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Members meet for End of Term Social
The Master, members and wives/partners enjoyed an informal social gathering at the Lansdowne Pub, Leicester on Friday 14th June 2013. This was an opportunity for our members, especially our University of Leicester students, to get together before the summer break.
Assistant Grand Master visits The Wyggeston Lodge
The Wyggeston Lodge No.3448, the Universities’ Scheme Lodge for the University of Leicester, was extremely honoured to welcome the Assistant Grand Master, R.W.Bro. David K. Williamson (President of the Universities Scheme), Provincial Grand Master, R.W.Bro. David V. Hagger, the Deputy Provincial Grand Master, V.W.Bro. James L. Buckle, the Assistant Provincial Grand Master, W.Bro. Peter C.Continue reading “Assistant Grand Master visits The Wyggeston Lodge”
Gartree Lodge Passes Student for The Wyggeston Lodge
The Master of the Gartree Lodge, No.7778, W. Bro. Peter Barnes, kindly agreed to assist The Wyggeston Lodge in Passing one of their Members who is a student at the University of Leicester. The Passing Ceremony of Bro. Alec Maxfield was conducted at their regular meeting on Tuesday 10th April 2013 in the Morley Lodge Room, Freemasons’ Hall,Continue reading “Gartree Lodge Passes Student for The Wyggeston Lodge”
The Wyggeston Lodge and Enderby Lodge join together for a unique Double Passing ceremony
On Thursday 21st March 2013, members of The Wyggeston Lodge joined the regular meeting of the Enderby Lodge No.5061 to assist in Passing a member from each Lodge in a Double Ceremony. This was a certainly a unique occasion and not one seen in the Province for a long time. The meeting was held in theContinue reading “The Wyggeston Lodge and Enderby Lodge join together for a unique Double Passing ceremony”
Provincial Grand Stewards Lodge Passes student member
On Tuesday 26th February 2013, the Derek Buswell Lodge of Provincial Grand Stewards No.9705 Passed student member Bro. Chris Panteli to the Second Degree on behalf of The Wyggeston Lodge. A number of members from The Wyggeston Lodge attended the meeting to support Bro. Panteli and also the current Master of the Lodge, W.Bro. PeterContinue reading “Provincial Grand Stewards Lodge Passes student member”
More University students join the Lodge!
Four Leicester University students were part of a very special evening in February as this was the very first time in our history that we had carried out a quadruple joining ceremony which is a very rare occurrence. The Lodge was honoured to have the Provincial Grand Master attend to witness this historic moment. OurContinue reading “More University students join the Lodge!”
Another pair of students join the Lodge
Two more University of Leicester students, Alec Maxfield and Andrew Slater, joined The Wyggeston Lodge at our December meeting. The students were recruited via the Universities’ Scheme which the Lodge is a member and the designated Lodge for University of Leicester students, staff and alumni. The meeting was held in the Holmes Lodge Room, Freemasons’Continue reading “Another pair of students join the Lodge”
A very busy day at the University of Leicester’s Fresh Fair
We once again had a stand at the Fresh Fair in the University of Leicester Student Union on Monday 1st October 2012 in order to promote Freemasonry, the Universities’ Scheme and The Wyggeston Lodge to students. It was a very busy day and we ended up handing out over 1,000 information booklets to students. OverContinue reading “A very busy day at the University of Leicester’s Fresh Fair”
The Lodge donates £1,400 to two local charities
This year, the Wyggeston Lodge has donated £1,400 to two local charities: • PROSTaid – A local charity helping to fight Prostate Cancer. • Breast Care Centre, Glenfield Hospital Cheques were presented to the charities at Freemasons’ Hall, Leicester in September 2012. Both charities were extremely grateful for the kind donations and thanked the Lodge forContinue reading “The Lodge donates £1,400 to two local charities”
The Wyggeston Lodge, No.3448 Leicester 