FVNews
No. 226. Wednesday, September 21, 2022

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In This Issue

1. This Week

2. Pithy Paragraphs

3. Fun Newsletter

4. New Subscribers

5. Sincere Thanks

6. Please Send Your Summons

7. World News

8. The Caledonians

9. What’s On (130 listings)

1. This Week

• Anthony Bucca, Acting Grand Master, will speak at tonight’s Quarterly Communication at Freemasons Bayside.
• A vote for a change to the Book of Constitutions will be held tonight (Wed.). Check your emails for voting details.

• A number of Lodges and Masonic Centres will host AFL Grand Final social functions this weekend.

• The Acting Grand Master hosted a meeting of Senior Grand Officers at Freemasons Melbourne last week.

• Anthony Bucca, Acting Grand Master, made a trip last Sunday to Benalla for an information session. Accompanying him was Bruce Cowie (Grand Secretary), Felix Pintado (Chair, Commercial Council) and Trevor Somerville (Commercial Council).

• The Acting Grand Master will be at Echuca on Saturday week, October 1, and at Wonthaggi on Saturday, October 8.

• Later in the month, Anthony Bucca will be at Wodonga for Installations at a combined meeting of Wodonga Lodge and Beechworth Lodge of St John. Grand Lodge Ceremonial Team Auditions will be held at Wangaratta during October.

2. Pithy Paragraphs

• Property improvements have been announced for Masonic Centre at Williamstown, Walhalla, Essendon, Wodonga, Geelong, Mornington and Werribee. Other high priority projects under consideration by the Property Committee for recommendation to the Commercial Council include, in the short-term – East Melbourne and Sorrento, and in the medium-term – Werribee, Melton and Sunshine.

• The Spring edition of the Journal is online, and has reached mail boxes.

• Alan Thompson says Canterbury Lodge will celebrate its centenary on Tuesday, November 1, and the Friday-Sunday, November 4-6 weekend. A Tuesday luncheon is being planned for Cup Day. There is Friday golf at the Huntingdale Golf Course. There will be a re-enactment of Consecration at Freemasons Bayside on Saturday, followed by a Sunday barbecue at Taralye.

• Rhys Webb says Lowan Lodge attracted visitors from Horsham, Ararat and Dimboola for a First Degree, with WM Armand Von Benecke in the chair.

3. Fun Newsletter

• Freemasons New Zealand  Fun Newsletter can be read HERE
 

4. 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 Have you signed on the newest Masons in your Lodge? 

5. Sincere Thanks

• Amongst those who assisted with contributions and encouragement have included: Rhys Webb, Milton Tsaktsiras, Simon Browning, Brian Bennett, Bruce Cowie, Graham Berry, Julia Edwards, Domenic La Rocca, Peter Harris, Stuart Chalmers, Wayne Smith, Sean Cross, Tom Stirling, Warren Dorling, Max Paulet, Sudarshan Ramakrishnan, John Hart, Sean Thomson, Bruce Wilde, Geoff Paton, John Travers, John MacDonald, Stephen Measey, Richard Shelly, Col McCowan, Ian Brown, Ken Calder, Darrell Traplin, Ethan Holmes, John McTaggart, Keith Klooger, Philip Mayers

6. 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. 

7. World News• West Wales Freemasons have offered support for family services. READ MORE
• Garrettsville Lodge (US) have made a donation towards suicide prevention. READ MORE
• There is a legal battle over the estate of a Freemason who went to New Zealand to establish a temple. READ MORE
• A French freemason has said that part of the movement is keen to open a bureau in Brussels. READ MORE
• Masonic breakfasts, helping one biscuit at a time. READ MORE
• 1300 hours volunteered to restore Detroit Masonic Temple chandeliers. READ MORE
• A Lodge has received a $100,000 water bill after a leak. READ MORE

