Promoting the Fraternity across the World
From this Autumn South Cheshire Lodge No 5571 based at Willaston, Crewe, will become the Provincial Scouting Themed Lodge and Brethren who have been involved in any area of Scouting, including any Scout leaders who are considering joining Freemasonry are interested, please contact Michael Shiels by email
The concerts were the idea of former group chairman Rowly Saunders who was the driving force behind them for many years. He is still heavily involved but group charity steward Richard Wilcock has now taken over the lead role.
For a number of years there has been informal discussion amongst a number of Masons meeting on the Fylde Coast, lamenting the lack of a military lodge in the area and indeed the Province of West Lancashire. In the summer of 2016, Robert Wareham of Brotherhood Lodge No 3967 decided to gauge interest in forming a new lodge on the Fylde Coast.
Eric Hart was appointed and invested as the Provincial Grand Almoner at Provincial Grand Lodge. He succeeds Ernie Greenhalgh who has retired from the office in order to undertake other national responsibilities within the Masonic care system. Eric will also shortly assume the same role as PrGAlm within Provincial Grand Chapter.
Community center receives large donation from Masonic foundation
Apart from their practical uses to protect the hands from cold and injury, gloves have symbolic connotations. The old illustrations of operative masons at work do not show them wearing gloves. Their use, then, must have been mostly ceremonial, and their adoption in speculative Freemasonic ritual must be explained by their symbolism. The Italian writer Vanni considers that the origin of the symbolism lies not in their use by certain craftsmen or as protection against the cold, but rather in their military use.
The money will be used by PINS to provide IT training to its clients and the wider community to give people who have been out of work for some time skills to help them find employment.
Alfreton Masonic Hall was pleased and proud to receive the RW PGM accompanied by the VW Deputy PGM, both Assistant PGM’s, the Junior Warden and the Provincial Grand Secretary at the official opening of their new dining facility.
Ari Roussimoff gave a showing his newest Masonic painting at the Chancellor Robert R. Livingston Masonic Library of the Grand Lodge of New York.
