On Thursday 18th April 2013 St Padarn Lodge held a special meeting to recognise the outstanding service of W Bro Bob Williams PPrGW who has been a Freemason for a continuous period of 60 years. The Provincial Grand Master RW Bro Eric Mock led the Provincial delegation, which also included the Assistant Provincial Grand Master W Bro Steve Hookey. You can read the full story here.
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The Llanelli Lodges have organised a formal dinner at the Stradey Park Hotel, Llanelli, on Friday 21st June 2013 to raise funds for the 2015 Festival Appeal. It promises to be a great evening. You can read the full details here.
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There are only 3 more Installations left in this Masonic Season. The Frenni Lodge Installation is the only one in May and will be held on Tuesday 7th May 2013 starting at 3.30pm.
Details of all other masonic meetings in the Province can be found here.
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Provincial Officers Dinner
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This year’s Provincial Officers Dinner is to be held at the Cliff Hotel, Gwbert on Saturday the 18th of May 2013. W Bro Edward Morgan very much hopes all this year's active officers from the Craft and Royal Arch will be able to attend. Full details here.
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You can contact any Lodge Secretary via their Lodge page which you will find here.
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If there are events in your Lodge which you would like to publicise, then please let us know by replying to this email, or by using the contact details which you will find at the bottom of the page.
Encourage your friends to subscribe to this newsletter, by using the box which you will find at the bottom of the homepage of the website. The more people who register to receive the newsletter directly, the better it will become.
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 Can you believe we are already on the third newsletter! Spring is in the air and the Provincial Executive are already busy preparing for the meeting of Provincial Grand Lodge on Thursday 4th July 2013. There will be full details and a booking form in the West Wales Mason Magazine, which will be with you by the end of May. In a ground breaking initiative, the Summons for the meeting will also be published in the magazine, as part of a special 12 page pull out section. All the details will be on the website too.
The Provincial Committee meetings and the AGM of the West Wales Grand Charity are being held on 9th May in the Masonic Hall in Carmarthen. The Charity meeting starts at 11.00am. Full details will be on the website as soon as they are available.
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No waits for a consultation or assessment!
The Samaritan Fund has recently overhauled it's Small Grants Fund to help all eligible beneficiaries who are facing a long wait to see a consultant on the NHS. Previously this support was only offered to people in receipt of means-tested benefits, but now it is offered to any eligible beneficiaries who are told that they will have to wait longer than 8 weeks to be seen by a consultant. Full details here.
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 The Craft and Royal Arch Appointments have been finalised.
You can view the full list of Craft Appointments and Promotions here & the Full list of Royal Arch Appointments and Promotions here.
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The Masonic Caravan Club was blessed with brilliant sunshine to kick off the year when they held their first rally of the season over the weekend of the 19th & 20th April at Wiseman's Bridge in Pembrokeshire. The event was well supported with twelve member’s caravan units in attendance and also joined by guests from the Eastern division. Full details here.
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If you spot an error on the website, please email asec@westwalesmason.com, so that we can correct it - especially errors on the Meetings Calendar!!
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