Scouting Lodge Celebrates 50 Years With A Banner.
A report from W B G H Hunt LGR, Treasurer & Mentor Red Scarf Lodge No 8448. Members of the Red Scarf Lodge No 8448 celebrated a significant milestone in the Lodge’s history at its regular meeting on Thursday, 1 September 2022, at Freemasons’ Hall. They were honoured with the presence of Deputy Metropolitan Grand […]
The Lord Mayor’s Show 2022
W Bro John Parry PSGD MetGInsp reports – Photographs by Jonathan Woodard Artistic, imaginative and inventive, it is a 3-milelong parade full of pomp, tradition, colour and eccentricity. Being part of one of London’s oldest traditions and definitely its oldest public spectacle, it really feels like you are walking through history. The Lord Mayor’s Show […]
A busy social calendar to build camaraderie
W Bro Ron Wainer SLGR reports In this edition, Arena contacted the Polytechnic Lodge 2847 to share their experience of how an active social calendar can benefit a Lodge to build camaraderie, attract new members and provide a different social aspect to Freemasonry, enjoyed by members, partners and non-Freemasons alike. Here, W Bro Ron Wainer […]
Lodge of St James No 765 – London’s Premier Golf Lodge – Inaugural Golf Day 4th August 2022
VW Bro Robert Grant PGSwdB AMetGM reports. On a gloriously warm day on Thursday, 4th August, the Lodge of St James No 765, London's Premier Golf Lodge, held its inaugural golf event for 30 Golfers at the Royal Blackheath Golf Club. Instituted in 1608, the Royal Blackheath Golf Club is England's oldest golf club. It […]
Museum Of Freemasonry: The Story Behind A Jab In The Arm – Freemasonry And Vaccination
Doctor Edward Jenner (1749-1823), vaccine pioneer, engraved by J.R. Smith, 1820 By Susan Snell, Archivist and Records Manager, Museum of Freemasonry Over the last two years, we have all heard a lot about vaccination because of the Covid pandemic. Vaccination, a technique developed in the eighteenth century, helped medical science to make jabs against the […]
Solomon Welcomes Companions
The Metropolitan Grand Chapter Learning and Development Lead presents Solomon and the Royal Arch. The Solomon virtual learning environment has recently launched an exciting new module called 'Welcome Companion', which is aimed at new members of the Royal Arch. This article will explain a little about the module. If, dear reader, you have not yet […]
Host a successful Ladies’ night by joining forces with other Lodges!
At Square Events, we can introduce to each other Lodges that are looking to hold events in the same area, harnessing the power of 2 or more events combined. We can help remove the uncertainty and share the organisation to deliver a wonderful event for all Lodges involved. With the cost-of-living crisis replacing people's COVID […]
Centenary celebrations of Renaissance Chapter No 3408
E Comp David Seddon, SLGCR, Metropolitan Grand Steward Each Chapter celebrating its centenary has its own unique story. The journey to the centenary of Renaissance Chapter No 3408 was fraught with cancellations as Covid 19 took its toll. Originally scheduled for 2020, after two faltering attempts we were at last able to celebrate […]
Carbon Chapter No 2910 Centenary
E Comp Danny Kehoe, Scribe E Carbon Chapter was consecrated on 21st January 1921 at The Holborn Restaurant, a fine venue with many different dining rooms and Masonic temples, which was situated at the Junction of High Holborn with Kingsway near to Freemasons’ Hall. Demolished in 1955, the site is now occupied by […]
Neville Joseph Portsoken Chapter 5088 60 Years in the Royal Arch
E Comp John Peters PGSoj MetGInsp reports On 13th June 2022, a full contingent of the inspectorate visiting team, including an escorting officer and two Metropolitan Grand Stewards, attended Portsoken Chapter No 5088, led by E Comp John Peters PGSoj, Metropolitan Grand Inspector, to present E Comp Neville Joseph PAGSoj with his 60th Year Royal […]
Anglo-Dutch & Old Emanuel Chapter No 5862 the Mother of Dutch Royal Arch Masonry
E Comp John Peters PGSoj Metropolitan Grand Inspector Reports on an excerpt from an article by E Comp Huib Lazet PGStB SGC Netherlands. It took more than two centuries for the English Royal Arch to pass the Dutch coast. In the 18th and 19th centuries the Dutch Order of Freemasons had no interest whatsoever in […]
Square Mile Chapter No 9352 is on its 75th Anniversary
On 11 December 1946, five members of Thames-side by Tower Lodge No 5423, drawn from employees of the Port of London Authority, met to consider forming a Chapter and, following a petition to Supreme Grand Chapter, Thames-side by Tower Chapter No 5423 was consecrated on 31 October 1947. The Chapter went through periods of success […]