FVNews.

No. 254. Wednesday, November 15, 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. Pithy Paragraphs
3. Have You Anything To Communicate?

4. New Subscribers

5. Sincere Thanks

6. Please Send Your Summons

7. World News

8. Things To Do

9. What’s On

As We Were Saying …

• Sincere apologies for the long time between FVNews editions. The Editor’s lengthy recovery from COVID and a heavy workload proved to be temporary hurdles. Hopefully we’re now back on track. Thanks for everyone’s good wishes in the meantime. In this issue, details appear only of those Lodge meetings which have been notified by Lodge scribes. Normal format will return soon.

1. This Week

• The Grand Master, Anthony Bucca, is now back on track after a bout of illness put him in pit lane for a while.
• He hit the ground running. A triple First Degree at Ivanhoe Lodge, a Members’ Meeting of the Freemasons Foundation, the presentation of Warrant of the combined Sunbury-Macedon Ranges Lodge, and a Dinner for the Homes Trustees have been some of the activities.
• The Grand Master attended a Strategic Action Planning all-day meeting last Sunday (Nov. 12) at East Melbourne, held by the Masonic Council and Commercial Council. It was also attended by the Deputy Grand Master, Grand Secretary, and several Senior Grand Officerts. Facilitator was Robert Brennand.
• The Grand Master will attend the Mark Quarterly Communication tonight (Wed.), the Blue Ribbon Ball on Friday, the Clifton Hill Lodge Reconsecration on Saturday, and a 2024-25 Team luncheon at Bayside on Sunday. Next week sees the Grand Master attending the Sir Robert Menzies Memorial Address by Sir Peter Cogrove at the Australian Club on Tuesday, an initiation at Lodge Fraternal at Bayside on Wednesday, and the Amicus installation (David Fisher) on Saturday, November 25.

2. Pithy Paragraphs
• Some 70 adults and nine children have booked for the Grand Team social weekend to be held at Echuca on the March 22-24 weekend. Activities include a luncheon cruise on the MV Mary Ann.
• Bookings are open for the fun Wakanyanas day to be held on Thursday, December 28. There is a website HERE. Bookings ($40) can be made HERE
• Grand Secretary Bruce Cowie will unveil a Centenary Plaque at Ivalda Masonic Centre on Thursday, December 7. Ivanhoe Lodge is hosting a Christmas-themed District Night. Bookings ($40) can be made HERE
• Applications for Grand Rank conferrals and promotions can be made by Lodges prior to Friday, December 10.
• Bunnings advise that if mascots are used at Sausage Sizzles, Working With Children permits are required.

3. ‘Have You Anything To Communicate?’

• Neil Addison advises that Woodend Daylight Lodge will hold the Kyneton District Lodges Annual Barbecue Celebration at 12 Noon on Sunday, December 3 at the Zetland Masonic Centre, 3 Piper St, Kyneton. The Lodge is supplying meat, bread and condiments. Attendees are bringing a salad or dessert. BOOK by Mon., Nov. 27 by email: naddis61@gmail.com
• Past Active Grand Officer Jewels can be ORDERED ($50) via the Grand Secretary’s Office.
• The Re-Installation of Anthony Bucca as Grand Master will be held on Friday, April 5, at Freemasons Bayside followed by a Banquet at the Park Hyatt

on Saturday, April 6. BOOK
• Comms Success Stories: The ABC has featured Richard Penna’s 15 years of collecting ring-pulls. READ MORE
• Freemasons volunteers are required to help at City of Monash Carols by Candlelight from 5pm-10pm at Jells Park. Contact Robert Bass, 0423 372 776.
• Len Richardson advises that the Grand Lodge Choir will perform a concert at Coppin Hall at 2pm on Sunday, December 3. All welcome. The choirhas performed at the Grand Installation and Quarterlies. The Choir is recruiting: you need to be able to hold a tune. A rehearsal is being held on Sunday, November 19. Contact Len at lenric1@bigpond.com

