The Regular Meeting of Ashlar Lodge No. 3 for November 2017 will be held on 1 November 2017, 7:30 p.m. at Ashlar Masonic Temple.
All Visiting Brethren are very welcome to attend.
Ashlar Lodge No.3 Regular Meeting – 1 November 2017
Ashlar Lodge No. 3 Regular Meeting – 4 October 2017
The Regular Meeting of Ashlar Lodge No. 3 for October 2017 will be held on 4 October 2017, 7:30 p.m. at Ashlar Masonic Temple.
All Visiting Brethren are very welcome to attend.
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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Ashlar Temple Association – Annual General Meeting
Please note that the Annual General Meeting of the Ashlar Temple Association will be held at Ashlar Masonic Temple on Saturday, 27 May 2017 at 10:00 a.m.
All members are encouraged to attend.
Photo From A Brazilian Brother Who Visited Ashlar Lodge No. 3
In February 2017, Ashlar Lodge No. 3 was contacted by Nanaimo resident Renato Anacleto, who explained that his father, Joao Batista Anacleto, is a Freemason in Brazil – a member of Loja Maconica 3 Colinas – Franca-SP Brazil, and would be visiting family in Nanaimo in March 2017.
Renato Anacleto wanted to know whether his father could visit Ashlar Lodge No. 3 while he was in Nanaimo. Naturally, we were happy to arrange a visit to Ashlar Lodge No. 3 and Ashlar Masonic Temple for W.B. Joao Batista Anacleto.
After his return to Brazil, Joao Batista Anacleto made a presentation to his lodge, Loja Maconica 3 Colinas, about his visit to Ashlar Lodge No. 3. He has also sent us a photo (shown below) of the interior of his lodge and the members of his lodge.
We sent the fraternal greetings of Ashlar Lodge No. 3 to our Brazilian Brothers of Loja Maconica 3 Colinas.
Ashlar Masonic Temple Receives A Heritage Grant From The City of Nanaimo
We are very pleased to announce that the Ashlar Temple Association has been awarded a $20,000 Heritage Grant by the City of Nanaimo for refurbishments to the exterior of Ashlar Masonic Temple, 101 Commercial Street in downtown Nanaimo. Here is a link to an article about this in the Nanaimo News-Bulletin.
Here is the Nanaimo News-Bulletin video report of the grant:
Ashlar Lodge No. 3 extends its thanks to the City of Nanaimo and the City of Nanaimo Heritage Committee for this significant grant.
We will post reports about the progress of refurbishments, which we hope to have completed in time for the re-dedication of the Ashlar Masonic Temple in July 2017.
Ashlar Masonic Temple is listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places and on the City of Nanaimo Heritage Register.
For more information see our webpage on Ashlar Masonic Temple.
Upcoming District 5 Events For April & May 2017
Our District Deputy Grand Master, R.W.B. Neil Westmacott, has asked that the following list of upcoming Masonic events in District 5 be circulated to all Brethren. Here is R.W.B. Westmacott’s message:
The following is a summaries of meetings and events occurring within our District over the next months. Would you please circulate this among your Brethren for their information. My thanks in advance.
– April 3 Nanaimo 110 annual Mine Whistle Night, Grand Master in attendance.
– April 4 afternoon. Celebration of life for RWB Floyd Becker.
– Doric Lodge EA Degree.
– April 5 Ashlar Lodge regular meeting
– April 8 Manoah 141 Regular meeting
– April 15 Barclay Lodge Installation. Luncheon to preceded installation.
– April 17 Nanaimo 110 regular meeting
– April 18 Doric 18 regular meeting
– April 20 Euclid 158 regular meeting
– May 3 Ashlar 3 regular meeting
– May 10 Bethel 11 Jobs Daughter official visit of Grand Guardian at St John’s Lodge Hall. Dinner to precede meeting. 5:15pm.
– May 10 Barclay 90 regular meeting
– May 13 Manoah 141 installation preceded by luncheon at noon.
– May 15 Nanaimo 110 regular meeting
– May 16 Doric 18 regular meeting
– May 18 Euclid 158 regular meeting
A pretty extensive list, however it affords us the opportunity to enjoy freemasonry and visiting as we proceed toward Grand Lodge in June.
Warm fraternal regards,
R.W.B. Neil Westmacott
DDGM District 5
Open House At Ashlar Masonic Temple – 13 May 2017
Update to Original Post (see below)
After giving the matter due consideration, we have decided to postpone the Open House we had planned for Saturday 13 May 2017 and combine it with out 150th Anniversary and Ashlar Masonic Temple re-deidication on 15 July 2017.
We will post more information about the 15 July 2017 event shortly.
Original Post
We are planning on having an Open House at Ashlar Masonic Temple on Saturday 13 May 2017 to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the first Masonic Lodge meeting in Nanaimo, which was held on 15 May 1867.
The location of the 15 May 1867 meeting was a now demolished building at the corner of Cavan Street and Hecate Street. Ashlar Lodge No. 3 has been meeting at our 101 Commercial Street location since 1873.
We will release more details about the Open House after our April Regular Meeting on 5 April 2017.