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COMBINED EDITION No. 117. Monday-Tuesday, October 5-6, 2020
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What’s On (57 listings)
UPDATED DAILY.
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Please include date, time, talk details, attire, and a link.
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Monday, October 5
• Time TBA. Williamstown Lodge official visit to Rosebank Lodge. LINK to come.
• Time TBA. City of Footscray-Wyndham Lodge. Presentation to VWor. Bro. Bill Wright PGIW. LINK
• TBA. Lodge Garibaldi. Non-ceremonial meeting. LINK• 7.30pm. Masonic Caravan Club of Victoria. Meeting. LINK
• 7.30pm. North Melbourne Lodge. Talk: Gary Bevern, ‘Canberra: From Under the House to Over the Moon. Attire: Casual. LINK
• 7.30pm. Rosebank Lodge. Official visit from Williamstown. Talk: Paul Brennand. Membership Volunteer Action Team. Meeting ID 824 152 8207

Tuesday, October 6
• 6pm. Mentor Training Program. Launch. LINK
• 7pm. Old Melburnians Lodge. 7.30pm. Mitchell River Lodge (Bairnsdale) visiting. Discussion: “If individual lodges hold true to the ‘landmarks of the order’ should they be able to make individual decisions about the running of meetings and internal lodge administration rather than having them prescribed centrally by the United Grand Lodge of Victoria?” Attire: Neat Casual. LINK
• 7.30pm. Lodge Liberation. Talk: Geoffrey Dare, ‘From Changi to Canberra’. LINK
• 7.30pm. Sandringham Mark Lodge. LINK

Wednesday, October 7
• 2pm. Funeral Service for Keith Morgan. Streaming details TBA.
• 6.45pm for 7pm. Old Scotch Collegians Lodge. Musical welcome. Proclamation of Joseph Morrow as Patron. Attire: Smart casual with a touch of tartan. LINK
• 7.30pm. Dimboola Lodge. Talk: Peter White, Mentor Team Leader, Membership VAT, ‘Lodge Mentorship’. LINK
• 7.30pm. Gippsland Lodge. Talk: Lindsay Aldersea, bout his recent health incident. A perspective to re-think our health status and provide a good opportunity to reflect on our own health. LINK
• 7.30pm. Lodge of Honour. Talk: Wor. Bro. Reg Broadbent (interviewed by Ron Nelson), ‘My Chemistry Sets and Where They Took Me’. Attire: Casual. LINK
• 7.30pm. Powlett Lodge, Wonthaggi. Talk: ‘Basic introduction to Mark, Chapter, Red Cross of Constantine and The Royal and Select Masters’. LINK

Thursday, October 8
• 10am.Freemasons Future Recovery Team. Committee members. LINK to come.
• 7pm.Masons Connect. ‘Sharing Freemasonry’. RSVP
• 7pm. Victorian Naval and Military Mark. Talk: Craig Spendlove, ‘Thoughts on the historical origins of the Mark Degree.’ LINK
• 7pm for 7.30pm. Union Lodge of North Gippsland. Talk: John Parkinson, ‘Let’s Talk’. LINK
• 7.30pm. Antient York Lodge. Talk: Ange Kenos. LINK to come.
• 7.30pm. Cohuna lodge. Talk: Brendan Kyne, Guided Tour of the Victorian Lodge of Research portal. LINK
• 7.30pm. Hearts Of Oak. Talk: Paul Brennand, Chair, Membership Volunteer Action Team. LINK to come.
• 7.30pm. Union Lodge of North Gippsland. Talk: John Parkinson, ‘Let’s Talk’ (stress and suicide). LINK
• 8pm. Geelong Lodge of Unity & Prudence. Talk: Peter White, ‘Lodge Mentor Program’. Attire: Smart Casual. LINK

Friday, October 9
• 7pm. Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters of Victoria. Victorian, Kerang, Oakleigh, Ballarat, McMillan, South Gippsland
• 7pm. EDL. Talk: Michael Maher, ‘The French Foreign Legion’. All welcome, partners too. LINK
• 7:30pm Altona Lodge. Talk: Anthony Bucca, ‘Masonic Time Machine – Post COVID Freemasonry’. LINK
• 7.30pm. Sunbury Lodge. Public Speaking Workshop: Heather and Neil Addison. All, partners welcome. LINK

Sunday, October 11
• 2pm. Walhalla Lodge. Talk: David Howell, ‘Kokoda Track’. LINK to come.
• 5.30pm AEDT. New Zealand Masonic Forum Session. Lecture: Dr Paul Calderwood, ‘As We Were Seen: The Press and Freemasonry. Meeting ID: 522 2126 6105. Passcode: 0FGBt7 – first character is zero.

