Slack by name but certainly not by nature!!!
The Iron Bridge Lodge 9897 welcomed a new Brother Initiate on the 14th when WBro Simon Clare (left) conducted an efficient Ceremony following his lengthy…
Promoting the Fraternity across the World
The Iron Bridge Lodge 9897 welcomed a new Brother Initiate on the 14th when WBro Simon Clare (left) conducted an efficient Ceremony following his lengthy…
Here to help Having had a career in the army and charities that has focused on safeguarding the welfare of others, Willie Shackell, new UGLE Grand…
Every year in September, buildings that are often not open to the public throw open their doors and invite visitors to explore these hidden or forgotten…
Diamond Celebration at St Johns Lodge September 2016 Tuesday 13th September was the hottest day of the year so far, with a temperature in Kent recorded at…
WHY IS IT THAT OUR Fraternity bears the name “Freemasonry” instead of “Masonry”? Why the “free” in it? Far back in the Middle Ages a freemason was the name of a builder who could design buildings as well as construct them. He was what we should now call an architect.
I have often wondered at parts of our ritual which have no ready explanation, nor any forthcoming, and which are routinely committed to memory and recited when called upon to do so. One such is “The Perfect Points of Entrance” that demonstrate proof of being a Freemason.
When I first went through the 2nd degree and heard these words from the W. Master “..you are now permitted to extend your researches into the hidden mysteries of Nature and Science” I was struck by the absurdity of it. Here I am, a medical doctor, whose very profession required the study of the hidden mysteries of Nature and Science being told I am now permitted to do so
Are you interested in Rugby and Masonry? If you will excuse the pun, there has been an idea kicking around the Province for a year or two to start a Rugby Lodge in Essex and with the advent of the Spirit of Rugby Lodge in Kent the project has been given some impetus.
Las Palmas unanimously Demands the restoration of the honor of the Spanish Freemasonry
There is a universal Masonic requirement of belief in Deity, which is followed by all regular Grand Lodges of the world. As Entered Apprentices, receiving Light for the first time, Masons are cautioned that no Atheist may be made a Mason