FV News.
No. 237. Tuesday, February 28, 2023
‘Bringing Happiness To Others’

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

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In This Issue

1. This Week

2. Grand Installation Bookings

3. Pithy Paragraphs

4. Foundation Donations
5. New Subscribers

6. Sincere Thanks

7. Please Send Your Summons

8. World News

9. Things To Do

10. What’s On (258 Listings)

1. This Week

• Deputy Grand Master (as Acting Grand Master) Anthony Bucca has returned with the Grand Lodge Team for the Grand Installation in Tasmania.
• Tony presided at the Re-Consecration of Old Melburnians Lodge, offering a collection of 100-year-old newspaper clippings about the event. The Lodge’s early days saw the Archbishop as Master of the Lodge, and the initiation of Australian Prime Minister Stanley Melbourne Bruce.
• The countdown is on until the Grand Installation on the March 24-26 weekend.
• When he is installed as Grand Master, Anthony Bucca will be using the theme of ‘Bringing Happiness To Others’. Grand Masters have had a tradition in recent years to adopt their own slogan/motto/position statement.
• The Deputy Grand Master will be Installing Master at the Mordialloc Lodge of Charity Installation at Keysborough on Wednesday next week (Mar. 8).
• The Deputy Grand Master will be Installing Master at Doutta Galla Lodge’s Installation this Thursday (Mar. 2) at Essendon.

• The Deputy Grand Master will be Installing Master at the Lodge Bharat Installation on Saturday, March 16 at Freemasons Melbourne.

2. Grand Installation Bookings

• Registrations close on Monday (March 6) for Grand Installation events. BOOK

• Friday, March 24. 6.30pm-8.30pm. Meet and Greet. Lounge Suit/Ladies After 5. $70.
• Saturday, March 25. 9am-11am. Ladies’ Breakfast. Smart Day Wear. $80.
• Saturday, March 25. 2pm-4pm. Grand Installation. Formal regalia (optional), Ladies After 5. Ladies paid ticket, $25.
• Saturday, March 25. 6.30pm. Grand Banquet. Formal/Evening Wear. $180.
• Sunday, March 26. 12 Noon. Farewell Lunch. Smart Casual. $70.

3. Pithy Paragraphs

• FVNews Editor Ash Long has been on several weeks’ family leave, and extends thanks all for their condolence messages on the passing of his mother Marjory.
• Monash Lodge will see Peter Julier presented with his 50-year service jewel by Bob Jones at 7pm on Wednesday, March 8. BOOK by March 1, $40.• The Annual Combined Schools Lodges Meeting will be hosted by Ivanhoe Grammarians Lodge at Freemasons Ivalda at 7.30pm on Thursday, May 4. Peter Henshall with Grand Lodge Escort will be in attendance. Member lodges are University Lodge, Old Melburnians, Wesley Collegians, Old Scotch Collegians, Ivanhoe Grammarians, Mount Scopus and Collegians’ Lodge, Melbourne High School and United Schools’. Tickets are $40 each. BOOK
• Freemasons Foundation Victoria Bursaries are open for applications now. This is financial support to complete a course of tertiary study. Applications close March 31. Details: https://www.freemasonsfoundation.org/secondaryandexternaltertiaryscholarship

• The sum of $150,000 has been paid by Freemasons Victoria to members who are flood victims. This is part of the overall $700,000 being given by FV and the Freemasons Foundation.

• The vote on Constitution Change held in conjunction with the Special Communication on February 8 saw a ‘Yes’ vote of 1375 (76.3 per cent), and a ‘No’ vote of 427. The total vote of 1802 saw the highest participation in the Victorian fraternity’s 134-year history. The Masonic Council and Commercial Council are both now in caretaker mode. Nominations will soon be called, with elections to follow.
• The Knights Templar Open Day is being held at Freemasons Bayside from 1pm-5pm on Sunday, April 2.
• Public Schools Mark returned their Warrant on February 16. Balnarring Lodge’s warrant was returned on February 10.
• Rod Lavin and Emmanuel Marabeliotakis have featured in photos relating to $5000 raised for the Abbey Solo Foundation.
• Admiral Collingwood Lodge is looking to hold Emergency Meetings on May 16 and 30, either side of its May 23 regular meeting, for Third Degrees.
• Army Lodge has received publicity in a Department of Veterans’ Affairs newsletter. The item is headlined ‘Brothers In Arms’.

