Freemasonry Today, the official journal of the United Grand Lodge of England, will soon be featuring book, theatre, exhibition, cinema, music and other cultural reviews – and they are looking to build a pool of reviewers. The reviews will cover anything with a masonic connection, or anything else that may be of interest to readers. The aim is to provide a wide variety of reviews that will engage and entertain.
If you would like to put yourself forward to be a reviewer, please email editor@freemasonrytoday.com. Please indicate in your email what you’re happy to review. FMT is keen to know if you want to review books, exhibitions, films, concerts, music, theatre, or anything else. They also want to know if you have a particular interest. For example, you may want to write about history, fiction, militaria, gardening, contemporary cinema, art, or any other field. You do not need previous experience, just a willingness to write an honest and lively review that FMT’s readers will enjoy. Most reviews will be half a page, at around 300 words.
It all started when? Four historians ask whether the first Grand Lodge was formed in 1717 or 1721…
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Congratulations to Mike Karn, a member of QC Lodge 2076 and Temple of Athene Lodge 9541, who has been appointed by the United Grand Lodge of England as Prestonian Lecturer for 2019. Mike’s lecture will be titled English Freemasonry During the Great War.
Based in La Paz, Mario Raúl Cabrera Ruiz is a Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Bolívia (2012-14) and an exceptionally active freemason across multiple orders, including the Mark and Knights Templar. We are honored to have him back as a QCCC Local Secretary. Mario can be contacted at mariocabreraruiz@gmail.com.
Welcome to Eric Patrício Alves Gomes, our new Local Secretary in Belém, State of Pará, Brazil. Bro. Gomes is the current Master of Triskelion Lodge No 4102 which operates under the Grand Orient of Brazil in Pará, and is a member of Royal Arch, Ark Mariner, KT and KM. He can be contacted at ultraeric76@gmail.com.
W Bro Graham Brown, PPAGDC, Sussex, a member of Shoreham Beach Lodge, No 8303 (EC), is a resident of France and a member of Saint Georges Lodge, No 3, and Saint Georges Chapter, No 3, Province of Lutece (GLNF), as well as Phoenix Lodge of Research, No 30 (GLNF).
Graham was initiated into freemasonry in Sussex and went through the Chair in 1986. He holds Sussex Provincial Honours in both Lodge and Chapter. He was involved in the re-awakening of Saint Georges Lodge (English Emulation) and Chapter (Domatic), both English-speaking, in 2014, and with the re-constitution of Phoenix Lodge of Research, which similarly works in English. He is a keen researcher, recently concentrating on the interplay between the origins of speculative freemasonry in England and France and the influences of Hermeticism and the Enlightenment.
Graham can be contacted at +33 6 1727 8129; Skype: graham.brown1705; and WeChat: graham1705; or via email at profgrahambrown@gmail.com.
Welcome to Jeff Maynor, our Local Secretary for Louisiana. Jeff comes from a family with a long history of Masonic involvement, including both his grandfathers, and was raised in St James Lodge No. 47 in Baton Rouge Louisiana in 2010. He progressed through the chairs and served as Master of the Lodge in 2016. Jeff has also served as Secretary of Milford Lodge No. 117 since 2013 and is active in multiple appendant bodies. He has a passion for ritual and for the preservation of the unique history of the Grand Lodge of Louisiana. Jeff can be contacted at jmaynor@alumni.lsu.edu and by phone on 225 485 7069.
We are delighted to welcome Francisco Javier Roldán Chiriboga as QCCC’s Local Secretary in Quito. He is a Past Master and active member of the Symbolic Lodge Galápagos, No. 31, attached to the Grand Lodge of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Ecuador, founded in 1921, and lives in Quito. Francisco is also Deputy Grand Master of the Great Commission of the Grand Consistory 32° ‘Eloy Alfaro No. 2’ for the district of Pichincha. His appointment brings the number of Local Secretaries in Ecuador to two. Francisco can be contacted via e-mail at levithian99@gmail.com and by cellphone / WhatsApp: on +593 0980683788. Welcome to the fold.
Welcome to Jin Nakamura, our most recently appointed Local Secretary in Japan. Dr Nakamura is a member of Rising Sun Lodge, No.1401, EC. He can be contacted at nakamura.jin@gmail.com. Welcome, and good luck!
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