Monday, October 12
• 7.30pm. Masonic Caravan Club of Victoria. Meeting. LINK
• 7.30pm. United Brunswick Royal Ark Mariners Lodge. Talk: Nikolas Sakellaropoulos (Commander), ‘The Great Flood: Finding a Renaissance Perspective’. Attire: Casual. LINK to come

Wednesday, October 14
• 7pm. Traralgon Lodge. Visitors at 7.15pm. Talk: Anthony Bucca, ‘How To Create A Better Lodge Experience’. LINK
• 7.15pm for 7.30pm. Phillip Island Lodge. Talk: Dennis Moss, Role of the Phillip Island SES. LINK
• 7.30pm. Williamstown Lodge. Talk: David Newgreen, ‘Visiting Lodges Nationally and Abroad’. LINK
• 7.30pm for 8pm. Cosmopolitan Lodge. Talk: John Patterson, ‘Freemasons Foundation’. Attire: Smart Casual. Meeting ID: 930 1848 5613. Passcode: 866265

Thursday, October 15
• TBA.Albert Victor Lodge. General Management Meeting. LINK to come
• 7pm. Prospect Hill Mark Meeting. Opening and closing. Talk: Craig Spendlove, ‘Mark Masonry Prior to 1813. Attire: members jacket and tie, visitors smart casual. Open to non-Mark brethren. LINK
• 7pm. Rupertswood Numurkah Lodge.Talk: Anthony Bucca, ‘American Civil War – Brother against Brother’. LINK to come
• 7.30pm. Melton Lodge. Talk: Lin Hessian, Deputy Director, Department of Anaethesia, Pain and Perioerative Medicine, Western Health. Meeting ID: 86873310736. Password: Melton367

Friday, October 16
• 7pm for 7.30pm.Bairnsdale Daylight Lodge. Talk: Geoff Newby. LINK to come.

Saturday, October 17
• 12 Noon. Education VAT Esoteric Freemasonry Series. Talk: Travis Trinca, ‘An Introduction to Hermeticism’. Hosted by Richard Shelly. LINK

Monday, October 19
• 7pm.Gippsland Lakes Lodge. Talk: Garry Runge, ‘Day in the working life of the Grand Secretary’. LINK
• 7.30pm. Masonic Caravan Club of Victoria. Meeting. LINK
• 8pm. Gippsland Forest Lodge. Visitors admitted at 8pm. Talk: Rod Findlay, ‘Experience and role as the Victorian Police Forward Commander, leading the emergency response immediately after the Mallacoota bush fires in January this year.” LINK

Tuesday, October 20
• 7.30pm. Lowan Lodge. Talk: Barry Minster, ‘Electric Cars’. Attire: Smart Casual. LINK to come.

Wednesday, October 21
• 7pm. Grand Lodge Library/Museum Talks. ‘A Discussion on Masonic Etiquette’. LINK

Thursday, October 22

• 7.30pm. Communications and Volunteer Action Team. Members only. LINK to come.

• 7.45pm. Royal Ark Mariner Bayside trio meeting.  Talk: Craig Spendlove, ‘In the Footsteps of Noah’. Current MMM, Former MMM, Current RAM, Former RAM only. LINK

Friday, October 23
• 7.30pm. Malvern-Waverley Lodge of Mark Master Masons No 39. Talk” Craig Spendlove, ‘Origins’.

Saturday, October 24
• 9.30am-3pm.Secretaries’ Course. Hosted by Eric Williams and Barry Reaper. Register for both morning and afternoon sessions. MORNING and AFTERNOON
• 2pm. Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters of Victoria. Video Event in place of Annual Assembly which cannot be held due to COVID-19 lockdown. LINK
• 5pm. Concord Mark. Talk: Craig Spendlove, ‘Importance of the Mark Lodge’. For Master Masons and above. Attire: Casual. LINK

Tuesday, October 27
• 7.30pm.Middle Park Lodge. Talk: Dr David Kram, ‘Brotherly Love, Relief and Truth through the eyes of composers and singers who were Freemasons.’ Attire: Dinner Suit. LINK
• 7.45pm.Lodge Epicurean. Talks: Peter Gumley on his Isolation rehabilitation and Armen Mardirousi, Secretary of North Hollywood Lodge No. 542 to talk about his own Masonic journey, Hollywood lodge and starting a lodge in California.

Friday, October 30
• 7.30pm. Kilwinning Mark Lodge of Research No 2. Talk: Craig Spendlove, ‘Craftsman Marks’.

Monday, November 2
• 7pm.Oakleigh Mark Lodge. Business Meeting. 7.30pm. Visitors admitted. LINK to come.

