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3-2-1 @ OWL
The Old Westminsters’ Lodge completed a feast of Freemasonry up School in October 2017, performing all three principal ceremonies in one
meeting. This triple ceremony is almost unprecedented in modern times and certainly none of the members and guests present had ever been to a meeting like it. A highly convivial dinner in Ashburnham House completed the evening.
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The Lodge was founded in 1887 and membership is open to male Alumni and Staff of the School. Apart from having seriously fun meetings and dinners, charity is an important part of what we do. In 2017, London Masons pledged £2.5 million funding to the London Fire Brigade for two extended height aerial vehicles that were so lacking during the awful Grenfell Tower fire. This followed sums raised in recent years, including for a hi-tech ‘cyberknife' at Barts’ Hospital, vehicles for the London Ambulance Service, and a second helicopter air ambulance
which had been badly needed in London. We are proud to say that all of these are playing a vital role in making London a safer place to live and work. If you have an interest in our ancient and honourable institution please contact our Secretary (sec@ oldwestminsterslodge.org) to find out more, or visit the Lodge website for further details. Why men only? We are constituted under the United Grand Lodge of England, whose predecessor was founded over 300 years ago as the governing body of an all-male institution. That tradition and rule continues. For this reason we are only permitted to accept male applicants for membership. So far, no alumna of Westminster School has founded a Lodge specifically for Westminster alumnae. However there are several Masonic Lodges for women in the UK and if any alumnae are interested please contact us and we can put you in touch.
