Freemasons donate hundreds to help disability charity in Stow-on-the-Wold
Freemasons donate hundreds to help disability charity in Stow-on-the-Wold
Freemasons of Armonia de Ifach Lodge presents new safety gear to firefighters.
As most of you will be aware, last year saw some of the worst wildfires ever seen in the local area of Calpe and Denia. Many private houses were…
Freemasons £30,000 grant for Huntington’s Disease care provision
Freemasons grant for Huntington’s Disease care provision
Buckinghamshire Freemasons make donation to The Association of Young People with M.E.
Buckinghamshire Freemasons make generous donation to Milton Keynes-based charity
Freemasons donate Showground Carousel Horse to Special Needs Children
Wednesday February 1st saw the Provincial Grand Master, RWBro Steven Varley welcomed to Fairfield Lodge Annual Burns Night by the Worshipful Master, WBro David Ross, where 26 visitors along with the Lodge members witnessed the ceremony of Passing on Bro Paul Allen
Wallasey Freemasons donate to young Wirral swimmer’s Team GB campaign
Funding boost for young Wirral swimmer’s Team GB campaign
Freemasons donate £10,000 Chase Farm Hospital in Enfield
Freemasons Charity Gives £10,000 Towards Therapeutic ‘Post-war Street’ Garden
Freemason Oliver Russell, 2nd Baron Ampthill
Russell was born on February 19th, 1869 in Rome, Italy. He was educated at Eton and graduated from New College, Oxford. While at New College he began rowing and rowed for Oxford against Cambridge. In 1894 and 1898, he served on the original Olympic committee.
The Gloves
Apart from their practical uses to protect the hands from cold and injury, gloves have symbolic connotations. The old illustrations of operative masons at work do not show them wearing gloves. Their use, then, must have been mostly ceremonial, and their adoption in speculative Freemasonic ritual must be explained by their symbolism. The Italian writer Vanni considers that the origin of the symbolism lies not in their use by certain craftsmen or as protection against the cold, but rather in their military use.