Stephen Dafoe

Hot on the heels of the Portuguese language edition of Nobly Born is the release of the Portuguese language edition of Compasses and the Cross, the second in my trilogy of illustrated histories for Lewis Masonic.

O Compasso e a Cruz is, like Nascidos em Berço Nobre, published by Madras Editorio of Brazil. Again they have done a beautiful job of the cover art.

For some reason I don’t recall that this one was on the line to be translated, but happy that it is available.

I was pretty pleased to find a package waiting for me in my mail box today – doubly pleased that it contained four copiers of the Portuguese language edition of Nobly Born.

Nascidos em Berço Nobre is published by Madras of Brazil and takes my 8 X 10 coffee table-style book published by Lewis Masonic in 2007 and reworks it into a 320-page, handsome 6X9 trade paperback.

Can’t read it, but I couldn’t be more pleased with the job they did on the book.

I’ll be speaking at the 45^th Masonic Spring Workshop, held at the Delta Lodge at Kananaskis April 23 – 25.

This year’s theme is Enlightenment: The Soul of Freemasonry and I’m honoured to be on the same bill with keynote speaker, the distinguished Professor of History, UCLA, Dr. Margaret C Jacob.

My main presentation will be on the Saturday morning when I’ll be presenting my presentation, Living the Deception: Masonic Myths in the 21st Century.

After lunch, I’ll be participating in a panel discussion on the future of Freemasonry called Nurturing the Soul of the Craft.

If you’ve never been to the Alberta Spring Workshop, it is an incredible three-day event in one of the most beautiful settings the Canadian Rockies have to offer.

A complete agenda of the workshop can be found at:

www.masonicspringworkshop.ab.ca/