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…
The MCF also supports smaller charities like Lifeworks in Devonshire. They used their £1,000 grant to create a new sensory room which is helping young people with learning disabilities learn how to communicate with the world around them.
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…
Keith was in a great deal of pain and facing a seven month wait just to see a specialist on the NHS. The MCF funded Keith’s operation, helping him to get back on his feet, and get on with his life.
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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…
Live music can have a powerful effect on people who are isolated by illness or disability. Our £60,000 grant to Music in Hospitals & Care is helping to bring the joy of music to over 200 care homes across the country.
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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…
Our Masonic Care Homes are commited to delivering the best possible care to meet the needs of older Freemasons and their families. Members of the Masonic community who choose a Masonic Care Home have the security of knowing that they have a home for life, even if their financial circumstances change.
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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…
Thanks to the MCF’s TalentAid programme, Helena was able to buy her own violin which she still uses when she plays with the Philharmonic Orchestra.
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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…
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.
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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.
Members of Agricola Lodge No 4501 were amongst a contingent of almost 40 Maidstone Freemasons who took part in this year’s annual Remembrance Day Parade in Maidstone Town Centre on Sunday 12th November.
Maidstone Masons pay tribute to the fallen
They joined members of HM Armed Forces, Reservists, Armed Forces Veterans, Community Groups and Youth Organisations from across the area to commemorate those who lost their lives in the Two World Wars as well as those killed or injured in more recent conflicts.
The Banner on display this year was that of Maidstone’s oldest Lodge, Belvidere No 503
The parade began at 10:30 am in Week Street, passing along the High Street and past the Town Hall, before arriving at the War Memorial in the Broadway.
The Service of Remembrance included the national two minutes silence at 11am and the laying of wreaths in memory of the fallen.
A wreath on behalf of all Maidstone Freemasons, was laid by Belvidere’s newest member Bro. Chris Took.
RBL Poppy Appeal
Maidstone’s Freemasons are traditionally strong supporters of the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal with many acting as Poppy sellers and collectors for the Charity.
Agricola‘s current Worshipful Master Neil Sadler said…
“We are honoured and proud to take part in this annual Act of Remembrance for those who gave their lives in the defence of Freedom. We urge all our members to support the work of the Royal British Legion and other Forces Charities in caring for and supporting servicemen and their families, all of whom have given so much in the service of our country.”
Merry Christmas from us all in
