Dogs For Good's Trust

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Category: Mark Masons’ Hall's Charities

Dogs For Good's Trust Fundraising Manager, Anna Lawrence gave a rousing presentation and received a cheque for £13,446 at the London Provincial meeting at Freemasons' Hall last week.

Dr John Wright, RD, President of the Mark Benevolent Fund was accompanied by Mrs Judy Lawson, in presenting the funds for the new puppy, Lawson, named after R.W.Bro. Michael Lawson, P.G.S.W., long standing Trustee of the M.B.F. The Province of London gladly contributed £3,000 towards the 2 year training program.

Tancred Perceptory No 102 Sesquicentenary

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Category: Knights Templar

Holding the Sesquicentenary Sword are, from left to right - E.Kt. David W. Abbott, P.Gt.A.-de-C., 1st Constable - E.Kt. David Bowman, Eminent Preceptor - Kt. David J. Wharton, 2nd Constable

On Saturday 30 June 2018 Knights from across the Province of East Anglia converged on the Cambridge Masonic Hall, Bateman Street, to celebrate the Sesquicentenary of Tancred Preceptory No. 102.

There they were joined by Most Eminent and Supreme Knight Paul Raymond Clement, Grand Master, and his accompanying Great Officers; and Right Eminent Knight Stewart Charles Lambert Middleton, Provincial Prior, and several of his Provincial Officers.

In what was a full agenda, in an equally full Temple, the Provincial Prior presented the Eminent Preceptor, E.Kt. David Bowman, with the Sesquicentenary Sword (pictured above) which had been generously donated by E.Kt. Terence C. Lewis, P.Gt.Chamb., Preceptory Registrar.

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Address by The Most Illustrious Grand Sovereign 2018

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Category: Red Cross of Constantine

Address by The Most Illustrious Grand Sovereign
Graham Leslie Flight, G.C.C.
to the Annual Assembly of Grand Imperial Conclave
Tuesday, 3 July 2018

Worthy Knights, Item 16 on our Agenda for today is an address by the Grand Sovereign but I promise not to keep you from refreshment for too long on yet another hot day. As always, my thanks to you for your attendance today and I hope you have enjoyed the proceedings in Grand Conclave thus far. The Grand Team has not been so busy during the last year with the appointment and enthronement of two new Intendents General rather than seven the year before. I would like to introduce them to you and I would ask them to stand when I call their names so that they can be recognised. On 17th February 2018, John Tristram as Intendent General for West Midlands, following the retirement of Colin Young after ten years of loyal service. On 24th February 2018, Terence Deakin as Intendent General for Hertfordshire following the retirement of Simon Pine. There has been one new Conclave consecrated in the last year, the John, Baron Von Hoff Conclave number 527 in Uxbridge on 4th June 2018. Anyone who knew John would agree that he was a stickler for things to be done correctly and in particular during his time on the Grand Sepulchre Guard he was instrumental in the introduction of the Guard cloaks as we now see them and other Guard traditions still maintained today. It is a pleasure for me to be able to perpetuate his name in this new Concalve. For those of you who were paying attention last year there is also still the prospect of a Consecration in St. Lucia next year and a list of volunteers is already forming. I do hope that there will be another in the UK if possible.

During the last year I have visited at home and abroad including visits to Rome, Paris, Stockholm and Sofia, the last to dedicate the banner for Serdika Conclave consecrated in 2014 by my predecessor. Closer to home, in addition to Conclave and Divisional visits, it has been my great pleasure to visit and present two 50 year jewels and certificates. Right Illustrious Knight Keith Jackson in Devon and Cornwall and Ill Kt Desmond Jones in West Midlands. These are tremendous achievements and show a great devotion to our order over many decades, indeed both of the Worthy Knights received their first Grand Conclave appointment before I joined the Order. We also had a knight, who regularly attends his Conclave, celebrate his 100th birthday last month with of course a suitable cake and celebrations. As always, it is a pleasure for me to now welcome our overseas and distinguished visitors and as usual Worthy Knights, could I ask you to hold your applause until I have completed the list:

From Scotland, we have M.Ill.Kt. Joseph S Wood, G.C.C. – Grand Sovereign; M.E.Kt. Kenneth Kennedy, P.G.Viceroy & R.Ill.Kt. A Mike McGregor, Grand Recorder.

From South Australia and Northern Territory of Australia we have R.Ill. & Em.Kt. Allan David Henderson, Grand Viceroy.

From Germany, M.lll.Kt. John MacKinnon, GCC, Grand Sovereign; R.lll. & Ven.Kt. Michael Cooper, GCC, Grand Eusebius, R.Ill.Kt. Markus Winter, KCC, Grand Recorder & Ill.Kt. Allan Morecroft, Captain of the Holy Sepulchre Guard.

