FV News

No. 204. Tuesday, December 21, 2021
• From the Communications and Marketing Volunteer Action Team, Freemasons Victoria

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In This Issue

1. Grand Master’s Doings
2. Pithy Paragraphs

3. Fun Newsletter
4. More News

5. New Subscribers

6. Sincere Thanks

7. Please Send Your Summons

8. World News

9. Things To Do
10. Foundation Shares $830,000

11. 2022 Grand Lodge Ceremonial Team

12. What’s On (24 listings)

1. Grand Master’s Doings
• Grand Master Richard Elkington is scheduled to be re-installed on the weekend of March 25-27, 2022. Bookings will open in January.

• Richard attended the Grand Ceremonial Team’s Christmas picnic at Castlemaine.

• Richard presented a $25,000 cheque to the Smith Family charity.

• Richard addressed the Monash Gully District meeting.

• The Grand Master presented a donation to the Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Association.

• The Grand Master hosted a luncheon at the Victoria Golf Club, Kew, for Past Grand Masters. He met with Chapter and Mark representatives, and attended a FV staff Christmas get-together.
• The Grand Master extended Christmas-New Year greetings to all at last week’s Quarterly Communication.

2. Pithy Paragraphs
• The Grand Secretariat will be closed for the Christmas period commencing Friday (Dec. 24) and will re-open on Monday, January 10.
• Jim Jolly says the Bairnsdale Advertiser published a photo-story about Freemasons scholarships.

• A photo of Garry Sebo presenting a 50-year jewel to Roger Wilson was in The Local Paper – Southern Cross Weekly Edition.
• Milton Tsaktsiras’s installation at Ivanhoe Grammarians Lodge was pictured on the front-page of The Local Paper – Heidelberger Edition.
• Liam Cole successfully submitted a press release to local newspapers about Guthridge Primary School being this year’s recipient of assistance from Gippsland Lodge.
• Richard Skinner says the  inaugural Australian Rotary Health and Freemasons Victoria Gala dinner dance has a new date: Friday, February 4.

• Photos of the Traralgon Lodge Christmas event have been forwarded to the FV Marketing staff for the Journal.

• Freemasons Foundation advises that applications for 2022 scholarships are now open. LINK

3. Fun Newsletter

• Freemasons New Zealand have published another Fun Newsletter. our thanks to John MacDonald. READ HERE

4. Feast of St John

• Brendan Kyne advises that the holding the third Feast of St John will be online at 7.30pm on Monday, December 27  There will be the usual opening and closing of a lodge using a European St John’s Lodge ritual, as well as two short presentations on aspects of the St John Freemasonry tradition, one historical and the other more symbolical/spiritual. ZOOM Meeting ID: 848 2322 6593  Passcode: 530423
• The annual Feasts of St John, the feast of John the Baptist on June 24 and the feast of John the Evangelist on December 27, were once very much a part of the lives of operative stonemasons.

5. New Subscribers

• We are building FVNews to be a vital guide to Masonry in Victoria. You can have your free copy emailed to your inbox. Use the ‘Subscribe’ option at www.FVNews.com.au 

6. Sincere Thanks

• Amongst those who assisted with contributions and encouragement have included: Brendan Kyne, Richard Elkington, Ian Samuel, Syd Swaby, Len Baker, David Stewart, Craig Spendlove, Richard Skinner, Max Paulet, Darrell Traplin, Laurie Jacobs, Neil Cripps, Dimitri Karanikas, Anthony Borg, Ross Broad, Jason Gribble

7. Please send your Summons
• Lodges can assist FVNews by sending emails about every lodge meeting and event to editor@FVNews.com.au – please include us on your Lodge Summons mailing list.

8. World News• Cumbria Freemasons have signed an Armed Forces Covenant at Carlisle Castle (UK), reports the News & Star. “The Freemasons say that there has always been a special relationship between themselves and the armed forces. This is because they both value the same principles of Integrity, Respect and Friendship.” READ MORE
• Freemasonry in south India has turned 60, reports the Times of India. READ MORE
• Freemasons help foodbanks feed 65,000 people over Christmas, reports the London Post. READ MORE

9. Things To Do

• WATCH a video about the centenary of the Faith Masonic Lodge in Texas (USA).
• READ about refurbishments of the Cowra Masonic Centre (NSW).

