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TEMPLE LODGE No.33
ANNOUNCEMENTS & UPCOMING EVENTS
As you may have noticed, we are gradually updating the appearance of the Temple Lodge, No.33 website. This will take some time to change individual pages to the new design so please bear with us while the website is a combination of new pages and pages with the older layout.
NEXT REGULAR MEETING: 13 October 2015, 7:30 pm at the Duncan Masonic Temple, 163 Canada Ave., Duncan, B.C.
UPCOMING DEGREES:
INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS: the Installation of Officers for 2015 was held at the Duncan Masonic Temple, 163 Canada Ave., Duncan, B.C. on Saturday, 11 April 2015 at 1:00 p.m. Please see our Lodge Officers page for the list of Installed Officers for 2015-16.
OTHER NEWS & EVENTS:
We regret to inform you that W. Bro. Ron Holcroft of Admiral Lodge, No. 170 and Tzouhalem Chapter, No.26 R.A.M. has passed to the Grand Lodge Above. W. Bro. Holcroft was a frequent visitor to Temple Lodge. The funeral will be held on 13 August 2015 at St. Mark's Anglican Church, 961 North End Road, Salt Spring Island. Interment in Purdy Cunningham Memorial Cemetery will follow the funeral service. see http://saltspringanglican.ca/calendar/ . Also See our In Memorium page.
We regret to inform you that R.W. Bro. Ron Henning of Malahat Lodge, No. 107 passed on 2 June 2015. R.W. Bro. Henning was a frequent visitor to Temple Lodge. See our In Memorium page.
RWB Dick Nesbitt and his wife Gwen celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on 21 June 2015.
The Annual Temple Lodge BBQ was held at Malahat Lodge in Mill Bay on 26 July 2015. It was a successful event and the raffle raised some funds to assist the Josh Crawford family, (Josh is RWB Bob Crawford's son) who are dealing with a serious health issue in the family.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
DISTRICT 27 MASONIC EVENTS (also see Masonic Events Calendar online for Vancouver Island Masonic Events):
Malahat Lodge Summer BBQ - 27 June 2015, Masonic Hall, Mill Bay. Starts at 5:30 p.m. with dinner at 6:30 p.m.
St. John's Lodge, No.21, Ladysmith - Regular Meeting 2nd Thursday each month - next meeting 10 September 2015
Malahat Lodge, No. 107, Mill Bay - Regular Meeting 3rd Thursday each month - next meeting 17 September 2015
Chemainus Lodge, No. 114, Ladysmith - Regular Meeting, 2nd Monday each month - next meeting 14 September 2015 at 7:30 p.m.
Admiral Lodge, No. 170, Salt Spring Island - Regular Meeting, 2nd Wednesday each month - next meeting 9 September 2015
Tzouhalem Chapter, No.26, R.A.M., Duncan - Regular Meeting, 3rd Tuesday each month - next meeting 15 September 2015
NEW TEMPLE LODGE LAPEL PIN:
Brother John Sargeant kindly supplied his photographic and imaging skills to spearhead our project to design a new Temple Lodge, No. 33 lapel pin. The new Temple Lodge lapel pins are now available.
NEW WEBSITE DESIGN:
As you may have noticed, we are gradually updating the appearance of the Temple Lodge, No.33 website. This page is an example of the new design. This will take some time to change individual older pages to the new design so please bear with us while the site is a combination of new pages and pages with the older layout. We will also be introducing new pages which automatically adjust to display on tablets and smart phones.
Please check out our new webpages about Suggested Readings & Research, Books By Masons and Music By Masons. Note that we have added links to Amazon.com, Amazon.ca and other worldwide Amazon sites to allow readers to link directly to Amazon sites to purchase books, CDs, DVDs and other products if they so desire. As far as we are aware, templelodge33.ca is the first Masonic Lodge website anywhere in the world to do this.
Please direct any questions or comments about this website to WB Mark Anderson, I.P.M., Temple Lodge, No.33
OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Temple Lodge has set up a public Facebook group to spread information about the historic influence of Freemasonry in the area as well as other topics of interest. Anyone is free to join.
Temple Lodge, No. 33 is setting up a Fund Raising Committee to raise funds for building maintenance, charitable endeavours and other projects.
We have also set up a Facebook group for communications within the Fund Raising Committee. All Temple Lodge, No.33 Brethren are welcome to join this Facebook group.
Bro. Brad Galavan is the administrator of this Facebook group.
For those who want to participate in this Facebook group but who are not familiar with Facebook, here are the steps to becoming involved:
- Go on https://www.facebook.com/ ;
- If you’re not already registered on Facebook, set up an account using the dialog boxes in the upper right hand corner;
- Once you have a Facebook account, search the name Brad Galavan;
- Once you’ve found Brad Galavan, make a “Friend” request. You’ll see the icon to click on for this.
- That’s it. Brad Galavan will do the rest.
Please let us know if you have any trouble with this procedure.
As an example of Facebook being used for Masonic purposes, check out the Grand Master's Facebook page.
During research or travels we often come across 
Masonic musicians and composers range from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to Howlin' Wolf. Writers include Rudyard Kipling. For music fans and book lovers, here are some links to the works of Masonic musicians, composers and writers..............