We welcome you to the Third Annual Southeastern Masonic Education Symposium, hosted by Hillsborough Lodge No. 25 in Downtown Tampa, Florida!
Bringing you Masonic Education, Masonic Vendors, Fellowship and the full MasonicCon experience to the Southeastern United States!
Bringing you Masonic Education, Masonic Vendors, Fellowship and the full MasonicCon experience to the Southeastern United States!
Back Again Saturday April 29th, 2023!
Early registration tickets included attendance at the event during the day, as well as lunch. Tickets purchased late may include admission only. The evening fellowship event will occur after the event, but food and drinks are purchased individually at the location.
Check out the six great speakers we had in 2022 on our Speakers page by clicking here.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS, SPEAKERS, & PRESENTATION TITLES FROM 2022
April 9, 2022
8:00 - 9:00 AM Registration (Dining Room/Lounge Area)
9:00 - 9:10 AM Welcome Message from WM (Lodge Room)
9:10 - 9:50 AM Worshipful Daniel Molina - “Hiramic Meditations: how Freemasonry Crafts a Stoic Lifestyle” (Lodge Room)
9:50 - 10:00 AM Break (Dining Room/Lounge Area)
10:00 - 10:40 AM Right Worshipful Robert Johnson - “Freemasonry – A History of Mystery” (Lodge Room)
10:40 - 11:00 AM Break (Dining Room/Lounge Area)
11:00 - 11:40 AM Brother Chris Ruli - “Myths of Masonic Washington D.C.” (Lodge Room)
11:40 - 1:00 PM Lunch Break
1:00 - 1:40 PM Right Worshipful Christian Moore - “Whence We Came… Mentoring In Freemasonry”(Lodge Room)
1:40 - 2:00 PM Break (Dining Room/Lounge Area)
2:00 - 2:40 PM Worshipful Chris Williams - “Multi-sensory Masonic Education: Updating Our Approach” (Lodge Room)
2:40 - 3:00 PM Break (Dining Room/Lounge Area)
3:00 - 3:40 PM Brother John Nagy - “The Apprentice Toolbox” (Lodge Room)
3:40- 4:00 PM Break(Dining Room/Lounge Area)
4:00 - 5:00 PM Panel Discussion with all speakers (Lodge Room)
5:00 - ??? PM Fellowship Event (Yeoman’s)
SNACK BAR DOWNSTAIRS IN THE DINING ROOM!
Visit our Brothers in the Dining Room for various snacks and drinks between each presentation! The Snack Bar is run by our own Paul Revere Chapter of DeMolay - thank you for your help Brothers!
For this event, food and drinks may be brought upstairs, but PLEASE - no food or drink in our Lodge Room (except water).
LUNCH OPTIONS
This year we added a lunch selection option to your ticket to ease the process. That order will be ready for our lunch break. Those who purchased tickets
Other nearby options exist in the downtown area. The closest - other than The Attic next door - being Yeoman's Cask & Lion two blocks south on Morgan St. Other options will be mostly across downtown towards the river.
EVENING FELLOWSHIP EVENT
Join us for some fellowship after the event one block south of the lodge at Yeoman’s Cask & Lion! No ticket required. Food and drink is purchased individually at the location.
CREDENTIALS
Your credential (name badge) includes a large letter or letters. Look for the letter C if you need help!
C = Event Committee Member (all access)
S = Speaker (all access)
G = General Admission to Symposium (symposium access)
V = Vendor Only (vendor and downstairs areas only)
PARKING
Parking is strictly enforced in the downtown area. Street parking is no longer free between 8am & midnight - be mindful of parking requirements or pay for bulk hours in a nearby lot. Street parking can be paid for by using an app or at any of the street side parking kiosks. Information from the city concerning the phone app can be found here. Information from the city about on-street parking can be found here.
Private pay lots are also located north of the lodge behind the church and past the Old Scottish Rite building to the west. Private lots require payment at all times. The company that owns or operates most of these lost can be found online here. They also have a pay app that can be used.
Please note that the Lodge or the event are not liable for your parking decisions.