Promoting the Fraternity across the World
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.
The need for this further essay was first made apparent to me when—in my capacity as Secretary of the Lodge and Editor of the Transactions—I began to receive inquiries from Brethren as far away as Vancouver and Singapore, asking for materials and information which might help them to complete their own papers on Kipling, and I found, to my surprise, that while our library contains a great deal of relevant material, there has never been a paper on Kipling in our Transactions.
Continuing an unbroken tradition going back to 1851, Morton Lodge No. 72 installed the officers for the 2016-47 Masonic Year at historic Morton Masonic Hall. The installation was under the leadership of Joe Shepherd, Installing Officer, and Wayne Kelley, Installing Marshall
An excellent attendance at the Masonic hall, Hoyle Court on Monday 11 April to witness the advancement of Brother Howard Henry Thompson and the presentation of two Grand Lodge Certificates, not that exceptional you may say, but read on.
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Sunday 7th August. An open day for the public and interested parties to join us for a tour and a series of short talks about Freemasonry in Bolton and in general.
If you are available at 4.30 on Saturday, 23 July, you may like to pay a visit to Greenhead Masonic Hall in Huddersfield, particularly the Prince Edward Lodge of Mark Master Masons No. 14.
This year the Herefordshire Masonic Charity Association invited representatives of those local charities to a coffee morning at the Masonic Hall in Kyrle Street, Hereford. They were welcomed by the Provincial Grand Master, Rev David Bowen, and were given a brief talk on the history of Freemasonry and the part that charity plays, by the Provincial Charity Steward, Nick Swan
Founded in 1880, the Leopold Lodge is number 87 and as one of the oldest in the Clarence Valley, its 136 year history is something that Very Worshipful Brother Rod Smith doesn’t want to see forgotten.
Swinton Charitable Trust makes grants to organisations, other charities or voluntary bodies and general charitable purposes. The trust reported their annual donations to non-Masonic charities for 2016 and the total sum donated was a magnificent £15,560.39.
Saturday 18th June turned out to be a great day for the Masonic charity cycle challenge. Fourteen brethren representing a variety of Lodges from around the Province cycled 100 miles from Long Eaton Masonic Hall to the seaside town of Skegness.