• Kyabram Lodge won publicity in the Free Press for its Taste and Tunes Festival.

• Dispensation has been given for regalia to be worn in an Easter Monday Parade at Maldon, advises Ken Calder. A barbecue meal and drinks will follow the 10am parade.

• Stanley Smith will be 100 years of age on March 8. He is a member of Keysborough St Andrews Daylight Lodge.

• Williamstown St Andrew Lodge is changing its meeting nights to fourth Thursdays. The June and July meetings are to be suspended.

 4. Foundation Donations

• Latest giving by Freemasons Foundation Victoria includes Masonic Grants for Canterbury Lodge (Interchange Outer East), $9940; Hamilton Grange Lodge (Hamilton Scout Group), $600; Swan Hill Lodge (Ambulance Victoria – Swan Hill), $1320; The Army Lodge (Quilts of Valour Australia)), $5000; Portland Lodge (Kyeema Support Services), $4500; Sunshine Wisdom Lodge (Joseph’s Corner), $7716; SEAVIC Lodge (Think Pink Foundation), $5000; and FFV Board (Victoria Police Legacy), $10,000.

• Scholarship donations include Ongoing Tertiary Scholarships, $25,000; Monash University, $11,000; and Marcus Oldham College, $6000.
• Education Support Grants include Talbot Lodge, $300; and Mitchell River Lodge, $3000.
• Named Sun Funds are SEAVIC Lodge (Think Pink Foundation), $1450; and Friends of Epworth (Epworth Foundation), $34,000.
• Other giving in December and January totalled $11,000.

5. 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 Stuart Henry

6. Sincere Thanks• Amongst those who assisted with contributions and encouragement have included: Len Burton, Brian Coffey, Peter Bate, Peter Hamilton, Ray Crellin, Anrew Geary, Ken Ryall, David Todd, Harry Vagianos, Peter Julier, Ken Calder, David Draffin, Nikolas Sakellaropoulos, Emmanuel Marabeliotakis, Ray Wyld, Sean Cross, Andrew Timming, Adam Woledge, Bruce Wilde, James Jolly, Garry James, Lisa Coleman, Rod Lavin, Graham Berry, Bruce Cowie, Peter Crick, Wayne Smith, John Hart, Duncan McArthur, Richard Parkin, Ken Hardy, Ivan ‘Bill’ Warner, Peter Baziotis, Len Baker, Richard Shelly, Phil Watson, Max Paulet, John Travers, Stuart Chalmers, Garry Ewert, John McTaggart, Stephen Measey, Rahim Samat, John Fogarty, Laurie Jacobs, Bob Orr, Russell Hicken, Ross Martin, Robert Pullin, Brendan Kyne, Rob Layton, Bill Harding, David Webb, Norman Geary, Keith Klooger, Frank Walsh, Travis Gould, Brian Bennett, Reg Broadbent.

7. 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. 

8. World News• SEE inside one of Sunderland’s oldest lodges.
• Thousands of Freemasons from around the world gathered at the George Washington Masonic National Memorial on Feb. 20 for a rededication ceremony of the laying of the cornerstone 100 years ago and to celebrate the Memorial’s next century of service. READ MORE
• A Police ‘K9’ squad has won financial support from Freemasons. READ MORE
• SEE how Freemasons have been delivering ‘Truckloads of Food’.
• VIEW a TV news story about Prince Hall Masonry.

9. Things To Do

• READ ABOUT £60,000 aid from Freemasons to Turkey and Syria.
• READ ABOUT an Ohio Lodge that sold its two-storey building for 100 pennies.
• READ ABOUT how an Indiana Lodge held a ‘Sweetheart Banquet’.
• VIEW Tsen Thau Shin’s photos of the Lord Northcote Installation.
• WATCH a video about robots being used to deliver meals at a Masonic Village.

10. What’s On (258 Listings)
UPDATED EACH EDITION

Please notify us about your event. 
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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.

* – denotes sourced from the Masonic Guide.

