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 Teddies Galore: (L to R) John Webb, Peter Lowndes and A&E Staff Nurse Anne Cartwright On the Level
Cheshire Award
Somerset Royal Arch Appointments Douglas John Bennett has been installed as Grand Superintendent for Somerset. The Installation was conducted by George Francis, Second Grand Principal, at the Webbington Hotel and Country Club, Loxton.
Teddies Galore The Essex-based Teddies for Loving Care (TLC) charity recently held double celebrations at a number of Essex hospital A&E units. The new Patron and Vice-Patron are the Deputy Grand Master Peter Lowndes and Essex Provincial Grand Master John Webb, respectively. The second celebration was the milestone of helping half a million severely distressed children by giving each a TLC Teddy. Synagogue Holds Royal Arch Service More than 300 members of the Provincial Grand Chapter of Hampshire and Isle of Wight attended a Service of Thanksgiving at the Portsmouth Synagogue earlier in the year. Guests included Royal Arch members and Christian ministers John Harvey, Malcolm Lane, Tony Miller, Dr. Michael Morgan. Rabbi David Katanka gave a sermon in which he emphasised Portsmouth Jewry’s long tradition of public service and the many parallels between its values and those of Freemasonry. Scillies' Milestone Freemasons on the Isles of Scilly enjoyed an historic event when a new Chapter – Scillonian No. 7790 – was consecrated at Newquay, presided over by Nicholas Barrington, Grand Superintendent of Cornwall. The Rev. Raymond Wood, in his Oration, said it was the first consecration this century of a Royal Arch Chapter off the coast of Britain, but masonry on the island began in 1755. That year, Isaac Head became the first and only Provincial Grand Master of ‘Scilly and other adjacent islands’ until his death in 1779. Then Augustus Smith, the Lessee, Governor and Lord Proprietor of the islands, became Provincial Grand Master of Cornwall in 1863. London Legacy Appeal Metropolitan Grand Lodge of London has officially launched its support to the Legacy Appeal, and it is hoped to recruit representatives to act as legacy liaison officers. Further information can be found at www.porchway.org or by contacting legacy manager Mike Wheal on info@cmc-legacy.org or 0203 116 0114. New West Lancs PGM More than 2,000 masons gathered in the Winter Gardens, Blackpool to see Peter John Hosker installed as Provincial Grand master for West Lancashire by Peter Lowndes, the Deputy Grand Master. He was also installed as Grand Superintendent.
Cornerstone Society CORNERSTONE SOCIETY EVENT The Cornerstone Society’s 2008 Conference, Quest for the Lost Word, will be held at Freemasons’ Hall, London on Saturday, 29 November, with registration starting at 12.45pm. The Speakers will be Prof. John Grange: With the Centre, Prof. Thierry Zarcone (CNRS, Paris): Muslim Fascination with Freemasonry: Historic and Ritualistic Perspectives, Dr Henrik Bogdan (Gothenburg University): The Quest for the Lost Word, Tom Bergroth (Grand Marshall, Swedish Order): The Swedish Rite and Pauline Chakmakjian (University of Wales, Lampeter): Japanese Spirituality and Esoteric Freemasonry. Tickets are £16.50 each for the conference only (with light refreshments). There will be dinner afterwards at the New Connaught Rooms, price £29 per person excluding wine (total cost £45.50). Application forms and full details can be found at: www.cornerstonesociety.com and bookings can also be made securely on-line. For further information, email secretary@cornerstonesociety.com or write to Mark St John Qualter, Secretary, The Cornerstone Society, 13 Victoria Road, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire FY8 1LE, enclosing a SAE. Cheques made payable please to “The Cornerstone Society”. Sheffield University Centre for Freemasonry After a break of two terms, the Centre for Freemasonry at Sheffield University will again commence a public lecture series. Both the Autumn lecture series and that for Spring 2009 have an international flavour. The first theme will be Freemasonry and Fraternalism in the Middle East. The Spring 2009 theme will be Freemasonry and Fraternalism in Eastern Europe. Further information is available from www.freemasonry.dept.shef.ac.uk/. Lectures take place in the HRI/CRF building, 34 Gell Street, Sheffield, every second Monday commencing 2 October at 1715. Refreshments available. All welcome. Canonbury Masonic Research Centre 10th International Conference 25-26 October 2008 Freemasonry and the Sciences: Natural and Supernatural. This international event will examine the interplay of science and Freemasonry and explore the activities and ideas of individuals and bodies which have had a significant impact on this relationship. The conference will examine the role of Freemasonry in advancing scientific understanding and how science, in its broadest sense, affected both the history and the progress of masonry. An international group of speakers will take part including Dr Fabio Venzi, Grand Master of the Regular Grand lodge of Italy, whose paper is on Perceiving the Sacred in Scientific Research. Go to www.canonbury.ac.uk for conference registration forms. Fee: £78 (£8.50 per day, lunch optional). For further information contact Carole McGilvery, 020 7226 6256. E-mail: mcgilvery@canonbury.ac.uk Autumn Lectures Wednesdays 7-9pm 15 October: Alan Armstrong: The Secret Garden of the Soul – An Introduction to Kabbalah. 19 November: Philippa Faulks: The Masonic Magician – the Life and Death of Count Cagliostro and his Egyptian Rite. 3 December: Dr Rupert Sheldrake: The Presence of the Past – Morphic Resonance and Nature’s Memory. Fee £7. Cheques payable to Canonbury Masonic Research Centre. CMRC, 6 Canonbury Place, London N1 2NQ.
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