FVNews
No. 231. Tuesday, November 29, 2022

• From the Communications and Marketing Volunteer Action Team, Freemasons Victoria

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In This Issue

1. This Week

2. Pithy Paragraphs

3. News Extra

4. New Subscribers

5. Sincere Thanks

6. Please Send Your Summons

7. World News

8. Things To Do

9. What’s On

1. This Week

• The Constitution Transition Meeting will be held by ZOOM at 7.30pm on Wednesday (November 30). Meeting ID: 822 5468 4501 – Passcode: 537223
• Deputy Grand Master Anthony Bucca (Acting Grand Master) hosted a 2023 Grand Ceremonial Team meeting and luncheon at Freemasons Bayside on Sunday (Nov. 27). It was a happy occasion.
• The Acting Grand Master will preside at a Re-Consecration at Wangaratta this week.
• Anthony Bucca visited part of the Freemasons Victoria Commercial Council meeting held at East Melbourne last week.
• The Acting Grand Master presided at the Duke of Sussex Lodge Installation on Saturday night (Nov. 26).
• An opportunity is being made for several Master Masons to be appointed to work with the 2023 Grand Lodge Ceremonial Team as ‘Grand Master’s Assistants.’ Applications to the Grand Secretary please.

• The Acting Grand Master attended a District Meeting at Freemasons Keysborough.

• The Acting Grand Master attended a First Degree ceremony at Mount Scopus and Collegians Lodge.
 

 2. Pithy Paragraphs

• Comms Success Stories: Freemasons Foundation Victoria Chair Rodney Lavin appeared in the Shepparton News, discussing the fraternity’s $700,000 funding to Victorian flood victims.
• One of the Grand Chaplains, John Glover, says that he has been involved in 10 different applications by Freemasons needing financial assistance after the floods. Applications were made on the Tuesday night, funds were in the victim’s bank account on the Wednesday afternoon. 

• BOOK now for the Quarterly Communication at Freemasons Bayside at 7.30pm on Wednesday, December 14. There is no charge.
• Grand Installation (Mar. 24-26) tickets are now on sale through TRYBOOKING

• A Choir, under the baton of Barry Reaper, is in rehearsal. 17 choristers attended last Sunday (Nov. 26) at Bayside. Several more ‘First Tenors’ would be welcomed.

• Supreme Grand Chapter Victoria and United Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons Victoria will conduct their Grand Installations at the Pullman/Mercure Hotel, Albert Park, on April 14-16. BOOK

• More Comms Success Stories: The Ballarat Courier has reported on local Freemasons supporting self-defence courses for girls.

3. News Extra
• A new Lodge with legal flair is proposed. The Sir Redmond Barry Lodge pays homage to one of Victoria’s eminent legal practitioners, pioneer, and Freemason. For more information and to register your interest, please contact Tony Anamourlis via tanamourlis@tgalegal.com.au or 0439 983 720.
• Grand Installation (Mar. 24-26) sponsorship packages are available from as little as $1100. READ MORE

• DATE CLAIMER: There will be a special Quarterly Communication on Wednesday, February 8, to discuss a Motion about Constitution Transition.
• Comms Success. Sunbury Lodge is to have a series of announcements about Freemasonry on community radio station, Sunbury FM.

• Comms Success. Harvey Bawden’s 80-year service presentation has received coverage in the Shepparton News. READ MORE
• A presentation of a 60-year Bar was made to Ian Dennehy PGDC (1991) at the Monash Gardens Masonic Homes by members of the Metropolis Lodge.

• VIEW photos from the Grand Chapter Convocation at Bayside. Thanks to Tsen Thau Shin.

