Lodge of St John No 191 Proclamation
On Thursday 10th January 2019 the Lodge of St John, No 191 at Bury, held a Proclamation Ceremony of Bro Stephen J Allanson as Worshipful Master. WBro Allanson remained ‘in the chair’ for a second year in this historic lodge, in what is its 250th year, and what a great...
Marshalling the 10k in aid of East Lancs. Hospice
The second Sunday of every year is always a bad weather day and coincides with the East Ribble Freemasons marshalling the East Lancs. Hospice 10k run. The second Sunday of 2019 was no different with spells of driving rain and high winds! Nearly 30 Masons, partners and...
The Manor Lodge No.3322 closes for the final time
The closure of a Lodge is always a sad occasion, but it also offers the opportunity to celebrate it’s life and history, this is exactly what happened at the final meeting of The Manor Lodge No. 3322 on the 10th January at Mill House Masonic Hall, Clayton-le-Moors....
Bury Hospice Receives a Grant from the MCF
Bury District Charity Steward, Chris Eccles, recently visited Bury Hospice to congratulate them on receiving a grant from the Masonic Charitable Foundation. Chris Eccles Congratulates Paul Fennelly of Bury Hospice Since the visit Paul Fennelly, the Head of Fundraising...
New Year’s Gift to Ecclesholme
Donald Roberts, chairman of the Audenshaw Fellowship and Tameside District representative on the Friends of Ecclesholme, presented a number of crochet shawls to the home manager, Bev Niland. Bev said that the shawls would be most beneficial to the residents for the...
Food Bank Donations
One of the most humbling experiences is seeing a church full of food parcels, knowing, that by weekend, all would have been distributed and faithfully received. Tameside Freemasons donated food and other necessities towards the parcels for people in need. Volunteers...
Help from Tameside Freemasons
Audenshaw District communications Officer, Niall Perry, helped out at Ashton-under-Lyne Rugby Club Christmas party after being contacted a few months ago. He was only too willing to support the event, following in the footsteps of his father in law. It is so important...
New Years Gift to Ecclesholme
Donald Roberts, chairman of the Audenshaw Fellowship and Tameside District representative on the Friends of Ecclesholme, presented crochet shawls to the home manager, Bev Niland. Bev said that the shawls would be most beneficial to the residents for the coming...
Unity Chapter 2341 make a donation to CRY
EComp Brian Worthington (on left) of Unity Chapter No 2341, presents a cheque for £200 to Simon and Joanna who have raised over £50,000 for CRY since they lost their son at the age of twenty Unity Chapter, No 2341, which meets at Mossley Masonic...
Warwick Davenport Celebrates 50 years in the Royal Arch
On Monday 10thDecember 2018 EComp Warwick Davenport PAGSoj celebrated 50 years as a Royal Arch Mason. He was exalted into Manchester Commonweal Chapter 5332 in November 1968. The ceremony was a splendid occasion especially so as the Chapter warmly welcomed the ME...
£1.6 Million for Refurbishments at Hewlett Court
EXCITING TIMES AHEAD FOR HEWLETT COURT Hewlett Court was constructed in the nineteen seventies and is now some forty five years old, and as such to maintain standards, we have over the last few years had to invest in certain improvements to keep standards up to date...
Provincial Dinner Dance
It has just been announced that there will be a Provincial Dinner Dance to be held at the University of Bolton Stadium, (formerly the Macron Stadium), on Saturday 29 June 2019. You can find out more HERE
Springhill Hospice receive a cheque from the Freemasons Charitable Foundation
The Rochdale District Charity Steward John Taylor, together with District Chairmen Doug Smith presented a cheque for £1,584 to Springhill's Hospice Chief Executive Julie Halliwell from the Freemason's Charitable Foundation. This is just one of 237 grants to hospices...
Rochdale Freemasons Provide Hospice Gifts
The Freemasons of Rochdale continued their annual Christmas tradition by paying a visit to the Springhill Hospice to deliver a number of festive gifts for patients. The money raised by lodge members had been donated to help provide Christmas gifts for local men and...
Children’s Christmas Party
Rochdale Masonic Social Committee On the 16th December 2018, The Rochdale Masonic Social Committee hosted another very successful Children’s Christmas Party at Richard St. 57 boys and girls aged between 3 and 12 years old joined in the fun and games provided by Dazzle...
MCF highlights work done in East Lancashire
The Masonic Charitable Foundation has released infographics and an impact report about their work in East Lancashire. Please pass this information on to family and friends should they ever ask what the MCF does for Freemasons and their families in East Lancashire. The...