8. The Caledonians

• Tom Stirling writes: “An era of Freemasonry is diminishing and sadly may come to an end in Victoria. It is the Caledonian Demonstration Team; most of the current members are in their eighties and despite many attempts to recruit new blood have been unsuccessful.• “The group was formed in the early fifties by the many Scots who emigrated to Australia at that time, many of them in the western suburbs of Melbourne, where there was a lot of heavy engineering taking place, Massey Ferguson and International Harvester for example. Most of these tradesmen were also Freemasons and soon made themselves known among the local fraternity and integrating into the various lodges in the area. However, the locals soon got fed up with these Scots reiterating these familiar words; “That’s no how we do it in Scotland”. The response being  “show us” and that is how the Demonstration Team started, with degrees being worked at Sunshine and Footscray areas to start.
• “As a young Mason, some 50 years ago, one can still remember the ritual being delivered by members of the team, with no prompting being given or needed and the fact that they moved without a DC and they still do the same but with each member delivering the ritual in his own way so you can never see the same ceremony twice. Word soon spread about this new group among the lodges and by the late sixties were travelling to all points of the compass within Victoria and on a few occasions, interstate to South Australia and NSW.
• “In the early days they worked as a lodge, with its own notice paper. Looking at an old notice paper they were performing demonstrations four or five times a week, they had the members to do it in those days, most members being able to cover many of the charges. As well as degree ceremonies, the Team also carried out Installations, mostly for those of Scottish heritage. In these formation days it was decided that any monies raised by the group would go to aid our Freemasons Hospital and The Homes. In this current period, we let the lodge where we demonstrate decide on which charity the money will go to. Blaze Aid, Red Cross, Anglicare, 2020 Bushfire Appeal, Taralye to name a few. Since the group’s inception the total funds raised for Masonic and other groups would be in the region $300,000-$400,000. So there are still some Caledonians available to demonstrate some of the skills and are available upon request.”

9. What’s On (130 listings)
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Arrangements are subject to change at short notice. Please check with Lodge Secretaries.

Wednesday, September 21

• 6pm. Installed Masters Session. At Freemasons Bayside.

• 7pm. Grand Lodge Team Ladies. Dinner. At Sandringham Yacht Club. RSVP: September 9.

• 7.30pm. Quarterly Communication. At Freemasons Bayside.

Thursday, September 22
These September 22 functions have been cancelled as part of the National Day of Mourning.
• 7.15pm. Omega Group. At Carmelo’s Pizza, Brunswick East.

• 7pm. Western District. MAP1 and MAP2. 8pm. MAP3. At Freemasons Western (Sunshine).

• 7.30pm. Creswick Havilah Lodge. Talk: ‘The First Degree by Q&A’. At Freemasons Creswick.

• 7.30pm. Lilydale Lodge. Discussion on Charities. Footy theme in the South. At Freemasons Lilydale.

• 7.30pm. Lodge Revival. At Freemasons Greensborough.

• 7.30pm. Morwell Lodge. Talk, WBro. Craig, ‘The Navy’. At Freemasons Traralgon.

• 7.30pm. Sir John Quick Lodge. Third Degree. At Freemasons Bendigo.

Friday, September 23

• 7.30pm. Lodge Bharat. First Degree. At Freemasons Melbourne.
• 7.30pm. Victorian Lodge of Research. Talk: Nicholas Lane, ‘History and Development of Freemasonry in Canada’. At Grand View Hotel, Fairfield.

• 7.30pm. Sunbury Lodge. At Freemasons Gisborne.

Sunday, September 25

• 10am. Northern District. MAP2. At Freemasons Greensborough.

Monday, September 26

• TBA. Murray Mark Lodge. 50-year jewels to Thompson Brothers. By Bill Jones.

• 10am. Derrimut Daylight Lodge. Double Second Degree. At Freemasons Western.

• 6pm. Lodge Amalthea. At The Australian Club.

• 7.30pm. Gippsland Lakes Lodge. Continuation of Third Degree.

• 7.30pm. Greensborough Mark. At Freemasons Greensborough.

• 7.30pm. Lord Carrington Lodge. Double Second Degree, At Freemasons Western.

• 7.30pm. Metropolis Lodge. Obligation of Master Elect. At Freemasons Brunswick.

Tuesday, September 27

• 10am. Barwong Lodge. Obligation of Master-Elect. At Freemasons Queenscliff.

• 6pm. Lodge Amalthea. Second Degree. At The Australian Club. 

• 7pm. Lodge Amicus. At Freemasons Melbourne.

• 7.30pm. Admiral Collingwood Lodge. First Degree. At Freemasons Ivalda.

• 7.30pm. Djerriwarrh Lodge. First Degree. At Freemasons Bacchus Marsh.

• 7.30pm. Middle Park Lodge. Third Degree. At Freemasons Melbourne.

• 7.30pm. Mt Franklin St George Lodge. Talk: Graeme Orr, ‘Ecclesiastes’. At Freemasons Daylesford.

