Promoting the Fraternity across the World
Freemasons are keen to dispel the secrecy associated with the movement, and held a series of We’re Open events this week to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the United Grand Lodge of England, the governing body of Freemasonry in England and Wales.
Ceres Lodge of the Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire Province have made a wonderful gift of £1,950 to Cynthia Spencer Hospice. Immediate Past Master of Ceres Lodge, Richard Cooke handed the donation to Hospice Fundraising Manager John Helm and Practice Development Lead Amanda Taylor at a White Table meeting at Freemason’s Hall last week, following a talk on the modern Hospice movement and Cynthia Spencer Hospice.
Freemasons have raised more than $4300 for a worthwhile cause. The Wimmera Combined Freemason Lodges and young Freemasons group West Wimmera Region Blue Lounge Social Club presented Nhill Aviation Heritage Centre with a cheque for $2307 from the recent garage sale held at Horsham Masonic Centre.
Timothy Raymond Roper Richards 11 July 1941 – 28 October 2016 Over 700 people from Cheshire and beyond attended Gawsworth Hall on 11 July to pay tribute…
South Shields dancers perform for thousands at Wembley
The Leyland and District Group of Freemasons once more put on a very humbling and public show, when the Chairman of Leyland Group Chris Blackwell welcomed…
Apart from their practical uses to protect the hands from cold and injury, gloves have symbolic connotations. The old illustrations of operative masons at work do not show them wearing gloves. Their use, then, must have been mostly ceremonial, and their adoption in speculative Freemasonic ritual must be explained by their symbolism. The Italian writer Vanni considers that the origin of the symbolism lies not in their use by certain craftsmen or as protection against the cold, but rather in their military use.
Christophe Habas, the master of the Grand Orient of France, suffered superficial wounds in the incident, as he was walking to a metro station in the French capital, the Le Parisien daily reported . The assailant shouted “Jew” three times as she hit him with the hammer before fleeing.
On Saturday, 11th March, more than fifty intrepid of people set out at 11.30am from the International Club, in El Campello, on their annual, sponsored beach walk. This annual walk was organised by the Santa Faz Masonic Lodge No 48 in support of ASPANION a very worthwhile charity for Children with Cancer.
