FVNews Daily  
COMBINED EDITION
No. 149. Wednesday-Thursday, December 2-3, 2020

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What’s On (45 listings)
UPDATED DAILY.

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Wednesday, December 2

• 6.45pm. Old Scotch Collegians Lodge. LINK Meeting ID: 314 550 646. Password: 021690
• 7.30pm. Edward Coulson Mark. Talk: David Barrett, Historical Origins of the Mark Degree. LINK Meeting ID: 856 9266 3168 Passcode: 17

• 7.30pm.Lodge of the Golden Rule. Talk: David Newgreen, Masonic Travels in Australia and Overseas. LINK Meeting ID: 854 4663 2604 . Passcode: 705703

• 7.30pm. Powlett Lodge. Talk: Senior members of the Lodge on their Masonic Journeys. LINK Meeting ID: 919 0673 6003. Passcode: 642537 

Thursday, December 3
• 6pm. Ivanhoe Grammarians Lodge. Social Meeting. At Bundoora Park.

• 7pm. 7.30pm: Visitors. Killara Lodge. Talk: Bill Jones, Ararat Power Station. LINK Meeting  ID: 740 6248 2640. Password: 403265 
• 7.20pm: Log On. 7.30pm: Tyle. The Whitehorse Chapter. Joint Christmas Zoom Meeting. Talk: Craig Spendlove, ‘A Story on the Temple at Jerusalem – From Solomon to Herod’. LINK Meeting ID: 952 6609 3811 Passcode: 473565
Friday, December 4
• 7.30pm. Sunbury Lodge. Fellowship and Inspiration. Attire: Casual. Talk: Neil Addison, ‘Ancient Cultures and Teachings how they continue to be passed down through the ages’. LINK Meeting ID: 826 5537 9380. Password: 458962

Saturday, December 5
• 5pm. Concord Mark Lodge. Talk: Craig Spendlove, ‘A Grand Mark is Born’. LINK Meeting ID: 926 1367 7906. Passcode: 333746
Sunday, December 6
• 11.30am. Combined Bairnsdale Other Masonic Orders. Family Barbecue. At Eagle Point Pavilion, Bay Rd, Eagle Point. Peter Crick, 0419 366 316.
Monday, December 7
• 7.15pm. Rosebank Lodge. Meeting at Fyansford Hotel. Food and drinks at own cost. Brethren only.

• 7.30pm. Ballarat St George Mark Lodge. Talk: Glen Hollibone, ‘The English Tracing Board’. Meeting ID 899 0481 1206. Passcode: 463008
• 7.30pm. Lodge Garibaldi. LINK
Tuesday, December 8

• 10am. Essendon Mark Lodge. Talk: Bro. Randall, ‘Bro. Rudyard Kipling’. LINK Meeting ID: 881 1609 4003. Passcode: 56   
• 7pm. Peace and Loyalty Lodge. Talk: Bill Jones, ‘Freemasonry. Some common images explored’. LINK
• 7.30pm. Brighton District Lodge. Trivia Quiz. LINK Meeting ID:8977742458. Passcode: 214765

Wednesday, December 9

• 5.30pm. Traralgon Lodge. At Traralgon Bowls Club.• 6.30pm-6pm. Williamstown Lodge. Virtual Christmas Dinner. Attire: Something Christmas. Trivia via Kahoot. LINK Meeting ID: 612 821 4334. Passcode: 105105
• 7pm: Members and Freemasons. 7.35pm: Non Freemasons and Guests. Monash Lodge. Talk: Cyber Security. Ladies’ Night. LINK Meeting ID: 892 9618 1374. Passcode: 417831

• 7.15pm. 7.30pm: Visitors. Northern United Chapter. Talk: ‘Brewing Beer’. LINK Meeting ID: 880 0425 1707. Passcode: 079118
• 7.30pm. Hiram Lodge of Mark Master Masons. Talk: Sam Agombar, ‘Astrophysics for Ordinary People’. Attire: Casual. LINK to come.
• 7.30pm. Warrnambool Lodge of Mark Master Masons. Talk: The Craftsman’s Mark. LINK to come.
Thursday, December 10

• TBA. Union Lodge of North Gippsland At Bairnsdale Club. Contact: Paul Brooks.• 7pm. Peace and Loyalty Lodge. Talk: Bill Jones, ‘Freemasonry. Some common images explored’. 

