RW William Logan, DGM of South Carolina Passes
Brother Moises Gomez from New Jersey reported the following tragic news out of South Carolina last night: Brethren, it’s with a sad and heavy heart, that…
Freemasonry
Freemasonry consists of fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local fraternities of stonemasons, which from the end of the fourteenth century regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities and clients. The degrees of freemasonry retain the three grades of medieval craft guilds, those of Apprentice, Journeyman or fellow (now called Fellowcraft), and Master Mason. These are the degrees offered by Craft (or Blue Lodge) Freemasonry. Members of these organisations are known as Freemasons or Masons. There are additional degrees, which vary with locality and jurisdiction, and are usually administered by different bodies than the craft degrees.
The basic, local organisational unit of Freemasonry is the Lodge. The Lodges are usually supervised and governed at the regional level (usually coterminous with either a state, province, or national border) by a Grand Lodge or Grand Orient. There is no international, world-wide Grand Lodge that supervises all of Freemasonry; each Grand Lodge is independent, and they do not necessarily recognise each other as being legitimate.
Freemasonry and the First Day of the Somme.
Brethren, on the First Day of the Somme 1916, the population of Ulster was to suffer an awful devastating blow as their menfolk endured terrible losses in the killing fields of The Somme, as they went over the top at 7.30AM and charged into a maelstrom of death and destruction
Kynaston Studd Lodge No. 5416 Support London Air Ambulance Appeal
AMetGM VW Bro. Ian Currans received a cheque for £4,000 on behalf of the Metropolitan Masonic Charity in support of the appeal to raise £2m…
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…
W. Bro Bill Stern marks 50 years in the Craft.
On the 21st December 2015 West Norwood Lodge No. 3598 was delighted to receive W. Bro David Nunn, SGD, PAGSoj, to honour W. Bro Bill Stern, PGstB, with a…
A Final Flourish at Baines
There was no “End of Term Feeling” at Baines Lodge No 7844 at their last meeting of the Masonic year. It was business as usual when Tom McMurdo was initiated into the lodge by David Thomas, who had been newly promoted to Grand Officer
Annual Worshipful Masters and Directors of Ceremonies Meeting – Dorset Freemasonry
Our annual Worshipful Masters and Directors of Ceremonies meeting took place yesterday at the Portland Masonic Centre. A packed house were given an excellent meal followed by our Provincial Grand Master taking the occasionally erratic microphone to talk comprehensively about current typical subjects.
Roger Lumley, Freemason & 11th Earl of Scarbrough
Roger Lumley, 11th Earl of Scarbrough was an English peer, soldier and politician.
Lumley was born on July 27th, 1896. He attended Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford before following in his father’s footsteps and going in to the Army.
MASONIC LODGE’S SECRET SCROLL IS £8m TREASURE
A secret scroll which has been hanging in a Masonic Lodge in the Orkney Islands for almost three centuries is thought to be one of the most significant recent finds in Britain.