Videos
• Grand Master’s Message. Important People in Victorian Freemasonry. (02:53) LINK
• The First 100 Days. (19:42) LINK
• Why one young member believes the Masons are misunderstood. (02:12) LINK

The First 100 Days
• Monday, October 5, 2020: it is exactly 100 days since Richard Elkington became Grand Master of Freemasons Victoria.
In a special VIDEO to celebrate the milestone, Richard talks about:
• Improving Masonic Education
• Friend-Raising
• Encouraging and Empowering
• Peer Support
• Helping Brothers in Distress
• Psychological First Aid
• The Eastbourne Investment
• Great Lodge Experience
• Boost to Ritual and Ceremonial
• Can’t wait for the next 100 days.
WATCH the video at this LINK

Board reports now available
• Did you know that the Freemasons Victoria Board of General Purposes, led by Myles King, now offers reports of its monthly meetings?
• Sign on at the freemasonsvic.org.au website, go to ‘Messages‘, and select ‘Board Reports’
• Last month’s report contains items on Finances, the Strategic Plan, Organisation Review and Restructure, a Major Project, the Masonic Behaviour Review, Volunteer Action Teams, the Taskforce,Committee appointments, Board Members Selection, aConcordat between Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite (ASSR) and Freemasons Victoria, reports to the Board.

Public Speaking Workshop
• Sunbury Lodge advises that itwill be providing a Public Speaking Workshop exclusively related to Masonic Meetings. Special guests will be Heather and Neil Addison who are two of Rostrum Victoria/Australian Rostrum’s most experienced trainers and speakers. Plenty of opportunity for participation as much of the knowledge is passed on through the coaching and feedback rather than set material. Prepare by thinking of a short story or fact you would like to share. 
 • It has been said that “those who are not confident public speakers make the best speakers. Those that think we are good public speakers usually need the most help.” In recent years many of the winners of the Rostrum speaking competitions have actually been people who have just joined Rostrum and speaking at competition level for the first time. 7.30pm, Friday, October 9. LINK

The Press and Freemasonry
• Dr Paul Calderwood will address the topic of ‘The Press and Freemasonry’ at the New Zealand Masonic Forum Service at 5.30pm AEDT on Sunday (Oct. 11). Meeting notes say: “Why didFreemasonry’s public image change so much for the worse during the 20th Century? This question struck Paul Calderwood many years before he delivered the 2013 Prestonian Lecture on the subject. He became a Freemason in the early 1970s and towards the end of that decade began to notice the declining tone of newspaper coverage: ‘By the 1980s, it was pretty dire. I was amazed at the things I read in newspapers.
• “As a former daily newspaper journalist, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations and a Mason for over 40 years, Bro. Paul has a background that is well suited to undertake a study ofFreemasonry and the Press. in 2010, Quatuor Coronati Lodge No. 2076 awarded him the Norman B. Spencer Prize.” Meeting ID: 522 226 6105. Passcode: 0FGBt7 – first letter is zero. (Thanks Nikolas Sakellaropoulos.)

Brought to Light Podcast
• Robert Billing advises: “In episode 66, the team from the Blue Lounge Social Club interview the USA based developers of the Amity app and find out how it all works and what it can do for you, your Lodge Secretary, and your Grand Lodge.” LINK

Freemasonry and the White House
• Of particular interest during the US Election lead-up is Brendan Kyne’s piece on Freemasonry and the White House. LINK

Sharing Freemasonry
• Matt Cameron advises: “Join to hear eight three-minute keynotes about how to share Freemasonry at 7pm on Thursday, October 8, and learn more about how to make the most of sharing your Lodge online.”RSVP LINK

Masonic Mailbag
• Nikolas Sakellaropoulos writes to FVNews Daily: “You are doing valuable and effective work – this is in part because you are providing an informative and cringle-less news-sheet. Over the decade or so of our having various on-line bulletins, they have invariably been drowned out by the usual non-news of “Lodge Initiates Candidate” or “Person presents (small value) Big Cheque to someone-or-other”. Your news-sheet is refreshingly devoid of these (long may it stay so) AND provides genuinely interesting items in the form of Masonic Wisdom and Famous Freemasons; the Event listing, especially, is incredibly valuable.”  

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Famous Freemasons
•Raffles, Sir Thomas Stamford Bindley (1781-1826) – A British statesman and the Freemason best known as “The Father of Singapore”, Thomas Raffles was also heavily involved in the conquest of theIndonesian island of Java from Dutch and French military forces during the Napoleonic Wars and contributed to the expansion of the British Empire. He was raised on July 5, 1813, into Lodge De Vriendschap, Sourabaya.
– Timothy Horton

Masonic Knowledge
• The Grand Lodge of India offers a correspondence course of Masonic Education at a cost of Rs1000. LINK

Masonic Wisdom
• “”When one side only of a story is heard and often repeated, the human mind becomes impressed with it insensibly.” – Bro. George Washington

The Last Word
• “Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway.” – Bro. John Wayne (Marion Morrison)

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