Craft & Chapter Installation Meetings
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Richard Warburton Lodge, at the Masonic Hall Fishguard, Monday 8th June 2015.
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Peter Drewett Daylight Lodge of Progress, at the Masonic Hall Narberth, Saturday 20th June 2015.
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Full details of all Craft and Chapter Installations are available to download on the website, by clicking here. |
Letterston Memorial Hall
Neuadd Goffa Treletert
July 11th 2015, 7.30pm
Proceeds to: H.O.P.E. MS & other local charities
Tickets / Tocynnau £10 to include cold meat salad supper. For full details click here. |
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The final golf meeting of the 2014/15 Masonic year, was held at Derllys Court Golf Club, Bancyfelin, Carmarthen on Friday 24th April 2015. You can read a very comprehensive report by clicking here.
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The 2015 Masonic Caravan Club Schedule has been released and is available to download on the Provincial website. Click here to get your copy. |
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The West Wales Mason Magazine and 2015 Year Book are currently being prepared. If you would like to promote your business, why not place an advert with us? For full details reply to this email.
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Follow the Province (including the Provincial Grand Master) on Social Media by clicking on the images.
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Festival Raises - £1,079,614.28
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As well as the wonderful donation to The Grand Charity, RW Bro Stephen Hookey was delighted to present a cheque for £1000 from The West Wales Provincial Charity to Alex Esney and members of Cor Curiad to support the work of the choir.
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You can read a full update on the Festival Dinner and have a look at some of the official photos by clicking here. The report now includes letters from the Provincial Grand Master and Past Provincial Grand Master, both of whom were thrilled by the total which the Province was able to raise in such challenging times. |
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The Annual Meetings of Provincial Grand Lodge and Provincial Grand Chapter will be held at the Halliwell Centre, University of Wales, Trinity Saint David on Thursday 2nd July 2015. Full details can be found in the current edition of the West Wales Mason Magazine produced by W Bro Chris Samuel. Provincial Grand Chapter starts at 10.30am, lunch will be at 12.30 and Provincial Grand Lodge will tyle at 3.00pm. Full details of both meetings and the booking form for lunch can be found here.
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Old Priory Visit to Gibraltar
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On the 5th of May 12 brethren from Old Priory Lodge set out for Gibraltar to visit “Royal Lodge of Friendship No. 278”.
A 2nd degree ceremony was conducted by W. Bro. Selvan Soobiah PAGDC, DGTreas, PDSGW. According to W Bro Steve McGarvie, the ceremony was very similar to ours apart from the Junior Warden carrying out the part of the ceremony with signs.
The festive board was a marvellous meal, with W Bro Gary Thomas, WM of Old Priory Lodge having the honour of replying on behalf of the visitors, which included Brethren from Romania, Spain and Portugal in addition to the Brethren from West Wales.
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Royal Lodge of Friendship 278 - VC Winning Brethren
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The Royal Lodge of Friendship numbers 4 VC winning Brethren among its former members, with two of them winning the VC in the same engagement.
Top left - Alexander Roberts Dunn - VC awarded for his actions during the Charge of the Light Brigade during the Crimean War on 25th October 1854.
Top right - Arthur Frederick Pickard - VC awarded for his actions during the Victorian Colonial War in New Zealand on on 20th November 1863.
Bottom left - Nevill Josiah Aylmer Coghill - VC awarded posthumously for his actions at Isandlwana on 22nd January 1879 during the Zulu War alongside his fellow brother Lieutenant Melvill.
Bottom right - Teignmouth Melvill - VC awarded posthumously for his actions at Isandlwana on 22nd January 1879 during the Zulu War alongside his fellow brother Lieutenant Coghill.
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W Bro Huw Forster, WM of Teifi Hall Stone Lodge receives the Travelling Gavel
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The West Wales Travelling Gavel will be spending the summer recess in Cardigan this year. Seven members of Teifi Hall Stone Lodge no 4648 claimed the gavel at the St Padarn meeting on Thursday 21st May 2015. The meeting had 12 visitors in total and as Bro Ian Brodie, JW of St Padarn quite rightly pointed out:
"Adding 12 visitors to any festive board gives it atmosphere and can bring it alive, it also makes the Junior Warden's efforts in writing a toast to the visitors well worth while." in that toast he used this rather apt quote: "We need old friends to help us grow old and new friends to help us stay young" - that is something that masonry can do well with just a little effort." |
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