2018 marks the 250th anniversary of the founding of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Somerset and there are various events across the county this year to mark this important landmark. On Sunday 30th September the party comes to Bath with a special event in the city. At around 2.45pm a Masonic procession will set off [...]
The first issue of a new Newsletter for all Bath Freemasons has just been published. It is called the North East Corner. The Newsletter will be issued three times a year, in May, September and December, and is being circulated in electronic form to all members of Lodges and Orders meeting at Bath Masonic Hall. The style is light-hearted, and [...]
On Monday 16 October 2017, the Mayor of Bath Councillor Ian Gilchrist invited the Masters of the seven Lodges in Bath and their partners to a reception in the Mayor's Parlour at Bath Guildhall, to mark the Tercentenary of Grand Lodge of England and the role played in that organisation since 1723 by Bath Freemasons. They [...]
During his year of office, WBro Alex Rhys demonstrated a maturity beyond his 26 years of age, conducting himself with dignity and composure. It has been a busy year for Alex, having just completed his final year of a PhD in Cancer Research at Barts Institute, Queen Marys, London, where he studied cancer cell [...]
Masonic Lodges across Bath have come together to help bereaved families at the City's Royal United Hospital. The Royal Albert Edward, St Alphege and Royal Cumberland Lodges have raised £5,000 for the RUH’s ‘Forget-Me-Not’ Child Bereavement Suite in the maternity unit. This project will provide grieving parents with a safe and comforting space to [...]
When St Alphege Lodge enthusiastically agreed to participate in the Universities Scheme eleven years ago we speculated on the benefits it would bring; however, none of us thought for one moment that we might one day, have a Worshipful Master of the tender age of just 25! But our new WM, Alex Rhys’, ambition, [...]
The Toast to the Visitors I would like to share the story of how I came to realise what Visiting is all about. I was in my second year in Freemasonry, and by then I had more or less figured out the general dynamics of a masonic meeting, and was looking to help out [...]
On 20 November 2015, seven Worshipful Brethren from St. Alphege Lodge No. 4095, meeting at Bath Masonic Hall, travelled to Northern Ireland to attend a meeting, which included a demonstration of an Initiation ceremony, at McCammon Crozier Lodge No. 497 meeting in Holywood, Co. Down. Pick-up from the airport to the Stormont hotel, together [...]
Jack Whalley (MEng Aerospace Engineering 2012) explains how he joined his local Freemasons’ Lodge through a new scheme to attract university students: "A friend of mine joined Freemasonry a year ago and spoke about what an amazing time he had, meeting new people and the things they were up to. Considering the mystery and secrecy that [...]
During the recent Lift Installation at the Bath Masonic Temple, St Alphege Lodge took the opportunity to remove their Honours Board and have it professionally restored. The picture gallery tells the story: The exercise was project managed by W Bro. David Hogg and all the costs were very generously met by his [...]
