09/17/2026
A "Shadow of Intention" fell over the Masonic Temple this summer when The Cora di Brazzà Foundation returned to host its 2026 Memory Parlor with this theme in Oriental Hall!
A memory parlor is an interdisciplinary, intergenerational and international space where narratives of peace, human dignity, law, history and philosophy connect. This year's featured speakers included faculty from Gwynedd Mercy University, West Chester University of PA and Central Michigan University and Brother Clifton Truman Daniel, 33˚, Oriental Lodge No. 33, Grand Lodge of Illinois, the grandson of President Harry Truman, M.W. Past Grand Master, Grand Lodge of Missouri.
A rare folio of Violet Oakley's mural cycle from the Pennsylvania State Capitol, "The Holy Experiment," was also displayed in the Grand Ballroom. She was the first female artist to receive a U.S. capitol building commission. (Brother J. Murray Gibson, Mozart Lodge No. 436 - Public Page, who did much of the decorative painting at the Temple, also has possible uncredited work in the PA Capitol.)
The Cora Di Brazzà Foundation will be back next summer for their 2027 Memory Parlor, "Reverence Across Time" on July 21-22. For updates, sign up for
their mailing list at https://www.reverenceacrosstime.com/
📸s: Rachel Wisniewski
