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15 July 2022
GRAND MASTER’S NEWSLETTER
THIS ISSUE OF THE GRAND MASTER’S NEWSLETTER IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY MASONICARE – PROUDLY HELPING OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES
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Brethren: Welcome to my July 2022 Newsletter
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ur Grand Master’s Disaster Relief Appeal is going well, and it will now be needed more than ever.
Due to the severe flooding that has wreaked havoc in the Sydney/North Coast areas I will now extend the Grand Master’s Disaster relief appeal until 1 December 2022. With this in mind, and in order to assist those on the Far North Coast, we will now start distributing a portion of the funds already collected to that area. We will continue to collect donations until December, which will enable us to look after other localised Sydney/Hunter Valley and surrounding area charities as soon as the Appeal closes. I thank you all for the generosity and kindness that you have shown over the past few months, both brethren and
lodges are digging deep and I am truly humbled. I hope that you can continue to assist in some way as we make a real difference to those frontline community assistance groups that have, over the past few weeks and months, directly helped those who are suffering from the recent damaging floods. I encourage your lodge to hold a fundraiser or donate some funds from your charity account so that we can make a real and positive impact throughout these devastated communities. All donations over $2 are tax deductable and no amount is too big or small.
DONATE HERE to the GM’s Disaster Relief Appeal
e have had over 70 installation and special events held since the last Newsletter. All regions and districts have been quite busy and it is great to see NSW and ACT Freemasonry getting back up to speed post pandemic. Over the past few months, the Grand Ceremonial Team and I have been privileged to attend and support some very important and enjoyable masonic events. There were installations at Lodge Kuringai, Queanbeyan and Lodge Horace Thompson Ryde; degree work up at Cessnock; District meetings at Coffs Harbour and Royal Empire; a Debutante Ball at West Wyalong. I was thrilled to present the NSW & ACT Freemasons Community Service award to Mariam Muhammed at the Channel 7 Young Achiever Awards back in May. We were also thrilled to support Most Excellent Companion Robert Drake and the Royal Arch at their recent Convocation where we witnessed the Consecration of their new Chapter Jose Rizal. I was also pleased to officially open the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Right’s Supreme Council Conference that was held here at the Sydney Masonic Centre. Brethren, we are all masons and it is important that we look after each other.
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