Tuesday, February 28
• 9.30am.Barwong Lodge. Talk by Dennis Mitchell. At Freemasons Queenscliff.
• 10am. Sunraysia Daylight Lodge.
• 5.45pm. Lodge Epicurean. Installation of Geoff Harrison by Don Reynolds and 2022 Team. At Freemasons Geelong.
• 7pm. Djerriwarrh Lodge. First Degree. At Freemasons Bacchus Marsh.
• 7.15pm. Middle Park Lodge. Third Degree. At Freemasons Melbourne.
• 7.30pm. Mount Scopus and Collegians Lodge.
• 7.30pm. Mt Franklin St George. Talks: ’25 Landmarks of the Order’, ‘7-Point Plan To Advance the Lodge’, by Les Roberts. At Freemasons Daylesford.
• 7.30pm. Northern United Chapter. This will not be an installation.
• 7.30pm. Peace and Loyalty Lodge.
• 7.30pm. Shepparton-Mooroopna Lodge.
• 7.30pm. Warragul Lodge.
• 7.30pm. Wimmera Lodge.

Wednesday, March 1
• 10am. Blue Dandenongs Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Dimboola Lodge. Second Degree Walkthrough. At Freemasons Dimboola.
• 7.30pm. Gippsland Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Glenelg Lodge.*
• 7.30pm.Glenroy Lodge. At Freemasons Essendon.
• 7.30pm.Guiding Star Lodge. Third Degree. At Freemasons Ballarat.
• 7.30pm.Lodge of Honour.*
• 7.30pm. Lodge of the Golden Rule.*
• 7.30pm.Melton Lodge of Instruction. Instructional Proclamations of the Installation Ceremony. At Freemasons Melton.
• 7.30pm. Powlett Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Whittlesea Lodge.*
• 7.30pm.Yarrawonga Lodge of St David.*

Thursday, March 2
• 6.30pm. Doutta Galla Lodge. Installation of Samir El-Bitar by Anthony Bucca and 2023 Ceremonial Team. At Freemasons Essendon.
• 6.30pm. Victorian Naval and Military. Installation of Robert MacGregor by John Molnar. At Freemasons Melbourne
• 7pm. Lodge Killara. Double Third Degree. At Freemasons Greensborough.
• 7.15pm. Ivanhoe Grammarians Lodge. Double Third Degree. At Freemasons Ivalda.
• 7.30pm.Arlington Lodge.

• 7.30pm.Bogong Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Clifton Hill Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Duke of Connaught Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Lodge Killara.*
• 7.30pm. Lodge of Rapport.*
• 7.30pm. Macedon Ranges Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Robbie Burns Mark Lodge. Catechetical Lecture explaining the Ceremony of Advancement. At Freemasons Western (Sunshine).
}• 7.30pm.Sandringham District Lodge.*
• 7.45pm. Kyabram Lodge.*

Saturday, March 4
• 8am-4pm. Dimboola Lodge. Sausage Sizzle. At Bunnings Horsham, Wilson St.
• 1.45pm for 2pm. Bank Place Lodge. Installation of David Bird by Peter Henshall. At Freemasons Melbourne. Banquet at Savage Club. BOOK
• 6.30pm. Lodge of Evolution.*
• 7pm. Jacques DeMolay Victorian Chapter. Regular Business Meeting. At Freemasons Williamstown.
• 7pm. Avoca Lodge. Installation of Edward Gollop by John McTaggart and 2020 Country Team. Winter Dress. At Freemasons Avoca. Banquet: $25, RSVP: graeme@bobsy-die.com
• 7pm. Learmonth Lodge. Full Opening, Closing with Working Tools in each degree. At Freemasons Learmonth.

Sunday, March 5
• 9am. 2023 Grand Lodge Ceremonial Team. Assessment Day at Freemasons Bayside.
• 11am. Ivanhoe Grammarians Lodge. Family and Friends Picnic. At Fairfield Boathouse.

Monday, March 6
• 7pm. North Melbourne Lodge. First Degree. At Freemasons Melbourne.
• 7.30pm.Baxter Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Canterbury Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Carisbrook Lodge. Obligation of Master-Elect. At Freemasons Carisbrook.
• 7.30pm. Commonwealth Lodge. Talk: ‘Jack The Ripper and the dark streets of London in 1888. What part did Freemasonry play?’ At Freemasons Mirboo North.
• 7.30pm. Footscray Wyndham Lodge. Third Degree. At Freemasons Western (Sunshine).
• 7.30pm. Garibaldi Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Lodge Integrity.*
• 7.30pm. North Melbourne Lodge.*
• 7.30pm.Pakenham Lodge.*
• 7.45pm.Rosebank Lodge.*

Tuesday, March 7
• 10am. Lodge EOS.*
• 7pm. Sunshine Wisdom Lodge. At Freemasons Western (Sunshine).
• 7.30pm. All Nations Lodge. Third Degree. At Freemasons Clunes.
• 7.30pm. Campaspe Valley Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Lodge Liberation.*
• 7.30pm. Mitchell River Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Old Melburnians Lodge.*
• 7.45pm. Swan Hill Lodge.*

