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Freemasonry – Getting your bearings in the Lodge (Split in 3 Parts)

24th April 201616th July 2015

Getting your bearings (1): EWSN Freemasonry can seem very strange to the newcomer. And even very experienced brethren from time to time are bound to…

A Circle of Brotherhood – “Charge after Initiation”

24th April 201616th July 2015

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NOTES: For the Charge, the newly initiated Brother, instead of being placed in front of the JW pedestal is placed in the centre of the lodge by the Junior…

Living Symbols of Freemasonry – A peculiar system of morality, veiled in allegory

24th April 201616th July 2015

We are told on the very highest authority, that of the Ritual itself, that Freemasonry is a peculiar system of morality, veiled in allegory and…

The Charge after Initiation – A further Explanation

24th April 201616th July 2015

All will have heard the words of the Charge after Initiation which I am invited to comment on this evening. There then came the day when we had to learn…

Significance of the Charity Steward’s Jewel and Trowel

14th November 201716th July 2015

All of us are very familiar with the experience of hearing a representative of the Provincial Grand Master, or the Charity Steward of our own lodge,…

Freemasonry and its Ancient Symbols of Office

27th July 201616th July 2015

We meet in our lodge room so often that it is easy for us to take for granted the things that we see around us there and which there take place. There are times, however, when those who are new to Freemasonry, or who are getting more interested in what we do, want to know why certain things are as they are or happen as they do.

Robert Burns – Freemason, Bard of Ayrshire & Ploughman Poet

4th August 201716th July 2015

Burns’s rise in popularity for his poems also contributed to his rise in Freemasonry. At a meeting of Lodge St. Andrew in Edinburgh in 1787, at which the Grand Master and Grand Lodge of Scotland was present, Burns was toasted by the Worshipful Grand Master, Most Worshipful Brother Francis Chateris, with the words “Caledonia and Caledonia’s bard, Bro. Robt. Burns”

Famous Members of our Ancient and Honourable Institution

12th November 201716th July 2015

talk is aimed primarily at our younger brethren who have as yet not had time to absorb the immensity of our great Masonic institution. During the ceremony of your initiation you stated that you were prompted to solicit our privileges by a favourable opinion, preconceived, of the Institution, a general desire for knowledge and a sincere wish to render yourself more extensively serviceable to your fellow creatures

Support for Blackmarston Specialist School

11th June 201616th July 2015

With the level of central funding frozen for the past three years and the prospect of the freeze continuing for the immediate future, community support…

Freemasons’ Fund for Surgical Research – Grand Lodge

24th April 201616th July 2015

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Freemasons’ Fund for Surgical Research support for Royal College of Surgeons – Freemasonry Today

Chapter support for surgical research Established with £587,629 in 1967, the Grand Lodge 250th Anniversary Fund is a registered charity supporting the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS). By the end of 2013, the fund’s capital was £3.7 million, despite providing more than £4.3 million in grants during the previous 45 years. However, with lower returns and the increased cost of financing Fellows to undertake surgical research, fulfilling the fund’s aspirations was becoming difficult. Supreme Grand Chapter therefore decided to launch an appeal to support the RCS in recognition of the 200th anniversary of the Royal Arch, and £2.5 million was raised. From this year, two Royal Arch Fellows in every five fellowships will be supported. To reflect these changes, the fund was renamed The Freemasons’ Fund for Surgical Research (FFSR) on 1 January 2015.