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South Wales – Provincial Grand Master’s Address – 27th June 2016
Brethren, the main purpose of our meeting today is to celebrate the end of our masonic year by honouring those whose contributions now – and in the future – have merited appointments or promotions in Provincial Grand Lodge
£1,000 presented to RNLI in Poole by Lt Cdr James King
A cheque for £1,000 has been presented to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) in Poole from the Grand Charity Relief Chest of Public Schools Installed Masters’ Lodge, No. 9077. This donation was part of the Master’s List raised by the lodge during Lt Cdr James King’s year as lodge Master and was received by Will Collins, an RNLI employee and volunteer member of the Poole lifeboat.
St. John the Baptist Day June 24th
June 24th, Freemasons celebrate the Feast of St. John Baptist. A curious thing for a non-sectarian group to do. Freemasonry historically acknowledges St. John the Baptist and St. John the Evangelist as its patron saints, reveres their memory, points to their exemplary lives in its ritualistic work, and dedicates its Lodges to them.
THE GRAND BALL FREEMASONS’ HALL, LONDON · SATURDAY 30TH SEPTEMBER 2017
This will be the highlight of the social calendar for the Tercentenary celebrations, but will also be an opportunity for Brethren of any rank, and from all Provinces and Districts, to be present at one of the official UGLE celebrations with their families and friends
FREEMASONRY AND THE MEN’S HOUSE
EVER SINCE Heinrich Schurtz published his Altersklassen und Maennerbunde in 1902, anthropologists have become more and more interested in the part played by secret societies among primitive peoples
Millennial Masons in England
Well, our brethren across the Atlantic are confronting this same situation in England, and the similarities and differences between our two societies are interesting to compare.
A Matter of Character
BY: ROBERT G. DAVIS, 33*, GRAND CROSS “If you think about what you ought to do for other people, your character will take care of itself.”…
The Distinctive Notion of Form in Traditional Masonry
BY: ROBERT G. DAVIS, 33*, GRAND CROSS It has been 15 years now, but in the early days of the “traditional observance” lodge movement, I recall…
FREEMASONRY IN RELATION TO THE ANCIENT MYSTERIES.
Every Mason is naturally desirous to know something of the origin and history of the Craft. The available literature on the subject is diffuse and…