Freemasons’ Gift of Joy to a Teen with Special Needs in Pembrokeshire
The Beginning of a Transformative Journey In the heart of Pembrokeshire, a heartwarming narrative unfolds, showcasing the profound impact of community…
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Oswestry’s Hope House receives £8,000 Staffordshire and Shropshire Freemasons grant
Oswestry’s Hope House receives £8,000 Freemasons grant
Freemasons donate £12,000 to Shelter Homeless Charity
Congratulations to the District Grand Council of London who raised a staggering £12,000 for the Shelter Homeless Charity. The cheque was presented to…
Freemasons donate new Ambulance to St John Ambulance of Guernsey
It was certainly a Grand turnout in Guernsey for the latest handover event for St John Ambulance. The Pro Grand Master and Assistant Grand Master joined…
Freemasons donate £2,500 to the Cirencester Opportunity Group
This grant will be spent on providing home-cooked meals for the children five days a week, throughout 2019. It will ensure that the children have a nutritiously balanced meal, with many opportunities provided for them to experience and learn about new food tastes and textures to support their development.
Freemasons donate a Mobile Treatment Vehicle to the St John Ambulance for Devonshire
At the Devonshire Provincial Grand Lodge Meeting on 6th October, Rt.W.Bro. Peter Balsom had the pleasure of presenting the St John Ambulance…
Freemasons Support Kirkwood Hospice in Kirklees
For 30 years Kirkwood Hospice in Kirklees has provided specialist care, free of charge, to adults with advanced, progressive illnesses with the aim of…
Freemasons donate a Mobile Treatment Vehicle to the St John Ambulance for Buckinghamshire
On Wednesday I was privileged and pleased to present the new Mobile Treatment Vehicle to the St John Ambulance for Buckinghamshire at the Sir Nigel Mobbs…
Freemasons donate funds for vital blood car to transport supplies to hospitals
Masons donate funds for vital blood car to transport supplies to hospitals
Historical Origins of the Mark Degree
The Mark is a ceremony or degree [sometimes called the ‘friendly’ degree], conferrable today only to Master Masons and forms part of a hierarchical organization. In Craft Masonry it was quite a late innovation making its appearance during the mid-1700s. However we do know that Operative Masons, without any kind of ceremony, were taking marks 150 years before the Mark came into use as part of that particular ceremony.