Welcome to Yasser Al-Khatib, our latest Local Secretary in the US. Yasser is PM of Fritz Lodge, No. 308, in Conshohocken, PA, and serves on the Committee of the Academy of Masonic Knowledge in Pennsylvania. He was recently appointed chairman of the Haut Grades Academy of the Scottish Rite NMJ. Yasser provides a local point of contact for our US Conference this coming September and can be contacted at (484) 557-0520 and yasser.alkhatib@gmail.com.
We have designed a new Subscriptions Website with Warners, our subscription service provider, and this is now live. When members renew their subscriptions to QCCC they will be invited to log in using their existing subscriber number and will then receive their renewal options – we have once again held the cost at the same level as in previous years. Once a renewal order has been placed, members will be prompted to register for a new account that can be self-managed. Please don’t forget to tick the box that allows us to contact you via email.
There may be initial gremlins and if you have difficulties in renewing or subscribing, please let Warners know via email at QCCC@warnersgroup.co.uk with a copy to queries@quatuorcoronati.com. This is a new site and we hope that everything will work without a hitch, but if you experience a problem, please let us know asap so that it can be fixed!
We are aware that a few members have found that the system does not recognise their subscriber number and if this is the case, please select the NEW membership option and complete the application form. Warners will cross-check the database to ensure the membership record is updated accordingly.
Our latest QCCC Local Secretary is WB Eber Gómez Berrade, DSGW of the District of South America – Southern Division (UGLE). He can be contacted c/o the District Grand Lodge at Perú 1134, Buenos Aires, Argentina or by phone at 54911-4989-2860 or 5411-4361-0211, and on email at gomezberrade@gmail.com. Eber is a member of the Belgrano Lodge No. 3466 and Trevor Mold Lodge No. 3293, the Lodge of Research.
Ric Berman returned last weekend from a short visit to New Zealand, Australia and Hong Kong, where he gave a series of lectures to mark the end of the Tercentenary celebrations. His lecture in Melbourne was recorded live and streamed to those unable to attend in person. It was subsequently uploaded to the web by Freemasons Victoria and is now available to view or download via Vimeo at https://vimeo.com/244153678/f8c83f9aaf.
We are delighted to be able to announce three new Local Secretaries.
Billy Hamilton is working with us in Texas. A member of Lodge No. 148 at Fort Worth, Billy lives in Irving and can be contacted at bhamiltontx75@gmail.com and by cell at +214.998.9699.
Nikolas Sakellaropoulos, WM of the Victorian Lodge of Research in Victoria, Australia, can be reached at sakellaropoulos@hotmail.com and on +61 409 550 691.
And in New Zealand, Bob Fricker, a PM of Prince of Wales Lodge No. 1338 and WM of Rodney Lodge No. 1171, can be contacted at bobandcoral@orcon.net.nz.
Welcome all.
Welcome to Joselito Romualdo Hencotte, our most recent Brazilian Local Secretary. Joselito is a member and PM of Lyceum Paranaensis Lodge, No. 4046 (Grand Orient of Brazil), and a country member of University Lodge, No. 7327 (UGLE); he is also active in masonic side orders. Joselito has a long-standing interest in masonic research and in addition to his membership of QCCC is a member of the Bristol Masonic Society (England), the Dormer Masonic Study Circle and the Masonic Study Society (England). He can be contacted at hencotte@gmail.com and on 55-41-99679-8590.
Eduardo Neves is our latest Local Secretary. He lives in Teresina in the State of Piauí in Brazil, where there are some sixty lodges federated to the Grande Oriente do Brasil. Eduardo can be contacted on (86) 98849-7947 and via email at neveseduardo@gmail.com.
Welcome Pablo Roar Justino Guedes, a member of José Rodovalho de Alencar Lodge n.º 2.912 under the Grand Orient of Brazil, our new Local Secretary for Paraíba. Pablo can be contacted at +55 (83) 9.9818-1441.
Marking the tercentenary of the foundation of the first Grand Lodge in London 1717, a new exhibition at the Sir John Soane Museum at 13 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3BP, close to Freemasons’ Hall, explores Soane’s masonic work. The Great Hall that Soane designed for Freemasons’ Hall was one of his greatest interiors. At the centre, underneath a dramatic hanging ceiling, stood Soane’s monumental ‘Ark of the Masonic Covenant’, a piece of ritual furniture built in honour of the unification of Antient and Modern Masonic Lodges in 1813. Sadly nothing of this architectural ensemble now survives. The Great Hall was lost during remodelling of the site in the 1860s and the Ark was destroyed by fire in 1883.
The centrepiece of Soane’s Ark: Buildings with Symbols is a re-creation of Soane’s Ark by Master Woodcarvers Houghtons of York. Around the Ark are displayed others works that together offer insight into Soane’s broader engagement with freemasonry. These include a watercolour by J.M. Gandy, Soane’s masonic apron and gloves, and books on freemasonry from Soane’s personal library.
To accompany the exhibition, Factum Foundation is publishing a new book edited by exhibition curator, Ferdinand Saumarez Smith. The book begins with an account by Saumarez Smith describing the process of re-creating Soane’s Ark and includes contributions from two members of Quatuor Coronati Lodge: Douglas Burford, a former Grand Superintendent of Works, and the leading architectural historian, Dr James Campbell.
The preliminary program for QC’s Conference in the US from 14-16 September 2018 has just been released. Get your copy here. Featured speakers include Paul Monod, Bob Cooper, Oscar Alleyne, Jackie Ranston, Shawn Eyer, Ric Berman, Andreas Onnerfors, Mark Wallace and a host of other international speakers. The QC booking site has opened and early-bird tickets should be purchased now.
