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Cheshire marks 150 years The Royal Arch in the Province of Cheshire was consecrated on 26 October 1869, which means that on that date this year, they will celebrate 150 years of Royal Arch Freemasonry within the Province – their sesquicentenary. To commemorate this significant occasion, the Officers of the Province, Grand Superintendent Stephen Blank (Cheshire’s 13th Superintendent since the consecration) and Deputy Grand Superintendent John Robert Bramley, are leading an initiative which aims to exalt 150 members between
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Young Freemasons look to network The Province of Leicestershire & Rutland has been awarded the prestigious honour of hosting the 2019 New and Young Masons Clubs Conference at Freemasons’ Hall, Leicester. The Light Blue Club for New and Young Masons within the Province of Leicestershire & Rutland is part of a larger New and Young Masons Clubs (NYMC) network (www.nymc. org.uk) which brings together ‘Light Blue’ and Young Masons’ Clubs from around the Constitution to share ideas and best practice. The prestigious annual NYMC Conference, hosted this year by Leicestershire & Rutland’s Light Blue Club, will be held on 28 September 2019. This year’s theme is ‘Building Bonds’ and it will look at ways to increase and improve links between clubs across the country, including more inter-club social visits
and sporting matches. The conference also acts as a mechanism for building on the bonds these clubs have made with the Universities Scheme lodges within the respective Provinces. During the morning session, there will be a talk on women’s Freemasonry by Christine Chapman, the Grand Master of the Honourable Fraternity Of Ancient Freemasons. To close the conference, UGLE Grand Secretary Dr David Staples will provide the keynote address to the members.
Grand Superintendent Stephen Blank
1 January 2018 and the grand celebration on 26 October 2019. This anniversary will also be celebrated on the second date with the consecration of the Cheshire Chapter of Installed First Principals, No. 5961, the fi rst to be consecrated in the Province since 1993. The ceremony will be held at Hulme Hall, Port Sunlight, to which all new exaltees since 1 January 2018 are invited.
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6.15pm on 13 November at Freemasons’ Hall: Organ Concert by Simon Gledhill
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