Freemasons of Oxfordshire Golf Day Raises over £500 for Charity

Freemasons of Oxfordshire Golf Day Raises over £500 for Charity

The Prestigious SE England Masonic Province Golf Championship was this year held on the 14th July at Betchworth Park GC, Dorking.The event was very well supported with circa 60 masons from 4 provinces across the south east attending the event close to Box Hill in Surrey, the Oxfordshire Province Masonic Golf Society (OPMGS) fielded two teams. Both teams with an eye on winning the Trophy.

Witta’s Island Lodge Gets a Surprise! – Oxfordshire Provincial Grand Lodge

Witta's Island Lodge was honoured by a surprise visit by the Provincial Grand Master

The Witta’s Island Lodge was honoured by a surprise visit by the Provincial Grand Master and his Deputy on Friday 15th July! Once the Lodge was open, there was a report, which little did anyone know would result in W.Bro. Mike Murphy PrAGDC walking in with wand in hand to announce the visit, to everyone’s shock and delight!

Three Uses of Memory in Freemasonry by W.Bro. J. Scott Kenney

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Why is memory so important to Freemasons? I’m sure to many of you, that will seem obvious. Yet, beyond memorizing material so that you can do things like prove up to a higher degree, perform your ritual part well, do the floorwork, deliver a charge or even deliver a tracing board, there is a great deal more to this topic than one might think at first glance. Thus, in this brief paper, I hope to sketch out three interrelated areas in which memory may – whether consciously or inadvertently – be of significance to Freemasons.

Air Ambulance Lifted by £16,000 Donation from Freemasons

Air Ambulance Lifted by £16,000 Donation from Freemasons

The Kent, Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance (KSSA) has received a vital cash boost with a donation of £16,000 from the Freemasons’ Grand Charity. Freemasons from Kent, Surrey & Sussex recently visited the Air Ambulance at its headquarters in Marden to make the donation. Whilst there, they had the opportunity to look around one of the two helicopters and meet the crew and support staff who keep it flying.

Dedication Ceremony of The Masonic Peace Memorial on 19th July 1933.

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Arthur, Duke of Connaught ( Youngest Son of Queen Victoria ) Grand Master of The United Grand Lodge of England 1901 -1939, spent some time on how Freemasonry should commemorate, those of its membership who were killed, or declared missing in The Great War. On the 27th June 1919, he organised a conference in The Albert Hall, and invited representatives from Ireland, Scotland and other Grand Lodges throughout the Commonwealth to attend in London and consider how best to commemorate those, of their membership, who died for King and Country. All those in attendance were presented with a Peace Medal, to commemorate their individual contributions, to the discussions of the day.

Wanstead Park Lodge Freemasons raises over £3,000 for Blesma, The Limbless Veteran

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On a sunny Saturday evening in June last year members of WPL and their guests embarked the HMS Belfast on the river Thames for a Ladies Festival unlike ever before. After guests made their way along the footbridge they were greeted by a piper who piped them onto the ship to WM Steve May and his wife Janette.