Name: W. Bro. Matt Capelle

Past Master: Lake Harriet Lodge in 2024

Officer Role: Lodge Education Officer

Hometown: Little Falls, Minnesota

Current: Minneapolis, Minnesota

Raised a Master Mason: March of 2008, Courtesy of Cataract No. 2

Appendant Masonic Bodies/Activities:

• Grand Lodge Membership Committee

What prompted you to join Freemasonry?  I have always strived to find a collection of individuals with a common purpose of bettering themselves as a means of bettering society around them, without the selfishness of focusing on personal gain or notoriety. When I was first introduced to Masonry, I saw the tenets that supported my own - specifically, an understanding that we all meet on the Level regardless of social, political, or religious standing or status. I petitioned immediately, and the rest, as they say, is history.

Biography: I was born and raised in central Minnesota, and after moving around quite a bit, have settled right here in Minneapolis with my family: my wife Laura, my children Anders and Linnea, and our family springer spaniel Isabelle. Laura is an optometrist for Associated Eye Care, a medical group based out of Stillwater, MN, and I teach high school biology at North Community High School in Minneapolis and tremendously enjoy working in the community that I serve.