Dear Brethren All, 

I greet you all well and trust that you are safe and as well as can be expected. It is encouraging that we hear the rate of infections is coming down and hopefully we will be benefitting from the route map for slowly coming out of the lockdown. Many of us are looking forward to be able to meet up with our families at last. It will still be a few months, I am sure, before we can contemplate meeting in our Lodges and feel comfortable and confident that we are safe. As has been said a few times, we must be cautious and diligent.

Dear Brethren All, 

Last evening cheered my wife up because of the sunny day that it had been the evening showed that we are getting into spring. In the early hours of Friday morning I looked out of the window and saw a beautiful, almost full moon, and again about 6.30p.m. Friday, in a cloudless sky it was shining bright again. I have heard this referred to as the Snow Moon, it was a wonderful sight.

Dear Brethren All, 

It is 7.15 a.m. on this Saturday morning and on looking out of the window I see a wonderful red sun rise, but what do they say, “Red sky in the morning, shepherds’ warning,” we will have to wait and see.

Dear Brethren All, 

Once again we experienced a snowfall in some parts of our Province this week. This made me ponder about this natural occurrence. Snow is a solid precipitation in the form of small white or translucent ice crystals of various shapes originating in the atmosphere as frozen particles of water vapour. A snow flake is an aggregation of ice crystals which fall as snow. We are told that each snow flake has its’ own identity and that no two snowflakes are of the same configuration. It takes millions of flakes to make up a substantial depth so the mind boggles at the wonder nature once again.

Good news Brethren,

Please read the Letter (link below) from our Pro Grand Master and his announcement regarding a reduction in Annual dues. It is a sure indication that MMH are listening to the concerns of the Heads of our Orders administered from 86 St James Street, London.

The new Mark Benevolent Fund Annual Review 2020 has now gone live on the MMH website. You can view and download it here: https://www.markmasonshall.org/mbf-download/mbf-annual-review-2020-2/viewdocument

It gives a clear overview of the activities of the MBF in 2020 and it is the first time that all of the information is included in one document.

Dear Brethren All,  

Sadly, on Tuesday, Capt. Sir Tom Moore passed away from this world. Over the last year he has inspired many people to achieve goals that they themselves would never have thought possible. He appeared to be always cheerful and positive, quoting, “Tomorrow will be a good day.” Our thoughts must be with his family and the legacy that he has left behind.

Brethren and Companions, 

There has been a joint announcement by W. Bro. Jonathan Whitaker, Deputy Provincial Grand Master in Charge, and E. Comp. Stephen M Allum, 2^nd Provincial Grand Principal, Grand Superintendent Designate as follows;

Dear Brethren All, 

I greet you all well on this rather wet Saturday morning and trust that you are all as well as can be expected. On Monday evening we witnessed a memorable meeting, organised by our Provincial Wardens, for those who did not witness this occasion and to relive it with others, I recall some of the proceedings.

Dear Brethren All, 

It was good to share last Saturday morning with so many of you during the Virtual Business meeting of the Provincial Annual Assembly of Royal Ark Mariners. Our Provincial Grand Master was on good form together with the Deputy Grand Master. Thank you to those who were able to be with us, this was all thanks to the Provincial Grand Senior Warden who looked after the technicalities for the day; thank you Patrick.