Promoting the Fraternity across the World
They have dispensation to hold an extra meeting on Tuesday June 28th at 6PM. This will be a third degree followed by a meal in the refectory at Hayle.
It was indeed a great pleasure to witness the work being done by a small team of dedicated teachers at ASADIS in Los Gallardos this morning. They look after and develop children with ‘special needs’ such as autism. The Mojacar Freemasons came together and presented 1,000 euros to this very worth while charity which will be used to purchase materials and equipment to further their work next term.
The subject of this paper is the possible connection between the arrival of the exiled Jacobites in France after 1688 and the appearance of the first masonic lodges at about the same time. It seems certain that the Scottish and Irish soldiers who formed part of this exile did frequent the first lodges and it is a possibility, still the subject of controversy’, that a lodge had existed at St Germain en La:i,e from the time of the first exile of the Stewarts in ]649. This was where they again took up residence in 1689.
WBro. Gordon Cook of Torbay Masters’ Lodge No. 8227 meeting in Paignton, can be seen here presenting a cheque for £200 to Mark Cridel, Coxswain of the Torbay lifeboat who are based in Brixham.
Our Solent Area FITC team were in action over the weekend when they attended the H.M.S. Sultan Summer Show in Gosport. This is one of the Royal Navy’s main shows of the year and FITC were delighted to be allowed to attend. With so many ex-service personnel in our lodges it’s always good to be able to continue to support our armed forces.
On June 18th, Dave Hendricks, Director of Development and Programs for the Kansas Masonic Foundation, attended the scholarship presentation at Vulcan Lodge in Walnut and presented Brother Mike Carnes with his Platinum Level C-Club plaque and Brother Don Wheeler with his Diamond Level C-Club plaque in appreciation of their continued support of the KMF
The meeting of Provincial Grand Lodge saw Alan Jones step down and be replaced by Peter Schofield as Chairman of Furness and South Lakeland Group. To acknowledge the contribution Alan has made to the group, a dinner was held in his honour at the Fairfield Suite in Barrow-in-Furness Masonic Hall which was attended by 95 brethren
Humber 57 Whiskey Galore: Three Humber 57 brethren wove the magic, as again the Whiskey Galore Stall proved to be it’s usual success
W.Bro. Walter Greenwood, a Past Master of Commercial Lodge No.1391 which meets in Leicester, has recently received the Legion d’Honneur Medal presented by the French Government for his contribution to the liberation of France during the Second World War. The Ordre national de la Légion d’honneur is the highest French order for military merit, established 1802 by Napoléon Bonaparte.
Richard Parks Bland was an Freemason and American politician
Bland was born on August 19th, 1835 in Hartford, Ohio County, Kentucky. Bland came from a prominent Virgina family, both on his mother’s and father’s sides of the family.