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(by editorial board, The Paris News, January 4th, 2024)

 

The Roan Oak Masonic Lodge No. 860 of Garretts Bluff helped six Paris Junior College nursing students breathe easier last month when the lodge awarded them $500 scholarships. Present to bestow the scholarships were Worshipful Master Logan Thomas, Senior Deacon Pat Thomas, and Master of Ceremonies/Scholarship Committee Chair Alan Tapp. “It’s always a great pleasure to work with PJC and their nursing program,” said… read more:

 

 

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(by editorial board, Essex County Daily Gazette Standard, 31st December 2023)

 

On Saturday the 18th of November, the Freemason community hosted the Christmas Ladies Festival. This event was to thank and honour the wives, partners, and girlfriends of Freemasons. Master Javed Agha hosted this Freemason celebration. What happened at this event? This celebration was held at Derougemont Manor in Brentwood. On arrival, guests were greeted by the Master Mason. The evening entailed a four-course dinner along with two charity raffles and an auction. The auction included a one-week stay in a villa in Tenerife as well as a TV. The raffles had an… read more:

 

 

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(by Shaudra Barlett Yaw, The Sun, January 2, 2024)

 

In 136 years, Mount Defiance Lodge #794 of Free and Accepted Masons has offered men within the community who embody integrity and honesty and who have an innate desire to make their world better by helping people in need the opportunity to come together. At the very heart of the organization is its motto, “Making good men better,” and the members are consistently striving to do just that. “We have principles of morality that we, in many ways, impart in what we do in ritual. Masons help men become better in their own families and in their community,” revealed Lodge member, Bob Bartlett. “I know a lot of men are looking for an organization of men – a group of men- that care about the right ways of living that would like to seek out other like-minded men that practice these things and be around men of that nature.” Freemasonry is the leading worldwide fraternal order of men bonded together in fellowship, who aid one another and their communities by giving freely of their time and… read more:

 

 

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(by Mirek Gosney, newbury today, 01 January 2024)

 

Freemasons have made a generous donation to a local homeless charity. The Victory Freemasons Lodge, which meets at Newbury, has donated £2,000 to Loose Ends. The Newbury-based charity offers a drop-in site for vulnerable and homeless adults – and the sum will enable it to continue providing warm meals through the winter amid rising operating costs. Lee Farmer, who was to be the ‘master’ of the Lodge for a year, and his wife Nicola, visited Newbury Cricket Club a week before Christmas to present the donation to Loose Ends chair of trustees Diana Lacey and… read more:

 

 

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(by editorial board, The Islander, 31st December 2023)

 

The story of Freemasonry on Kangaroo Island has come to life in a new book written by Alan Jacobs titled… read more:

 

 

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(by Shaudra Barlett Yaw, The Sun, December 25, 2023)

 

Recently, the Freemasons of the Ticonderoga Mount Defiance and Crown Point Rescue lodges served pumpkin pie and whipped cream to the residents of the Elderwood Nursing Home facility in Ticonderoga as part of its outreach support to the community during the holiday season. Pictured, left to right, are Masons Doug Buckland, Donnie Norton, Allan Clark, and Dan Catlin. A cherry pie and ice cream effort for the residents is planned for February in commemoration of… read more:

 

 

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(by Brandon Mawson, News & Star, 29th December 2023)

 

FREEMASONS in West Cumbria have been helping those in need this Christmas. On Christmas day Cumbria Freemasons held a dinner party for people who may have been lonely or struggling at this time of the year. People were invited to the Masonic Centre at Cleator Moor to enjoy a meal and a chat with others who may have been in a similar predicament. For those who were unable to attend meals were delivered allowing people in the area a chance to enjoy their Christmas day as much as… read more:

 

 

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