2020 |
Application to serve on the
Charity Foundation Board mea_culpa_letter_21.docx ESCF_petition_rev_2021_v2.pdf |
| Feb 1, 2021 |
The
OES Charity Foundation will
meet virtually this Wednesday, April 7th, at 7pm. To receive
the meeting link please send an email to:
oescharityfoundationnj@gmail.com. You will receive the link/invite for the meeting from that email account before Wednesday. The Board holds an Executive Session prior to the public portion of the meeting. Our Executive Session may run slightly over, so please do not be discouraged if youare asked to wait in the "waiting room" (or to log off) for a few minutes. Please request the meeting link monthly. |
| Jan. 27, 2021 |
THE Eastern Star Charity Foundation of New
Jersey, Inc. - "Rays of Caring Capital Campaign. "Be a Ray of Light to our Sisters and Brothers in Need". CAPITAL.CAMPAIGN.FLYER.pdf |
| OES Home News - website: www.njeasternstarhome.com | |
| Feb 18, 2021 |
Dawn Giakas, Administrator of the
NJ Eastern Star Home Article written for the Star Journal See attached article StarJournalArticle.Dawn.Giakas.Administrator.pdf |
| Mar 27,2021 |
FROM THE BOARD
OF DIRECTORS, NJ EASTERN STAR HOME At the present time the Home is open for visitors. The Home is adhering to the requirements from the CDC and Governor’s office. You need to call the Home to make an appointment to visitor a resident. Only two people can visit at a time with a resident. They are doing both indoor and outdoor visitations. Cards for the Residents: The Department of Health is now focusing on preventing social isolation amongst residents. The Board of Directors is asking our membership to send cards to the Eastern Star Nursing Home. If you know a resident there you can send it addressed to them. If you don’t you can send your cards to the Activities Director, Ashley Molnar and she will pass them out among the residents. The mailing address is: NJ Eastern Star Home Attn: Ashley Molnar Bridgewater, New Jersey 08807 It doesn’t have to be a holiday; you can send thinking of you cards or anything that would benefit the residents. The Eastern Star Home and the Board of Directors thank you for all that you do for the residents.
Refresh and Renew Project:
Attached below is information on the Refresh
and Renew Project
Becoming a Resident:
Attached below is information on becoming a
resident at the Home.
Thanks in advance for your help and please stay safe.
Debbie Becoming a resident_Flyer.pd |
| Receptions/GO Honor Nights/District Meetings | |
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| Mar 17, 2021 |
WOODLOCH EXTRAVAGANZA - November 8 to 12, 2021. DEPOSIT: $200 per person by May 15th, payable to GRAND CHAPTER VOLUNTARY DONATIONS. TOTAL COST: $575(per person double); $465(per person triple); $660(single) |
| Mar 27, 2021 |
Sister Daria's Bus Trip -
Virgina Beach, Colonial Williamsburg & Historic Norfolk Date of Trip - September 13th to 17th, 2021 flyer_virginia_beach_1.pdf TravelInsuranceFlyerVabeach.pdf instructions_VirginiaBeach.docx |
| Mar 16, 2021 |
Sister Daria Trip - "RADIANCE OF THE SEA" Cruise - January 21,
2022 OES_JAN22.pdf |
| Mar 16, 2021 |
Saturday,March 27th, 2021 at 10 am we will have a lecture on Bohemian Masonic Glass given by Bro Jaap Sadilek MSc, from the Czech Republic. The link to register is https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0vc-GorzIoG9DFGCafssCk6Qw4fU0hPlCK
Bro Jaap Sadilek MSc is a retired international banker
with Czech-Dutch roots. Initiated in Anglo-Dutch Lodge No 5862 in
London’s Masonic Hall in the Great Queen Street and passed there all
degrees including the Royal Arch. Affiliated to lodge Jan Amos
Comenius in Naarden No 208 (Netherlands) and subsequently affiliated
in lodge Most No 3 in Prague of which he is Past Master. Became
briefly Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of the Czech Republic
and is Grand Representative of the Grand East of the Netherlands at
the Grand Lodge of the Czech Republic. Is founder and chairman of the
Praga Masonica, an independent society promoting the cultural heritage
of freemasonry in the Czech lands. Praga Masonica is member of the
Association of Masonic Museums Libraries Archives (AMMLA) in Brussels.
In this capacity has given many public lectures at home and abroad.
