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The Transformative Power of Rituals: A Deep Dive into Their Role in Personal Development

06 February 2024

Have you ever considered how rituals shape our lives and identities? In our journey through the nature and power of ...

Exploring Freemasonry: A Journey of Self-Discovery Through Material Culture

05 February 2024

What does a simple wristwatch reveal about life's deeper mysteries? Picture a young boy at a family picnic, Captivated by a ...

Introduction: The Foundation of Harmony

02 February 2024

Have you ever wondered how a simple apology could rebuild a bridge thought long burnt? Imagine a journey where the ...

An interview with Bro Dean Pritchard

01 February 2024

RW Bro Owen Sandry started writing stories about young masons a few years ago. It was so popular that Freemason ...

Who was Jackson?

31 January 2024

Sydney Harbour is acknowledged worldwide as one of the finer shipping facilities and sailing areas of inhabited nations. Sailing through the ...

A touch of history

30 January 2024

The name of 1st Lt George Leo Cantello is probably only known in the Sydney suburb of Hammondville where a ...

Looking seriously back at the past

29 January 2024

The Jewish New Year takes place on different days in September or October, according to the Jewish calendar, and the ...

Good night, and may God bless

26 January 2024

Richard Bernard Skelton, better known as Red, was born 18 July 1913 in Vincennes, Indiana. He was the fourth son of ...

A sandstone city

25 January 2024

You don’t have to be a Freemason to be inspired by the magnificence of the sandstone buildings constructed by stonemasons ...

The role of recruitment

24 January 2024

Recruitment – what role should it have in Freemasonry and how should that role be achieved? Attracting new members is of ...

Rocking for Charity - Lodge Blacktown Kildare's #CharityGig2

23 January 2024

Imagine a Masonic hall echoing not with solemn ritual, but with the vibrant pulse of a rock and roll gig! The ...

Is this a record?

22 January 2024

Two Lodges – one in Goulburn and the other in Sydney have a 74-year record of fraternal visits – is this ...

Temperance

19 January 2024

‘Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation – Bro Benjamin Franklin The word temperance conveys the idea of self-control. Unfortunately, it ...

The Masonic Journey

17 January 2024

In Freemasonry, each degree ceremony marks the beginning of a new chapter, like embarking on a fresh career path or ...

The Past Master’s Jewel

16 January 2024

There is no higher, and theoretically, more important office in a lodge than that of the Worshipful Master. The Jewel ...

Chicken or egg?

15 January 2024

Does a terrific WM make a terrific lodge, or does a terrific lodge make a terrific WM? We’ve all seen it, haven’t ...

Journey into Fatherhood: Freemasonry's Quiet Guidance

12 January 2024

By W Bro Mitchell Perrin Becoming a father is a life-altering experience, one which can bring forth a myriad of emotions, challenges, ...

Lodge Wahroonga No 674

10 January 2024

Relationships come to the fore In some ways, it was just another Past Masters’ Night. Yet it was an exceptional night. At ...

A starry Installation

09 January 2024

On Tuesday 13 June, Lodge Southern Cross installed its 139th Worshipful Master, Bro Jesus Flores, into the Chair of King ...

You’re never too old to learn

08 January 2024

You’re never too old to learn Following our infancy, our life can be divided into three main sections: School Life, Working/ ...