4. New Subscribers
• We are building FVNewsto 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? We welcome Gol Costodio

5. Sincere Thanks• Amongst those who assisted with contributions and encouragement have included: John McTaggart, Kevin Law, Len Burton, Damien Hudson, Alan Tyndall, Garry James, David Todd, Rodney Lavin, Graham Berry, Wayne Smith, John Rosenberg, Andrew Geary, Gary Bevern, Sean Thomson, Ian Samuel, Jim Jolly, Ben Quick, Roscher Borom, Greg Crew, Don Cameron, Nik Sakellaropoulos, Keith Klooger, Paul Varno, Travis Gould, Tsen Thau Shin, Ken Calder, David Draffin, Ken Harry, Miles Nelson, Emmanuel Marabeliotakis, Peter Bate, Bruce Wilde, Bill Goodwin, Richard Parkin, Peter Hamilton, Rhys Webb, Darrell Traplin, Phil Watson, Peter Godson, Rob Layton, Kent Henderson, Max Paulet

6. Please send your Summons
• Lodges can assist FVNewsby 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• A New York Masonic Lodge will serve 2000 chicken dinners. READ MORE
• A US Lodge has donated turkeys to a church for Thanksgiving. READ MORE
• A Cheshire (Connecticut) Lodge is running a Breakfast With Santa function. READ MORE
• A Lodge in Arizona is running a Clothe-A-Child project this Christmas. READ MORE

• Rhys Webb advises that the Freemasons Victoria/Nhill Rotary Boardwalk has been full of water.

8. Things To Do

• Gary Bevern has produced a paper entitled Ticket To The Moon. READ MORE
• Keep up with the times. One US Lodge has conducted a ‘drive-thru’ Thanksgiving basket project, where recipients receive a gift delivered to their car. 
• READ MORE about UK Freemasons support for Ukraine people now exceeding £1 million.
• LEARN about london Freemasons enhancing educational opportunities for disabled children.
• READ the Freemasons Foundation Victoria Annual Report.
• VIEW photos from the Lodge Liberation 674 Installation of  Ron Ferdinands. Thanks Tsen Thau Shin.
• Kent Henderson is holding a half-price sale ($40 includes P&H) for his Famous Freemasons who Changed the World book. EMAIL

• VIEW photos from the Canterbury Lodge Re-Consecration. Thanks Tsen Thau Shin.

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

Tuesday, November 29

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

• 7.30pm. Warragul Lodge. At Freemasons Warragul.

Wednesday, November 30

• 7.30pm. Constitution Transition Meeting. ZOOM. Meeting ID: 822 5468 4501 – Passcode: 537223

Thursday, December 1

•  TBA. Funeral Service for WBro. Shaun Gilchrist. At Nielsens Funerals, 2 Korumburra-Warragul Rd.

•  7pm. Victorian Naval and Military Lodge. Partners In The South. At Grace Darling Hotel, 114 Smith St, Collingwood.

•  7.30pm. Ivanhoe Grammarians Lodge. Christmas Meeting. Entertainer: Brendan Scott. Partners Welcome. Attire: Smart Casual. At Freemasons Ivalda.

•  7.30pm. Bogong Lodge. At Freemasons Yackandandah.

• 7.30pm. Clifton Hill Lodge. At Freemasons Box Hill.

•  7.30pm. Point Nepean Lodge. At Freemasons Sorrento.

• 7.30pm. Sandringham District Lodge. At Freemasons Bayside.

• 7.45pm. Kyabram Lodge. At Freemasons Kyabram.

Friday, December 2
• 7pm. Bank Place Lodge. At the Melbourne Savage Club.

•  7.30pm. Lodge Concordia. At Freemasons Traralgon.

•  7.30pm. Lodge of Rapport. At Freemasons Waverley.

Saturday, December 3

•  2pm. Wangaratta Lodge of St John. Re-Consecration by Anthony Bucca and Team. At Freemasons Wangaratta.

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

•  7pm. Learmonth Lodge. Christmas Barbecue. At Freemasons Learmonth.

Sunday, December 4

•  12 Noon. Commonwealth Lodge. Lunch at Mirboo North Hotel. Phone: 0400 527 689.