• 7.30pm. Warragul Lodge. First, Second and Third Degree Working Tools. At Freemasons West Gippsland (Warragul).

• 7.30pm. Wimmera Lodge. Meeting. At Freemasons Horsham.

Wednesday, September 28

• 10am. Talbot Daylight Lodge. Full open and close. At Freemasons Maryborough.

• 2pm. Funeral Service for RWBro. R.G. Harrison, PSGW. At Simplicity Funerals, 25 McKenzie St, Melton. 

• 7pm. Keystone Mark. Double Advancement. At Freemasons Melbourne. BOOK FOR SOUTH

• 7.30pm. Victorian Naval and Military Royal Ark Mariners Lodge. Education Night. At Freemasons Collingwood.

• 7.30pm. Werribee Mark Lodge. Advancement. At Freemasons Werribee.

• 7.30pm. Weston Street Lodge. At Freemasons Brunswick.

• 7.30pm. Yarra Glen Lodge. Third Degree. At Freemasons Lilydale.

Thursday, September 29

• 6.30pm. Corinella Mark Lodge. Proclamation of Peter Thompson. At Freemasons Maldon.

• 7pm. MAP1 and MAP2. 8pm. MAP3. At Freemasons Western (Sunshine).

Saturday, October 1

• TBA. Sunraysia Daylight Lodge. Installation at Raymond Gibson by Peter Woods. At Freemasons Sunraysia (Irymple).

• 3pm. Plaridel Lodge. Installation of Warren Ribates by Myles King and 2022 Team. At Freemasons Williamstown.

• 4pm. Campase Valley Lodge. Installation of Scott Robinson by Anthony Bucca and 2022 Team. At Freemasons Echuca,

• 5pm. Lodge Liberation. Installation of Ron Ferdinands by Richard Elkington and 2022 Team. Cost: $40 including drinks. At Freemasons Waverley. BOOK

• 6pm. Ivanhoe Grammarians Lodge. Social Dinner at Young and Jacksons, Ghost Tour of Melbourne CBD. 

• 7.30pm. Learmonth Lodge. Third Degree. At Freemasons Learmonth.

Monday, October 3

• 6.30pm. Kyneton Lodge. Installation of Brian Chester by Highlanders. At Freemasons Kyneton.

• 6.30pm. Pakenham Lodge. Installation of Barry Hodder by Richard Elkington and 2022 Team. At Freemasons Pakenham.

• 7pm. King David Lodge. Third Degree. At Freemasons Bayside.

Tuesday, October 4

• 7.30pm. Northern District. MAP2. At Freemasons Brunswick.

Wednesday, October 5

• 10.30am. Blue Dandenongs Lodge. Installation of David Smith by Richard Elkington. At Freemasons Belgrave.

• 6.30pm. Lodge of The Golden Rule. Installation of Ben Whitnall by Myles King. At Freemasons Oakleigh.

• 7pm. Old Scotch Collegians Lodge. Second Degree. At Freemasons Melbourne.

• 7.30pm. Emergency Services Night. 60th Anniversary. At Freemasons Ballarat.

Thursday, October 6

• 6.30pm. Victorian Naval and Military Lodge. ‘Show and Tell on Different Masonic Orders’. South: Pizza Night. At Freemasons Melbourne.

• 7pm. Lodge Killara. Double Third Degree, At Freemasons Greensborough. 

• 7.15pm. Ivanhoe Grammarians Lodge. Double Second Degree. At Freemasons Ivalda.

Friday, October 7

• 6.45pm. Bank Place Lodge. At The Savage Club.

Saturday, October 8

• 1pm. Ivanhoe Grammarians Lodge. Triple Second Degree (by dispensation). At Freemasons Ivalda.

• 3pm. Plaridel Lodge. Installation of Warren Ribates by Myles King. At Freemasons Bayside.

• 3pm. Powlett Lodge. Installation of Donald Roy by Anthony Bucca and 2022 Team. At Freemasons Wonthaggi.

• 4pm. Dimboola Lodge. Installation. At Freemasons Dimboola.

• 4pm. Swan Hill, Tresco and Chisel Combined. Tresco Chisel 100-Year Celebration. Richard Elkington to attend. At Freemasons Swan Hill.

Sunday, October 9

• 11am. Robinvale Lodge. Open Community Event. Richard Elkington in attendance. At Freemasons Robinvale.

