AQC 131 is being mailed out to QCCC members this week. UK members should receive their copy in the next few days, depending on the efficiency or otherwise of their local postal service, and overseas members within the next couple of weeks. We are aware of major and minor delays in various countries, including customs-related delays, and Royal Mail provide a helpful daily bulletin of issues which are or may be affecting mail services around the world. This information is updated regularly and can be checked on demand by clicking here.
Osmar Osvaldo Müller Jr. has today been appointed QCCC’s Local Secretary in Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. He was initiated and passed in 1993, raised in 1994, and became master of Tiradentes VI Lodge, No. 1553, in 2000, and again in 2008 and 2015. He is a member of Emulation Lodge Hippolyto Joseph da Costa, No. 9954 (UGLE), active in Royal Arch, and is the current secretary of Social Security and Assistance for GOB-RS. Osmar can be contacted at osmarmullerjr@hotmail.com.
It is a delight to welcome Simon Rivers as QCCC’s new Local Secretary in Western Australia. Simon was born in the UK, initiated, passed and raised in London, and remains a member of St George’s Chapter, No.5 (EC). He is a founder member of of Cornerstone Lodge, No.368, in WA, where he has served twice as WM and is currently Secretary. He is a Past Junior Grand Deacon of the Grand Lodge of Western Australia and has a passionate interest ain masonic research. Simon can be contacted at simon.j.rivers@icloud.com.
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Welcome to Rubens Caldeira Monteiro, our new Local Secretary in Rio de Janeiro. Rubens is the Grand Secretary of Foreign Relations of the Grand Lodge of the State of Rio de Janeiro, and a PM of and Secretary Ad Hoc for Quatuor Coronati do Rio de Janeiro Lodge No. 145, GLMERJ. He is also a member of Internet Lodge No. 9659 , UGLE, and is active in many other orders including Royal Arch, (First Principal of Impeesa Chapter No. 6); Mark, (Past Master of Impeesa Mark Lodge No. 20); and Royal Ark Mariner, (Past Commander of Impeesa Lodge of Royal Ark Mariner No. 20), among others.
Rubens can be contacted at aprendiz.pitagorico@yahoo.com.br and by phone (+55 (21) 98183-2626).
QC Lodge held its Installation Meeting on 8 November.
Dr Ric Berman was installed as Master and the following members of the lodge installed as Officers for 2018/19:
Senior Warden Dr Andreas Onnerfors (Sweden)
Junior Warden Dr Mike Kearsley
Treasurer David Peck
Secretary Dr James Campbell
Chaplain David Peabody
Director of Ceremonies Dr John Wade
Almoner Prof. Aubrey Newman
Charity Steward Dr Brent Morris (USA)
Senior Deacon Hugh O’Neill
Junior Deacon John Acaster
Asst Dir of Ceremonies Dr Paul Calderwood
Asst Secretary Mike Karn
Inner Guard Dr John Reuther
Quatuor Coronati held a three-day conference – ‘Freemasons in the Transatlantic World’ – at the George Washington Masonic National Memorial in Alexandria, VA from 14 – 16 September. The event attracted a large audience of some 180 delegates from across the United States and Latin America, and included attendees from the UK, Europe, Australia and Singapore. Delegates had the opportunity to hear presentations from a slate of world-class academic and masonic speakers including Paul Monod, Mark Wallace, Jackie Ranston and Susan Mitchell Sommers, academics with a significant research interest in freemasonry. Attending members of QC Lodge were John Acaster, Ric Berman, James Campbell, Bob Cooper, Adam Kendall, Brent Morris, Andreas Önnefors and Mark Tabbert.
Friday’s conference programme covered four topics – Freemasonry in the Caribbean, Scottish-American Freemasonry, French Lodges, and Freemasonry in North America, and concluded with a demonstration Universal Lodge in the Memorial’s iconic North Lodge Room attended by the Grand Master of DC and his team.
Delegates had full access to the Memorial building over the weekend, with informal tours conducted by Mark Tabbert, Director of the Museum and Library.
Saturday’s papers covered topics including Religion and Freemasonry, Colonial Freemasonry, and The Freemasons of Jamaica, a beautifully illustrated paper from Jackie Ranston. The afternoon ended with delegates gathering for dinner at Joe Theismann’s, a restaurant on the edge of Alexandria’s Old Town and a favourite among local masons.
Sunday’s events, introduced by Brent Morris, included a plenary paper delivered by Oscar Alleyne – recently elected as JGW of the Grand Lodge of New York – that explored the role of men of colour in early freemasonry. The morning concluded with Ric Berman and Susan Mitchell Sommers revisiting the question ‘1717 or 1721’, which was followed by an animated discussion / Q&A. The Conference wrapped up in the afternoon with guided tours of DC. The feedback has been uniformly positive with numerous requests for a follow-up conference in the US in 2020. Watch this space!
We are delighted to welcome Anthony Q. Vaughan as our newest Local Secretary in New York State. Tony lives in Ovid NY and has been a freemason since 2011. He is currently Master of Trumansurg Lodge # 157, Trumansburg, NY; PS of Fidelity # 77, Trumansburg, NY, Royal Arch; a council member of Cayuga Council # 90, Trumansburg , NY; and a member of Finger Lakes Council # 40, Allied Masonic Degrees. Tony can be contacted at aqvaughan56@hotmail.com and on (607) 351-6872.
Welcome to Francis Fritz, our new Local Secretary for Arizona. Francis is an active mason, a member of Glendale Lodge #23 and a member of Scottish Rite, SJ, Valley of Phoenix, Orient of Arizona. He is also a member of the Scottish Rite Research Society, the Philalethes Society, the Masonic Society and Arizona Research Lodge #1, where he is currently JW.
A Director of the Roskruge & Casey Masonic Library & Museum, he can be reached on (1) 623-332-2938 and at fritzrun1915@yahoo.com.
A Thanksgiving and Celebration of the life of Anthony Wilson, 1 July 1950 – 14 May 2018, until recently President of the Board of General Purposes, will be held at the Grand Temple, Freemasons’ Hall, Great Queen Street, London, on 25 September at 11.00 am. This will not be a Memorial Service nor a Masonic event but rather a family occasion and partners are welcome to attend. Please email Louise Watts at lwatts@ugle.org.uk.
