Leeds Freemasons Lodge
A week after The Lodge of Dawn celebrated it’s 75th anniversary, on Thursday September 29th 2022, the 75th Master of The Lodge of Dawn was installed. Phil Fraser was installed into the Chair of King Solomon; the mantle being handed over by the now IPM, W Bro. Christian Higgins, in a ceremony attended by more … Read more
Historically the Freemason’s mantra has been ‘brotherly love, relief and truth’. It can be translated into a more modern definition of ‘Personal Integrity, Friendship, Mutual Respect and Charitable Giving’. The Freemasons is simply a fraternal society that offers the opportunity to expand your circle of friends as well as community fundraising and personal self development. … Read more
The June and July meetings of The Lodge of Dawn saw both ceremonies being conducted by Past Masters; W Bro. Stephen Brown and W Bro. John Lyons. The June ceremony was our annual ‘Past Masters Night’ and the July ceremony was our ‘end of season’ Scroll Night. Our June raising was Eóin Byrne, who subsequently … Read more
Eóin Byrne, one of our newest Master Masons, shared his first year’s journey with us. It makes fascinating reading, and highlights many of the benefits of becoming a Freemason. Take it away, Eóin….. “Everyone has their own personal reason or story for joining Freemasonry. Some join to follow in the footsteps of a friend or … Read more
Back in December 2021 we were delighted to host a lodge inter-visit from brethren of Hadassah Lodge in Sheffield (you can read all about it here). This is a lodge inter-visit that used to occur regularly, but hasn’t happened for a number of years. The Lodge of Dawn has two former Masters from Hadassah as … Read more
From the pen of Bro Andrew Ullmann. Having been, for many years a ‘junior’ member of the Lodge of Dawn (ie not on ‘the ladder’), late last year I was approached to become the Junior Master for 2022’s Junior Master’s Night ceremony. As with all lodges The Lodge of Dawn’s monthly ceremonies are performed by … Read more
Festive Boards are always welcome after work in the Temple, but the FB following Junior Master’s Night three weeks ago unfortunately had to be cancelled at the last minute due to a gas leak. See here if you didn’t hear the story! Therefore Tuesday 7th June was special because we were finally able to hold … Read more
The May 2022 ceremony saw not only the first of the Lodge’s 2021 initiates raised to become a Master Mason, but also recognition of three Provincial Honours. Leeds Solicitor Richard Casden, who recently celebrated his 60th birthday, and who took part in the previous week’s Junior Masters Night, became our latest Master Mason. Earlier in … Read more
After a two year hiatus due to the pandemic the Lodge was delighted to once again celebrate a Junior Master’s night in person, last night, 17th May. The last Junior Masters Night was performed via a Zoom meeting in May 2020; great but not the same as the ‘real thing’. Commencing in 1958, Junior Master’s … Read more
On a sunny May 1st weekend a group of intrepid Brothers from the lodge along with their better halves, some of their children (and one dog) enjoyed a guided heritage tour around the historic Little Germany, area of Bradford. The tour of the area was hosted by professional historian and tour guide Nigel Grizzard. The … Read more