This year the Masonic Charitable Foundation are releasing a series of 12 short videos to highlight the work carried out on behalf of our members during 2017. It is stories like this that make us proud to be Masons!
Here is the next in the series…
Bristol charity The Wheels Project are using their £5,000 grant to fund mechanical skills courses for young people who are struggling at school and at risk of exclusion.
Merry Christmas from us all in
Agricola Lodge No 4501
This year the Masonic Charitable Foundation are releasing a series of 12 short videos to highlight the work carried out on behalf of our members during 2017. It is stories like this that make us proud to be Masons!
Here is the next in the series…
When Scott and Jennifer were both made redundant due to illness, they worried about how they would be able to pay their bills and support their two children. Our help to cover their everyday essentials has helped to ease the stress they were under, helping them enjoy their time
together as a family..
Merry Christmas from us all in
Agricola Lodge No 4501
This year the Masonic Charitable Foundation are releasing a series of 12 short videos to highlight the work carried out on behalf of our members during 2017. It is stories like this that make us proud to be Masons!
Here is the first in the series…
Steve’s illness was preventing him from leaving the house and seeing his friends and family. The Masonic Charitable Foundation (MCF) funded a mobility scooter which has given him a new lease of life and the freedom to go out whenever he likes.
Merry Christmas from us all in Agricola Lodge No 4501
Agricola Lodge No 4501 has a new Worshipful Master!
Our new WM (L) with his IPM
At our installation meeting on Friday 24th November 2017, Paul Constable was installed into the Chair of the Lodge as it’s 96th Worshipful Master. The ceremony being expertly carried out by his predecessor Neil Sadler.
Paul is one of a very select group of Masons who have served as Master of Agricola 4501 on more than one occasion. Aged 67, Paul is a retired IT professional and former Royal Navy seaman. He lives in Tunbridge Wells with his wife Lin, and has been a member of the Lodge since 2004.
Our new WM with the PGM’s Representative and some of the Grand Officers
Every Installation meeting in East Kent is attended by a senior member of the Province, representing the Provincial Grand Master. On this occasion we were pleased to welcome Provincial Junior Grand Warden, Martyn Summers.
We were also pleased to welcome 24 other guests and visitors. This number included the Masters of Duke of Kent, Monckton and Malling Centenary Lodges who assisted during the ceremony.
Following the appointment and investiture of the new Master’s team of Officers, the Brethren approved donations to the following Charities….
The formal work of the Lodge being complete, members, guests and visitors repaired to the dining room where they enjoyed a sumptuous meal of Farmhouse Pate, followed by Roast Lamb, a dessert of Baked Apple, and the usual Cheeseboard, Coffee and mints!
During his response to the Toast to the Provincial Officers,Martyn Summers thanked the Lodge members for their warm welcome, and conveyed to the new Worshipful Master the personal congratulations of Provincial Grand Master Geoffrey Dearing.
Our New WM with his Wardens
After the meal a raffle organised by new Charity Steward Jim de Save raised the magnificent sum of over £325.00 which was donated to the Cornwallis East Kent Freemasons Charity
Agricola Lodge No 4501, traditionally ends the Festive Board with the Tyler’s Toast which guides our thoughts to those of our Brethren who might be in “….distressed circumstances”. This having been completed, the Brethren departed, eagerly looking forward to a new Masonic year.
Agricola Lodge No. 4501 is pleased to be a supporter of the Cornwallis East Kent Freemasons’ Charity (CEKFC). This is our own Province’s local organization for providing assistance and support to a wide range of Charities, Community Groups and individuals here in East Kent.
CEKFC – Caring for Kent
The Charity’s declared aim is
“…to invest in a brighter future, by assisting the vulnerable, and funding opportunities for the disadvantaged in our communities”.
CEKFC Community Taxi Bus
It achieves this by making grants towards projects that directly assist the disadvantaged here in our East Kent Community.
Recent grants have included…
Vulnerable People – improving the lives of the vulnerable and disadvantaged in our communities.
Helping to alleviate the impact of disability.
Providing care for the seriously ill and older people.
Supporting Carers.
Relieving poverty and distress
Youth Opportunities – helping children and young people reach their full potential.
Supporting youth groups and organisations
Developing life and work-related skills
Focusing on disadvantaged young people.
Helping the under 25s.
CEKFC Charity Presentation
The Charity is named after the Cornwallis family which has played a prominent role in Kent life for many years. The family were landowners and farmers, undertaking many public offices in serving the people of Kent. It was in recognition of this service that Colonel Fiennes Stanley Wykeham Cornwallis was created Baron Cornwallis of Linton in 1927.
Their close connections with Kent have been mirrored in the family’s association with Freemasonry. The first Lord Cornwallis was Provincial Grand Master of Kent from 1906 until his death in 1935.
He was succeeded in this office by the second Baron who served as Provincial Grand Master of Kent until it was divided into the Masonic Provinces of East and West Kent in 1973. At that time, Lord Cornwallis became the Provincial Grand Master of East Kent.
Merry Christmas from us all in