Monday, October 10

• 9.30am. Moorpanyal Lodge. Installation of Chris Formosa by Peter Bond and 2022 Country Team. Ar Freemasons Geelong.

• 6.30pm. United Service Lodge, Installation. 50-Year Jewel to WBro. Major Geoff Lowe RFD PGStdB GLHer. Richard Elkington to officiate. At Freemasons Keysborough.

• 7.30pm. City of Abbotsford Chapter. At Freemasons Collingwood.

• 7.30pm. Masonic Council Meeting. At Freemasons Melbourne.

Tuesday, October 11

• 4pm. Marnoo Lodge. Installation of Don McKinnon by John McTaggart. At Freemasons Stawell.

• 6.30pm. Combermere Chapter. Installation of Geoff Harrison. At the Kelvin Club.

• 6.30pm. Frankston Lodge. Installation of Daniel Conway by Myles King and 2022 Team. At Freemasons Frankston.

Wednesday, October 12

• TBA. 2023 Grand Lodge Team Interviews. At Freemasons Melbourne.

• 6.30pm. Fairfield Lodge. Installation of Colin Peterson by Graham Pitcher and Northern District Team. At Freemasons Ivalda.

• 7pm for 7.30pm. Mordialloc Lodge of Charity. Second Table Lodge. $30. At Freemasons Keysborough. BOOK

• 7.30pm. Traralgon Lodge. At Freemasons Latrobe Valley.

Thursday, October 13

• 6.30pm. Victoria Lodge. Installation of Graeme Spratling by Monash Gully Team. At Freemasons Waverley.

• 6.30pm. Werribee Enterprise Lodge. Installation of Emmanuel Marabeliotakis by Anthony Bucca and 2022 Team. At Freemasons Werribee.

Friday, October 14

• 7.30pm. Altona lodge. Obligation of the Master-Elect. At Freemasons Williamstown.

• 7.30pm. Williamstown St Andrews Lodge. Visit to Be ndigo City Lodge. At Freemasons Bendigo.

Saturday, October 15

• 1pm. Cranbourne Lodge. Re-Consecration. Installation of Maurice Carter by Richard Elkington and 2022 Team. At Freemasons Cranbourne.

• 4pm. Star of the East Lodge. Installation of Wayne Airs by Tim Stevens and District 105 Team. At Freemasons Omeo.

• 4pm. Wodonga Lodge. Installation of Darren Hill by Anthony Bucca and 2022 Team. At Freemasons Wodonga.

• 4pm. Beechworth Lodge of St John. Installation of Michael Fernando by Anthony Bucca and 2022 Team. At Freemasons Wodonga.

Sunday, October 16

• 4pm. Melbourne High School Lodge. Location TBA.

Monday, October 17

• 10.30am. Huon Daylight Lodge. 50-Year Jewel to Maxwell Norris. At Freemasons Wodonga.

• 11.30am. Royal Freemasons Charity Golf Club. $155 per person includes green fees and dinner. Contact Stuart Thompson, astlian@bigpond.net.au

• 7pm. Commercial Council Meeting. At Freemasons Melbourne.

• 7.30pm. Gippsland Forest Lodge. Obligation of the Master-Elect. At Freemasons West Gippsland.

• 7.30pm. St George Dunolly Lodge. Emergency Meeting. Obligate the Master-Elect. At Freemasons Dunolly.

Tuesday, October 18

• 6.30pm. 2023 Grand Lodge Ceremonial Team Interviews. At Freemasons Melbourne.

• 6.30pm. Trentham Lodge. Installation of Geoff Graham by Ken Cribbes. At Freemasons Trentham.

Wednesday, October 19

• 7.30pm. Supreme Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Victoria. Grand Convocation. At Freemasons Bayside. BOOK

Thursday, October 20

• 6pm.  Albert Edward Lodge. Installation of David Dimech by Bill Schulz. At Freemasons Alexandra.

• 6.30pm.  Melton Lodge. Installation of Stuart Smithwick by Peter Bond and 2022 Team. At Freemasons Melton.

• 6.45pm for 7pm. MAP2. Central District. At Freemasons Melbourne.

• 7pm.  Almoner and Mentor Training. At Freemasons Melbourne.

• 7.30pm.  Victorian Naval and Military Chapter. At Freemasons Melbourne.

