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 See "It's a Dog's Life!" below On the Level
Kenneth Thomas is New PGM for Sussex
Herefordshire Team on Welsh Sponsored Charity Walk A group of Herefordshire masons, including Provincial Grand Master Rodney Smallwood and his deputy, the Reverend David Bowen, plan a sponsored walk in relay across central Wales in less than 24 hours. During the walk a message will be delivered to Dr John Lloyd, Provincial Grand Master for South Wales, Western Division. The team will set off on 1 May from Arrow Lodge No. 2240 in the market town of Kington in Herefordshire and carry out the 60-mile trek to raise funds for the Grand Charity. The historic route will follow the A44 to Rhayader, then the Mountain or Old Coach Road through Cwmystwyth, Devil’s bridge and on to Aberystwyth. The route crosses the width of the counties of Powys and Ceredigion. But excellent first aid is at hand – one of the walkers is Ken Harvey, Chairman of the Masonic Relief Grants Committee – who said: ‘It will only be a box of plasters!’ Getting Their Goat in Northampton An unexpected visitor was found tied to a tree in the car park of the masonic centre at Northampton recently – an elderly and somewhat bewildered goat. Despite having CCTV in the car park, it has been impossible to trace who left the goat there, and the RSPCA took him away. The old fellow has been found a new home locally and is reported to be getting on very well in his new surroundings. It is not known whether he was abandoned or the charitable heart of Freemasons was being put to the test – or did someone take too seriously jokes about masons and goats? Peter Kindler Takes on Royal Arch Role Peter Kinder has been appointed Grand Superintendent in and over Leicestershire and Rutland. He was installed by Lord Northampton, Pro First Grand Principal, at Freemasons’ Hall, Leicester. Peter Kinder is also in the Mark Degree, Royal Ark Mariners, the Masonic & Military Order of The Red Cross of Constantine, the Ancient and Accepted Rite, Knights Templar, Royal & Select Masters and the Allied Masonic degrees.
It's A Dog's Life! There was a special ‘thank you’ for Sussex Assistant (now Deputy) Provincial Grand Master Joe Wilkins, when he presented a cheque for £20,000 to Canine Partners on behalf of the Freemasons’ Grand Charity. Canine Partners, based near Midhurst in Sussex, assists people with disabilities to enjoy a greater independence and a better quality of life and, where possible, help them into education and employment by providing specially trained dogs. Essex Consecrates New Masters' Lodge A new Masters’ lodge has been consecrated in Essex because the current Essex Masters Lodge is about to celebrate its centenary with almost one thousand members on its register. The Province had identified a need for the new lodge in the north of the Province, and the consecration of North Essex Masters Lodge No. 9831 was conducted by the Provincial Grand Master, John Webb, at Frinton and Walton Masonic Centre. The Provincial Grand Master said that the fact that 120 Past Masters had become Founders was proof of the need for the new lodge. Canonbury Masonic Research Centre All meetings held at Canonbury Tower, Canonbury Place, London N1 2NQ. Wednesdays, 7-9pm. Entry fee £7. 20 February: Satish Kumar: Spiritual Compass – The Three Qualities of Life 19 March: Dr Nicholas Campion: Good, Evil and the Soul’s Ascent to the Stars 16 April: James North: The Esoteric Sources of Baconian Science and the Controversial Relationship Between Freemasonry and Rosicrucianism 21 May: Professor Paul Badham: In Search of a Global Understanding of Religious Experience 18 June: Geraldine Beskin: Aleister Crowley – Man Behind the Myth Now available: The Canonbury Papers Volume 4: Seeking the Light – Freemasonry and Initiatic Traditions, £18.99 plus £2.50 p&p (UK) available from the Canonbury Research Centre Contact Carole McGilvery 020 7226 6256 mcgilvery@canonbury.ac.uk www.canonbury.ac.uk Quatuor Coronati Members (not below Master Mason) and lodges in the Correspondence Circle are invited to the next lodge meeting on Thursday, 21 February 2008, at Freemasons’ Hall, London, at 5.15pm. The talk is The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Grand Lodge of Japan (1957-2007) by Pauline Chakmakjian, who lectures on Occidental and Oriental Freemasonry. She has a particular interest in eighteenth century British and European masonic salon culture and contemporary Japanese Freemasonry in relation to Japanese ritual and religion. Other Quatuor Coronati lodge meeting dates in 2008: 8 May, 26 June, 11 September and 13 November (Installation). Cornerstone Society The Society is finalising its programme for 2008. Dates for conferences will be confirmed shortly. Please visit our website, where details will be posted at www.cornerstonesociety.com. We are also considering holding a series of seminars, hosted by a Lodge, which could include a lecture from a Cornerstone speaker and a ritual demonstration – to be delivered by the Lodge – but with our help. Interested lodges, and indeed Chapters, are invited to contact us. The Orator scheme will be launched soon – check our website for updates. Exclusive lapel pin, enamel finish, with The Cornerstone Society’s distinctive logo is now available. Cost, including postage and packing, is £7 UK, £7.35 continental Europe and £8.15 USA and the rest of the world. Purchase the pin online on our website or write to the Secretary, enclosing payment. Email secretary@cornerstonesociety.com or write to: The Secretary, The Cornerstone Society, ‘Bellfield’, 13 Victoria Road, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, FY8 1LE. Manchester Association for Masonic Research MASONIC LODGE FOR MASONIC RESEARCH No. 5502 2008 PROGRAMME 22 January: Lodge Installation (5.45pm): F.C. Lomax: Freemasonry in the Historic Town of Wigan. 26 March: Lodge meeting (5.45pm): K. Thomas, Depute Grand Superintendent, Fife & Kinross: The Degree of the Royal Arch as administrated in the Scottish Constitution and some thoughts on its origin. 28 May: Association Meeting, 6.30pm, Masonic Hall, Congleton. No regalia worn: K.B. Boon: Freemasonry in Local History – the case of Congleton. 24 September: Lodge meeting (5.45pm): Rev. N.B. Cryer: What I saw in Coventry. 25 November: Lodge meeting (5.45pm): G.G. Watkins: The Lodge Forbes Poem in its context of time and place. Apart from the May meeting, all the others are held at Freemasons’ Hall, Bridge Street, Manchester M3 3BT.
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