Freemasonry was formally established in South Bend in 1842, when on May 24 of that year, St Joseph Lodge No.45 was chartered. There were 13 members.
South Bend then had a population of about 500. Since that time the city has grown to a population of 100,000, and Masonry has grown in equal proportion.
Albert Pike
"What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us;
what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal."