Promoting the Fraternity across the World
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.
THE Scottish birthplace of one of the best-known military leaders of the American Revolution has come on the market for £1.65m. John Paul Jones (1747 – 1792) is best known as “the Father of the American Navy” – thanks to his incredible prowess as a military commander at sea. Jones was born to the head gardener of the estate.
Brighton Masonic Lodge provides Special Olympians with new bus
Member of Monmouth Lodge No. 37, Monmouth, Ill. Died Dec. 16, 1882
KaliAnn Weidemann and Elisha Kok, both fifth graders at Isom Elementary School, stand with school librarian Lori Hortegas after receiving their new bikes in a presentation by the Lynden Masonic Lodge in the Bikes 4 Books program.
Children and young people staying in the RD&E’s Bramble Unit now have a completely revamped outside play area thanks to a massive fundraising drive by local people.
Children and young people
staying in the RD&E’s Bramble
Unit now have a completely
revamped outside play area
thanks to a massive fundraising
drive by local people.
In just two years, more than
£32,000 has been raised to fund
the project. Exeter Lions funded
the original play area built in
the mid-1980s, and then launched
a fundraising campaign joined by
the Exeter Foundation, bike
riders from Otter Wheels, and
£1,000 donation from Excester
Lodge No. 6228.
The play area has been given a
full range of new brightly
coloured equipment including
large wooden climbing frame,
walkways, buggies and play
house. It has also been
resurfaced with a child-friendly
soft bounce material that will
last for many years to come.
The playground is regarded as an
essential area to help recovery
and boost the well-being of the
many brave children and young
people who need to stay on the
ward.
Sarah Haywood, senior nurse for
paediatrics at the RD&E, said:
“This campaign has been an
incredible journey for all of us
and we are so proud and
delighted that it has been
possible to raise so much money
to make such an improvement to
the outside play area.
“We could not have done this
without the support, dedication
and generosity of all the
fundraisers involved, and I
would like to publically thank
them for everything they’ve done
and continue to do for the RD&E
and our children, young people
and families.
“The new play area is a
wonderful outside space which
will serve our children and
their families well for many
years to come.”
No less than three Right Worshipful Brethren attended the Installation of W.Cdr.Mike Barrett as Commander of the Concord Lodge of Royal Ark Mariners No.735 on Friday 10th June at Severn Street, Birmingham
“I’m profoundly impressed!” said the Provincial Grand Master.
He was referring to the efforts of two Lodge of St Christopher brethren who are in training for a ten-day assault on the Lands’ End to John O’Groats classic cycle-ride. .
Lifelites is excited to announce their latest and youngest Patron, Britain’s Got Talent 2016 finalist and golden buzzer winner, 14 year old Jasmine Elcock.
“I’ve got a great ambition,” wrote the Scottish Philosopher Thomas Carlyle, “to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.” Such might also be said for the dauntless South Fylde cyclists who set off from Hope Street, Liverpool, aiming to reach the Masonic Hall at Barrow-in-Furness in just two days. Several vicissitudes later they had proved that it could be done.