• 7.30pm.Antient York Lodge. Talk: ‘Where To From Here?’ LINK to come
• 7.30pm.Cohuna Lodge. Guest Speaker TBA. LINK Meeting ID: 891 5902 9647. Passcode: 857504
• 7.30pm. Gardenvale Chapter. Talk: Craig Spendlove, ‘Rebellion In The Wilderness’. LINK Meeting ID: 895 5957 2846. Passcode: 091524
• 8pm: Visitors. Geelong Unity and Prudence. Talk: Jim Taylor, ‘Music and its application to Freemasonry’. Attre: Smart Casual. LINK Meeting ID: 856 5002 3676. Passcode: 211821
Friday, December 11
• 7.30pm. Bairnsdale Daylight Lodge. Talk: Paul Brennand, ‘English Freemasonry during WWI and WWII’. LINK
Saturday, December 12
• 12 Noon.  Sale of Myrtleford Masonic Centre to Scouts Victoria. Media Event.
• 4.30pm-8pm.  Sunbury Lodge. Celebrating end of 2020. At Lions Park, Sunbury. Neil Addison, 0409 504 684.
Sunday, December 13
• TBA. Lodge Garibaldi. Lodge Picnic.Queens Park, Moonee Ponds.
• 11am. Gippsland Lakes. Installation Meeting, and Banquet and Widows function. Abbreviated Installation of Graeme Nightingale. At Lake Tyers Angling Club, Lake Tyers Beach Rd.
• 12 Noon. Argyle Lodge and Friends. Christmas Barbecue. At Boolarra Railway Park. BYO everything. Peter Lonie, 0423 269 415.
• 6.30pm.  Mildura Lodge. Christmas Dinner. At Mildura Golf Resort. (Preceded by 1pm-5pm barbecue at Nowingi Place).
Monday, December 14
• 6.30pm.  Wimmera Lodge. Christmas Dinner. Face-to-face at Horsham Sports and Community Club.
Tuesday, December 15
• 7.30pm.  Hamilton Grange Lodge. Talk: Scott Loxley, Major Fundraising Walk. LINK Meeting ID: 889 1992 2824

• 7.30pm. Middle Park Lodge. Festive Social Night (Zoom). BYO Everything. LINK Meeting ID: 826 5537 9380. Password: 458962
Wednesday, December 16
• TBA. Freemasons Victoria Quarterly Communication or Business Meeting.
Thursday, December 17
• 7pm. Prospect Hill Mark Lodge. Talk: Peter White, ‘Walking the Kokoda Track – A Personal Experience’. Dress: Lodge Officers: collar and tie, Visitors: smart casual. LINK Meeting ID: 857 0379 5106. Passcode: 951227
Friday, December 18
• 7pm. Bairnsdale Daylight Lodge. Christmas Luncheon. At Nicholson Hotel. Jim Jolly, 0427 458 833.

Saturday, December 19

• 6pm.Lowan Lodge. Christmas Party. At Rhys and Lem’s house/garden. RSVP 0410 232 996. 

Sunday, December 20

• All Day. Ivanhoe Grammarians Lodge. Bunnings Mernda Sausage Sizzle.
Saturday, December 26
• All Day. Union Lodge of North Gippsland. Bunnings Bairnsdale Sausage Sizzle.

Sunday, December 27
• 7.30pm. Masonic Festival of St John. Speakers: Neil Morse, John Molnar, Richard Elkington, Ari Indra. LINK Meeting ID: 858 0585 9809. Passcode: 466048

Sweet Concord

• Masonic Songs For Lodge: Opening Ode. (01:41). HEAR
• Masonic Rap (So Mote It Be). (03:15) HEAR
• Closing Ode. (01:37) HEAR

New Chair of Foundation (1)

• “The outgoing Chair of the Freemasons Foundation, Philip Mayers, is delighted to announce the appointment of Rodney Lavin as Chair, and both Xavier Murtagh and Peter Henshall as Directors of Freemasons Foundation Victoria, effective from the Annual General Meeting held on November 18.

• Philip Mayers said that Rod Lavin had been an outstanding director of FFV and was the unanimous recommendation of the Board. Apart from his great service to the Foundation, Rod is a CPA, serves as a Justice of the Peace and is Vice President of the Honorary Justices Association of Victoria. He is partner in a successful financial planning business in Traralgon and is a former Councillor of the City of Berwick.

• “Xavier Murtagh is the current Worshipful Master of Old Scotch Collegians Lodge and is affiliated with several other lodges. He is a Google Certified Professional specialising in strategic public relations and online marketing. He is actively involved with a number of community groups and charitable causes including Royal Children’s Hospital, The Salvation Army and Uncle Bob’s Club.

