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The Craft Provinces of Herefordshire, Shropshire and Worcestershire with the Mark Province of Staffordshire and Shropshire have, over that period, between them donated £1.1 million. This includes donations from individual Lodges, Provinces, other orders in the counties and from the Masonic Charitable Foundation (formerly the Freemasons Grand Charity).
The event, now in its 18th year was staged by Ludlow’s Lodge of the Marches at Culmington Village Hall, and this year attracted a bumper amount of diners with about 150 turning out compared to last year’s 110.
Organiser Colin Edwards said it was heartening to see, and said the event had raised £1,700 from food and a raffle to go towards good causes in the future.
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.
A GARDEN commemorating Freemasons who fought for their country has been dedicated at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire.
STAFFORDSHIRE, WARWICKSHIRE and WORCESTERSHIRE PROVINCES
Registered Charity No 519281
There are two areas of activity hosted by the Ladies’ Gift Fund each year. Firstly, The Christmas Fayre held in November and secondly the Spring Lunch held at The Masonic Hall, Kings Heath.
Kevin Shail of Gnosall St Lawrence Freemasons Lodge visited the Owl Experience Rescue Sanctuary, based at Red Lion Farm in Haughton, to hand over a cheque to owner Andrew Campbell.
The long-established partnership between Freemasonry and the Midlands Air Ambulance movement has been recognised and marked by a Community Partners…
Every year the Province of Staffordshire hold a Coral Evening at Lichfield Cathedral, this year for the first time neighbouring Province were invited to…
Quarterly Communication 14 September 2016 Appointments The MW The Grand Master has made the following appointments: W Bro the Rev Dr Henry van der…
