173rd Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Minnesota
April 17-18, 2026 - The Park Event Center, Waite Park
The 173rd Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Minnesota will take place April 17 – 12 at The Park Event Center in Waite Park, MN. Grand Master Robert S. Davis urges all Minnesota Lodges to send their full quota of delegates to this year’s meeting. While only the Master and Wardens are voting delegates, all Master Masons in good standing are welcome to attend. Attendees are encouraged to bring their spouse/partner for a weekend of Masonic fun and fellowship.
Registration and meal tickets will be available in mid-February. The room blocks at the Hilton Garden Inn and Residence Inn Hotels are now open. Please note that, but the booking deadline for our group rate is March 16th.
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Reserve your tickets
All MN Masons, please use the MN Members & Officers button to register. Non-members and those visiting from other jurisdictions, please be sure to use the registration code from your invitation when ordering your tickets. If you do not have an invitation code, please use 5060-1667.
GENERAL SCHEDULE - 173RD ANNUAL COMMUNICATION
THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2026
6:30 PM – 9:00 PM Grand Master’s Reception for Dist. Guests (tickets required)
8:45 PM Town Hall Q&A
FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 2026
7 AM – 8:30 AM Breakfast (tickets required)
8:00 AM Credentials & Registration
9 AM – 12 PM Tyled Opening & Business Session
- Prelim credentials
- Business & Rules
- Ballot Box opened
- 2025 Proceedings
- Prelim Jurisprudence
- First reading of resolutions
- Introduction of MN PGMs
- Introduction of Visiting GL Officers
- Introduction of MN Appendant & Concordant Guests
- Necrology Report
- Grand Oration
- Grand Treasurer Report
- Grand Secretary Report
- External Relations Report
- Honorary Memberships Presentation
12 PM – 1 PM Lunch (tickets required)
1 PM – 2:30 PM Grand Lodge Business Session
- Report of the Teller Committee
- Report of the Corporate Board
- Report of the Finance Committee & Budget for FY26
- Consideration of Resolutions
- Presentation of new monitor aprons
- Presentation of Past AD & DR aprons
2:45 PM – 3:45 PM Breakout Session
- RW Bro. Daniel Hrinko
4 PM – 5 PM Breakout Sessions
- Professor Theda Skocpol
- Lodge Secretaries
6 PM – 7 PM Social Hour
7 PM – 9 PM Grand Lodge Banquet (tickets required)
9 PM – 11 PM Brothers and Bowties
SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 2026
7 AM – 8:30 AM Grand Lodge Business Session (if needed)
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM Breakout Sessions
- RW Bro. Daniel Hrinko
10:15 AM – 11:45 AM Minnesota Masonic Charities Brunch (tickets required)
12 PM – 1:15 PM Grand Lodge Public Session
- Minnesota Job’s Daughters
- Minnesota DeMolay
- Order of the Eastern Star
- Professor Theda Skocpol
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Installation of Grand Lodge Officers
5 PM Past Grand Master Banquet (invitation only)
Distinguished Guest Dinner (invitation only)
Hotel Information
Our room blocks at the Hilton Garden Inn and Residence Inn hotels have sold out. We now have an additional block of overflow rooms at the nearby Homewood Suites.
Homewood Suites
The deadline for room reservations is March 16, 2026. Click to book online, or call the hotel (320-252-5900) and use Group Code 90D to book your room.
Hilton Garden Inn
The deadline for room reservations is March 16, 2026. Click to book online, or call the hotel (320-640-7990) and use Group Code 91B to book your room.
Residence Inn
The deadline for room reservations is March 16, 2026. Click to book online, or call the hotel (320-640-0200) and use Group Code GLM to book your room.
Other nearby hotel options:
National Duane Anderson Award
Brother Daniel D. Hrinko is a Masonic Author and Past District Deputy Grand Master for the Grand Lodge of Ohio. He was initiated January, 1977, passed March, 1977, and raised April 1977 in Clark Lodge # 101 Springfield, Ohio, Grand Lodge of Ohio. He is a 3x PM and served on the Grand Lodge of Ohio Committee on Education and Information.
Keynote Speaker
Theda Skocpol (PhD, Harvard, 1975) is the Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology at Harvard University. At Harvard, she has served as Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (2005-2007) and as Director of the Center for American Political Studies (2000-2006).
Dr. Skocpol will be speaking about her book Diminished Democracy.
