Dear Brothers and Sisters:

I am pleased and humbled to have been elected as your Florida Grand Lodge President for 2023- 2025. 

The Florida Grand Lodge 36th Biennial Convention was held June 7-10 at the Embassy Suites in Kissimmee. We had a great turnout of lodges and by all accounts, the convention was a great success. I want to thank Tony and Carolyn Cianciotta and Bob and Gertrude Dorries for all the hard work they put into making the convention a success. The elections ran smoothly under the capable direction of Greg Esposito and I thank him for his leadership. 

I am pleased to announce the newly elected officers for 2023-2025. You’ll find the list under the Grand Lodge Officers page.

We had returning leadership and some new officers. I am looking forward to working with them all. Congratulations to all newly elected and returning officers!

The special events – luncheons, installation dinner/dance, and the presentation on the new imember database were all well attended. We raised money for the Grand Lodge via the Silent Auction, the Raffle, the sales of the new pins and other memorabilia and the sales of the cookbook. A big thank you goes to Betty Dente, Greg Bianchini, Bill Pezzillo and Edmondo Catania for their hard work for the Grand Lodge.

I am excited about the momentum generated during the convention, and I am looking forward to building on that momentum and working for you and with you for the next two years. Please call or email me or any of the officers if you have a question or concern.

Fraternally yours,

Joseph S. Dente

President Grand Lodge of Florida