The M.W. Grand Master of Masons in Indiana, Jeffery P. Zaring, on Thursday January 15, 2009, issued his Official Permission No. 55, which allows any Lodge holding a charter from the Grand Lodge of Indiana, F. & A. M., to confer a Masonic degree in one of the Lodge Rooms in Freemasons' Hall in Indianapolis up to three times between January 15, 2009, and May 19, 2009, subject to a few conditions outlined in the permission. This dispensation was sent to all Lodge Secretaries on Friday, January 16.

Secretaries should contact the Indianapolis Masonic Temple Association at info@indytemple.org if their Lodge is interested in conferring a degree at the Hall under the terms of this Official Permission.