Call For Masons To Attend Service At St. Paul’s Anglican Church On 23 July 2017

Father (and Worshipful Brother) Brian is retiring and will be celebrating his last service at St. Paul’s Anglican Church in downtown Nanaimo on Sunday, 23 July 2017 between 10:30 a.m. and 12 noon.

Here is the post on the St. Paul’s Anglican Church website.

Members of Ashlar Lodge No. 3 are planning to attend Father Brian’s last service on 23 July 2017 and we encourage all our Masonic Brethren to join us.

Hope to see you there.

Thanks To All Who Came To Our 150th Anniversary Open House

Ashlar Lodge No. 3 would like to thank all those who came to our Open House celebrating our 150th Anniversary on 15 July 2017. We hope you found your visit to Ashlar Masonic Temple interesting and informative.

Thanks also to everyone who contributed to making this a successful event.

It was a very enjoyable and successful day. Congratulations to our four new Fellow Craft Masons who were Passed with the Grand Master and Grand Lodge Officers in attendance.

Thanks also to Central Island Distributors, 2050 Balsam Road, for loaning us its 20 passenger bus for the Ashlar Lodge No. 3 tour of Bowen Road Cemetery and to Big O Tire for allowing us to park the bus at its 391 Albert Street store before and after the Bowen Road Cemetery tour.

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Ashlar Lodge No. 3 Open House On 15 July 2017

As part of our celebration of the 150th Anniversary of Freemasonry In Nanaimo, Ashlar Lodge No. 3 will be holding an Open House on 15 July 2017.

The Grand Master and Grand Lodge Officers will be attending the Open House.

Here is the Open House schedule:

We will open the lodge at 11:00 a.m. and immediately go to refreshment.

11:30 to 12:30 – Open House at Ashlar Masonic Temple will be open to the public.

1:15 to 2:15 – We will be conducting a tour of Masonic graves in Nanaimo Cemetery (aka Bowen Road Cemetery). The tour guide will be our Ashlar Lodge No. 3 Historian, Mark Anderson.  This tour is open to the public and is free of charge.

3:00 to 5:15 p.m. – Ashlar Lodge No. 3 will be re-opened and the Grand Master and his suite admitted. We will then do a Fellow Craft Degree. This portion is restricted to Freemasons only. All Visiting Brethren are very welcome to attend.

3:00 to 5:15 p.m. – There will be a Ladies Program at Ashlar Masonic Temple while the Fellow Craft Degree is being conferred.

5:45 p.m. – There will be a repast at Ashlar Masonic Temple.

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Joseph Foy – Featured Deceased Member of Ashlar Lodge No. 3 For July 2017

Each month Ashlar Lodge No. 3 features one of our Deceased Brethren as a way of remembering our Deceased Brethren and highlighting the contributions they have made to Nanaimo and the surrounding area.

Our Featured Deceased Brother for July 2017 is Joseph Foy (died 9 February 1915). Bro. Joseph Foy joined Ashlar Lodge No. 3 in 1913. He was a manager at the South Wellington coal mine. He died on 9 February 1915 after going into the mine in an attempt to rescue miners trapped underground following a flood in the mine.

Joseph Foy, who died in 1915 trying to rescue miners from a flooded coal mine. (Photo courtesy of Foy family archive - private collection - used with permission)
Joseph Foy, who died in 1915 trying to rescue miners from a flooded coal mine. (Photo courtesy of Foy family archive – private collection – used with permission)

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