 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? We welcome 

5. Sincere Thanks• Amongst those who assisted with contributions and encouragement have included: David Webb, Graham Berry, Neil Addison, Col McCowan, Andrew Karaconstantis, Phil Watson, Ken Calder, Rob Layton, Peter Harris, Emmanuel Marabeliotakis, Ern Hinneberg, Sam Lewin, Peter King, Brendan Kyne, Graeme Smith, John Travers, Robert Billing, Peter Levey, Peter Baziotis, Harry Pontikis, Stephen Measey, Stuart Dale, Tony McDonall, Sean Cross, Art Lynch, Peter Hamilton, Darrell Traplin, Len Burton, Jeff Cripps, Bob Orr, David Foong, Ian Samuel, Archie Alvarez, Bill Garlick, Andrew Geary, Harry Adlerstein, John Rosenberg, Peter Crick, David Todd, Brian Coffey, Ken Ryall, Sean Cross, Peter Godson, Max Paulet, Jim Jolly, Adam Woledge, Peter Bate, Ray Crellin, Bill Ellis, Bruce Wilde, Iain Nicolson, Garry James, John Hart, David Stewart, David Draffin, Stuart Chalmers, Thau Shin Tsen, Leonard Richardson, Sean Thomson, Rhys Webb, Vuko Karov, Lawrence Stendt, Brian Bennett, Richard Parkin, Bill Harding, Jason Dawson, Richard Shelly, Keith Spurr, Arthur Tan, Keith Klooger, Don Roy, Kent Henderson, Ray Wilson, Sudarshan Ramakrishnan, Travis Gould, Warren Dorling, Bill Goodwin, Ron Fleming, Rod Webster, David Hinds.

6. Secretaries, 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• Jamaica Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has praised Freemasons for their national blood drive initiative. READ MORE
• Masonic Homes are changing homes around the world. HERE is a report about a changeover in Kansas.
• VIDEO: ‘Pulling Out All Stops’ to fix historic Masonic organ.
• ODD SPOT: Ghostly knocking – three times in a row – is being heard at a redeveloped Masonic Temple in Salina, Kansas, USA. READ MORE
 

8. Things To Do• WATCH a video about Freemasons donating in Bermuda.
• READ ‘From Eifell to Churchill, these are the wor;s most famous Freemasons’
• PODCAST: ‘Myths and Mysteries of Freemasonry’
• EXAMINE Bro. Tsen’s photos from the Ivalda ‘Turning of the Sod’ 100th Anniversary Night at Lord Northcote Lodge.
• FLASHBACK to the Northern District Dinner Meeting in October last year. And to the Clifton Hill Lodge Installation from May HERE

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

* – denotes sourced from the Masonic Guide.

Wednesday, November 15

• All Day. Freemasons Victoria office closed for staff training.
• 7.30pm. Grand Mark Convocation. At Freemasons Bayside.

Thursday, November 16
• 10am. Sale Daylight Lodge. Lectures. At Freemasons Sale.
• 11am. Samaritan Lodge. Ladies In The South Christmas Luncheon. At Freemasons Ivalda.
• 7pm. Bairnsdale Chapter. Christmas Celebration with partners. At Freemasons Bairnsdale.

• 7pm. Central District. MAP3 Presentation. Learn more about the Mark Degree. At Freemasons Melbourne. BOOK
• 7.30pm. Albert Edward Lodge. Lecture. At Freemasons Alexandra.
• 7.30pm. Melton Lodge. First Degree. At Freemasons Melton.
• 7.30pm. Portland Lodge of Victoria. Chair of Memories. At Freemasons Portland.
• 7.30pm. Revival Lodge. At Freemasons Greensborough.
• 7.30pm. Werribee Lodge of Instruction. At Freemasons Werribee.

• 7.30pm. Williamstown St Andrew Lodge. First Degree. Haggis Night. At Freemasons Williamstown.

Friday, November 17
• TBC. Blue Ribbon Foundation Ball.
• 10am. Bairnsdale Daylight Lodge. 50- and 60-Year Service Jewels. At Freemasons Bairnsdale.
• 10am. Bellarine Chapter. Demo EMM Degree. At Freemasons Queenscliff.
• 12 Noon. Phillip Island Lodge. Ladies Lunch. At San Remo Hotel.

