FVNews Daily  
No. 136. Friday, November 6, 2020

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What’s On (48 listings)
UPDATED DAILY.

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Please include date, time, talk details, attire, and a link.
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Saturday, November 7

• 7pm. Blue Lounge Social Club. Forum: Becoming a Freemason. Event is for non-Freemasons (candidates, people interested in joining, etc.) LINK

Sunday, November 8

• 2pm. Walhalla Lodge, with the Dunolly Lodge (St George Lodge). Talk: History of the lodges in both towns. Attire: Casual. LINK Meeting ID: 987 7379 5912. Passcode: 815816

Monday, November 9

• 10am-12 Noon. District Co-Ordinators’ Meeting.
• 7pm. 7.30pm: Visitors. United Ararat Lodge. Talk: Richard Elkington, ‘My Vision for Freemasonry’. Attire: Neat Casual. LINK Meeting ID: 834 9777 6851. Passcode: 680858 
• 7pm. Lodge of Commerce. Vacant Chair Ceremony. LINK to come.

Tuesday, November 10

• 7pm. Peace and Loyalty Lodge. Talk: Evelyn Hood, ‘Order of the Eastern Star’. LINK
• 7pm. Richmond Lodge. Sharing Masonic Paraphernalia. LINK
• 7.30pm. Colac Lodge. Talk: Myles King, President, Board of General Purposes. LINK
• 7.30pm. Epicurean Lodge in conjunction with Bellarine and Otway. Remembrance Day Observance. Pay-per-view: $10. Proceeds to Legacy. Attire: Collared shirt. BOOK AHEAD
• 7.30pm. Golden and Corinthian Lodge. Talk: Bob Jones, ‘A Day In The Life Of A Grand Master’. Attire:  Dinner Suit. Log in details: Meeting ID: 651 201 5916. PassCode: 8HrrzK (case sensitive)
Wednesday, November 11 – Remembrance Day
• 11am. Powlett Lodge, Wonthaggi. Laying of Wreath at Cenotaph, McBride St.

• 7pm. Monash Lodge. Talk: Armistice Day. LINK Meeting ID: 892 9618 1374. Passcode: 417831
• 7.30pm. Cosmopolitan Lodge. Talk: Colonel Aaran Hassell, Commandant Land Warfare Centre CSG MM with assistance from VWor Bro Phil Hassell PGIW with the Ode of Remembrance and Last Post from Wor. Br.o Rob Hutchinson PGStdB. LINK Meeting ID: 935 6348 2104. Passcode: 177046 
• 7.30pm. Healesville Lodge. Talk: Peter Gurr, ‘Holy Royal Arch Order’. Attire: Casual. LINK to come.

• 7.30pm. Lord Somers Australasian Chapter.. LINK Meeting ID: 856 1023 0004 Passcode: 803457 

• 7.30pm. Phillip Island Lodge. Talk: Dennis Moss, Role of the Phillip Island SES. All welcome. Attire: white shirt and bow tie. LINK

• 7.30pm. Traralgon Lodge. Talk: Marty Tanzer, Remembrance Day. LINK
• 7.30pm. United Services Lodge. Remembrance Day Ceremony. Talk: Bro. Col. John Wertheimer, ‘A Remembrance Day’. Vacant Chair Ceremony. Attire: Members, jacket and tie. Visitors welcome, neat casual. LINK
• 7.30pm. Williamstown Lodge. Talk: ‘History of Lodge Liberation’. Ceremony of the Vacant Chair. Attire: White shirt and black tie. LINK Meeting ID: 612 821 4334. Passcode: 105105
• 8pm. Meredith Lodge. Talk: Ken Tsirigotis from Legacy Melbourne on his Army career and his transition to working for Legacy. Attire: Neat Casual. LINK Meeting ID 353 231 762

Thursday, November 12

• 7pm. Masons Connect. Sharing Freemasonry Meeting. Talks: Milton Mann, ‘Using Hashtags’; Justin Stark, ‘Sharing Freemasonry’; James Lacey, ‘Beginners Social Media Journey’; Richard Shelly, ‘How People Make Sense Of What They Read Online’;  Andrew Shen, ‘How To Make A ‘Meet A Member’ video’; Matt Cameron, ‘Deconstructing How To Share Freemasonry. RSVP