Wednesday, March 8
• 10am. Lodge of Welcome.
• 6.30pm. Meredith Lodge. Installation of Trevor Hill by Peter Bond and 2022 Team. At Freemasons Lara.
• 6.30pm. Mordialloc Lodge of Charity. Installation of Bruce Stockdale by Anthony Bucca and 2022 Grand Team. At Freemasons Keysborough.
• 7pm. Monash Lodge. 50-Year Jewel to Peter Julier, by Bob Jones. $40, BOOK by March 1. Attire: Dinner/Lounge Suit. Ladies: After 5. At Freemasons Waverley.
• 7pm. United Schools’ Lodge. Second Degree. BOOK
• 7.30pm.Benambra Lodge.*
• 7.30pm.Berwick Balcara Lodge.*
• 7.30pm.Cosmopolitan Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Fairfield Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Lord Somers Australasian HRA Chapter. Double Exaltation. At Freemasons Melbourne.
• 7.30pm.Mansfield Lodge.*
• 7.30pm.Meredith Lodge.
• 7.30pm. Phillip Island Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Traralgon Lodge. Second Degree. At Freemasons Latrobe Valley (Traralgon).
• 7.30pm. United Memorial and Merbein Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. United Schools’ Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Williamstown Lodge. Second Degree. At Freemasons Williamstown.

Thursday, March 9
• 7pm. Gisborne Lodge
• 7pm. Southern Cross Lodge. Third Degree. At Freemasons Maldon.
• 7pm. Union Lodge of North Gippsland.*
• 7.15pm. Gordon Lodge. Working Rectified Scottish Rite. First Degree. At Freemasons Essendon.
• 7.30pm. Antient York Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Cohuna Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Geelong Lodge of Unity and Prudence. Double First Degree. At Freemasons Geelong.
• 7.30pm. Lodge Devotion.*
• 7.30pm. Hearts of Oak Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Lodge of Australia Felix.*
• 7.30pm.Rutherglen Lodge.*
• 7.30pm.Seaford Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Seymour Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Southern Cross Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Victoria Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Werribee Enterprise Lodge. At Freemasons Werribee.

Friday, March 10
• 7.15pm. Lodge Gregorios.*
• 7.30pm. Altona Lodge. Second Degree. At Freemasons Williamstown.
• 7.30pm. Bendigo City Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Brae Dale Lodge.*
• 7.30pm.Lara Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Lodge of the Golden Fleece.*
• 7.30pm. Sunbury Lodge.*
• 7.30pm.Wodonga Lodge.*

Saturday, March 11
• TBA. Melbourne St Clair Reunion Lodge. Installation of Dimitri Karanikis by Myles King. At Freemasons Melbourne.
• 9am. Mentoring Conference. At Freemasons Bairnsdale. trybooking.com/CFCTI
• 2pm. Plaridel Lodge. Third Degree. At Freemasons Western (Sunshine).
• 2.30pm. Bank Place Lodge. Installation of David Bird by Peter Hensall and 2022 Team at Freemasons Melbourne, followed by Dinner at Savage Club.
• 7.30pm. Prince of Wales Lodge. Obligation of Master-Elect. Masonic Education. At Freemasons Smythesdale.
• 7.30pm. Walhalla Lodge.*

Sunday, March 12
• 9am. Mentoring Conference. At Freemasons Traralgon. trybooking.com/CFCTJ

Monday, March 13 – Labor Day Holiday
• TBA. Ivalda Lodge of Instruction. At Freemasons Ivalda.
• 10am. Maroondah Daylight Lodge.*
• 10am. Woodend Daylight Lodge.*
• 6.30pm. Lodge of Commerce.*
• 7.30pm.Mount Shadwell Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Robinvale Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. United Ararat Lodge. First Degree Tracing Board. At Freemasons Ararat.

Tuesday, March 14
• TBA. Lodge EOS. Installation of Len Clarke by Myles King and 2022 Team. At Freemasons Lilydale.
• 5.30pm. Masonic Council. At Freemasons Melbourne.
• 7pm. University Lodge.*
• 7.30pm.Allara Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Arcadian-Veritas Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Brighton District Lodge.
• 7.30pm.Colac Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Duke of Abercorn. At Freemasons Bacchus Marsh.
• 7.30pm.Frankston Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Golden and Corinthian Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Lord Northcote Lodge.*
• 7.30pm.Marangan Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Marnoo Lodge. Second Degree. At Freemasons Stawell.
• 7.30pm. Maryborough Lodge. At Freemasons Maryborough.
• 7.30pm. Richmond Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Robbie Burns Phoenix Lodge. At Freemasons Western (Sunshine).