In 2017 he was co-author of the
exhibition Glass of Masonic Lodges in gallery PASK in Klatovy in
West Bohemia. In 2019 he was curator of the exhibition Alphonse Mucha
Freemason in Kutna Hora in Central Bohemia. He regularly contributed
to masonic magazines and yearbooks in the Czech Republic, Austria and
Germany. With Dr. Lnenickova he is co-author of a pioneering study
Bohemian Masonic Glass, which was published at the end of 2020.
He is also member of the Czech Society for Eighteen-Century Studies in
Prague and is member of the Advisory Board of the Comenius Museum in
Naarden.
Bohemian Masonic Glass
Bohemian glass is world famous. Less
known is, that the Czech glassworks supplied the global market in the
last two hundred years also with masonic glass. What are the typical
Bohemian firing glasses, also known as cannons? Who made them? With
what symbols were they decorated? All of it and much more will be
explained in this lecture.
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Jan 27, 2021 CANCELLED |
Daria's Golf Outing
- all outside event Thursday June 10, 2021 CANCELLED
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Jan 1, 2021 REVISED 3/30/2021 |
150th ANNUAL GRAND SESSION - May
26, 2021
March 30, 2021
Dear Sisters and Brothers:
It is with a great deal of sadness that we announce that the 150th
Grand Session at Caesar’s Casino and Hotel has been cancelled for this
year. We are required to
obey the NJ State guidelines, which currently restricts indoor
gatherings to 25 or less people.
Below is the official mandate from the Governor which can be
found on the New Jersey State website:
Indoor Gatherings
Face coverings are required in indoor public spaces and in outdoor
public spaces when social distancing is difficult to maintain. General
indoor gatherings must be limited to 25 people. All attendees at
indoor gatherings must wear face coverings and stay six feet apart.
Last Updated: 03/18/2021
https://covid19.nj.gov/search.html?utm_campaign=20201024_nwsltr_b&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery&query=can+organizations+reopen+and+meet+again%3F
After much consideration and discussion, the Elected Line has voted
that there will be an annual communication held on May 26th, to
conduct only necessary business and officially elect and install
Elected Line Officers, so that the business of Grand Chapter may
continue. Only those
required to be present will be notified and allowed to attend.
We wish Sister Daria and Brother Bruce the absolute best as they
assume the authority of leading our beautiful Order into the future.
It is important that we remind you that our year does not end
until May 26th, when they are installed.
Until that time, we respectfully remind you to please continue
to consult and work with the Worthy District Deputies and Worthy Grand
Officers of 2019-2021 and to adhere to their instructions.
The continued health and safety of our membership remains our
priority. Should you have any questions, please contact your Worthy
District Deputy, who has been given more detailed instructions from
the Most Worthy Grand Matron.
It is extremely important that you share this information with the
members of your chapter. It is vital that they are kept informed of
the determinations made by our Elected Line and the direction our
Order is heading in during these unsettling times. In the meantime, we
must ASK God for guidance and BELIEVE that He will send His Blessings
for us to RECEIVE.
Fraternally,
Norma J. Hines, Most Worthy Grand Matron
Danny L. Cooper, Most Worthy Grand Patron
Attest: Patti L. Rhinesmith, PGM
Right Worthy Grand Secretary Grand_session_ltr.pdf |
| Jan 27, 2021 |
This Moment in Time Club Last
Reunion The Reunion is tentatively set for October 24, 2021. We will let everyone know at a later date if and where it will be held. |
| Jul 1, 2020 |
See info & pictures for MWGM &
MWGP Jewelry . Jewelry Info Jewery pictures |
| Health Announcements |
| Mar 23, 2021 | Sister
Jane Ann Farissier, PGM Sister Jane Ann had her second knee surgery on Thursday March 25th, and is now home resting. Please send cards to her home. |
| Mar 23, 2021 | Beverly
Maqueda Chapter health annoucements for their members Brother Firman's 81st birthday is coming up. Kevin and Heather Shoppas suggested that we do a Chapter "drive-by" to celebrate the event on April 3, 2021, at 11:00. We will depart for the birthday drive-by at 11:15. We hope you can make this event to celebrate Firman's birthday. Please contact Arleen, WM if you would like to meet and she will give you the location and if you want his mailing address to send him a birthday card. |
| Good News | |
| February 2020 |
Daria's Choices NEW GRAND OFFICER ANNOUCEMENTS: Worthy Grand Private Secretary: Cathy Fusaro, Bordentown Chapter #257, 38th Worthy District Deputy #39: Lisa Couch, Starlight Chapter #107, 39th |
| 2019-2020 |
Norma & Dan's Grand Representatives |
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2018-2019 |
Lynn & Ken's Grand Representatives |
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