California IX Masonic Division Archives

White Out

Katherine Ellis, of Bimbo Jones and Freemasons fame, returns to Australia to headline Sydney's newest party, White, at Marquee. Sydney's gay scene is set to get shaken up by a new collaboration, bringing Europe and Australia together with a new season ...

Freemasons help to raise £700000 for charity

NORTH Essex Freemasons are looking back on a year in which they helped raise nearly £700,000 for charity. More than 370 worthy causes, including the hospice movement and children's groups, received a boost from the organisation which has over ...

Stamp collection with Masonic theme on display at Stoke Library in Plymouth

"Masonic philately can cover a great many other themes – well over 1,000 different famous people from all walks of life who are depicted on postage stamps have also been Freemasons." Mr Frey, who has displayed his collection to many philatelic ...

Who are the Freemasons?

During the 1800's and early 1900's, Freemasonry grew dramatically. At that time, the government had provided no social "safety net." The Masonic tradition of founding orphanages, homes for widows, and homes for the aged provided the only security many ...

Halifax begin events to honour Freemasonry in Canada

Members of the 40th Regiment will fire a volley of muskets in honour of the occasion. The levee will be held at the Freemasons Hall in Halifax, 165 Coronation Ave., and is open to the public. Premier Darrell Dexter will declare March 30 to be ...

PA's welcome to Obama: Americans behind 9/11 attacks

PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida chooses to print anti-American and pro-Hitler comments in op-ed • The article says Freemasons were behind 9/11 and suggests that Hitler was greater than both Churchill and Roosevelt. Israel Hayom Staff. PA-run newspaper runs ...

Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance to get share of £180000 donation

Since the Freemasons became a regular support of air ambulance charities in 2007, they have donated £1.3 million to the 22 air ambulance which cover England and Wales. Laura Chapman, chief executive of The Freemasons' Grand Charity, said: “We are ...

Essex freemasons society sheds light on its charity work

AN organisation traditionally painted as sinister and secretive raised nearly £700,000 for charity in Essex last year. Freemasons from the Hutton lodge this week came out of the shadows to talk to the Gazette about their organisation and the influence ...

Freemasons open up about charity work

The 12,000 Freemasons in the county, including members of about 50 lodges – groups of 20 to 30 –based at the Loughton Masonic Centre in High Beech Road, donated almost £700,000 to more than 370 charities in 2012, according to the group's latest ...

Freemasons help MS sufferers

Members at the Masonic Centre in Wing Road are helping hundreds of Thames Valley people hit by multiple sclerosis. The illness attacks the central nervous system, making patients virtually prisoners in their own bodies. The two lodges in Linslade ...