There is a kind of giving that asks nothing in return — not gratitude, not recognition, not even the knowledge that the giver was there. It is the most difficult kind of giving, and the most lasting. It is also, for more than three centuries, the Masonic way. Freemasonry's commitment to charity is not a modern marketing decision. It is embedded in the oldest obligations of the fraternity. From the moment a man is initiated into a lodge, he accepts a responsibility, not only t