We have drawn upon their material frequently and have adopted a likeness of the format of their excellent work. We are particularly grateful to the Grand Lodges of California, Connecticut, New Hampshire and Washington. This Manual comprises material and ideas derived from programs and publications of our Sister Grand Lodges. It was developed to extend the hand of fellowship and guidance to the widow of a Master Mason, specifically to let her know that she is remembered, not forgotten, and that she belongs to our Masonic Family. Adoption and implementation remain a Lodge’s special privilege. It is a voluntary project adopted by the local Lodge to fit its own needs, and is voluntary from the bottom up, and not compulsory from the top down. The Program is endorsed, but not regulated, by the Grand Lodge of Maine. Pollard and approved at the one hundred and sixtieth annual communication. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Masonic Home and School of Texas.The Masonic Widows Program of the Grand Lodge of Maine was initiated by the 19th Masonic District, inspired by the late Mrs.

^ Dent, Jim, Twelve Mighty Orphans: The Inspiring True Story of the Mighty Mites Who Ruled Texas Football, 2007, ISBN 2-8.

^ 'Beyond the Chain Link Lay the Kingdom of the Mighty Mites'.^ a b c Masonic Home and School of Texas - History, retrieved Archived March 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.Closing of Masonic Home Independent School District Archived at the Wayback Machine, Texas Education Agency, retrieved ^ a b 'Masonic Home and School of Texas Historic Marker'.^ 'National Register Information System'.The school's chapel is now a private facility known as the Bell Tower Chapel, a popular wedding location. The school district merged with the Fort Worth Independent School District and the buildings and grounds were sold to a private developer. The school closed in 2005 due to lack of funding because of a 6.9 million dollar sexual abuse settlement. The book would later be adapted into a film, 12 Mighty Orphans, in 2021. under the coaches Tom Hines and Arthur (Buster) Bone, also an ex-student. In 1995, the Masonic Home won the TAPPS Class 1A State Football Championship in Groesbeck, Texas.

Its 1930s football teams are the subject of a 2007 book by Jim Dent, Twelve Mighty Orphans. On January 10, 1913, under laws passed in 1905 allowing orphanages to organize their own schools, the Texas State Board of Education created the Masonic Home Independent School District.

Later, widows moved to a location in nearby Arlington (closed nearly a century later during the construction of Cowboys Stadium) and the home was opened to non-Masonic orphans. In 1899, the Masons opened a home for widows and orphans of Masons.

Masonic widows and orphans home