• 7pm for 7.30pm. 8pm for visitors. Antient York. Talk: John Glover, ‘The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and Power Point production of the Vacant Chair Ceremony. Attire: Jacket and tie. LINK
• 7.30pm. Central Highlands District. Talk: David Waldron, ‘Rosicrucian Backgrounds of Freemasonry’. LINK
• 7.30pm. Cohuna Lodge. Talk: Paul Brennand, Grand Superintendent of Membership. LINK• 7.30pm. Dandy Apex HRAC. Zoom Business Meeting. Talk: Craig Spendlove, ‘The Three Principals’. Attire: Smart Casual. LINK Meeting ID: 835 6964 4614.Passcode: 961205
• 8pm. Geelong Lodge of Unity and Prudence. Talk: Geoff Reeve, Legacy Geelong, ‘Who we are and what we do in Geelong’. Attire: Smart Casual. LINK Meeting ID: 849 0805 4121. Passcode: 227518

Friday, November 13

• 7.30pm. Altona Lodge. Talk: Brendan Kyne, ‘Guided Tour of the Victorian Lodge of Research Portal’. Attire: members collared shirt and tie, visitors smart casual. LINK
• 7.30pm. Lodge of the Golden Fleece. Whisky Tasting Night. Sampler kits delivered to your home, $75 metro. ORDER and MEETING LINK

Monday, November 16

• 7pm.United Wimmera Royal Ark Mariner Lodge. Talk: Arthur Williams, Ark Mariners Tracing Board. For RAM members only. 7.45pm. United Wimmera Lodge of Mark Master Masons. No Mark Members to be admitted to the RAM meeting. LINK to come.
• 7.30pm. Cranbourne Lodge. Talk: Gary Bevern, Power Point presentation, 460 Squadron RAAF. LINK Meeting ID: 884 0614 9406. Passcode: 512400
• 7.30pm. Lodge of Good Companions. LINK Password: 479218
Tuesday, November 17

• 7.30pm. Lowan Lodge. Talk: Rhys Webb, ‘St John Ambulance in Victoria’. Attire: Casual. LINK to come
• 7.30pm. St Andrews In The South. Talk: Peter Gumley, ‘Isolation Restoration’; Daniel Garcia, ‘Covid Life’. LINK Meeting ID: 899 0144 7739. Passcode: 276180

Wednesday, November 18

• 5pm. Freemasons Foundation Victoria. Annual General Meeting. LINK
• 7.30pm.Communications and Marketing Volunteer Action Team.Members.
Thursday, November 19

• 7pm. Prospect Hill Mark. Interview with Peter Gurr, First Grand Principal, Grand Chapter, by Lionel May. Attire: members jacket and tie, visitors smart casual. Open to non-Mark brethren. LINK
• 7.30pm. Albert Victor Lodge. Non-Ceremonial Meeting. LINK to come.

Friday, November 20

• 7.30pm. Bairnsdale Daylight Lodge. Talk: Daryl Cook, ‘Bringing Freemasonry into the 21st Century. LINK to come.
• 7.30pm. Melbourne Chapter. Talk: Ian Brown, ‘Ceremony of the Banners’. LINK Meeting ID: 830 1351 3021. Passcode: MelbHRAC8

Saturday, November 21

• 12 Noon. Education Volunteer Action Team Freemasonry Series. Lecture: Ari Indra, ‘The Lord’s Prayer’. LINK Meeting ID: 885 3954 6483

Monday, November 23

• 7.30pm. South Gippsland Mark. Talk: Craig Spendlove, ‘Mark Masonry Before 1813’. LINK Meeting ID: 993 4347 5482  Passcode: 306566 

Tuesday, November 24

• TBA. Mount Scopus and Collegians Lodge. Talk: The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite In Australia and also the Universal Rite which is open to all Faiths.  Vacant Chair Ceremony. LINK Meeting ID: 882 7348 8384. Passcode: 348470

• 7pm. Lodge Amalthea. Talk: Chris White, ‘Freemasonry and the Goat’. LINK
• 7pm. 7.30pm: Visitors.Pakenham Mark Lodge. Talk: Leigh Norman, ‘The Importance of the Mark Degree’. Craftsmen welcome. LINK to come.

