1. www.Masonic-Network.com Volume 6, Number 11 November 2011
Globetrotting Brother Tofique at home again from Texas, Massachusets, and Rome
Dear Brother Fabius,
It was great to meet you in Rome. Thank you for taking your time off. I am attaching the photos
we took.
Dear Ellisbhai,
It was a thrilling experience for me to meet Brother Fabius in Rome and Brother Leo Scott in
Houston. Two old friends of many years, whom I was lucky to meet for the first time.
WWFR
Tofique
Texas 2011 (Left to Right):
Sheila Scott
Gulbanu Fatehi
Leo Scott
Tofique Fatehi
Rome 2011:
Fabio Pogelli (Left)
Tofique Fatehi (Right)
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2. www.Masonic-Network.com Volume 6, Number 12 December 2011
India
EllisBhai,
Thanks for the Nov GFN Newsletter, which I have posted to my list.
While in Massachusettes, I visited a PH lodge in Boston. Bro. Fred Milliken (now in Texas )
arranged for my introductions. I attended the Widow Son Lodge in Dorchester (south Boston ).
I am attaching a picture of me with the WM - Dexter McKenzie (in top-hat), with me on his
left, and the SW - Otis Sams on his right, and the JW - Linus Eyong on my left. I would be
pleased if you can include this picture in the next issue of GFN Newsletter, if that is OK with
you and the editorial board.
WWFR
Tofique
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3. www.Masonic-Network.com Volume 7, Number 1 January 2012
INDIA
Crossing the Tropic of Cancer - deliberately and knowingly
Dear all,
I have crossed the Tropic of Cancer many times, but only day before yesterday, I did it knowingly. Last
Tuesday/Wednesday I had gone to a small remote village in Rajasthan called Galiakot, whre there is a
Mausoleum of one of our saints. Left early in the morning by the Super-fast train (Shatabdi Express) for
Ahmedabad which is normally a 9 to 10 hour journey, but the Superfast takes 7 hours.
Reached Ahmedabad at lunch time, had lunch and immediately left by a private air-conditioned cab for
Galiakot, which took 5 hours. It was a scenic rural drive with no big towns, only small towns and villages. Just
after crossing the Gujarat-Rajasthan border, we saw a sign about the Tropic of Cancer.
Reached Galiakot just after sundown, paid homage to the saint buried there - and had our sumptous dinner (free
to all the pilgrims who come there - breakfast/lunch/dinner are all free all the year round - and very mouth
watering dishes - unlimited quantity too).
Spent the night at the mausoleum campus - there are about 500 rooms in the complex - single bed/double bed -
with and without AC. and very well kept and maintained. The charges depend on the category of the rooms. Plus
there are two huge halls, one for men and the other for ladies, who cannot afford the rooms - and which can
accomodate upto 200 people each. The charges for that are just 15 Rupees (roughly 30 cents) per head per day.
The free food is for all the pilgrims.
Next early morning we had our breakfast and paid our homage once again and left for Ahmedabad. On the way
back, we were all looking out for the Tropic of Cancer signpost, and we had told the driver to stop at that sign so
we could take photos, which we did. And from Ahmedabad, again by Shatabdi Express back to Mumbai, on
Wednesday night.
It all took 40 hours, of which 24 hours were spent in travelling! On reaching home, we just hit the bed and slept
till late next motning. That's the story.
WWFR Tofique
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4. B RIDGING THE GAP
H T T P : / / WW W . PH O E NIXM A S O NR Y . O R G / BR IDG ING _ T HE _ G A P . HT M
On the evening of November 26, 2011, Redeemer Lodge # 53 made history. This day
marks the first such occasion when a sitting Grand Master from the Grand Lodge of
Michigan has ever sat in a tyled lodge under the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand
Lodge of Michigan. It turns out that included in those 29 guests were the Grand Wardens
along with several appointed Grand Lodge officers.
Stories of Prince Hall & Mainstream interaction are popping out everywhere. And the
beautiful aspect of it all is that there is great appreciation and joy at this intermingling.
Brotherly love and affection prevail and every moral and social virtue cements Brothers
of different traditions.
The Beehive reported recently the story of the Mainstream Grand Master of Michigan visiting a Prince Hall
Lodge with many of his Michigan Brethren in “Bridging The Gap.” The latest example of this joyous cross
visitation comes from a personal friend, Brother Tofique Fatehi from Mumbai, India. Brother Fatehi and I met
on the Global Fraternal Network in the late 90s. Soon, thereafter, Brother Fatehi journeyed to Massachusetts
to visit his son who is living here. When an opportunity to see the Paul Revere Colonial Degree Team perform
in Southern Maine arose, Tofique took the opportunity to accompany us and see US Mainstream Masonry.
Tofique returned this fall for another family visit and got in touch with me to see about visiting a Prince Hall
Lodge in Massachusetts. I turned him over to the capable hands of Worshipful Jim Bennette of the Grand
Lodge of Massachusetts, another good friend who has a strong relationship with Massachusetts Prince Hall.
Tofique reports in the Global Fraternal Network newsletter: “While in Massachusetts I visited a PH Lodge in
Boston. Bro. Fred Milliken (now in Texas) arranged for my introductions. I attended the Widow Son Lodge in
Dorchester (South Boston).”
Tofique reports that they rolled out the red carpet for him and he had a great time and was impressed by their
ritual & knowledge.
All this goes to show that it is time now for all the old barriers to be taken down. We are in the second decade
of the 21st century and the manner in which different races and cultures have heretofore interacted is a thing of
the past. The future brings us all closer together in brotherly love and affection.
So let us all do our part to see that the state of Freemasonry in the world opens up into a celebration of its di-
versity and a new age of the expression of what Freemasonry truly exemplifies.
Bro. Fred Milliken
Your Editor, W. Ellis Mills, (a/k/a etfromstar187); GFN Conventions Master W. James Markwalder, (a/k/a James of
Star 187); and GFN Staff Administrator W. John R. Nicholas Sr. (a/k/a John R.) were also present at the Paul Revere
Colonial Degree Team performance in southern Maine and met Bro Tofique there for the first time after many
'virtual' meetings in the GFN.
Jim Markwalder and I first met Bro. Fred Milliken in October 2003 when he portrayed Squire Bentley in the Masonic
Play “A Rose Upon the Altar” at a meeting of Mayflower Lodge AF & AM, and Quittacus Lodge AF & AM when
they hosted a British Invasion, a visit from Stanstead Abbotts Lodge # 9085. On that occasion we also first met W.
Ralph W. Staples of Blue Hill Lodge AF & AM, GFN Rep for MA