•  12.30pm. District 106 Combined Lodges. Christmas Celebration. At Ballarat Golf Club. RSVP: Chris Davis, 0420 476 084.

Monday, December 5

•  7pm. Canterbury Lodge. At Freemasons Waverley.

•  7.30pm. Baxter Lodge. At Freemasons Baxter.

•  7.30pm. Carisbrook Lodge. At Freemasons Carisbrook.

•  7.30pm. Garibaldi Lodge. At Freemasons Melbourne.

•  7.30pm. Kyneton Lodge. At Freemasons Kyneton.

• 7.30pm. Lodge Integrity. At Freemasons Prahran.

•  7.30pm. North Melbourne Lodge. At Freemasons Melbourne.

•  7.30pm. Pakenham Lodge. At Freemasons Pakenham.

Tuesday, December 6

• 10am. Lodge Eos. At Freemasons Lilydale.

• 7.30pm. Lodge Liberation. At Freemasons Waverley.

• 7.30pm. Old Melburnians Lodge, At Freemasons Prahran.

Wednesday, December 7

•  TBA. Mordialloc Lodge of Charity. Change of Date. Non-Ceremonial Dinner. At Freemasons Keysborough.

•  TBA. Whittlesea Lodge. Official Visit by Fairfield Lodge. At Freemasons Whittlesea.

•  10am. Blue Dandenongs Lodge. At Freemasons Belgrave.

•  7pm. United Schools Lodge. First Degree. At Freemasons Bayside. BOOK

• 7.30pm. Dimboola Lodge. At Freemasons Dimboola.

•  7.30pm. Lodge of Honour. At Freemasons Baxter.

•  7.30pm. Lodge of the Golden Rule. At Freemasons Oakleigh.

•  7.30pm. Old Scotch Collegians Lodge. Installation of Ancrew Baird. At Freemasons Melbourne.

•  7.30pm. Yarrawonga Lodge of St David. At Freemasons Yarrawonga.

Thursday, December 8
• 6.30pm. Phillip Island Lodge. $40. At The Palms Restaurant, Kaloha Caravan Park, Cnr Steel and Chapel Sts, Cowes. Book by Dec. 5 with Tony Happleston, 0412 253 927.

•  6.30pm. Seaford Lodge. At Freemasons Baxter.

•  7.30pm. Cohuna Lodge. At Freemasons Cohuna.

•  7.30pm. Geelong Lodge of Unity and Prudence. First Degree. At Freemasons Geelong.

• 7.30pm. Hearts of Oak Lodge. At Freemasons Bayside.

•  7.30pm. Lodge Devotion. At Freemasons Collingwood.

• 7.30pm. Lodge of Australia Felix. At Freemasons Box Hill.

•  7.30pm. Rutherglen Lodge. At Freemasons Rutherglen.

•  7.30pm. South Yarra Gardenvale Holy Royal Arch Chapter. Convocation. Double Exaltation. At Freemasons Bayside.

•  7.30pm. Southern Cross Lodge. At Freemasons Maldon.
•  7.30pm. Victoria Lodge. At Freemasons Waverley.

Friday, December 9

•  10.30am. Bairnsdale Daylight Lodge. At Freemasons Bairnsdale. Followed by Christmas Lunch at the ‘Nicho’. Book by Dec. 2 with Jim Jolly, 0427 458 844.

•  7pm. Doutta Galla Lodge. Christmas Ladies In The South. Choir, raffle. Supper levy: $15. At Freemasons Essendon. RSVP: Edmond Mansour, 0425 715 131.

•  7.15pm. Gregorios Lodge. At Freemasons Melbourne.

•  7.30pm. Bendigo City Lodge. At Freemasons Bendigo.

•  7.30pm. Brae Dale Lodge. At Freemasons Belgrave.

•  7.30pm. Lodge of Balnarring. At Balnarring Hall.

•  7.30pm. Wodonga Lodge. At Freemasons Wodonga.

