Our News section keeps you up-to-date with what’s happening at Bath Masonic Hall from day to day. Clicking on the images below will take you to our very latest stories.   The Archive section contains all of the news items we have published over the last few years, so if you would like to see some of those articles, then please select one of the archive section links in the menu on the right of this page.

 

International Freemasonry

At their first meeting of the Masonic season, St Alphege Lodge welcomed their newest member, Brother Clarence, originally from Hong Kong. In an exemplary manner, led by the Worshipful Master Peter, conducting his first ceremony, Brother Clarence was Initiated in a moving and dramatic performance. Significantly, all progressive officers being [...]

Square Meals Project receives Shining Light Award

Community heroes in Bath and North East Somerset who have made an exceptional contribution to helping others during the Covid-19 pandemic have been recognised in a raft of special new awards.   The Shining Light Awards aim to highlight people who have gone above and beyond to volunteer, or to [...]

Civic Reception for Square Meals Team

Representatives of the Bath Freemasons’ Square Meals Project attended a virtual Civic Reception on Tuesday 9th March with the Mayor of Bath, Councillor Manda Rigby.  These included members of the Freemasons’ committee, two local charities Mercy in Action and Sporting Family Change, and staff of B&NES Council who have [...]

Square Meals Update

Since April 2020, the Square Meals Project has delivered more than 22,500 Free two-course ready meals to shielded over-65s, those with serious care issues and vulnerable families in Bath and surrounding towns. In March last year, our commercial kitchen at Bath Masonic Hall closed when the Hall was shut [...]

Heart Break Hotel

Through no fault of our own, any one of us could find ourselves destitute and living rough; overlooked and ignored by the majority of people rushing by. In the words of musician and song-writer, Sam Eason: “Nobody realised it was Elvis sat there; he could have been anyone, they [...]

A video about Square Meals

Here's the latest update on Square Meals - in video form

St Alphege Lodge Centenary

On 6th September 100 years ago St Alphege Lodge 4095 was consecrated and this significant date in our history could not pass without some form of acknowledgement and celebration. Under the current restrictions the only realistic option was to hold an informal social Zoom session to mark the occasion. 23 [...]

’Square Meals’ initiative delivers its 1000th meal

A week on from our last bulletin, and with just over a month passed since the first tentative discussions took place on the topic of what Bath Freemasons could do to help during the current Covid Emergency, the resultant Square Meals Initiative to provide free ready meals to the most [...]

Bath Freemasons launch ‘Square Meals’ initiative

As part of the effort to combat the ill-effects of Covid-19 upon the health and welfare of the most vulnerable in the area, Bath Freemasons have launched the ' Square Meals ’ initiative by re-opening their kitchen to provide wholesome, pre-cooked frozen meals for delivery by Social Care staff to [...]