Monterey Lodge No. 217 of Free & Accepted Masons. On our website you will find a great deal of information about Masonry in general and the history of our Lodge in specific. Freemasonry accomplishes this by promoting a way of life that binds like-minded men in a worldwide brotherhood that transcends all religious, ethnic, cultural, social, and educational differences; by teaching the great principles of Brotherly Love, Relief, and Truth and by the outward expression of these principles through its fellowship, its compassion, and its concern - to find ways in which to serve God, family, country, neighbors and self.