Saturday, October 22

• TBA. Royal and Select Masters. Steve Simpson to represent Acting Grand Master. At Freemasons Maroondah.

• 4pm. Wangaratta Lodge of St John. Installation of Ken Broomhead by Anthony Bucca and 2022 Team. At Freemasons Wangaratta.

• 4.30pm. St George Lodge, Dunolly. Installation of Edward Derecki by Peter Bond and 2022 Team. At Freemasons Dunolly.

Sunday, October 23

• TBA. 2023 Country Team Auditions. At Freemasons Wangaratta.

• 10am. Northern District. MAP3. At Freemasons Greensborough.

Monday, October 24

• 6.30pm. Lodge Metropolis. Installation of Don Cameron by Lindsay Patullo and Northern District Team. At Freemasons Brunswick.

Tuesday, October 25

• 6.30pm. Barwong Lodge. Installation of Dick Clark by Peter Bond and 2022 Team. At Freemasons Queenscliff.

• 6.30pm. Mount Scopus and Collegians Lodge. Installation of Marc Class by Rick Durra and Police Unanimity Team. At Freemasons Bayside.

• 6.30pm. Wimmera Lodge. Installation of Ian Brilliant by John McTaggart and 2020-2022 Team. At Freemasons Horsham.

Wednessday, October 26

• 6.15pm. Epworth Gala Ball. At Palladium At Crown.

• 6.30pm. Mitchell Lodge. Installation of Ian Stelfox. At Freemasons Broadford.

Thursday, October 27

• 6.30pm. Keysborough Lodge. Installation of Dean Jones by Myles King and 2022 Team. At Freemasons Keysborough.

• 6.30pm. Leura Lodge. Installation of Randy Walton by John Patterson. At Freemasons Camperdown.

• 6.30pm. Lodge of Amity. At Freemasons Melbourne.

• 7.30pm. Northern District Annual Meeting. $30. At Freemasons Ivalda. BOOK

Friday, October 29

• TBA. Western District Gala Ball. Acting Grand Master Anthony Bucca in attendance.

• 2pm. Portland Lodge. Installation of Kevin Council by Peter Bond and 2022 Country Team. At Freemasons Bayside.

• 3pm. Concord Lodge of Mark Master Masons. Re-Enactment of Consecration. Bruce Cowie to represent Acting Grand Master. At Freemasons Bayside. BOOK

• 3pm. Gippsland Lakes Lodge. Installation of Peter Allsop by Tim Stevens and East Gippsland Team. 

Saturday, October 30

• 2pm. Portland Lodge. Installation of Kevin Council by Peter Bond and 2022 Country Team. At Freemasons Portland.

Sunday, October 31

• 2pm. Multi-Faith Service. At Coppin Centre Chapel, Moubray St, Melbourne.

Tuesday, November 1 (Melbourne Cup Day)

• 7.30pm. Northern District. MAP3. At Freemasons Brunswick.

Thursday-Sunday, November 10-13

• TBA. Freemasons New Zealand. Grand Installation.

• 7pm. Union Lodge of North Gippsland. Third Degree. At Freemasons Bairnsdale.

Monday, November 14

• TBA. Lodge of Commerce. Ceremony of the Vacant Chair. At Freemasons Melbourne.

Wednesday, November 16

• 7.30pm. United Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of Victoria. Grand Communication. At Freemasons Bayside. BOOK

Friday, November 18

• TBA. Army Lodge. Visit by Victorian Naval and Military Lodge.

Saturday, November 19

• 9am-1pm. Simplifying The Role Of A Lodge Secretary Course. $25 per person, lunch provided. At Freemasons Greensborough. BOOK

Saturday, November 26

• TBA. Northern District Christmas Night. At Freemasons Ivalda.

Sunday, November 27

• 10am. Northern District. MAP1. At Freemasons Greensborough.

Thursday, December 1

• TBA. DATE CLAIMER. Ivanhoe Grammarians Lodge. Christmas Meeting. At Freemasons Ivalda.

Saturday, December 17

• TBA. DATE CLAIMER. Lodge of Australia Felix. Christmas Dinner. At Box Hill Golf Club.

Friday-Sunday, March 24-26, 2023

• TBA. Grand Installation. At Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Friday-Sunday, April 14-16, 2023

• TBA. Supreme Grand Chapter and Grand Mark. Grand Installations. At Pullman Hotel, 65 Queens Rd, Melbourne.

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