• READ about Toys For Christmas by Bournemouth Freemasons (UK).
• SEE how Freemasons Hall, London, has featured in Country Life.

10. Foundation shares $830,000

• Freemasons Foundation Victoria has shared $1 million to bushfire relief across the State, and committed $1 million in the fight against Cervical Cancer. In December, it has announced $830,000 in community grants to 27 organisations/charities:• Musculoskeletal Australia, Elsternwick. $13,805
• Life Education Victoria, Eltham. $50,000
• Scouts Victoria Top Gear Scout Safety Helmets, Mount Waverley.  $2399
• Inspirational Quilts, Quilts for Kids, Watsonia North, $4474
• Entertainment Assist. South Yarra, $50,000
• Dungala Kaiela Foundation. Nanyak Burras. Shepparton. $46,350
• The Think Pink Foundation. Docklands. $50,000
• TLC for Kids. TLC Ambulance. Brunswick West. $50,000
• Big Group Hug. TeenAid Bundoora. $48,587
• Make A Difference. Dingley Village. $10,000
• State Schools’ Relief Access 1000. Dandenong South. $20,000
• Mums Supporting Families In Need. Hampers of Hope. Seaford. $30,000
• Wombat Housing Support Services. North Melbourne. $50,000
• McAuley Community Services for Women. Footscray. $40,000
• Western Chances. Footscray. $15,000
• The Rural Foundation. Creswick. $22,000
• Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. $25,000
• Irabina Autism Services. Bayswater North. $9569
• Pancare Foundation. Heidelberg. $30,400
• Queenscliffe Historical Museum Queenscliff. $11,547
• Hotham Mission Education. North Melbourne. $20,000
• Very Special Kids. Malvern. $50,000
• 300 Blankets Iceolation, South Yarra. $20,000
• Scouts Victoria, Mount Waverley. $50,000
• Fitted for Work Women’s Economic Empowerment Program, Richmond. $50,000
• Refugee Migrant Children Centre, Sunshine. $15,000
• FareShare Australia. Abbotsford. $46,500

11. Grand Lodge Ceremonial Team

• Grand Master: Richard Elkington. Deputy Grand Master: Anthony Bucca. Senior Grand Warden: Myles King. Junior Grand Warden: Peter Bond. Grand Director of Ceremonies: Tony Delnevo. Deputy Grand Director of Ceremonies: Harry Blatt. Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies: Eddie Koene. Grand Pursuivant: Neil Hart-Smith. Senior Grand Deacons: Carl Donadio, Johnathan Ivanyi, Peter Gallagher. Junior Grand Deacons: Graeme Olfield, Jeffrey Holloway, Peter Barrand. Grand Sword Bearers: Phillip Davenport, Jerry Spiliotis, William Lodge. Grand Standard Bearer: Tommaso Butera, Warren Dorling, Wayne Croft. Assistant Grand Pursuivants: Giorgio Migliaccio, Robert Haughton. Grand Stewards: Emmanuel Barakis Barboussas, Peter Waldhauser, Kevin Holden, Archie Alverez, Peter Goebel, Travers Gascoigne, Richard Skinner, Bruce Brabender, David Draffin, John Watson, Nathaniel Buchanan. Grand Tyler: Stretch Jarvis.

• Grand Lodge Organists: Peter Cain, John Cantrill, Stan Edelsten, Mark Gealer, Peter Dillon-Shallard, Don Hall, Neil Jarrott, Dennis Middendorp, Brian McDowall, Richard Skillbeck, Clive Smith. Grand Lodge Heralds: Robert Billing, Gavin Birch, Dom Donato, Ray Gibson, Warren Gilbert, David Jones, Geoff Lowe, Robert Marks, Stuart McMillan, Jim Puohotaua, Nick Sakellaropoulos, Chris Scott, Graeme Smith, Jefferson Smith, Ian Spargo, Noel Taylor, Ian Goddard.