Saturday, December 10

•  12 Noon. Samaritan Lodge. Ladies Christmas Lunch. $15 per person, drinks included. At Freemasons Ivalda.

•  3pm. Sunshine Wisdom Lodge. First Degree. At Freemasons Essendon. Evening. Annual Ladies’ Night. At Melrose Reception Centre. RSVP: Ken Hardy, 0418 995 079.

•  4pm. Lowan Lodge. Christmas Party. Please bring salad to share. Barbecue meal and drinks supplied. At Freemasons Nhill.

•  6.30pm for 7pm. Army Lodge. Ladies Night/Combined Christmas Party. $75, and drinks at bar prices. At German Club Tivoli, 291 Dandenong Rd, Prahran. BOOK

• 7.30pm. Spring Vale Lodge. Family Annual Christmas Party. Spit Roast. Face Painting, Jumping Castle, Christmas Movie. $35 adults, $20 under 12. RSV Dec. 1: Andrew, 0409 010 914.

Sunday, December 11

•  12.30pm. Central District Christmas Barbecue By The Yarra

Monday, December 12

•  9.30am. Woodend Daylight Lodge. Installation of Keith Turner by Ken Cribbes and Highlanders Team. At Freemasons Zetland.

•  5.30pm. Masonic Council Meeting. At Freemasons Melbourne.

•  6.30pm. City of Abbotsford Chapter. At Freemasons Collingwood.

•  7.30pm. United Ararat Lodge. ‘Walk Through The Second Degree’. At Freemasons Ararat.

Tuesday, December 13

•  6.30pm for 7pm. Dandenong Lodge. Ladies In The South Christmas Dinner. At Freemasons Keysborough.

•  7pm. Brighton District Lodge. $20 Christmas Feast. Followed by First Degree Tracing Board. At Freemasons Bayside. 

Wednesday, December 14

•  7pm. United Memorial and Merebein Lodge. Call-Off: Attend QC. At Freemasons Sunraysia (Irymple).

•  7.30pm. Quarterly Communication. At Freemasons Bayside.

•  7.30pm. Fairfield Lodge. Christmas Lodge Meeting. Ladies In The South. At Freemasons Ivalda.

Wednesday, December 15

•  7.30pm. Portland Lodge. First Degree. South: Pig On A Spit. At Freemasons Portland.

Saturday, December 17
• TBA. Lodge of Australia Felix. Christmas Dinner. At Box Hill Golf Club.

• 11am. Combermere Chapter. At Freemasons Ivalda.

• 2.30pm. Star of the East Lodge Omeo. Christmas Function: Family and Friends Day, followed by barbecue. At Omeo Valley Gun and Angling Club. Cointact: Kevin Law, 00409 153 527.

Sunday, December 18
• 4pm. Melbourne High School Lodge. Venue TBA.

Monday, December 19

• 6pm. St George Lodge. Christmas Family and Friends Barbecue. At Gordon Gardens Barbecue Shelter, Dunolly. $15.• 7pm. Commercial Council. At Freemasons Melbourne.

• 7pm. Lodge of Good Companions. Christmas Social Dinner. At Glen Waverley RSL. 161 Coleman Pde, Glen Waverley. Evening attire for ladies, lounge suit for men. RSVP: David Heazlewood, 0403 029 832.

Tuesday, December 20
• 7pm. Middle Park Lodge. Non-Ceremonial Meeting/Function. $65. At The Rising Sun Hotel, South Melbourne. BOOK

Thursday, December 29
• 7.30pm. Endeavour Virtual Lodge. Talk: ‘Ego and the False Self. Finding the True Self’. By Zoom.

Tuesday, January 24
• 7.30pm. Lodge Amicus. First Degree. At Freemasons Melbourne.

Thursday, January 26
• TBA. Australia Day.

Friday-Sunday, March 24-26, 2023

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

Thursday, March 30, 2023

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

Friday, April 7, 2023

• TBA. Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal.

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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