Provincial Wardens visit Round Table Lodge
The recently appointed Provincial Wardens, W Bro John Lambert and W Bro David Price with the Worshipful Master of The Round Table Lodge of Lincolnshire No 8240, Bro John Elliot.
Promoting the Fraternity across the World
The recently appointed Provincial Wardens, W Bro John Lambert and W Bro David Price with the Worshipful Master of The Round Table Lodge of Lincolnshire No 8240, Bro John Elliot.
Herefordshire Freemasons have made a donation of £1,000 to the Hereford Breast Cancer Haven. This continues a long tradition of support from Freemasons for this excellent and worthwhile organisation, and the Province has made a commitment to support the Haven with at least £1,000 a year through the charity’s Guardian scheme.
The Annual Meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of Worcestershire took place at Kings Heath, Birmingham on Saturday 9th July 2016. Caption: Provincial Grand Master his Deputy and Assistant…
Ezra, who is a member of Hand and Heart Lodge, No. 4109, started The Forget Me Not Trust two years ago with his brother Nathan because, ‘We were seeing homeless people everywhere we went in these major cities. We realised this was an epidemic problem, so we thought we should try to do something about it. We’ve been blessed in our own way with business, so we’re in a fortunate position and wanted to give something back.’
The Worcestershire Masonic Orders meeting at Kidderminster collected £4,350 with the generous help of Red Cross of Constantine, Grand Sovereign’s Care for Children Fund.
The Worcestershire Masonic Library and Museum will be staging a unique Exhibition at The Guildhall in Worcester between the 23rd of July and the 5th August 2017, as part of the celebrations of 300 years of Freemasonry.
This Exhibition, which will be the largest ever staged by the Library and Museum, will also, celebrate the 130th year since the original Exhibition at the Guildhall in 1887, held by George Taylor, the originator of the Library and Museum, and after who the George Taylor Lodge is named.
£10,000 for Midlands Air AmbulanceThe Midlands Air Ambulance Charity is dear to the hearts of many Freemasons in the Province, providing a service which is especially important in a thinly populated rural area such as ours. The PGM, RW Bro Rev’d David Bowen, and his Deputy, VW Bro Michael Roff, presented a further £10,000 to the MAAC at Strensham Airbase on 30 April 2016. £6,000 of this was raised by Herefordshire Freemasons and provided through the Herefordshire Masonic Charity Association. The other £4,000 came from the Grand Charity as part of its programme of support for local causes throughout England and Wales, and which is distributed through the Provinces.
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
After receiving a written application last November from club Secretary Mrs Marion Drage, inquiring if any financial support towards the cost of the hire of two coaches to transport their members on their annual outing was at all possible, the Derbyshire Freemasons decided to go one better.