TYPE 2 DIABETES- A HAZARD FOR MASONS?
W Bro Mike Gerschel SLGR shares a personal experience. About two years ago I was not in good shape. Too many Lodge meals and too little exercise, plus my own homemade bread and lots of carbs, had seen my weight increase to 15st 8lbs (99kgs) and my waist to 44ins (111cms). I was running […]
The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution Care Company
During the pandemic Metropolitan Grand Lodge & Chapter has kindly offered this page to help a charitable organisation feature their urgent message. The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution Care Company (RMBI Care Co.) provides residential care, nursing and residential dementia support to older Freemasons, their families and people in the wider community. We focus on resident wellbeing and […]
A SONG TO WELCOME US BACK TO OUR LODGES
A SONG TO WELCOME US BACK TO OUR LODGES. By W Bro Harry Benham PGStB Lockdown has had such an effect on our life, not just as Freemasons, but in everything we do. Many of the Brethren have been eager, even desperate, to meet on the Square again. To dine and laugh together with friends […]
Lodges donate to help a little boy hear his parents
When your child is sick, you will do anything to help them, but sometimes the difficulties are so overwhelming that it’s almost easier to lose hope. Then who can you turn to? Charlie and Maxine Dack found themselves in this unfortunate situation with their baby boy Harrison. Harrison was born with a virus called congenital […]
Canonbury Lodge goes from strength to strength
W Bro Robert Lakic PJGD, MetGInsp reports for Arena. Canonbury Lodge was pleased to be able to meet at the end of 2020 to conduct the Ceremony of Passing. It was an Emergency Meeting and of course conducted in accordance with the Government and UGLE guidelines laid down for social distancing. This successful Lodge […]
Men at the Top – W Bro Michael Todd PAGDC Metropolitan Grand Inspector
W Bro David Pugsley SLGR interviews Our latest man at the top, W Bro Michael Todd, PAGDC (becoming PSGD on 28 April 2021), MetGInsp, started his life near the city of Johannesburg founded by the Dutch settlers, the Afrikaans, during their northern migration from the Cape to the South African Plains. For a boy […]
Kent Club Update
An update from the Chairman, W Bro Dudley Price PAGDC As I write, once again from a locked down study in my home, I realise that the weather is doing its normal winter thing – vacillating between freezing and rain and that I find myself in a philosophical mood, pondering what changes to life, beyond […]
MUSEUM OF FREEMASONRY
By Barry Hughes, Marketing and Communications Manager at Museum of Freemasonry While the past year has been unusual, to say the least, it has affected the Museum in several ways. A year on, where do we stand? Obviously, as a visitor attraction, we have had to close our doors to the public on more than […]
Provincial Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of London presents
This article is part of the Arena Magazine, Issue 44 April 2021 edition. Arena Magazine is the official magazine of the London Freemasons – Metropolitan Grand Lodge and Metropolitan Grand Chapter of London. Read more articles in the Arena Issue 44. READ ARENA 44 HERE
Wheels for Heroes receives a 3000 grant from the London Freemasons Charity
W Bro John Purnell reports On 16 March 2020, Brompton Bike Hire approached St. Bart’s Hospital and NHS London to provide bikes for their front-line staff who wished to avoid being crammed onto buses and trains during the COVID-19 pandemic. As word rapidly spread, over 500 NHS staff registered for the free rental scheme, quickly […]
CERES LODGE No 4179 CENTENARY MEETING
W Bro Ivan Yordanov LGR reports (Note: The photograph above was taken in 1951 at the 50th celebrations) Lockdown restrictions were no reason not to celebrate for Ceres Lodge 4179. Therefore, on Monday 1st February 2021, there was seen what we believe to be the first-ever online centenary celebration of a Lodge. Having had to […]
RICHARD HOUSE CHILDRENS HOSPICE RECEIVES MCF GRANT
W Bro Adrian Fox reports. 2020 was the 20th anniversary of Richard House Children’s Hospice. No-one could have predicted what a year it would be, or the impact it would have on the community they look after. Despite the global pandemic, the team is committed to caring for life-limited children and their families, as they […]