12. What’s On (25 listings)
UPDATED EACH EDITION

Please notify us about your event. 
Please include date, time, talk details, attire, and a link or location.
Email: editor@FVNews.com.au

Details below are published in good faith, according to latest available information. E&OE.
Because of COVID-19, arrangements are subject to change at short notice.
Please check with Lodge Secretaries.

Tuesday, December 21

• 7.30pm. Djerriwarrh Lodge. Second Degree. At Freemasons Melton.

• 7.30pm. Lowan Lodge. Special Meeting. Presentation of 50-year jewel to Colin Merrett by WBro. Carland.

Thursday, December 23

• TBA. Glenroy Lodge. At Freemasons Essendon.

Monday, December 27

• 7.30pm. The Feast of St John. The Australasian Lodges of St John. ZOOM. Meeting ID: 848 2322 6593 Passcode: 530423

 Tuesday, December 28

• 12 Noon-4pm. Wakanyanas. At Bellarine Masonic Centre, Queenscliff. 

Saturday, January 1

• 8am-4pm. Wimmera Lodge. Bunnings Sausage Sizzle. At Bunnings Horsham.

Saturday, January 8
• 4pm. Bairnsdale Chapter HRAC. At Freemasons Bairnsdale.

Wednesday, January 12
• 7.30pm. Phillip Island Lodge. 50-Year Jewel to Bruce Procter. At Freemasons Cowes.

Thursday, January 13
• 6.30pm. Dandenong Apex Chapter. At Freemasons Keysborough. 

Tuesday, January 11
• TBA. Lodge Amalthea.

Friday, January 14
• 7pm. United Wimmera Royal Ark Mariner Lodge.

Monday, January 17
• 7pm. United Wimmera Lodge of Mark Master Masons. Advancement Ceremony.

Wednesday, January 19
• TBA. SGCV Grand Convocation. At Freemasons Bayside.

• 6.30pm. Horsham Masonic Centre General Meeting. At Freemasons Horsham.

Saturday, January 22
• 3pm.  Lord Somers Australasian HRA Chapter. Convocation. Ceremony of the Vacant Chair. At Freemasons Melbourne. Dining at Il Duca Restaurant, East Melbourne.

Monday, January 24
• 12 Noon. Wimmera Lodge. Master’s Luncheon. At White Hart Hotel, Firebrace St, Horsham.

Tuesday, January 25
• 6pm. Wimmera Lodge4. Installation of Ian Brilliant. Ar Freemasons Horsham.

Wednesday, January 26 – Australia Day
• TBA. Freemasons Victoria Statewide ‘Australia Day’ Celebration. By Zoom.

• 11.30am. Combined Grand Teams Australia Day Barbecue. At Freemasons Baxter.

Sunday, January 30
• 6pm. Wimmera Lodge. Family Barbecue Social Event. At Horsham Botanical Gardens.

Thursday, February 3
• 7pm. Ivanhoe Grammarians Lodge. Double First Degree. At Freemasons Ivalda.

Friday, February 4
• 6.30pm for 7pm. Freemasons Victoria and Australian Rotary Health. Gala Charity Event. ‘Hand In Hand We Will Lift The Lid On Mental Health’. Four-course sit-down dinner. Attire: business suit, ladies After 5. At L’Unica Receptions and Convention Centre, Parkville. skinner.rd@gmail.com

Saturday, February 12
• 10am-4pm. Conducting A Masonic Commemoration Ceremony. Cost: $25. At Freemasons Box Hill. RSVP Jan. 31: John Glover, 0416 180 820 or  jglover@bigpond.net.au

Saturday, February 19
• 4pm. Lodge Bharat. Consecration by Richard Elkington and 2021-22 team. Cost: $75 per person. Freemasons Bayside.

Friday, March 25-Sunday, March 27
• TBA. Grand Re-Installation.

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