Two Long Service Certificates in Borough of Finsbury Chapter No. 3901.
On Saturday, 19th March 2016, E. Comps Derek Lester, PAGDC, and Edward (Ted) Williams, LGCRE, will receive their 50 year Certificates in Borough of…
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National Sojourners Make Important Membership Rule Change
The National Sojourners have just made an important change to their bylaws concerning membership eligibility.
The resolution passed with nine votes more than the 75% required for the change
Au revoir Alan
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
FROTH holds cabaret dinner and dance
On a hot summers evening brethren from the newly amalgamated Ormskirk and Bootle Group, accompanied with their wives and many guests attended the FROTH Gala Cabaret Dinner and Dance, which Bootle Group has been running annually for the last 20 years. This year the event was held at the magnificent surroundings of the West Lancashire Golf Club.
Annual Convocation of Provincial Grand Chapter of Middlesex – Today
The Annual Convocation of Provincial Grand Chapter will be presided over Most Excellent Grand Superintendent Excellent Companion Alastair Mason at which he will invest his new Provincial Grand Officers.
Message from our Assistant to the Provincial Grand Principals
With the Festive Season and 2016 fast approaching I would like to extend my thanks to all three Groups on the Fylde for their support in the first part of…
Precious masonic artefacts returned by family of distinguished Freemason and industrialist
On May 17th 2016, the Provincial Grand Master, RW Bro David Hagger received, on behalf of the Leicestershire and Rutland Freemasons, a magnificent collection of masonic jewels, regalia and documentary material from the surviving children, Dr Anthony Howe and Mrs Elieen Mann, of W Bro Harry Billson Howe who was part of the vibrant textiles business in Leicester.
THE MARK DEGREE
Those of my readers who have already studied the first three Handbooks of this series will realise that the true S..s of a M.M. are not restored to them. The real S.. which was lost was comprehension of the Nature of God, and our Third Degree quite clearly indicates that, despite popular beliefs, we shall not be able to comprehend God as soon as we are dead
HISTORICAL SURVEY – Higher Degrees
The early history of the so-called “Higher Degrees” is even more obscure than that of the Craft, and in consequence a tendency has grown up to regard them as “Manufactured” during the 18th century.
In my opinion this is too hasty a conclusion, for some of these degrees at any rate bear every evidence of antiquity, and contain that wisdom which has been handed down from generation to generation.
MITHRAISM: FREEMASONRY AND THE ANCIENT MYSTERIES
THE THEORY that modern Freemasonry is in some sense a direct descendant from the ancient Mysteries has held a peculiar attraction for Masonic writers this long time, and the end is not yet, for the world is rife with men who argue about the matter up and down endless pages of print