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Freemasons donate £5,000 to St Mary’s Collegiate Church Warwick

24th September 2016

A cheque for £5,000 being this year’s contribution from the Famous Five, was presented by VW Bro Alan Wellan, PGSwdB, Past Deputy Provincial Grand Master, in front of a large congregation at St Mary’s Collegiate Church, Warwick. The church and Warwickshire Freemasonry have many links, some of which are summarised below. This summary was written for the St Mary’s Church magazine by Alan, and was also printed in the brochure for this year’s Annual Church Service in June. Alan is a member of St Mary’s Parochial Church Council.

We are a mirror of society

23rd September 2016

A member of society Would you describe Freemasonry as a product of the class struggle? In his 2016 Prestonian Lecture, Dr Richard Berman defines…

Is the Official Date of Our Founding Wrong?

22nd September 2016

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The joint Conference on the history of Freemasonry held by Quatuor Coronati Lodge No. 2076 and Queens’ College at the University of Cambridge in…

Let’s all get behind this challenge!!!

21st September 2016

Basil Brockhurst of Basil’s Taxis in Market Drayton has already offered Clive £500 towards Blind Veterans UK if he (Clive) can stay sober between 4th February and 18th March (in the kindness of his heart he excluded St David’s Day from the bet).

Teddies for Loving Care receives boost

19th September 2016

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Teddies for Loving Care is a favourite charity of Freemasons around the country and indeed beyond, with well over a million teddies distributed to children in Accident and Emergency situations in England, Ireland, and even abroad.

The “Free” In Freemasonry

18th September 2016

WHY IS IT THAT OUR Fraternity bears the name “Freemasonry” instead of “Masonry”? Why the “free” in it? Far back in the Middle Ages a freemason was the name of a builder who could design buildings as well as construct them. He was what we should now call an architect.

Dungeness lifeboat receives £500 donation from Romney Marsh Freemasons

15th September 2016

At the Dungeness lifeboat training evening on Wednesday 14 September, the Worshipful Master from the local Romney Marsh Freemasons Lodge, John King presented a cheque for £500 to Roger Gillett, the lifeboat operations manager of the lifeboat station.

Birthday greetings to HM The Queen

15th September 2016

HM The Queen’s ninetieth birthday At today’s Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge, the Deputy Grand Master, RW Bro Jonathan Spence, informed Grand…

The Perfect Points of Entrance by by Bro. Prof. Dr. U. Gauthamadas

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I have often wondered at parts of our ritual which have no ready explanation, nor any forthcoming, and which are routinely committed to memory and recited when called upon to do so. One such is “The Perfect Points of Entrance” that demonstrate proof of being a Freemason.

Freemasons in China: the Portuguese link – W Bro A.M.A. Gonçalves

7th August 2016

The emerging of freemasonry in China in the 18th century has been reported a British invention, coming from the historical conflict, the Opium War, that involve Great Britain and China in a dispute about the trading routes in the Eastern Chinese coast and commerce of the narcotic product among the Chinese population.