EDITORIAL W Bro Seb Giroux
Dear Arena readers, Summer is here, and I hope you are having a good time, whatever you do. The Masonic year may be over, but, oh my, did it get busy since spring! It is like everybody was raring to catch up on lost time. If the last few months are anything to judge by, […]
Finally Together at the Metropolitan Grand Lodge Summer Party
W Bro Joseph J Kershaw reports with photos from Daren Lewis and Gerald McLean Temperatures, activities and attendees… Saturday 16th July truly was a day for breaking records, and there was nowhere better to experience all of these than at the spectacular Met Grand Lodge, Summer Party held at the staggeringly beautiful Queens Mere […]
LONDON CRAFT DIGEST SPRING 2022
Here are just a few of the London Lodges that have met over the Spring months, throughout Central London as well as within the dedicated Masonic Centres around the capital. VW Bro David Wilkinson, Former Assistant Metropolitan Grand Master, was presented with a certificate celebrating 50 years in masonry by RW Bro Russell Race, […]
The latest from the Connaught Club
The Chairman of the Connaught Club gives an update on what’s going on with the young masons in London in 2022. We have been fortunate to have had a number social events since our last update – which has been great! As we approach the summer holidays the Connaught Club has picked up enough […]
Metropolitan Mess Officers Lunch
W Bro Richard Cavanagh reports On Thursday 21st March, members of the Metropolitan Mess gathered for the latest of their twice-yearly Mess at the Leonardo Royal Hotel near the Tower of London. Situated by Tower Hill, infamous for its “off with yer head” exploits of one Jack Ketch (head executioner from a bygone era), […]
THE MEN AT THE TOP: W Bro Kieron Mallon
W Bro Kieron Mallon PJGD PGStB Metropolitan Grand Inspector in conversation with W Bro Simon Bennett LGR LGCR MetJGD Kieron McGrory/Breslin was born February 1963 to a teenage Donegal girl in a Roman Catholic Mother and Baby Home. He spent the first six months of his life in what we now call a Magdalene […]
LEADING LIGHTS… Take ownership of your Lodge’s Future!
New Leading Lights provides the fuel, energy and Masonpower to drive the “wheel of development” as illustrated in The Members’ Pathway. PLAN, ATTRACT, ENGAGE, RETRIEVE Join Leading Lights today and tell us how you are making a positive difference to your Lodge. Join our Facebook and/or WhatsAPP Group today. To join our WhatsApo group, […]
LONDON ROYAL ARCH DIGEST SPRING 2022
Here are just a few of the London Royal Arch Chapters that met over Spring 2022 within dedicated Masonic Halls and Centres from Chingford to Harrow, Ealing to Croydon, and Southgate to Penge, not just throughout central London. London’s Royal Arch Chapters and Freemasons have been revelling in being back in each other’s company […]
CHARITY FOCUS: Team Margot
This article is part of the Arena Magazine, Issue 49 August 2022 edition. Arena Magazine is the official magazine of the London Freemasons – Metropolitan Grand Lodge and Metropolitan Grand Chapter of London. Read more articles in the Arena Issue 49 here.
Not one, not two, but six!
Bro Albert B Rother reports In April 2022, the United Arts Rifles Lodge No 3817, also known as the Brazilian lodge, conducted for the first time in its history a sextuple passing. To make the occasion even more special, the Lodge was extremely fortunate to benefit from ritualistic support from W Bros Bruno Maini […]
The Scrip Purse
By W Bro Darren Palmer PAGSwdB, MetGAlm A Column from the Metropolitan Grand Almoner’s Team A very warm welcome from myself and my team to our regular feature on Arena. In the last edition, we gave an overview of the initiatives we are currently running. In this edition, we want to highlight two initiatives by […]
The Anglo Foreign Lodges Association Re-union Meeting
By W Bro David McKenna, SLGR and Paul Bazerkanian, P M District Inspector, Grand Lodge of California. THE GRAND LODGE OF CALIFORNIA DEMONSTRATION OF THE 3RD DEGREE On Saturday, 24 September, the AFLA Bi-annual Reunion meeting, hosted by America Lodge No 3368, have invited the Grand Lodge of California District 717 Degree Team to demonstrate […]