New Chair of Foundation (2)

• “Peter Henshall joins the Board with a wealth of experience in both the Commercial and Masonic spaces. Professionally, he has held a number of senior commercial and management positions, including Grand Secretary and CEO of Freemasons Victoria, which he held for six years until his retirement in December 2016. Other senior Masonic positions held include Grand Treasurer and Senior Grand Warden.

• “Philip said Rod Lavin was assuming leadership of FFV at an exciting time in the Foundation’s history since the Foundation is seeking to establish itself as a leading philanthropic body in Australia.”

GM visits Old Melburnians

• Richard Elkington, Grand Master, writes: “Popped into a very interesting meeting of Old Melburnians tonight. The Lodge had invited its three forthcoming candidates, all  relatively young, to attend  and they had been invited to ask questions about Freemasonry and its future. The answers were provided by nine members of the Lodge and the answers also promoted further discussion.

• “A wide range of topics was covered ranging from “What’s the difference between Lions, Rotary  and Freemasonry?” to “ What do you believeFreemasonry will look like in 100 years?” Another highlight of the meeting was the playing of a Zoom recording of the Vacant Chair Ceremony, conducted by Captain Cook Lodge in Yorkshire. This was a first-class ceremony with much to contemplate.”

Williamstown helps Sleep Bus

• The Chronicle, a fine newsletter by Williamstown Lodge, reports: “The Lodge raised $500 from our Melbourne Cup Sweep – this was ‘topped’ up by a further amount of $2000 from the Foundation and then donated to a locally based charity called Sleep Bus. Sleep Bus is an organisation that provides a bed at night for the homeless.”

Video on District Grand Lodge of Nigeria

• Craig Spendlove sends this LINK to a video we are yet to view. “In 1905, the Grand Lodges of Great Britain and Ireland promulgated a concordant, which made it quite clear and unambiguous that in a Masonic district such as ours in Nigeria, in which the three constitutions, England, Ireland and Scotland are firmly established, the three mother Grand Lodges in Great Britain and Ireland will not recognize the formation of any indigenous Grand Lodge unless the three local jurisdictions merge into one.  However, this was not to be. https://www.grandlodgeofnigeria.org It is an interesting video, with the many references that many of us have heard in our very own Lodges.”

Foundation Education Awards

• Neil Cripps advises: “Freemasons Foundation Victoria’s Education Awards for secondary and first year tertiary students open on December 1, 2020.

Please visit https://www.freemasonsfoundation.org/scholarshipsandbursaries for more details.”

Cheer to Children’s Charities

• Charity Today publishes that Leeds Freemasons (UK) have answered the call to bring festive cheer to the city’s children’s charities. LINK

World News
• Craig Spendlove and Barry Minster have sent a Youtube LINK to a Zoom Event held by Epicurian Lodge regarding the French Foreign Legion.

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Sincere thanks

• Amongst those who assisted with contributions to this edition of FVNews Daily have been: Richard Elkington, Duncan McArthur, Bob Jones, Adam Woledge, Craig Spendlove, Barry Minster, Neil Cripps, David Game, Deidre and Peter Crick, John Rosenberg, Sunbury Lodge,Warrnambool Lodge of Mark Master Masons
 

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Famous Freemasons
•  Rusk, John W. – American patriot John Rusk gained national prominence portraying ‘Uncle Sam’, as a regular fixture in any event involvingWashington DC, dressed in his striped pants, top hat and stilts.
– Timothy Horton

Masonic Knowledge
• Masonic Etiquette: “What is the place of Masonic etiquette in the Craft? It has no “SPECIAL” place. It has every special place! It is ALWAYS observed whenever or wherever Masons assemble, or speak, or act in the name of the Craft! For that reason, it is described as “Masonic.” If it belonged to the Ritual of the Degrees a Master might conceive it to lie outside the span of his responsibility.”

– www.grandarchitect.org

Masonic Wisdom
• Five points of 

The Last Word
• There are four types of men in this world:
1. The man who knows, and knows that he knows; he is wise, so consult him.
2. The man who knows, but doesn’t know that he knows; help him not forget what he knows.
3. The man who knows not, and knows that he knows not; teach him.
4. Finally, there is the man who knows not but pretends that he knows; he is a fool, so avoid him.
– Solomon ibn Gabirol (from the Warrnambool Lodge of Mark Master Masons)

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