Explorer, Researcher, Freemason: Travellers to Ottoman Palestine – Study Day
Understanding the Holy Land This joint Study Day on Saturday 29th October is organised by the Palestine Exploration Fund, the Association for the Study of Travel in Egypt and the Near East and the...
View ArticleTaking it in his stride
Championing the cause Freemason Sean Gaffney has competed at the Invictus Games, runs in obstacle courses for fun and is a Petty Officer in the Royal Navy. Emilee Tombs finds out how he hasn’t let a...
View ArticleWhy the membership comes first
Here to help Having had a career in the army and charities that has focused on safeguarding the welfare of others, Willie Shackell, new UGLE Grand Secretary, wants to ensure that Freemasons have all...
View ArticleRebuilding education in Nepal
Strength and resilience When Nepal was hit by a violent earthquake last year, Freemasons rallied to provide funding to replace a school that had been demolished in the village of Jyamire. Glyn Brown...
View ArticleWe are a mirror of society
A member of society Would you describe Freemasonry as a product of the class struggle? In his 2016 Prestonian Lecture, Dr Richard Berman defines the origins of the Craft by the social and economic...
View ArticleAppointments - September 2016
Quarterly Communication 14 September 2016 Appointments The MW The Grand Master has made the following appointments: W Bro the Rev Dr Henry van der Linde as District Grand Master for, and Grand...
View ArticleRecognition of the Grand Lodge of the State of Rio Grande do Sul
Quarterly Communication 14 September 2016 Recognition of a Foreign Grand Lodge The Grand Lodge of the State of Rio Grande do Sul was formed in 1928 by four lodges regularly constituted by the Grand...
View ArticleGrand Secretary's column - Autumn 2016
From the Grand Secretary Since emerging from the basement of Freemasons’ Hall, where I have been a charity president for the past nine years, to assume the appointment as Grand Secretary, I have felt...
View ArticleJohn Hamill reflects on how Freemasonry has changed in tandem with society
The wider context Director of Special Projects John Hamill reflects on the impact that broad trends within society have had on Freemasonry We often comment on our hopes that the individual Freemason –...
View ArticleSt Michael’s Hospice in Hereford benefits from £5,000 donation
Help for St Michael’s Hospice Herefordshire Freemasons have continued a long tradition of supporting the county’s St Michael’s Hospice with a further donation of £5,000. Director of income generation...
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