• 7pm. Army Lodge. Remembrance Ceremony. First Degree. At Freemasons Ivalda.

Saturday, November 18
• TBC. Lodge of Progress. Installation of Andrew Farquhar by Don Reynolds and 2016-17 Team. At Freemasons Berwick.
• 2pm. Walhalla Lodge. Installation of Damon Craig. At Freemasons Walhalla.
• 3pm. Duke of Sussex Lodge. Installation of Richard Skinner by Myles King and 2023 Team. At Freemasons Melbourne.

• 4pm. Clifton Hill Lodge. Reconsecration by Grand Master Anthony Bucca and 2023 Team. At Freemasons Box Hill.
• 5pm. Presentation of 65-year bar to Graeme Nettleton by David Thexton. Afterwards at the Orbost Club.
• 7.30pm. Stuart Buninyong. First Degree Tracing Board. Remembrance Reflection. At Freemasons Buninyong.

Sunday, November 19

• 10am. 2024-25 Grand Lodge Officers meet. 11am. Senior Grand Officers meet. 11.45am. Group photo. 12 Noon. Individual photos. 12.30pm. Pre-Lunch Drinks and Luncheon. At Freemasons Bayside. BOOK: 24gpuglv@gmail.com

Monday, November 20
• 10am. Eureka Daylight Lodge. Talk: Bro. Fleming on 100 Years of Legacy. At Freemasons Ballarat.

• 10am. Moorpanyl Lodge. Vacant Chair. At Freemasons Geelong.
• 10.30am. Footscray HRA Chapter. Double Excellent Master Mason Degree. At Freemasons Western (Sunshine).

• 6pm. Gippsland Forest Lodge. Installation of Brett Kersten by Gippsland Team. At Freemasons Warragul.

• 7.30pm. Gippsland Lakes Lodge. Full Open and Close.
• 7.30pm. King David Lodge. Second Degree. At Freemasons Bayside.
• 7.30pm. Warrnambool Lodge. First Degree Tracing Board. 70-year Service Jewel to Lyall Gill. At Freemasons Warrnambool.
• 7.45pm. St George Lodge. Talk: Ken Calder, Battlefields Tour. Ceremony of the Vacant Chair. At Freemasons Dunolly.

Tuesday, November 21
• 10am. Lodge of the Great Ocean Road. Special Hat Day. At 12 Price St, Torquay.
• 6.30pm for 7pm. Campaspe Mark Lodge. Annual Christmas Social. At Caledonian Hotel, 110 Hare St, Echuca. RSVP: Graeme Smith, 0427 317 660.

• 7pm. Sir Robert Menzies Memorial Dinner. Speaker: Sir Peter Cosgrove. At The Australian Club, 110 William St, Melbourne.
• 7.30pm. Ballarat Yarrowee Lodge. First Degree Demonstration. At Freemasons Ballarat.
• 7.30pm. Footscray St John’s Lodge. Third Degree. At Freemasons Western (Sunshine).
• 7.30pm. Lilydale Royal Ark Mariner Lodge. $15 supper charge for members only. At Freemasons Lilydale.
• 7.30pm. Mildura Lodge. Explanation of the Master Mason’s Apron. At Freemasons Sunraysia.
• 7.30pm. St Andrews In The South. Third Degree. At Freemasons Geelong.

Wednesday, November 22

• 6pm. Mitchell Lodge. Installation of Laurie Stelfox by Highlanders Team. At Freemasons Broadford.

• 7pm. Lodge Fraternal. Double Initiation. At Freemasons Bayside. BOOK
• 7.30pm. Werribee Mark Lodge. Lecture on the Working Tools. At Freemasons Werribee.

Thursday, November 23
• 7pm. Western District. MAP 1, 2, 3. At Freemasons Western (Sunshine).

• 7.15pm. Gordon Lodge. RER Second Degree in English. At Freemasons Essendon.

