Report of the Board of General Purposes – 11 March 2015
Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge 11 March 2015Report of the Board of General Purposes Minutes Minutes of the Quarterly Communication of 10 December…
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Library and Museum archives shed light on history of Albert Coveney Lodge No. 3519
More than a memory The written records generated by masonic lodges and chapters can give revealing insights into the masonic people, places and…
Grand Secretary’s column – Spring 2015
From the Grand Secretary We are delighted at the response to the first Membership Focus Group survey with 5,265 of you taking part. Please do read…
Interview with Assistant Grand Secretaries Shawn Christie and Tony Rayner
Combined knowledge Assistant Grand Secretaries Shawn Christie and Tony Rayner may be responsible for different areas of UGLE, but they share a strong…
Report of the Board of General Purposes – 10 December 2014
Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge 10 December 2014 Report of the Board of General Purposes Minutes The Minutes of the Quarterly Communication of…
Brotherly love during the First World War
The welfare of others Pro Grand Master Peter Lowndes believes that we should recall the brotherly love shown between Freemasons during the First World…
Peter Lowndes: when is the best time to join the Royal Arch?
Careful consideration Pro First Grand Principal Peter Lowndes discusses when it is the right time to approach a member of the Craft to join…
Special Honours conferred under Regulation 31(b) Supreme Grand Chapter Regulations
The First Grand Principal, His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent, KG GCMG GCVO ADC, in celebration of the installation of E Comp Jeffrey Gillyon as Most…
Report of the Board of General Purposes – 10 September 2014
Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge 10 September 2014 Report of the Board of General Purposes Minutes The Minutes of the Quarterly…
Allied Masonic Degrees – Degrees of Significance
Of the many ‘extra-Craft’ degrees, those five controlled by the Grand Council of the Order of the Allied Masonic Degrees are probably the least known: one has to be a Mark Master and a Royal Arch Mason to be eligible and this double qualification will exclude many. There are also fewer private Allied Councils than there are lodges, or equivalent bodies, for the much larger orders of Mark and Royal Ark Mariners and even of smaller orders, such as the Royal and Select Masters.