Promoting the Fraternity across the World
The members of Amadeus Lodge recently made a very welcome donation of £ 500 to PACT – the Parents Association of Children with Tumours and Leukaemia.
Freemasons Honor Longest Serving Mason in Massachusetts
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
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
ILKLEY Freemasons’ Ben Rhydding Lodge donated £1,074 to local charity Carers Resource during the recent Carers’ Week.
Mark Master Masons of London minibus appeal has been so successfull that it has supplied 6 mini buses for RMBI Homes.
In modern day Freemasonry clear reference is made to the perfect points of reference in the rituals in the United States of America: “Were I to ask you how I should know you to be a Mason, your answer should be: “By certain signs, a token, a word, and the points of my entrance.” The signs, token, and word have already been explained to you at the Altar
When a group of lodges in Kidderminster wanted to relocate from the cellar of a hotel, joining a local cricket club proved to be the perfect solution
In December 2015 the Membership Focus Group launched a strategic paper that identified masonic centres as a key area for improvement in the organisational development of Freemasonry. With many centres not considered fit for purpose by the members who meet in them, the challenge for lodges is how to turn a legacy problem into an opportunity.