Charitable Funds

There has been a great deal of work by many lodges etc over the pandemic but overall it is likely that funds for both the lodge and Grand Lodge will be down. For example, how many people have heard of the cryptic, ark mariners, Constantine masons? Hardly any unless there is a masonic connection.

Very often other orders have their own charities, but I wonder if the collective for the Craft as a whole might be better over the course of the next year. Charity (both monetary and goods) has been distributed to all sorted of organisations such as local food banks to hospitals etc. I know the reason these are given is not for publicity but often it is viewed as such.

Therefore, it might be better handing more to Grand Lodge to distribute as it would give them more to hand out—why? Well, virtually everyone has heard of the ‘ masons’ whereas very few have heard of some of the orders. Even the Knights Templar—most have heard of them but not aware of a masonic group. Many still think of the knights as the Knight of St. Columbus!

It might be more advantageous to the Craft that all the orders contribute their finds to Grand Lodge. I can imagine the uproar that many will view this, but something along this line might be worth considering over the next year until we all get back to some kind of normality.

Below some images from the Scottish Constitution Freemasonry Facebook page.