2024 Royal Arch Banquet
It was 7pm on Saturday, 8th June 2024, and 106 ladies and Royal Arch Companions were invited to leave the champagne reception and take their places in the Goulburn Dining Suite at the Manchester Hall, for the commencement of the banquet. Since 1991 this has been an...
Imperial George Chapter
On Tuesday 30th April EComp Steven Boyle PGStB APGP for Eastern Area visited Imperial George Chapter No 78. One of the reasons that EComp Boyle attended was to present the Chapter with an award for achieving Grand Patron status after donating to the PGLEL 2026...
East Lancs Foreign Currency Initiative – Support our Festival appeal with your leftover foreign currency
Ark & Menorah Chapter: the first same sex couple to join Royal Arch
Tuesday the 13th of February 2024 saw the Ark & Menorah Chapter meeting in which the Ceremony was to be an exaltation. The evening was enriched by, the presence of, the Most Excellent Grand Superintendent Robert Ian Frankl together with Manchester Area East...
Ain’t half hot mum cast – Ex Officers play POWs
Two City East Freemasons assisted Western Area Joint Convocation at UNANIMITY CHAPTER No 42 at Bury. Flying Officer W.Bro Dave GREEN of East Lancs Centurion Lodge and W.Bro Captain Ed BEAMAN of the same Lodge played the roles of POWS at the event. Ed and Dave are...
Archway Presentation
On 29 April 2024 at Rochdale Masonic Hall, a meeting expanding on Archway was held. A Provincial team came to Rochdale to present to our Lodge Royal Arch Representatives (LRARs), Royal Arch Area Officers (RAAO’s), Chapter Mentors and Scribe E’s. This was a very...
28th March 2024 -Palatine Chapter No 2447: A Beacon of Unity and Progress in Royal Arch Masonry
On Thursday 28th March 2024, in the illustrious setting of Warrington Masonic Hall, a momentous occasion unfolded at the regular convocation of Palatine Chapter No 2447. Five Master Masons from three Universities Scheme Lodges in the region, were exalted into Royal...
Royal Arch Freemasonry and Archway
United Grand Lodge of England has been very clear that the three degrees of Craft Masonry represent the first three of four steps that allow a man to truly enter into an understanding of Antient Freemasonry. The fourth step is to enter (it is called being exalted...
It Aint Alf Hot Mum !
On the 20th May 2024 the newly amalgamated Western Area in the Province of East Lancashire held its first Royal Arch Joint Convocation. The Convocation brought together the Royal Arch Chapters from the four Masonic halls that make up the Western Area. The host...
Festive board after Supreme Grand Chapter
Companions from East Lancashire enjoying the festivities following Supreme Grand Chapter
Provincial Grand Chapter 2024
PROVINCIAL GRAND CHAPTER KING GEORGES HALL, BLACKBURN THURSDAY 21 MARCH 2024, at 3.00pm Thursday 21st March 2024 saw the annual convocation of The Provincial Grand Chapter of East Lancashire at St Georges Hall, Blackburn. The meeting was held in the presence of many...
Talking Heads Hosted by Felicity Lodge 4365
On Thursday 22nd February 2024, Felicity Lodge 4365 hosted "Talking Heads" which was presented excitingly, educationally, and very enjoyably. The Royal Arch presentation team presented a play which describes the ceremony of exhalation, why the Royal Arch is important...