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.
At the recent installation meeting of The Vale of York Lodge of Advancement, Bill Sables was installed as the WM along with his Wardens witnessed by the representative his DC and Grand Lodge Member.
On Saturday 18 June 2016 the ProvGM, Rt W Bro Graham Ives accompanied by the DepProvGM, V W Bro John Hockin and the Chairman of the Lincolnshire Masonic Social Committee and AProvGM, W Bro John Crutchley attended the Annual Garden Party of the Masonic Home, Connaught Court
Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons Investiture Meeting 7 June 2016
The Masonic Hall, King Street, Mirfield and, at the invitation of the Provincial Grand Master, Right Worshipful Brother James Steggles G.M.R.A.C, a goodly number of the Provincial Officers of the year and their Ladies, attended an excellent Sunday Lunch.
Burns night has firmly cemented itself as a St Cuthberts tradition and 2016 saw one of our best attended yet. After the address to the Haggis was given by W.Bro. Des Ashton, everyone enjoyed a most incredible meal followed by fun and dancing
In addition to the 125 DAISY Players presented as part of Freemasons New Zealand 125th Anniversary (coincidentally the Blind Foundation’s 125th as well). John Litton Grand Master gave them, on behalf of Lodges throughout New Zealand who had contributed to the Project, an additional $50,000·
They have dispensation to hold an extra meeting on Tuesday June 28th at 6PM. This will be a third degree followed by a meal in the refectory at Hayle.
It was indeed a great pleasure to witness the work being done by a small team of dedicated teachers at ASADIS in Los Gallardos this morning. They look after and develop children with ‘special needs’ such as autism. The Mojacar Freemasons came together and presented 1,000 euros to this very worth while charity which will be used to purchase materials and equipment to further their work next term.
The subject of this paper is the possible connection between the arrival of the exiled Jacobites in France after 1688 and the appearance of the first masonic lodges at about the same time. It seems certain that the Scottish and Irish soldiers who formed part of this exile did frequent the first lodges and it is a possibility, still the subject of controversy’, that a lodge had existed at St Germain en La:i,e from the time of the first exile of the Stewarts in ]649. This was where they again took up residence in 1689.
WBro. Gordon Cook of Torbay Masters’ Lodge No. 8227 meeting in Paignton, can be seen here presenting a cheque for £200 to Mark Cridel, Coxswain of the Torbay lifeboat who are based in Brixham.