Thursday, November 26

• 7pm. Leura Lodge. Talk: Neil Smith, ‘Winter In Norway’ with photos. LINK Meeting ID: 682 183 5181. Password: leura50

Friday, November 27

• 7.30pm. Victorian Lodge of Research, with Old Scotch Collegians Lodge and Earl of Dunmore Lodge. Talk: Joseph Morrow, ‘Illustrated by Symbols – Masonic Heraldry in Scotland.’ Register enquiries prior to the event. Attire: Smart Casual. LINK

Monday, November 30
• 7pm. Oakleigh Council, Royal and Select Masters. Talk: David Yole. All members past and present of the Order, in addition members of other Orders. Attire: Casual. LINK
• 7.30pm. Citizens Marine Royal Ark Mariners. RAM Masons only. LINK
Saturday, December 5
• 7pm. Concord Mark Lodge. Talk: Craig Spendlove, ‘A Grand Mark is Born’. LINK Meeting ID: 926 1367 7906. Passcode: 333746

Videos

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• How To Speak In Lodge. (34:29) WATCH

Vale Allan Eldridge

• We regret to advise of the passing to the Grand Lodge Above of VWor. Bro. Allan George Eldridge PGIW OAM. Members of the Essendon Lodge published a press tribute to express their mourning.

Vacant Chair Ceremony

• Graham Berry encourages BOOKINGS for the Vacant Chair Ceremony to be aired on Tuesday (Nov. 10), ahead of Remembrance Day. This is a $10 pay-per-view event, with proceeds to be donated to Legacy. John Patterson will be MC for the night. There will be an address by Senator Major-General Jim Molan. LINK

Online MAPs

• Brendan Kyne advises of the latest schedule of online Masonic Advancement Program sessions:

• MAP 1 Online – Saturday, November 14. Hosted by Rhys Webb and Jay Rottem. Zoom Link – https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88674033518?pwd=TlNaZU9pU3RGcmEyVGt6bUVBRlVmZz09 Passcode – 764538 

• MAP 2 – Monday, November 23. Hosted by Robert Billing and Jack Aquilina . Zoom Link – https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84438730461?pwd=UE0wTnFKSFVYUnExdUlmd2NYeU45dz09 Passcode – 892241 

• MAP 3 – Tuesday, December 8.  Hosted by Richard Shelly and Vuko Karov . Zoom Link – https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81913922020?pwd=di9jSGs5QmIxNW1wdkltZnJVdlErUT09 Passcode – 598365 

Freemasons Foundation AGM

• The Annual General Meeting of Freemasons Foundation Victoria Ltd will be held at 5pm on Wednesday, November 18. Ordinary business includes:

• To confirm the minutes from the 2019 Annual General Meeting 

• To receive and adopt the audited financial statements of The Freemasons Public Charitable Foundation, including the Directors’ Report and the Auditors’ Report.

• To receive and adopt the audited financial statements of Freemasons Benevolent Fund, including the Directors’ Report and the Auditors’ Report.

• To appoint the auditors for the ensuing financial year.

• Election of Directors 

• Address by the Chairman of Directors

• Other Business

• Closing address by the Chairman of Members
LINK

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World News

• “A long-hidden ‘selfie’ of a medieval mason has been found in an historic Spanish cathedral,” reports Live Science. LINK

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Famous Freemasons
•  “Stutz, Harry Clayton (1876-1930) – An entrepreneur, engineer and innovator, in 1911 Harry Stutz founded the Ideal Motor Car Company which, in 1912, became the Stutz Motor Company. The firm would become renowned for its classic cars built in the late 1920s and early 1930s, especially the stunning Stutz Bearcat, a car that looks good even in the 21st century. In 1919 Charles M. Schwab and two other investors bought Harry Stutz’s interest in the company. Stutz was a member of the Murat Shriners, the ancient Landmarks Lodge No. 319, Indianapolis, and a Knight Templar.”

– Timothy Horton

Masonic Knowledge
• “Our masonic ritual includes a reference to the war between the Ammonites and Jephthah, a Gileaditish leader and judge in the land of Israel,” notes the Freemason magazine (NSW and ACT). “Jephthah is described as a ‘mighty man of valour’ in the land of Israel and was the son of a harlot. Jephthah’s father Gilead had two more sons who following the death of their father, expelled Jephthah from the family, saying to him ‘Thou shalt not inherit in our father’s house; for thou art the son of a strange woman.’ With this Jephthah fled and lived in the land of Tob, a district on the east of theJordan, about 13 miles south-east of the Sea of Galilee.” LINK – Go to Page 8Masonic Wisdom
• “I regard the Masonic institution as one of the means ordained by the Supreme Architect to enable mankind to work out the problem of destiny; to fight against, and overcome, the weaknesses and imperfections of his nature, and at last to attain to that true life of which death is the herald and the grave the portal.” – Bro. Theodore Roosevelt

The Last Word
• “Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.” – Bro. Dale Carnegie

INFORMATION TO KNOW
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