Wednesday, March 15
• 10am. Warrawee Park Lodge.*

Thursday, March 16
• 11am. Samaritan Lodge.*

• 6.30pm. St John’s Lodge. Third Degree. Daylight Dress. At Freemasons Ballarat.
• 7pm. Kensington Lodge. At Freemasons Essendon.
• 7.30pm.Albert Edward Lodge. At Freemasons Alexandra.*
• 7.30pm. Albert Victor Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Bairnsdale Holy Royal Arch Chapter. At Freemasons Bairnsdale.
• 7.30pm.Beechworth Lodge of St John.*
• 7.30pm. Gardenvale Mobility Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Heathcote Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Lodge of Concentration.*
• 7.30pm. Melton Lodge. At Freemasons Melton.
• 7.30pm. Mornington Lodge.*
• 7.30pm.Portland Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Rupertswood-Numurkah Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Werribee Lodge of Instruction. At Freemasons Werribee.

Friday, March 17 – St Patrick’s Day
• 7pm. Army Lodge.*
• 7pm. Diamond Valley Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Dandenong Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Lodge of Progress.*

Saturday, March 18
• 9am. Mentoring Conference. At Freemasons Ballarat. trybooking.com/CFCTL
• 1pm. Huon Daylight Lodge. Installation by Neil Moehr. At Freemasons Wodonga.
• 4pm. Lodge Bharat. Installation of Ravi Rajan by Anthony Bucca and 2022 Team. At Freemasons Melbourne.
• 7.30pm. Sturt Buninyong Lodge. First Degree Demonstration. At Freemasons Buninyong.

Sunday, March 19
• 9am. Mentoring Conference. At Freemasons Geelong. trybooking.com/CFCTM

Monday, March 20
• TBA. Maribyrnong Mark Lodge. At Freemasons Essendon.
• 10am. Eureka Daylight Lodge. Third Degree. Daylight Dress. At Freemasons Ballarat.
• 10am. Moorpanyal Lodge.*
• 10.30am. Footscray HRA Chapter. Installation of Principals and Officers of the Chapter. At Freemasons Western (Sunshine).
• 10.30am.Huon Daylight Lodge.*
• 7pm. Blackburn United Lodge.*
• 7pm. United Wimmera Royal Ark Mariner Lodge. 7.45pm. United Wimmera Lodge of Mark Master Masons. Advancement.
• 7.15pm. Melbourne St Clair Reunion Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Cranbourne Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Gippsland Forest Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. King David Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Lodge of Good Companions.*
• 7.30m. St George Lodge. Talk: Challenges of Freemasonry in the 21st century. At Freemasons Dunolly.
• 7.30pm. Warrnambool Lodge.*

Tuesday, March 21
• 10am. Lodge of the Great Ocean Road.
• 10am.Sir Dallas Brooks Daylight Lodge.*
• 10am. Woolamai Daylight Lodge.*
• 6.30pm. Footscray St John’s Lodge. Installation of John Zuniga by Myles King. At Freemasons Western (Sunshine).
• 6.30pm. Moorabbin Lodge. Installation of Robert Boilleau by Peter Henshall. At Freemasons Bayside.
• 7.30pm. Ballarat Yarrowee Lodge. Talk: Freemasons Involvement in the Early Days of Ballarat. At Freemasons Ballarat.
• 7.30pm. Brunswick United Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Elrona Lodge.*
 • 7.30pm.Euroa Vega Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Footscray St John’s Lodge. Installation of John Zuniga by Peter Henshall and 2022 Team. At Freemasons Western (Sunshine).
• 7.30pm. Henty Lodge.*
• 7.30pm.Lodge of Unity.*
• 7.30pm.Lowan Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Mildura Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Moorabbin Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. St Andrews In the South Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Trentham Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Wesley Collegians Lodge.*
• 7.45pm. Hamilton Grange Lodge.*

