Leeds Freemasons Lodge
On Tuesday 22 October – Congratulations to our WM Mark Gaftarnik and his Officers on their first ceremony of the new Masonic year. Well done to all. It was an excellent ceremony and a great show for all new visitors. Congratulations also to Brother Mark Raw on your initiation. The Lodge of Dawn 6511 welcomes … Read more
W Bro. Mark Gaftarnik was installed into the Chair of King Solomon on Tuesday 26th September 2024, the mantle being handed over by the now IPM, W Bro. Frank Rosenhead, in an excellent ceremony attended by over 100 brethren, including 42 guests from 18 different lodges. W Bro. David Idle PPDepGDC attended as the Personal … Read more
As per the post here, Bro. Darrell Harris and W Bro. Nigel Ziff are doing the Coast to Coast (C2C) walk, from St.Bees beach in Cumbria and finishing on the beach at Robin Hoods Bay in North Yorkshire for charity. This is their daily diary. It will updated every day during the 10 day walk. … Read more
After months of wait and training (well a few walks around the Yorkshire Dales) Bro. Darrell Harris and W Bro. Nigel Ziff started a Coast to Coast (C2C) walk today (Monday 4th August). Starting on St.Bees beach in Cumbria and finishing on the beach at Robin Hoods Bay in North Yorkshire this will be a … Read more
At the National Service of Remembrance, in November 2023, there were veterans marching who were wearing, for the first time, The Nuclear Test Medal. Indeed, David Dimbleby was to make specific reference to the medal during his commentary on the BBC’s broadcast from Whitehall. For many decades, the veterans that had taken part in the … Read more
June’s ceremony was the Lodge of Dawn’s annual ‘Past Masters Night’, when previous masters of the lodge (known as ‘Past Masters’) take all of the ceremonial offices and deliver all of the ritual. In total 10 Past Masters of, and in, the lodge took part. See image below. The ceremony was a Third Degree ceremony … Read more
On the evening of 21st May the brethren at The Lodge of Dawn hosted our 66th annual Junior Masters Night. This is an event which gives the members of our lodge who are not yet ‘on the ladder’ (i.e. not yet holding an office in regular lodge) a chance to perform a First Degree Ceremony … Read more
On 9th of May 2024, the Northern Snooker Centre on Kirkstall Road in Leeds became the arena for the much-anticipated annual, The Lodge of Dawn Pool Tournament. In a change to last year’s format, this year’s event was imbued with a special significance as The Lodge of Dawn faced off against their esteemed Mother Lodge, … Read more
The April meeting of the Lodge of Dawn saw the visit of The Provincial Grandmaster, James Newman OBE. This was the first formal visit of a sitting Provincial Grandmaster to the lodge for many years. The PGM was accompanied into the temple by two of his Company of Stewards (pictured below), followed in by the … Read more
Ladies Night – The March meeting of The Lodge of Dawn featured not only a Second Degree ceremony, but we also warmly welcomed wives and partners to the festive board afterwards in our annual ‘Ladies After Lodge’. The Second Degree ceremony featured not only the usual (excellently performed) ritual, but also a fascinating explanation of … Read more