Provincial Canine Officer for Devon

Hearing Dogs are dogs which have been selected as puppies and carefully trained.
    A hearing dog responds to sounds like the doorbell or telephone, by touching its owner and leading them to the source of the sound.
    Alan Hutchinson of Trinity Lodge No. 3403 is assisted by Zak, who has taken part in fund-raising for the Province of Devon. Zak recently had a velvet jacket, in Provincial colours, made for him by Mrs Anna Fernandes of the Embroidery Department of Freemasons’ Hall, London.

Berks Air Ambulance

The Provincial Grand Masters of the Craft and of Mark, together with the Royal Arch Grand Superintendent for the Province of Berkshire cooperated in unveiling the ‘Freemasonry in the Community’ logo on the Thames Valley Air Ambulance.
    This represents more than £70,000 contributed by Freemasons across the Thames Valley in the last four years. Many Craft and Mark lodges as well as Chapters throughout Berkshire have taken on projects over the years to raise funds for this very worthy service.

Herts Wanderers

Two Hertfordshire masons, Dick Machin and Geoff Goodman were visiting lodges outside their own Province when they decided to start the Hertfordshire Wanderers. It was not long before a full programme was being circulated to some 400 masons by email. Now overseas visits have become popular, involving other family members.
    The most ambitious trip to date was to Gibraltar for the 250th Celebrations of the District, concluded with a day in Tangiers where the Deputy Provincial Grand Master rode a camel.. Membership is free to anyone with an email address. Contact geoff_goodman@lineone.net.

Kidderminster Bell

Freemasons have donated £6,000 to the appeal to replace the bells of St Mary and All Saints Church at Kidderminster. The Grand Charity made £5,000 available, and Kidderminster lodges raised the remaining £1,000. Cecil Carriss of the Lodge of Hope and Charity, the oldest lodge in Kidderminster, said: ‘The Lodge has connections with the Church going back over 120 years and paid for three of the original bells. In addition, £2,001 was presented to the Church in the year 2001.’

Canonbury Masonic Research Centre

The Sixth International Conference on Freemasonry Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 November Freemasonry and Religion: Many Faiths One Brotherhood.
Weekend Conference £70 excluding lunch. Carole McGilvery – 020 7226 6256 Public lectures are held 7-9 pm.
20 October: Dr. Ramses Seleem, The Journey of the Soul Through the Egyptian Book of Life.
17 November: Peter Dawkins, The Shakespeare Enigma and the Freemasonic and Rosicrucian Codes.
8 December: Z’Ev Ben Shimon Halevi (Warren Kenton), Spiritual Development through Kabbalistic Astrology.
email mcgilvery@canonbury.ac.uk www.canonbury.ac.uk

Centre for Research into Freemasonry, Sheffield University

Admission is free. Unless otherwise stated, seminars are held at 5.15 pm in the Library Seminar Room, 387 Glossop Rd, Sheffield. Contact the Centre’s Secretary Julie Banham (Tel. 0114 222.9890; fax 0114 222 9894; e-mail: j.p.banham@sheffield.ac.uk)
14 October: Trevor Stewart English Speculative Freemasonry - some possible origins, themes and developments. (The Prestonian Lectuer for 2004) 6.00pm Arts Tower Lecture Theatre
21 October: Corinne de Popow; Dream and reality in the works of James Hogg.
16 November: Professor José A Ferrer Benimeli, Universidad de Zaragoza; The History of Freemasonry in Spain.
14 December: Professor David Stevenson, University of St Andrews; Religion and Freemasonry in Scotland in the 17th and 18th centuries.
www.shef.ac.uk/~crf

The Cornerstone Society

The Society has launched an enhanced and updated website at the new web address below, where details of future and past Conferences are posted, and texts of past talks may be downloaded.
    The fourth Northern Conference will be held at Leyland in Lancashire on Saturday 13th November 2004 under the title Veiled in Allegory. The speakers will be Julian Rees delivering a lecture by Michael Baigent Digging into the Degrees - Lodge Orators in the 21st Century; Professor John Grange speaking on The Transcendence of Eternity; Neville Barker Cryer on Penetrating the Puzzles of Pritchard; Matthew Scanlan on Operative versus Speculative? and John Acaster on Through the voice of a Harod? Bro Graham reveals great mysteries at the birth of Freemasonry. The venue will be the Leyland Masonic Centre, Church Road, Leyland, Lancashire. Cost £15 including light lunch.
    Application to The Cornerstone Society, 17 Park Avenue, Timperley, Altrincham, Cheshire WA14 5AX, or visit the website.
    Further talks at individual lodges are planned for the coming season. Details of these will be posted on the website as they become available.
Website - www.cornerstonesociety.com
Email - workingtools@aol.com

Quatuor Coronati

Thursday 11 November 2004
Installation meeting – Inaugural Address by the Master
Thursday 17 February 2005
Speaker: Andy Durr. Title to be announced
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