Wednesday, March 22
• 10am. Keysborough Sr Andrews Daylight Lodge.*
• 10am. Talbot Daylight Lodge. Daylight Dress. At Freemasons Maryborough.
• 10am. Tresco and Chisel United Lodge.*
• TBA. Grand Installation. Dress Rehearsal. At Freemasons Bayside.
• 7.30pm. Keysborough Lodge.*
• 7.30pm.Lodge Belvoir.*
• 7.30pm. Lodge Fraternal.*
• 7.30pm. Mitchell Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Weston Street United Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Yarra Glen Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Zetland Lodge.*

Thursday, March 23
• 7pm. MAP1, MAP2. At Freemasons Western (Sunshine).
• 7.30pm. Creswick Havilha Lodge. At Freemasons Creswick.
• 7.30pm. Koo-Wee-Rup Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Leura Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Lilydale Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Lodge Observance.*
• 7.30pm. Sir John Quick Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Williamstown St Andrew Lodge. Talk: Gary Bevern, ‘A Man Called Banjo’. At Freemasons Williamstown.
• 8pm. MAP3. At Freemasons Western (Sunshine).

Friday, March 24
• 7.30pm. Victorian Lodge of Research. Grandview Hotel, Fairfield.

Friday-Sunday, March 24-26, 2023

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

Saturday, March 25

• 5.30pm. Lodge Cornucopia.*
• 7.30pm. Maritime Lodge. At Freemasons Williamstown.
• 7.45pm. St George Lodge.*

Monday, March 27

• TBA. Metropolis Lodge. Third Degree.
• 10am. Derrimut Daylight Lodge. At Freemasons Western (Sunshine).
• 10am. Old Gippstown Lodge.*
• 10am. Sunraysia Daylight Lodge.
• 10.30am. Lodge Eschol.*
• 6.30pm. Lord Carrington Lodge. Installation by Myles King and 2023 Grand Ceremonial Team. At Freemasons Western (Sunshine).
• 7pm. United Wimmera Lodge of Mark Master Masons. Special Meeting. Advancement.
• 7.30pm. Baden Powell Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Duke of Sussex Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Lodge of Quest.*
• 7.30pm. Timboon Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Yarraville Lodge. At Freemasons Yarraville.

Tuesday, March 28, 2023
• 10am. Barwong Lodge.*
• 6pm. Lodge Amalthea.*
• 7pm. Lodge Amicus.*
• 7.15pm. Middle Park Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Djerriwarrh Lodge. Educational Lectures for Entered Apprentices. Obligation of Master Elect. At Freemasons Bacchus Marsh.
• 7.30pm. Mount Scopus and Collegians’ Lodge.

• 7.30pm. Mt Franklin St George Lodge. Obligation of the Master-Elect. At Freemasons Daylesford.
• 7.30pm. Peace and Loyalty Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Shepparton-Mooroopna Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Warragul Lodge.*
• 7.30pm.Wimmera Lodge.*

Wednesday, March 29, 2023
• 7.30pm.Wangaratta Lodge of St John.*
• 7.30pm. Werribee Mark Lodge. At Freemasons Werribee.

Thursday, March 30, 2023
• 7.30pm. Cobram Lodge.*
• 7.30pm. Outtrim Lodge.*

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

Saturday, April 1
• 9am. Mentoring Conference. At Freemasons Wangaratta. trybooking.com/CFCTN

Sunday, April 2
• 9am. Mentoring Conference. At Freemasons Bayside. trybooking.com/CFCTF

• 1pm-5pm. Knight Templar Open Day. At Freemasons Bayside.

Friday, April 7

• 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.

Saturday, April 22
• 2.30pm. Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters of Victoria. 40th Birthday Celebrations. 2.30pm-5.30pm. Presentation. 6.30pm Drinks. 7pm-11pm. Dinner and Guest Speaker. $100 per person. At Mercure Hotel and Conference Centre, 613 Main Rd, Ballarat.

Sunday, April 23
• 8am. Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters of Victoria. Breakfast. $10 per person. At Freemasons Ballarat.

Saturday, April 29
• 4pm. Earl of Dunmore Lodge. Installation of Arthur Dubery by John Molnar.

Thursday, May 4
• 7.30pm. Combined Schools Lodges. Hosted by Ivanhoe Grammarians Lodge. $35. At Freemasons Ivalda. Trybooking link to come.

Saturday, May 20
• 9am. Mentoring Conference. At Freemasons Western (Sunshine). trybooking.com/CFCTQ

Sunday, July 12
• 11am. Reserve Forces Day. Masonic members asked to wear Square and Compasses Lapel Pin. At World War II Forecourt, Shrine of Remembrance.

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