• 7.30pm. Creswick Havilah Lodge. Performance of the radio play ‘A Very Merry Meeting’. Dramatising how many of the Lodges on the Goldfields had their beginning. At Freemasons Creswick.

• 7.30pm. Sir John Quick Lodge. Christmas Night with Partners. RSVP: Frendon, 0458 397 380. At Freemasons Bendigo.

Saturday, November 25
• 3pm. Heathcote Lodge. Installation of Adam Bourquin by Barry Dyce and 2023 Team. At Freemasons Heathcote.
• 3pm. Sir Dallas Brooks Daylight Lodge. Installation of Neville Wiggins by Neil Moehr and 2023 Team. At Freemasons Wangaratta.
• 4pm. Lodge Amicus. Installation of David Fisher by Anthony Bucca and 2023 Team. At Freemasons Melbourne. BOOK
• 7.30pm. Maritime Lodge. Double First Degree. At Freemasons Williamstown.Sunday, November 26
• 10.30am-3.30pm. Freemasons Volunteers supporting Uncle Bobs Club catering for a private event at Cruden Farm, Langwarrin.

Monday, November 27
• 10am. Derrimut Daylight Lodge. Vacant Chair. Talk: ‘History of a Soldier. Ladies In The South. At Freemasons Western (Sunshine).
• 7.15pm. Lord Carrington Lodge. 60-Year Jewel to Graeme Nicholson. At Freemasons Western (Sunshine).

Tuesday, November 28
• 7.15pm. Middle Park Lodge. Talk: Felix Pintado, ‘What Does Freemasonry Teach?’ At Freemasons Melbourne. BOOK
• 7.30pm. Djerriwarrh Lodge. First Degree. At Freemasons Bacchus Marsh.
• 7.30pm. Mt Franklin St George Lodge. Jewel and Service Presentations. Scholarly discussion on mathematical symbolism. At Freemasons Daylesford.
Thursday, November 30
• 7.30pm. Corinella Mark Lodge. Advancement. At Freemasons Maldon.

Sunday, December 3
• 11.30am. Gippsland East District. Social Barbecue lunch. At Freemasons Bairnsdale. RSVP b.y November 24

• 12 Noon. Kyneton District Lodges. Annual Barbecue Celebration. For members, partners and friends. At Zetland Masonic Centre, 3 Piper St, Kyneton. RSVP by Mon., Nov. 27 to naddis61@gmail.com

Monday, December 4

• 7.30pm. Kyneton Lodge. Christmas Night with Carols in the South, with partners and friends. At Freemasons Kyneton.

Tuesday, December 5
• 6.30pm. Mount Scopus and Collegians Lodge. Installation of David Moss by Barry Dyce and 2023 Team. At Freemasons Bayside. BOOK

• 7pm. All Nations Lodge. Christmas Barbecue. Attire: Neat Casual. Bring sweets or salad. 

Thursday, December 7

• 7pm. Ivanhoe Lodge. Northern District Dinner, Ivalda Centenary Plaque, Christmas Theme. Members, Partners, Friends. At Freemasons Ivalda. BOOK ($40)

Monday, December 11

• 7pm. Lodge of Good Companions. At Meat Flour and Wine, 248 Boundary Rd, Braeside.

Wednesday, December 13

• 7.30pm. Quarterly Communication. At Freemasons Bayside. BOOK (FREE)

Thursday, December 14

• TBC. Werribee Enterprise Lodge. Ladies In The South Christmas Extravaganza. At Freemasons Werribee. BOOK ($40)

Sunday, December 17

• 12 Noon. 2023-24 Ceremonial Team. Christmas Break-Up. At Freemasons Bayside. BOOK ($20) plus take $10 Kris Kringle gift. Book by Wed., Dec. 13.

Tuesday, December 19

• TBC. Orders Beyond The Craft Christmas Function. Partners welcome. Attire: dinner suit, ladies after 5, jacket and tie for non-Masonic guests. At Freemasons Baxter. BOOK ($30)

Thursday, December 28

• 12 Noon. Wakanyanas. Fun Day. Attire: Summer Casual. At Freemasons Queenscliff. BOOK ($40)

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