Update from the Kent Club
It’s been a funny old week. As I put fingers to keyboard in the Café at Freemasons’ Hall, I contemplate, like many of us, the sadness and yet see great friendship and unity around the capital and Nation. It encourages me to see this, and like Freemasonry, it bonds us together. This I have witnessed […]
Prince Michael of Kent Court Care Home hosts a Summer Party
Report by W Bro Andrew Farleigh SLGR On a hot summer’s day on 7th August 2022, a fabulous Garden Party and Barbeque lunch was arranged by the Prince Michael of Kent Court Care home for its residents, their families and volunteers from the Association of Friends. The main garden was set out […]
Men at the Top – Jon Randall PJGD PGStB MetGrandInsp
In conversation with W Bro Simon Bennett LGR MetJGD Despite having spent over 30 years working in the accountancy profession, mostly in London, Jon remains very much a "West Country boy". Jon was born in Somerset on 9th September 1966 and grew up in Bristol and South Gloucestershire. His family had been very […]
Discover Freemasonry in London
Reports by W Bro Omaid Hiwaizi PAGDC, MetGCO We are in an era when Freemasonry actively projects a positive view in the wider community and media, with a focus on being open and with a view to attracting more of the right members. A major pillar of this is the National Digital Marketing Campaign […]
Arena 50 Print Edition
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Creating “Masonry Universal” – A Lodge’s success story
By W Bro Chris Connop PSGD As can be seen on the front of our summons, Highgate Lodge No 1366 was consecrated on the 25th of September 1871, when a few brethren came together in the Gate House Pub in Highgate, a pub that still stands today. It is often falsely assumed that it was […]
High time rescue – Saving a Lodge by going international
A tale of bonding, brotherhood and saving a Lodge narrated by its worshipful master ,W Bro Andrea Gabrielli. Back in January 2022, when I first called W Bro Keith Gregory Parry PAGDC and SVO for the Bee Hive Lodge No 2809 to introduce myself, he sounded somehow shocked as, in his genuine belief, the Bee […]
Enriching a ceremony with ancient ritual
W Bro Ash Butler – IPM – reports Members and guests of the Manor of Stockwell Lodge No 4746 were treated to a Raising with a notable difference at their June meeting. As if a double third wasn’t enough, it was decided to treat Brothers Owen Lee and Martin Ritchie (and Lodge members) to […]
The Scrip Purse
A Column from the Metropolitan Grand Almoner’s Team A very warm welcome to you all to this, our 3rd regular feature in Arena. We have been very busy over the last two years running monthly almoner training seminars and other activities such as the Metropolitan Grand Almoner’s Tea Room, Working with Carers UK and many […]
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 […]