"It has been said that a day can be changed or a great moment launched by a single phone call." That is how the history of the Order of DeMolay was started in 1919. A solitary phone call for help, according to the history of the order: "Nine Boys and A Man". And for that call for help, ably answered by Bro Frank S. Land, the founder of the Order.
On March 24, the Order celebrates its 89th year of founding. Much of the celebartion will be during the Celebration of DeMolay Week, a week closest to March 24.
To millions of DeMolays and senior DeMolays, it is a time of rejoicing for an organisation that began with nine boys, guided by a man and an ideal. For Frank Marshall, the author of the DeMolay ritual, Jacques DeMolay is "an exemplar of loyalty to conscience". For Masons who knows the history of Jacques DeMolay, he is an exemplar of toleration.
For an organisation for young men to reach this milestone, it must be doing good work for the greater good of those members and former members. Countless DeMolays are a testament to this, most of whom continued the journey to Masonry: To becoming better men.
The training and experience they have gained in chapter activities have moulded them to be better young men, men and leaders in their own fields of endeavour. There is no better testament than this: "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven." (Matthew 5:16 KJV)
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