LODGES OF FRIENDSHIP – ANNUAL GATHERING | Provincial Grand Lodge of Worcestershire

Freemasonry Square And Compasses Old

The special meeting, held under dispensation from the PGM saw Lodges of Friendship from all over the country getting together to strengthen the bond of their association through having the same name. Lodges from as far afield as, Cumberland & Westmorland and Devonshire attended the meeting with the next Lodge to host the Gathering, the Lodge of Friendship No. 100, in the Province of Norfolk taking over the Ceremonial Gavel to be used next year in Great Yarmouth.

Worcestershire Masonic Library & Museum staging a unique Exhibition at The Guildhall in Worcester

Worcestershire Masonic Library & Museum staging a unique Exhibition at The Guildhall in Worcester

The Worcestershire Masonic Library and Museum will be staging a unique Exhibition at The Guildhall in Worcester between the 23rd of July and the 5th August 2017, as part of the celebrations of 300 years of Freemasonry.

This Exhibition, which will be the largest ever staged by the Library and Museum, will also, celebrate the 130th year since the original Exhibition at the Guildhall in 1887, held by George Taylor, the originator of the Library and Museum, and after who the George Taylor Lodge is named.

Group of lodges build masonic temple on side of local cricket club

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When a group of lodges in Kidderminster wanted to relocate from the cellar of a hotel, joining a local cricket club proved to be the perfect solution

In December 2015 the Membership Focus Group launched a strategic paper that identified masonic centres as a key area for improvement in the organisational development of Freemasonry. With many centres not considered fit for purpose by the members who meet in them, the challenge for lodges is how to turn a legacy problem into an opportunity.