Print Edition | March 2022

Shipping is included.

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There is perhaps no more intimate way to bond with family, friends, and loved ones than to break bread together in times of celebration. So, too, is this true within our ancient and honorable institution. This issue of Fraternal Review demonstrates the lost art and significant comeback of Masonic dining in American Freemasonry. Throughout the course of this issue, and further research, you will discover the Masonic dining experience referred to by several different names: "Festive Board," "Table Lodge," "Masonic Feast," and "Harmony," etc. Regardless of the name, or how each dining experience is conducted, the goal is the same: Masons coming together from near and far to celebrate our brotherly love and obligations to each other around the dinner table. - Bro. Brian T. Evans, Jr., Guest Editor

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In this Issue

Cover Story

Through ritual, toasts, and fraternal love, the Masonic banquet brings Brothers into harmony.

The Rubicon Documentary

The Rubicon Society and other brothers joined together to produce the documentary "The Masonic Table: The Art of Dining in Freemasonry."

Masonic Feasts & Festivals

Henry Wilson Coil reflects on the history of the Masonic feast, from the 18th-century festivals of the Holy Saints John to lodge banquets.

Masonic Pop Culture

The Rubicon Society's "Masonic Table" documentary. The Masonic Roundtable's "Festive Boards" podcast. And Laughter at the Festive Board book.

The French Table Lodge

"Serving Brothers." Toasts. The seven planets. And the vocabulary of the Table Lodge. These are just a few of the subjects explored by Albert Mackey.

Final Word

PGM Dwight Smith reminds us that the festive board is about "beauty," "dignity" and "fellowship."