Promoting the Fraternity across the World
EPILOGUE to ‘STOP PRESS’ ARTICLE – BELOWFor 8 hours and 13 minutes W. Bro. Richard B Macey, 23 stone, cycled – YES, cycled the 105.9 miles from Wolverhampton to Aberdovey.
In what must be a very unusual, if not unique occasion, the Immediate Past Provincial Grand Master for Herefordshire, RW Bro Rodney Smallwood, Installed the present Provincial Grand Master, RW Bro The Rev’d David Bowen, into the Chair of Dean Leigh Masters’ Lodge on 16 May 2016
The Masonic Charitable Foundation has awarded £65,000 to the INSPIRE Foundation to fund a research project which aims to improve the quality of life and independence of people with spinal cord injuries. The research project will be led by young research scientist Sean Doherty who broke his neck in a mountain bike accident in 2008 at the London Spinal Cord Injury Centre based at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in Stanmore. Sean broke his neck in a mountain bike accident in 2008 and subsequently lives with Tetraplegia which means he is both disabled and has limited hand and arm function. Sean is originally from Gloucestershire and studied at the University of Cardiff.
ILKLEY Freemasons’ Ben Rhydding Lodge donated £1,074 to local charity Carers Resource during the recent Carers’ Week.
The Middlesex Home Service Lodge No.5836 celebrated its 75th Anniversary on the 10th June 2016 at the Twickenham District Masonic Centre at Cole Court.
The meeting was attend by W.Bro. Brian Fisher, PSGD, AProvGM and his Provincial Team for the Installation of the new Worshipful Master Bro. David Glenham.
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
Provinces may enter as many Masonic shooters as they wish and every entrant’s score will be registered.
The Team Winners in the Competition will be the 3 highest scores posted for a given Province.
To celebrate the Tercentenary of Grand Lodge and promote Freemasonry throughout the South West, a banner will be paraded across the Province’s of Wiltshire, Jersey, Guernsey & Alderney, Cornwall, Devonshire, Dorset and Hampshire & Isle of Wight.
The team enjoyed another successful day out at East Barnet Festival on Sunday, the second time we’d attended this event.
It was a delight and a relief to see that Summer had decided to grace us with its presence for the day and the crowds correspondingly came out in volumes.
Two plenary presentations and ninteen round table sessions will allow a well rounded development of the theme. Each will be chaired by a different lodge of research. The topics of each conference and round table will be published subsequently. A participation fee will be asked for the plenaries and panels.