Cheshire Gift to Hospice

Hooton Park Lodge, No. 8156 in Cheshire have presented two motorised scooters to the Hospice of the Good Shepherd near Chester. The electrically powered scooters will enable some the less mobile patients access within the Hospice and to the surrounding gardens. The presentation was made on behalf of the members of the Lodge by Ken Jones, Charity Representative, and Gordon Norris, Almoner. This gift from the Lodge represents the long association of continuing support given by Ellesmere Port Freemasons to the Hospice of the Good Shepherd.

City of London Masonic Walks: For Freemasons and Friends

2007: January 26; February 23; March 30; April 27; May 25; June 29; July 27; August 31; September 28; October 26; November 30; December 28 These walks are now a part of the masonic scene in London.
    Parties meet at 10:30 am at Freemasons’ Hall, Great Queen Street, London WC2, a 2-minute walk from Holborn Underground Station Central Line. This experience has been described by one participant as ‘a walk through history’.
    There is no need to pre-book.
    www.intercol.co.uk/londonguide

Newbury Freemasons in the Community

Berkshire Masons use their ‘Freemasonry in the Community’ caravan to good effect, in the process encouraging young men to join the Craft. For the Royal Berkshire Show they made a trophy for the professional Pole Climbing competition, turned from 25-year old Yew in exact proportions to the real thing. The competition was won by the current World Champion Terry Bennett. Roger Gregory of the Thatcham Lodge, No. 8121, in Newbury put the idea into practice and five lodges and one chapter took part in the exercise. The trophy is on view in the Newbury Temple.

Hants Masons Provide Scanner

Two lodges in Hampshire have raised money to buy a ‘ClearReader’ device to enable visually impaired children to read. The device scans a book and then reads it aloud. David Jones, Head of Toynbee School, Chandlers Ford, recently received a cheque from Keith Rigden, a member of West Gate Lodge, No. 7387, and an old boy of the School. The lodges had raised £1,500 and a further £1,000 was added from a Provincial fund which tops up funds raised for charity.

Canonbury Masonic Research Centre

    18 April: Ricky Pound and Matthew Scanlan; Chiswick House – A Masonic Temple? Illustrated tour of Chiswick House and symbols
    23 May: Colin Wilson; Cosmic Consciousness
    20 June: Michael Buckley; The Development of Modern Martinism
    Ninth International Conference 3-4 November 2007 Visions of Utopia: Masonic, Religious and Esoteric. Papers are invited from scholars of all disciplines.
    Carole McGilvery 020 7226 6256
    The Canonbury Academy, 6 Canonbury Place, London N1 2NQ
    email: mcgilvery@canonbury.ac.uk
    www.canonbury.ac.uk

Centre for Research into Freemasonry
Sheffield University

All seminars are held in the Douglas Knoop Centre, 34 Gell Street, Sheffield S3 7QW at 1pm. Admission free; all welcome.
    17 April: John Halstead, University of Sheffield Godfrey Higgins: a Yorkshire Gentleman Radical.
    10 May: Andrew Pink, University College London Moses Mendez, Masonry and Handel’s Lost Librettist: a detective story.
    23 May: Cecile Revauger, Université de Bordeaux III Freemasonry in 19th century Trinidad: Spanish, French and British identities.
    6 June: John Wade, University of Sheffield Further Explorations of the Roman Eagle Lodge, Edinburgh.

The Cornerstone Society

The Summer Conference is to be held at the Masonic Centre, Sindlesham, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG41 5DB on Saturday 2 June. Registration at 12.30pm. Chairman: George Francis, Senior Grand Warden. Speakers: Julian Rees, Deputy Editor Freemasonry Today, ‘The Way to the Centre’; Mary Jo Kokochak, Past Grand Commander, American Federation of International Co-Freemasonry Le Droit Humain, ‘Fraternally United In the Love of Humanity’; W. Kirk MacNulty, ‘The Secret Identity of Masons’. There will also be a Ritual Workshop and a Discussion Panel. Dinner at 5.30 pm. Conference only tickets £15.50. Tickets for the Conference and dinner £39.50. Application forms and full details on-line at www.cornerstonesociety.com.
    Payments may be made on-line, or by writing to The Secretary, The Cornerstone Society, 13 Victoria Road, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, FY8 1LE. Please enclose a stamped addressed envelope.
    For further specific information, email secretary@cornerstonesociety.com
    This Conference is sponsored by Lewis Masonic, the world’s leading masonic publishers. www.lewismasonic.com

Quotuor Coronati

Thursday 10 May: J.F. Goodchild; Thomas, third Earl of Effingham
    Thursday 28 June: Yasha Beresiner; That Profit and Pleasure May Be the Result
    Please note that this meeting will be held at Saxon Hall, Southend on Sea. All Brethren are welcome.
    Thursday 13 September: R.A. Gilbert; The Sixth Liberal Art: Astronomy and Freemasonry
    Thursday 8 November: Installation meeting – address by the Master.
    email: yasha@intercol.co.uk
    Tel: 077 6829 2066