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I see UGLE is recognizing the Grand Lodge of the Republic of Liberia. https://www.ugle.org.uk/about-us/foreign-grand-lodges It looks like Commission on Information for Recognition (via CGMNA) makes no mention of this Grand Lodge. Do we known anything about it ? I've googled. Wikipedia was...

So... I'm on holidays still, which gives me time to poke around things I usually don't have time for... I was checking an old website and found a broken link from GL Utah about their Tartan. So I googled and I see they have launched their very own website and shop for it.. What is the...

Last year, United Grand Lodge Victoria held a Masonic Convention. It was a great success. We're doing it again this weekend and the two international guest speakers arrived Monday I believe: Bro Bob Cooper - Scotland Bro Mike Kearsley - England. They have been out to lodges already, and...

Hello Brethren and Guests. I wish you all Seasons Greetings ! Thank you for for your contributions this year and I wish you all the best for 2024. May your God Bless you, your family, and your friends ! S&F Bloke

I found this interesting and thought it might be interesting to others

Sergeant Johnson Beharry joined the British Army at the age of 21. While serving with the 1st Battalion in Iraq, Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment, Johnson's armoured Warrior vehicle fell into a trap and his colleagues were significantly injured. He drove under the enemy fire and saved their...

I often see Bro Warrior's name on posts but he has not posted since Jul 31, 2021. I have been expecting him to pop up, but he has not in just over two years.. Do we know what happened to our Brother ? I never corresponded with him via email. Reminders me of another Brother in the USA which I...

Hello Brethren Does anyone have a good (and not 200 pages) document on Lodge Renewal and how to turn around lodges in trouble ? Our GL has several, but none of them are current.. It is not just the ideas I am after, but the form, a documents someone can pick up and look at and think - that's...

Let's start a list of Lodges named after Baden Powell (1867-1941) , founder of the Scouting Movement. They might be Masonic, but any fraternal (or other community group named after Baden Powell) might be of interest. To the causal reader, Sir Baden Powell OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB, KStJ, DL was not a...

Especially for you @coachn - different from the Transition Theory

Hello Brethren Thanks to all participants for their contributions to the site in 2022. I hope you all had a safe and merry Christmas period and wish all the best for the New Year.

Hello Brethren I get asked a lot about Freemasonry and came up with a single sentence: Freemasonry is a philosophical system for good moral conduct that brings diverse men together. What do you think ? Do you have a good sentence like, or better than, the above I could borrow ?

A Masonic Building defaulted on Taxes and was snapped up for $5K according to this news report.. https://www.reformer.com/local-news/turning-ghost-houses-into-mansions/article_c5ed524a-9a36-11ec-abcf-837e442c174c.html

By Jorge Sanchez SHORT TALK BULLETIN, Vol. 84 , No. 3, March, 2006. Thought this might be of interest Full Article is below https://www.kansasmason.org/cms/images/Short-Talk-Bulletin-The-Other-Working-Tools.pdf

Thanks goodness, some sense on Rosslyn..

I spend hours the other might searching lodges in this directory of English Lodges. I may be a sad boring fellow - but it was fun ! ;) https://www.dhi.ac.uk/lane/

I guess for many of us, it might be a bit early to answer this question... but we can take stock as at now.. Firstly, we have have a build up of applicants. One of my friends lodges here has 11 applications. We only get a few per year normally. Both my lodges have at least 4. Many have 4 to 8 -...

So this is not Masonic, but that's important masonic information in itself. I recognise the name of all sorts of Fraternities and side orders, Masonic and otherwise, but not heard of this one until I saw some images of Jewels on the web... Straight from Wikipedia Military Order of the Cootie...