Youngest master in 150 years installed into Townley-Parker Lodge No. 1032
At just 34 Simon Dalley was installed as master of Townley-Parker Lodge No. 1032 in the Province of West Lancashire The lodge is completing its 150th…
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Blind Brother shows the way
A Past Master from Shropshire has walked a mammoth 11 miles in aid of Masonic charity this autumn – a praiseworthy but not especially remarkable…
Precious masonic artefacts returned by family of distinguished Freemason and industrialist
On May 17th 2016, the Provincial Grand Master, RW Bro David Hagger received, on behalf of the Leicestershire and Rutland Freemasons, a magnificent collection of masonic jewels, regalia and documentary material from the surviving children, Dr Anthony Howe and Mrs Elieen Mann, of W Bro Harry Billson Howe who was part of the vibrant textiles business in Leicester.
Assistant Provincial Grand Master awarded OBE for work with Langley House Trust
Anthony Howlett-Bolton, Assistant Provincial Grand Master of the Berkshire Freemasons and former Chair of Langley House Trust, has been awarded an OBE for his leadership of Langley which transforms the lives of offenders
Membership Focus Group recognises tensions within the Craft – Freemasonry Today
The MFG is investigating why initiates can feel they are coming under too much pressure from senior lodge members
Wherever people come together as a group or society, differences of personal expectation, importance and influence will from time to time introduce tensions and potential for disharmony.
FRATERNITY IN THE TRENCHES SERVICE AND SACRIFICE
THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME PRODUCED MORE THAN ONE MILLION CASUALTIES. DIRECTOR OF THE LIBRARY AND MUSEUM OF FREEMASONRY DIANE CLEMENTS MARKS THE MASONS WHO FOUGHT FOR FREEDOM
Fraternity in the trenches
The Battle of the Somme produced more than one million casualties. Director of the Library and Museum of Freemasonry Diane Clements marks the masons who fought for freedom
The centenary of the first day of the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916 will be marked this summer. On that single day there were almost 60,000 British casualties, most of them before noon, of whom nearly 20,000 died.
Leicestershire and Rutland Light Blue Club visit Scotland
The Leicestershire and Rutland Light Blue Club started their 2016 with a visit to Scotland and to two of the oldest masonic lodges in the world and to top it all off a visit to the beautiful Rosslyn Chapel.
Lodge of Research No. 2429 hosts 2015 Prestonian Lecturer
Masonry, Migrants and Mariners At the meeting of the Lodge of Research No. 2429, held on 25th January 2016 at Freemasons’ Hall, Leicester, the lodge…
Former serviceman Clive honoured with national award
Welsh Guardsman, Freemason and fundraiser extraordinaire Clive Jones of St Mary’s Lodge No. 8373 in the Province of Shropshire recently received a…