12 COMANDMENTS

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=82 BGCOLOR="#3300FF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFF00" FACE="Arial" ><B>VAN ZOR GROTTO</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>   </B></FONT><B>  |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="VAN ZOR GROTTO"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MISSION STATEMENT"><U>MISSION STATEMENT</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id66.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="THE GRAND MONARCH OFFICERS"><U>THE GRAND MONARCH & OFFICERS</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="GROTTO OFFICERS"><U>GROTTO OFFICERS</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id37.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="PAST MONARCHS"><U>PAST MONARCHS</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CONTACT US"><U>CONTACT US</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="RELATED LINKS"><U>RELATED LINKS</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="HISTORY"><U>HISTORY</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="REGALIA SYMBOLS"><U>REGALIA & SYMBOLS</U></A>   |   <B>12 COMANDMENTS</B>   |   <A HREF="id67.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MONARCHS 2008 PLAN "><U>MONARCH'S 2008 PLAN </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="NEWSLETTERS"><U>NEWSLETTERS</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="LADIES of VAN ZOR"><U>LADIES of VAN ZOR</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id65.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="EVENT CALENDAR"><U>EVENT CALENDAR</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="EVENTS"><U>EVENTS</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id44.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="NORTH WEST GROTTO ASSOCIATION "><U>NORTH WEST GROTTO ASSOCIATION </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SPECIAL ANOUNCEMENTS"><U>SPECIAL ANOUNCEMENTS</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id36.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="RECENT PICs"><U>RECENT PICs</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id64.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ARCHIVED PICs"><U>ARCHIVED PICs</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id56.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SADNESS IN THE REALM"><U>SADNESS  IN THE REALM</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FF0000" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Chose a fellow Prophet and visit his Craft Lodge with him.</B></div> <div> <B> He will be proud to introduce you to his Lodge Brothers, you will gain new friends, the Craft lodge you visit will benifit and your Grotto will benifit by others learning what Grotto is about and what we do.</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#003399" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=398 BGCOLOR="#111111" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <I><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b701900000ff00.png" HEIGHT="27" WIDTH="27" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">12 COMANDMENTS</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>The Twelve Commandments of the Grotto</B></div> <bR> <div> 1)     To draw the Master Masons of different Lodges into close and more friendly relations.</div> <bR> <div> 2)     To create and maintain a spirit of fraternity among us.</div> <bR> <div> 3)     To discount jealousy, enmity and ill feeling. </div> <bR> <div> 4)     To teach us that we are not only members of one Craft Lodge, but belong to the Fraternity at large.</div> <bR> <div>  </div> <div>  5)     That there are good Masons outside of our Craft Lodge and  they are worthy friends and companions.</div> <div>  </div> <bR> <div>  6)     To build up and strengthen the character and individuality of the Mason and to teach, recognize and develop the principles of Masonry outside the Lodge room.</div> <div>  </div> <bR> <div>   7)     To teach that a Mason is not judged by his actual appearance or worldly wealth.</div> <div>  </div> <bR> <div>   8)     The Grotto meets all Masons on the level, not figuratively but literally, and teaches that Masons are brothers on the street as well as in the Lodge room.</div> <div>  </div> <bR> <div>   9)     That Masonry must not be used as a means of advancing the material interest of any man.</div> <bR> <bR> <div>  10)     To get out of the rut into which we too often fall.</div> <bR> <div>  11)     To forget our cares, for there is good in all of us.</div> <bR> <div>  12)      The Grotto is a social organization for Master Masons.</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>