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2000 Annual Communication

•845 Charters issued

•90,914 Members

•388 Lodges

Average age

80

	Discussion points:
	Topic: Growth of GL of Ca. - Statistics
	Timeline: 2000 Annual Communications
	•150 year tenure as a Sovereign Grand Lodge,
		•845 Charters have been issued in California Masonry.
			•457 of them are no more.
				•Some have moved to other jurisdictions,
				•Nearly 300 Lodges have become extinct and some have consolidated.
	•Freemasonry in the Grand Lodge of California, notwithstanding, has still survived.
		•At the 2000 Annual Communications,
			•90,914 Masons
			•In 388 Constituent Lodges,
				•Can be found in every city and in or near most of the smaller towns in the state.
	That’s the good news.
	The age of the average California Mason is 80 years.