Ashton/Mossley - 7/2/10 -Help for Heroes

Rossendale - 6/2/10 - Rossendale Hospice – An Exciting New Opportunity!

Manchester -5/2/10 - Manchester Masons - Weekend Away

Derby - 4/2/10 -Celebration of 60 years in Freemasonry - WBro James Johnstone, PProvJGW

Blackburn - 1/2/10 - Hosted Initiates Meeting with photo

Bolton - 1/02/10 - What was happening in 1960

Rochdale - 26/1/10 - District  Team Visit  St Chad's Lodge 1129

Salford - 24/1/10 - Salford Ladies’Coffee Morning

Bury - 31/12/09 - Tom Keanan's 50 years in freemasonry

Burnley & Pendle - 23/12/09 - Off to Pastures new

Audenshaw - 22/12/09 - Ecclesholme Christmas Fair

Oldham - 21/12/09 - Oldham District Annual Widows Christmas Party

Sykes - 14/12/09 - 60 Years Of Friendship

Accrington - 30/11/09 - Joint 50th at Keep Lodge and Maintenance Work at the Hospice

Starkie - 20/10/09 - The celebration of 50 years in Freemasonry of WBro Fred Walker

Forthcoming Provincial Events

Provincial Grand Chapter - Thursday, 18 March 2010, at King George's Hall, Blackburn

17th April 2010 - Lets Talk Masonry
"Modern Day Craft Freemasonry" - The Conference

The date for the 2010 Provincial Grand Lodge Meeting is:

Thursday, 18 November 2010 - Provincial Grand Lodge

READ ABOUT THE PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE MEETING 22.11.09 HERE

Provincial News

02/02/10 - News from the Provincial Grand Master

05/01/09 - Provincial Grand Orator Recommended Reading

29/11/09 - The RMBI 2015 Festival Launch Banquet

23/11/09 - Provincial Grand Mentor introduces mentoring toolkits

22/11/09 - e-redrose electronic newsletter & Provincial Magazine

22/11/09 - APGM Stephen Blank opens Ecclesholme Fair

19/11/09 - Launch of the RMBI 2015 Festival

19/11/09 - Provincial Grand Lodge, Blackburn

08/11/09 - Provincial Orator's Calendar

08/10/09 - Provincial Grand Officers' Chapter, No. 3747

29/09/09 - Provincial Grand Officers' Lodge, No. 3747

- click the link to read or right click to download and print the news HERE

The East Lancashire RMBI 2015 Festival

Read and see all about the Festival Launch HERE and share the events of the splendid Provincial Grand Lodge meeting, which was experienced by a modern day record of over 1250 brethren HERE.

The RMBI 2015 Festival Launch Banquet was held at Bridge Street on Saturday, 28th November 2009 and you can read all the news on that evening HERE

14/1/10 - WBro Martin Caller, the APGM for Sykes and Starkie, on a Sponsored Slim in Aid Of the 2015 Festival

10/1/10 - Please come to an Evening on THE WILDSIDE and please Sponsor Pauline Hayes who is doing a Parachute Jump to raise funds for the RMBI 2015 Festival CLICK HERE

Read the latest news and information from the RMBI HERE

Manchester -17/12/09 - EComp Laurie Clapham - 50 years

Bolton - 3/12/09 - 82 years a Bolton Wanderers Supporter

Rochdale - 19/10/09 - 50th - EComp Donald Spencer PProvGScN at Unity Chapter No 298

Burnley - 09/10/09 - Amalgamation Ceremony of Borough and Thursby Chapter No 1064

08/10/09 - Installation of Provincial Grand Officers' Chapter No. 3747 and Investiture of EComp William Porter as 2nd Provincial Grand Principal and EComp Stuart Hughes as Assistant to the Provincial Grand Principals.

What is the Royal Arch?

02/02/10 - 4th Quarter Big 4 Masonic Grant Stats available now

20/01/10 - Freemasons' Grand Charity Open Haiti Relief Chest

19/01/10 - ELMC Young Peoples' Committee Activities

14/01/10 - Freemasons' Grand Charity £30K for Earthquake Relief Fund

14/01/10 - ELMC Donation made at Beechwood Cancer Care

10/01/10 - Michael Baigent and Bob Cooper To Speak at Masonic Society Symposium in London - Friday 28th and Saturday 29th May 2010

10/12/09 - Freemasons' Grand Charity Hospice Grants 2009

02/12/09 - ELMC Donates £50K to new M/C Childrens' Hospital

25/11/09 - Freemasons' Grand Charity - £10K for Cumbria

11/11/09 - Government Ruling on Freemasonry and the Judiciary

Read about the UNIVERSITIES SCHEME