Appointments – September 2016

Quarterly Communication 14 September 2016 Appointments The MW The Grand Master has made the following appointments: W Bro the Rev Dr Henry van der Linde as District Grand Master for, and Grand Superintendent in and over, South Africa, Eastern Division, in succession to RW Bro Pierre Malan, who retired on 2 September. Bro van der Linde … Read more

MOZART AND THE AUSTRIAN FREEMASONS by W.Bro. Martin I.McGregor

Born in Salzburg on 27th January 1756, he was baptized the following day at St. Ruperts Cathedral as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart. Theophilus means ‘beloved of God’ and Mozart later used the Latin form Amadeus, -stylized sometimes as Amade or Amadeo- or the German form Gottlieb. His father, Johann Georg Leopold Mozart was born in Augsburg in Bavaria, where the Mozart family can be traced back to the 14thCentury

Jim celebrates 60 ‘diamond’ years in Freemasonry

Daniel James Wilson (Jim) achieved a momentous milestone and celebrated his Masonic diamond jubilee at Kerneforde Hall, Carnforth, in a ceremony led by Assistant Provincial Grand Master David Grainger and hosted by Carnforth Lodge No 4951. David was accompanied and supported on this occasion by Lancaster and District Group Chairman Jim Wilson (no relation!) and fellow grand officer Chris Butterfield