Promoting the Fraternity across the World
On a sunny Saturday evening in June last year members of WPL and their guests embarked the HMS Belfast on the river Thames for a Ladies Festival unlike ever before. After guests made their way along the footbridge they were greeted by a piper who piped them onto the ship to WM Steve May and his wife Janette.
Community members came together on Sunday for a Masonic cornerstone laying ceremony at the new Kittitas Valley Fire and Rescue station on Mountain View Avenue in Ellensburg.
As Masons, we are all introduced during our ritual lectures to the Masonic symbol of the Point Within a Circle, and instructed in its’ allusion. The most interesting thing to me during my own such introduction was that the figure representing this symbol contained not only a point within a circle, but also two straight vertical lines touching the sides of the circle. It was explained during the ensuing lecture that these lines represented the two Holy Saints John, namely John the Baptist, and John the Evangelist. This struck me as peculiar to say the least, and I have been trying to figure out this peculiarity ever since.
Forty friends and fellow Masons joined W Bro Bill Sherlock at All Saints KH Lodge on Tuesday to see our PGM, R W Bro Eric John Rymer, present Bill with a Grand Lodge Certificate marking his completion of Fifty Years a Mark Mason.
Sandbach Lodge of Installed Masters celebrated their 25th Anniversary with a Sunday Lunch at Sandbach Masonic Hall attended by 50 members and their guests. A table full of raffle prizes supplied by members generated £255.00 which will be donated to local charities and good causes.
there has been very little agreement among our scholars either as to its (the letter ‘G’) origin or to its meaning. Usually, we can hit upon the manner in which a symbol was introduced into the Ritual by studying the records of the early eighteenth century in England, at which time and place the Ritual was cast in its modern form, but such a study cannot help us here because the eighteenth century Masons were themselves confused about the matter
On June 26, 2016, thousands of Masonic family members and friends came to the Masonic Home at Covina to take part in the campus’ highly anticipated centennial celebration.
The Province of Monmouthshire was this year represented at the 12th National Masonic Clay Shooting Championship by four members of the Monmouthshire Provincial Clay Shooting Association and four guests of W. Bro. Robert Daw. This years event was held at held at Wedgnock Clay Shooting Ground in Warwickshire under the banner of the Provincial Grand Lodge Of Warwickshire on the 18th of June. We were warmly welcomed by the host province and staff of the shooting ground and after a chance for a coffee and bacon sandwich after our long drive the day began with a safety briefing from the ground manager followed by the format for the day. Once he briefing was over we split up into our respective squads and headed for the shooting ground. The 100 target competition was held over 14 stands to give as wide a variety as possible. Following a sporting’s morning shoot with plenty of cheerful banter we finished the morning with a plated buffet lunch.
The Banner will be dedicated by the Provincial Grand Chaplain at the PGL meeting in April 2017. Then as part of the Tercentenary Celebrations it will complete a journey through the 8 Provinces that form the South West Region, Jersey, Guernsey and Alderney, Hampshire and the IofW, Wiltshire, Dorset, Somerset, Devonshire and Cornwall.
Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen was a Freemason and German prince.
Casimir was born on July 11th, 1738 in the Electorate of Saxony. which was a state of the Holy Roman Empire. He was the youngest son of King Augustus III of Poland.