From France, M.Ill.Kt. Jean Claude Borie, P.G.Sov. & R.Ill.Kt. Guy Braundet, G.Viceroy

From Finland, M.lll.Kt. Lasse Vikgrén, GCC, Grand Sovereign & R.Ill.Kt. Eero Nousiainen, GCC, Deputy Grand Sovereign.

From Sweden, M.W Bro. Ingmar Borjesson, Pro G.M., Knight and Commander.

From Cyprus, R.Ill.Kt. George C. Roditis, GCC, Grand Chancellor & Grand Sovereign Elect

From Greece, M.Ill.Kt. Aristides Samios, KBE, GCC, Grand Sovereign & R.Ill.Kt. Anastassios Albanis, GCC, Grand Chancellor.

From Croatia, M.Ill.Kt. Goran Kniewald, GCC, Grand Sovereign, & M.Ill.Kt. Bojan Sober, GCC, Past Grand Sovereign.

From our own constitution we have from Benelux, R.Ill.Kt. Alasdair Antony Kenneth White, Intendant-General, V.Ill.Kt. Werner Maria Schwab, P.G.H.Chan, Deputy I-G, Ill.Kt. Cornelis Van Putten, Div.G.St.B.(C.), Ill.Kt. Roger Albert Ottaway, P.Div.G.Chamb., Wy.Kt. Graham Anthony Sandford Jones, Wy.Kt. Marc Luc Robert Bauwens.

I now turn to Heads of Orders and from the Mark we have V.Ill.Kt. Raymond John Smith, G.S.Gen.,Pro Grand Master.

V.Ill.Kt. Paul Raymond Clement, P.G.S.Gen., Grand Master KT.

V.Ill.Kt. Kessick John Jones, P.G.S.Gen. Grand Master RSM

V.Ill.Kt. Andrew Christopher Sweeney, P.G.S.Gen., Grand Supreme Ruler OSM

V.Ill.Kt. Ian Stanley Currans, P.G.H.Chan., Grand Summus SC

Ill.Kt. Nigel Alan Willows, P.G.St.B.(C), Grand Master Operatives.

Ill.Kt. Christopher Gavin Maiden, P.G.Swd.B., Grand High Priest KTP

R.Ill.Kt. Michael Edward Herbert, GCC, Grand Master KBHC

V.Ill.Kt. John Roger Paternoster, P.G.J.Gen., Supreme Magus SRIA

The Grand Sovereign’s Care for Children Fund continues to be active under the management of my Deputy Grand Sovereign.  This includes a further £16000 received last year and after paying out over £30000 still has a healthy balance of some £62000 available. Please do apply for a grant if you believe you have a suitable case as the money should not be static in our account but should be put to good use. Worthy Knights, please continue to consider this Fund in your Conclaves and Divisions as there can surely be no better use of our charitable donations than the support we can give to organisations that care for children with life threatening or terminal illnesses as well as support for their families. I congratulate all those Worth Knights that I have appointed or promoted today in Grand Conclave.  These ranks are all well-deserved and act as a reward for past service and an incentive to continue that service in the future in your Conclaves and Divisions. I have again reappointed my Deputy and my Grand Eusebius and I thank them both for their support, advice and encouragement during the last year and their attendance and individual visits on my behalf. Worthy Knights they are allowed out without me and I am sure will be only too pleased to receive invitations to come and see you. I would also like to thank my Grand Officers of the last year for their support and to my Grand Sepulchre Guard for being with me on all official occasions and adding their special contribution to our proceedings. I must also thank the Grand Recorder and his staff and the Grand Marshal and his team for their help today and throughout the last year. Our Order, Worthy Knights, is faced with some of the same problems as Masonry generally in calls on members’ time, money and attendance and for some advancing years. We must all be vigilant and active in recruiting and retaining new members to join and stay with us and share our beautiful Christian Order. God bless you all Worthy Knights and let us now move efficiently on to refreshment and to each others’ company at lunch in Fraternal Harmony.

Happy 100th Birthday V.Ill.Kt. Wilfred Leahy

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Category: Red Cross of Constantine

L to R W.Kt. A. Bateman, V.Ill.Kt. P. Philips, V.Ill.Kt. W. Leahy, E.Kt. D. Bates, Ill.Kt. J. Hawkins, Ill.Kt. J. Leach

On the 12 June 2018 V.Ill.Kt. Wilfred (Wilf) Leahy turned 100. To mark this milestone the Worthy Knights of Holy Peace Conclave No. 381, meeting in Yeovil on Tuesday 19 June, put on something of a celebration for Wilf. This included a fabulous Birthday cake and the surprise field promotion to P.G.J.Gen. conveyed to Wilf and those present by a personal letter of congratulations from the M.Ill. Grand Sovereign, Graham Leslie Flight, which paid tribute to Wilf’s long and valued service to the Order since joining St John the Evangelist Conclave No. 238 on 28 May 1976.

V.Ill.Kt. Leahy has been the M.P.S. of four separate Conclaves, including King Ina Conclave No. 363 at the age of 96!