60 years in the Royal Arch for E. Comp. Arthur Back
On a bright Wednesday morning, looking out on to fields with horses, we met with E.Comp.Arthur Charles Back. The ‘we’ being E.Comp.Alan Peters PAGDC,…
Meetings
70th Federation of School Lodges Meeting will be held at Pocklington School – Saturday 2nd September 2017
Open to Masons of all ranks, the Federation Lodge meeting commences at 16:00, Plans for the Daggards W Bros Eddie Wildman and Ean Blair to perform Festive Board Entertainment, a light-hearted look at the historical and present day music used when Lodge Meetings are concluded and the eating and drinking begins
Widows Sons Bikers Association – New Cumberland and Westmorland Chapter
On Friday 28th July 2017, members of the newly formed Cumbria Chapter of the Widows Sons Masonic Bikers Association rode down to Mold in Northern Wales to attend the Widows Sons 2017 National Rally and to receive their official Charter.
Barnstaple Freemasons to open their doors on Saturday August 19th
On Saturday, August 19, Loyal Lodge at Trafalgar Lawn in Newport is inviting those interested to come along between 10am-1pm and find out more about the organisation.
There are a lot of myths about the ‘secrecy’ of Freemasons, but in fact local members are keen to recruit and would like to see as many people as possible on the day.
WHAT IS FREEMASONRY? | A paper addressed to non-masons
What did George Washington, Winston Churchill and Benjamin Franklin have in common with Goethe, Mozart, and Voltaire? And with Motilal Nehru and Swami Vivekanand?
Wearing the Tercentenary Jewel
The Jewel can be worn by any member of UGLE who is a member between the 24 June 2016 and 31 December 2017. It can only be worn by Master Masons and above. Anyone initiated between those dates can purchase the Tercentenary Jewel but will not be eligible to wear it until they have been raised. The Jewel can be worn by Master Masons, Masters and Past Masters and Grand Officers.
Sri Lanka Freemasons celebrate 300 years
Freemasonry, under the UGLE, is one of world’s oldest secular fraternal societies, a society of men concerned with moral and spiritual values, whose members are taught its precepts by a series of ritual dramas following ancient forms in a progression of allegorical two-part plays. Freemasonry is not a secret society; its secrets are confined to its traditional modes of recognition. Like many other societies it regards some of its internal affairs as private matters for its members, according to a media announcement by Sri Lanka’s Freemasons.
Freemason has likeness printed on Brazilian stamp
Eminent Freemason Thomas W. Jackson, meets leaders all over the world to see what contributions Freemasonry can make in their developing societies. The 82-year-old shows no signs of stopping, even though he says he is retired.
The avid fisherman and hunter said he’s been working for many years in trying to bring Brazilian Freemasonry together.
Shedding light on modern masonry in Sheffield
Freemasons are keen to dispel the secrecy associated with the movement, and held a series of We’re Open events this week to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the United Grand Lodge of England, the governing body of Freemasonry in England and Wales.