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Grand
Lodge News
Quarterly
Communication report of 10 December 2003
40th Anniversary
RW Deputy Grand Master,
Iain Ross Bryce read a message on behalf of the The MW Pro Grand Master,
Lord Northampton to the MW The Grand Master,
The message reads:
Every Freemason under the United Grand Lodge of England joins me in sending
loyal greetings and congratulations to your Royal Highness on the forthcoming
fortieth anniversary of your initiation on 16 December 1963.
(Signed) Northampton
Pro Grand Master
(The following reply has been received from York House)
I was very touched by the kind message of greetings you sent me on behalf
of all English Freemasons to mark the 40th anniversary of my initiation.
I very much appreciate this kind thought.
Edward
RW Deputy Grand
Master's speech
RW The Deputy Grand
Master, Iain Ross Bryce, presided at Grand Lodge in the capacity of Acting
Grand Master.
Click here for his speech.
President of the
Board of General Purposes retires
RW Bro. Lord Cadogan
will retire as President of the Board of General Purposes on 9 March next
year.
Click here for more....
Preliminary
Declaration to the Book of Constitutions
The President of the
Board of General Purposes, RW Bro. Lord Cadogan Moved:
That the following words be added as a second paragraph to the Preliminary
Declaration to the Book of Constitutions:
"At the Quarterly Communication of 10 December 2003 the United Grand
Lodge of England acknowledged and pronounced the status of the Supreme
Order of the Holy Royal Arch to be 'an extension to, but neither a superior
nor a subordinate part of, the Degrees which precede it'."
The President made the following statement regarding the Motion: Click
here for the statement.
Royal
Masonic Benevolent Institution
Chief Executive and
President's report at Grand Lodge. Click here
for the full text.
Appointments
MW The Grand Master
has made the following appointments:
VW Bro Richard George Hamilton Goddard, PGSwdB, to be Provincial Grand
Master for Worcestershire, in succession to RW Bro Barrie Cooper who is
to retire on 31 December 2003. Bro Goddard is due to be installed on 29
January 2004;
W Bro Francis Wakem, QPM, PSGD, to be Provincial Grand Master for Wiltshire,
in succession to RW Bro Brian Edwick who is to retire on 24 March 2004.
Bro Wakem is due to be installed on 7 October 2004.
Order
of Service to Masonry
The Grand Master's
Order of Service to Masonry has been awarded to Frederick Henry Smyth,
PAGDC presented to him by the Deputy Grand Master, RW Bro Iain Ross Bryce.
Click here for Bro Smyth's citation.
Prestonian
Lecture for 2004
The delivery of the
official Prestonian Lectures in 2004 will be given under the auspices
of the following:
Quatuor Coronati Lodge, No. 2076 (London)
Tudor Lodge,No. 1792 (Warwickshire)
Lodge of Light, No. 7218 (Sussex)
The Lecturer, W Bro A. T. Stewart, states that the title of the Lecture
will be "English Speculative Freemasonry: origins, themes and developments".
Recognition of
six Grand Lodges
The following Grand
Lodges have been recognised by the United Grand Lodge of England.
the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Maryland
the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of The Bahamas
the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of The Carribean and Jurisdiction
the Grand Lodge of Andorra
the Grand Lodge of Lithuania
the Grand Lodge of Latvia
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